Social determinants of health / edited by Michael Marmot and Richard G. Wilkinson.

• Introduction -- Social organization, stress, and health -- Early life -- The life course, the social gradient, and health -- Health and labour market disadvantage: unemployment, non-employment and job insecurity -- Health and the psychosocial environment at work -- Transport and health -- Social support and social cohesion -- Food is a political issue -- Poverty, social exclusion, and minorities -- Social patterning of individual health behaviours: the case of cigarette smoking -- The social determination of ethnic/racial inequalities in health -- Social determinants of health in older age -- Neighbourhoods, housing and health -- Social determinants, sexual behaviour, and sexual health -- Ourselves and others - for better or worse: social vulnerability and inequality. 

• The health of populations is related to features of society and its social and economic organization. This crucial fact provides the basis for effective policy-making for improving population health. While there is, understandably, much concern regarding the appropriate provision and financing of health services as well as ensuring that the nature of the services provided is based on the best evidence of effectiveness, health is a matter that goes beyond the provision of health services. Policies pursued by many branches of government and by the private sector, both nationally and locally, exert a powerful influence on health — and this book shows the direction in which we should be going. Just as decisions about health services should be based on the best evidence available, so should policies related to the social determinants of health. The social determinants covered by the book include the impact of early life; the life course, the social gradient, and health; labour market disadvantage, unemployment, non-employment, and job insecurity; the psychosocial environment at work; transport; social support and social cohesion; the politics of food; poverty, social exclusion, and minorities; social patterning of individual behaviours; social determinants of ethnic/ racial inequalities; social determinants of health in older age; neighbourhoods, housing, and health; sexual behaviour and sexual health; and social vulnerability.

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Samhällsmedicin  (sao)

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Socialmedicin  (albt)

Hälsa  (albt)

Socialpolitik  (albt)

Social välfärd  (albt)

Social status indicators  (albt)

Social medicine  (albt)

Delivery of health care  (albt)

Public health  (albt)

Health policy  (albt)

Public health  (albt)

Social medicine  (albt)

Medical policy  (albt)

Folkhälsa  (albt)

Samhällsmedicin  (albt)

Sociala skillnader  (albt)

Socialmedicin  (albt)

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Socialpolitik  (albt)

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Public health  -- Social aspects (bnb)

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health  -- medicine -- social conditions -- psychology -- food -- poverty -- diseases -- labour -- employment -- children (sipri)

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