[PDF] Health Inequalities through the Lens of Health Capital Theory

Reducing health inequalities: insights from theory and practice Gerry

What causes health inequalities? 4 theories have been proposed: 1. Artefact (i.e. we aren't measuring it well enough). 2. Selection theories (i.e. poor 

Understanding health inequalities: theories concepts and evidence

inequalities: theories concepts and evidence. Professor Gareth Williams. School of Social Sciences/Cardiff. Institute of Society

Beyond Behaviour: How Health Inequality Theory Can Enhance Our

3 juin 2021 per calls for a new approach which draws on theories of health inequality specifically the social determinants of health

Durham Research Online

6 mai 2016 health inequalities. Our institutional theory conceptualizes the welfare state as an institutional arrangement – a set of “rules of the ...

Health Inequalities through the Lens of Health Capital Theory

directing research into health inequality. We argue that economic theory can help in identifying mechanisms through which specific socioeconomic indicators 

Social Conditions as Fundamental Causes of Health Inequalities

Link and Phelan (1995) developed the theory of fundamental causes to explain why the association between socioeconomic status (SES) and mortality has persisted 

Social Conditions as Fundamental Causes of Health Inequalities

Link and Phelan (1995) developed the theory of fundamental causes to explain why the association between socioeconomic status (SES) and mortality has persisted 

Health inequalities and welfare state regimes: theoretical insights on

20 juin 2011 studies of socioeconomic inequalities in health have ... draws upon the theories of health inequalities to scrutinise this puzzle.16e20.

Health Inequalities Among Older Adults In Developed Countries

6 févr. 2015 THEORIES OF HEALTH INEQUALITY IN OLDER AGE. An abundance of research across multiple disciplines has now clearly established that socioeconomic ...

Bambra C. Health inequalities and welfare state regimes: theoretical

28 mars 2017 Box 2 outlines the main theories of health inequalities. [16][17][18][19][20] These are commonly used to explain socio-economic health ...

What are the dimensions of health inequalities?

We describe the dimensions along which health inequalities are commonly examined, including across the global population, between countries or states, and within geographies, by socially relevant groupings such as race/ethnicity, gender, education, caste, income, occupation, and more.

What are social group health inequalities?

Social group health inequalities may be generated early or late in life by differences in access to material resources, social circumstances that generate stress, or health behaviors. Understanding causal pathways linking social factors to health, as well as conditional health, can aid in intervention planning.

What are the causes of health inequalities?

Health inequalities have been observed globally across a wide range of diseases and conditions-from infectious diseases to malnutrition and maternal and child health outcomes, injuries, mental health outcomes, and chronic noncommunicable diseases ( GBD 2019 Diseases andInjuries Collaborators, 2020;Marmot et al., 2020). ... ...

What is the difference between health inequality and health disparity?

Absent from the definition of health inequality is any moral judgment on whether observed differences are fair or just. In contrast, a health inequity, or health disparity, is a specific type of health inequality that denotes an unjust difference in health.