What works in tackling health inequalities? : pathways, policies and practice through the lifecourse / / Sheena Asthana and Joyce Halliday [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Asthana Sheena
• Pubblicazione: Bristol, UK : , : Policy Press, , 2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xii, 612 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 362.10941
• Soggetto topico: Medical policy - Great Britain; Health services accessibility - Great Britain
• Altri autori: HallidayJoyce, Dr.
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 14 Jan 2022).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; WHAT WORKS IN TACKLINGHEALTH INEQUALITIES?Pathways, policies and practicethrough the lifecourse; Contents; List of tables, boxes and figure; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; ONE - Introduction; Structure and content of the book; Health inequalities: the nature and scale of the problem; Part 1: The research and policy context of health inequalities; TWO - Researching health inequalities; THREE - The national policy context; Part 2: Health inequalities pathways, policies and practice through the lifecourse; FOUR - Early life and health inequalities: research evidence ; FIVE - Early life: policy and practiceSIX - Health inequalities during childhood and youth: research evidence; SEVEN - Health inequalities during childhood and youth: policy and practice; EIGHT - Inequalities in health behaviours and the life trajectories of children and youth: research evidence; NINE - Inequalities in the health behaviour of children and youth: policy and practice; TEN - Health inequalities during adulthood: research evidence; ELEVEN - Health inequalities during adulthood: policy and practice; TWELVE - Health inequalities during older age: research evidence ; THIRTEEN - Older age: policy and practicePart 3:Tackling health inequalities: developing an evidence base for public health; FOURTEEN - Towards a new framework for evidence-based public health; Conclusion; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: What is it like to be a child growing up in Britain these days? Is it a happy or anxious time? What are the best and worst aspects of being a child today? This book draws on accounts of over two thousand children and five hundred adults, to examine the present day meaning of childhood and its implications for policy and practice.
• Titolo autorizzato: What works in tackling health inequalities
• ISBN: 1-4473-0425-X; 1-281-15976-X; 9786611159764; 1-84742-152-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910777016903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Studies in poverty, inequality, and social exclusion,