Health inequalities : the need to move beyond bad behaviours
Katikireddi, Srinivasa Vittal and Higgins, Martin and Smith, Katherine Elizabeth and Williams, Gareth (2013) Health inequalities : the need to move beyond bad behaviours. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 67 (9). pp. 715-716. ISSN 0143-005X (https://doi.org/10.1136/jech-2012-202064)
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Abstract
Health inequalities have been observed internationally across a number of dimensions (including, eg, socioeconomic position, ethnicity and gender) and have persisted over time.1 The lack of progress in addressing them has disappointed many within public health, particularly given an apparent prioritisation of health inequalities in UK policy.2 Building on recent research highlighting the limitations of addressing health inequalities by trying to change health behaviours of individuals,3 we argue that attempts to tackle health inequalities are impeded by the current framing that dominates much public health policy and research. We suggest some alternative ways forward.
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Katikireddi, Srinivasa Vittal, Higgins, Martin, Smith, Katherine Elizabeth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1060-4102 and Williams, Gareth;-
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Item type: Article ID code: 68627 Dates: DateEvent13 March 2013Published17 February 2013AcceptedSubjects: Social Sciences > Social pathology. Social and public welfare Department: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > Social Work and Social Policy > Social Work and Social Policy > Social Work Depositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 27 Jun 2019 13:23 Last modified: 24 Sep 2024 07:31 URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/68627