Social inequality and public health / / ed. by Salvatore J. Babones.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-1995
• MitwirkendeR: Adams, Jean,; Angel, Ronald,; Babones, Salvatore J.,; Barrington, Debbie,; Bezruchka, Stephen,; Bobak, Martin,; Brunner, Eric,; Bruno, Javier Pereira,; Chandra, Siddharth,; Dubowitz, Tamara,; Dunn, James R.,; Feighery, Annie,; Fiebach, Maryann Z.,; Hertzman, Clyde,; Heywood, Peter,; Kurland, Kristen,; Kurtz, Emily Karpel,; Nelson, Paul,; Northridge, Mary E.,; Osypuk, Theresa L.,; Ross, Nancy A.,; Sclar, Elliott D.,; Siddiqi, Arjumand,; White, Martin,; Wilkinson, Richard,
• HerausgeberIn: Babones, Salvatore J.,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol : : Policy Press, , [2009]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (256 p.)

Public health in the early 21st century increasingly considers how social inequalities impact on individual health, moving away from the focus on how disease relates to the individual person. This 'new public health' identifies how social, economic and political factors affect the level and distribution of individual health, through their effects on individual behaviours, the social groups people belong to, the character of relationships to others and the characteristics of the societies in which people live. The rising social inequalities that can be seen in nearly every country in the world today present not just a moral danger, but a mortal danger as well. Social inequality and public health brings together the latest research findings from some of the most respected medical and social scientists in the world. It surveys four pathways to understanding the social determinants of health: differences in individual health behaviours; group advantage and disadvantage; psychosocial factors in individual health; and healthy and unhealthy societies, shedding light on the costs and consequences of today's high-inequality social models. This exciting book brings together leaders in the field discussing their latest research and is a must-read for anyone interested in public health and social inequalities internationally.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of figures, tables, maps and boxes -- Preface -- Notes on contributors -- Introduction -- Differences in individual health behaviours -- The role of time preference and perspective in socioeconomic inequalities in health-related behaviours -- Examination of the built environment and prevalence of obesity: neighbourhood characteristics, food purchasing venues, green space and distribution of Body Mass Index -- Reinventing healthy and sustainable communities: reconnecting public health and urban planning -- Group advantage and disadvantage -- How and why do interventions that increase health overall widen inequalities within populations? -- The metaphor of the miner’s canary and black–white disparities in health: a review of intergenerational socioeconomic factors and perinatal outcomes -- From adversary to ally: the evolution of non-governmental organizations in the context of health reform in Santiago and Montevideo -- Psychosocial factors in individual health -- Health inequalities and the role of psychosocial work factors: the Whitehall II Study -- Inequality, psychosocial health and societal health: a model of inter-group conflict -- The social epidemiology of population health during the time of transition from communism in Central and Eastern Europe -- Healthy and unhealthy societies -- The impact of inequality: empirical evidence -- ‘Public goods’, metropolitan inequality and population health in comparative perspective: policy and theory -- Inequality and health: models for moving from science to policy -- Conclusions Public understanding of the new public health -- Promoting public understanding of population health -- Health, inequalities and mobilisation: human rights and the Millennium Development Goals -- What the public needs to know about social inequality and public health -- Index