Social Determinants of Health - Softcover

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9780192630698: Social Determinants of Health

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0192630695 ISBN 13: 9780192630698

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1999

This groundbreaking book, which brings together information in a singular way, provides an authoritative overview of the social and economic factors which are seen as the most powerful determinants of population health in modern societies. Written to link closely with the WHO Centre for Urban Health initiative on social determinants of health, it will provide the scientific justification for isolating different aspects of social and economic life as the primary determinants of health. Providing the background to ten 'key messages' which form the basis of the WHO campaign, the book will have a broad audience amongst public health professionals, health promotion specialists and health policy makers.

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About the Author:

Michael Marmot is Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health, and Director of the International Centre for Health and Society, at the University College London. His research interests centre on the epidemiology and prevention of cardiovascular disease with a particular focus on alcohol, nutrition, and social and cultural determinants of disease. Richard Wilkinson is visiting professor in the International centre for Health and Society at UCL and senior research fellow at the Trafford Centre for medical Research at the University of Sussex. He has been involved in research on the social and economic determinants of health for 20 years.

Review:

"... excellent compilation. ... The opening and closing chapters by the very distinguished editors comprise an excellent overview in themselves, while the intervening chapters fill in the details. Overall rating: Excellent." Chronic Diseases in Canada (Dec. 1999)

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