Studying Health Inequalities: An Applied Approach (Evidence for Public Health Practice)

New public health governance arrangements under the coalition government have wide reaching implications for the delivery of health inequality interventions.

Through the framework of understanding health inequalities as a 'wicked problem' the book develops an applied approach to researching, understanding and addressing these by drawing on complexity theory. Case studies illuminate the text, illustrating and discussing the issues in real life terms and enabling public health, health promotion and health policy students at postgraduate level to fully understand and address the complexities of health inequalities.

The book is a valuable resource on current UK public health practice for academics, researchers and public health practitioners.

Jonathan Wistow is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at Durham University.

Tim Blackman is Professor of Sociology and Social Policy and Vice-President for Research at The Open University, UK, where his work currently focuses on urban change.

David Byrne is a retired Professor of Sociology and Applied Social Sciences from the University of Durham and a long time practitioner of action research.

Gerald Wistow is a Visiting Professor in Social Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science. His interests include integrating local government and the NHS, social care funding and the economic consequences of community capacity building.