dc.contributor.author | Marmot, Michael | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-02-27T15:54:30Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-02-27T15:54:30Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2005 | |
dc.identifier.citation | The Lancet. 365 (March 19, 2005), 1099-1104. | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://resources.equityinitiative.org/handle/ei/66 | |
dc.description.abstract | The gross inequalities in health that we see within and between countries present a challenge to the world. That there should be a spread of life expectancy of 48 years among countries and 20 years or more within countries is not inevitable. A burgeoning volume of research identifies social factors at the root of much of these inequalities in health. Social determinants are relevant to communicable and non-communicable disease alike. Health status, therefore, should be of concern to policy makers in every sector, not solely those involved in health policy. As a response to this global challenge, WHO is launching a Commission on Social Determinants of Health, which will review the evidence, raise societal debate, and recommend policies with the goal of improving health of the world’s most vulnerable people. A major thrust of the Commission is turning public-health knowledge into political action. | |
dc.format.extent | 6 p. | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.publisher | The Lancet | |
dc.rights | For personal use. Only reproduce with permission from Elsevier Ltd. | |
dc.subject | Science | |
dc.subject | Technology | |
dc.subject | Life sciences | |
dc.subject | Biomedicine | |
dc.subject | Medicine | |
dc.subject | General medicine | |
dc.subject | Internal medicine | |
dc.subject | Mortality | |
dc.subject | Health inequalities | |
dc.subject | Health policy | |
dc.subject | Social determinants | |
dc.subject.lcsh | World health | |
dc.subject.lcsh | Communication in public health | |
dc.subject.lcsh | Health planning | |
dc.title | Social determinants of health inequalities | |
dc.type | Text | |
dcterms.accessRights | Restricted access | |
mods.genre | Article | |
schema.audience | Fellows | |