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Public health evidence : tackling health inequalities

Title
Public health evidence : tackling health inequalities / editors, Amanda Killoran, Catherine Swann, Michael P. Kelly ; editorial board, Simon Ellis [and others].
Publication
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

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Additional Authors
  • Killoran, Amanda.
  • Swann, Catherine.
  • Kelly, Michael P.
Description
xxii, 586 pages, 2 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color); 25 cm
Summary
'Public Health Evidence' outlines the policy context of research in the field of health inequalities, documents approaches to evidence-based public health practice in the UK, advances understanding and debate on methodological challenges and difficulties, and assesses progress in putting evidence into practice.
Subject
  • Health services accessibility > Great Britain
  • Evidence-based medicine > Great Britain
  • Medical policy > Great Britain
  • Public health > Great Britain
  • Health services accessibility
  • Evidence-based medicine
  • Medical policy
  • Health Services Accessibility
  • Evidence-Based Medicine
  • Public Health Practice
  • Health Policy
  • Evidence-Based Practice
  • Politique de la santé
  • Santé publique
  • Services de santé
  • Soins de santé
  • Services publics
  • UE/CE Etats membres
  • Public health
  • Evidenz-basierte Medizin
  • Öffentliches Gesundheitswesen
  • Política de saúde > Grã-bretanha
  • Acesso aos serviços de saúde > Grã-bretanha
  • Medicina baseada em evidências > Grã-bretanha
  • Saúde pública > Grã-bretanha
  • United Kingdom
  • Royaume-Uni
  • Great Britain
  • Großbritannien
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
1. Patterns and trends in inequalities in health : an international phenomenon / Mel Bartley, Martin Bobak and Michael Marmot -- 2. The development of an evidence-based approach to tackling health inequalities in Britain / Michael P. Kelly -- 3. Social determinants and public health policy in the UK / Hilary Graham -- 4. Building the evidence base : the contribution of the Department of Health's Policy Research Programme (England) / Christine McGuire -- 5. The centre for reviews and dissemination / Amanda Sowden and Julie Glanville -- 6. The Cochrane collaboration / Mike Clarke -- 7. Accumulating evidence to bring policy, practice, and research together / Sandy Oliver, James Thomas, Angela Harden and Ann Oakley.
ISBN
  • 0198520832
  • 9780198520832
LCCN
  • 2006017199
  • 9780198520832
OCLC
  • ocm69645794
  • 69645794
  • SCSB-14660426
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library