Health Inequalities

by Smith, George Davey

• ISBN13: 9781861343222
• ISBN10: 1861343221
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-09-01
• Publisher: Policy Pr

Summary

The lifecourse perspective on adult health and on health inequalities in particular, is one of the most important recent developments in epidemiology and public health. This book brings together, in a single volume, the work of one of the most distinguished academics in the field. It is the first to specifically take a lifecourse approach to health inequalities and will be essential reading for academics, students and policy makers with an interest in public health, epidemiology, health promotion and social policy.

Table of Contents

List of co-authors	p. vii
Acknowledgements	p. x
Introduction	p. xii
Patterns of health inequality	p. 1
Health inequalities in Britain: continuing increases up to the end of the 20th century Davey Smith, Dorling, Mitchell and Shaw, 2002	p. 3
Shrinking areas and mortality Davey Smith, Dorling and Shaw, 1998	p. 9
Population change and mortality in men and women Davey Smith, Shaw and Dorling, 2001	p. 13
Area-based measures of social and economic circumstances: cause-specific mortality patterns depend on the choice of index Davey Smith, Whitley, Dorling and Gunnell, 2001	p. 17
Socioeconomic differentials in mortality risk among men screened for the Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial: Part I--results for 300,685 white men Davey Smith, Neaton, Wentworth, Stamler and Stamler, 1996	p. 21
Socioeconomic differentials in mortality risk among men screened for the Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial: Part II--results for 20,224 black men Davey Smith, Wentworth, Neaton, Stamler and Stamler, 1996	p. 47
Individual social class, area-based deprivation, cardiovascular disease risk-factors and mortality: the Renfrew and Paisley study Davey Smith, Hart, Watt, Hole and Hawthorne, 1998	p. 65
Is control at work the key to socioeconomic gradients in mortality? Davey Smith and Harding, 1997	p. 83
Voting and mortality	p. 87
"I'm all right, John": voting patterns and mortality in England and Wales, 1981-92 Davey Smith and Dorling, 1996	p. 89
Association between voting patterns and mortality remains Davey Smith and Dorling, 1997	p. 103
Analysis of trends in premature mortality by Labour voting in the 1997 General Election Dorling, Davey Smith and Shaw, 2001	p. 107
The Whitehall Study	p. 111
Magnitude and causes of socioeconomic differentials in mortality: further evidence from the Whitehall Study Davey Smith, Shipley and Rose, 1990	p. 113
Confounding of occupation and smoking: its magnitude and consequences Davey Smith and Shipley, 1991	p. 129
Socioeconomic differentials in cancer among men Davey Smith, Leon, Shipley and Rose, 1991	p. 137
Health and lifetime social circumstances: the Collaborative Study	p. 151
Lifetime socioeconomic position and mortality: prospective observational study Davey Smith, Hart, Blane, Gillis and Hawthorne, 1997	p. 153
Education and occupational social class: which is the more important indicator of mortality risk? Davey Smith, Hart, Hole, MacKinnon, Gillis, Watt, Blane and Hawthorne, 1998	p. 171
Adverse socioeconomic conditions in childhood and cause-specific adult mortality: prospective observational study Davey Smith, Hart, Blane and Hole, 1998	p. 191
Socioeconomic factors as determinants of mortality Davey Smith and Hart, 1998	p. 205
Lifecourse socioeconomic and behavioural influences on cardiovascular disease mortality: the Collaborative Study Davey Smith and Hart, 2002	p. 209
Further lifecourse influences on health	p. 219
Social circumstances in childhood and cardiovascular disease mortality: prospective observational study of Glasgow University students Davey Smith, McCarron, Okasha and McEwen, 2001	p. 221
Childhood socioeconomic position and adult cardiovascular mortality: the Boyd Orr cohort Frankel, Davey Smith and Gunnell, 1999	p. 225
Height and risk of death among men and women: aetiological implications of associations with cardiorespiratory disease and cancer mortality Davey Smith, Hart, Upton, Hole, Gillis, Watt and Hawthorne, 2000	p. 233
Leg length, insulin resistance, and coronary heart disease risk: the Caerphilly Study Davey Smith, Greenwood, Gunnell, Sweetnam, Yarnell and Elwood, 2001	p. 251
Ethnicity and health inequalities	p. 269
Ethnic inequalities in health: a review of UK epidemiological evidence Davey Smith, Chaturvedi, Harding, Nazroo and Williams, 2000	p. 271
Learning to live with complexity: ethnicity, socioeconomic position, and health in Britain and the US Davey Smith, 2000	p. 311
Mortality differentials between black and white men in the US: contribution of income and other risk factors among men screened for the Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial (MRFIT) Davey Smith, Neaton, Wentworth, Stamler and Stamler, 1998	p. 327
Diversions	p. 357
Socioeconomic differentials in the mortality of pets Davey Smith and Bonnett, 1998	p. 359
Death in Hollywood: life-style excess, social comparisons or publication bias? Davey Smith, 2001	p. 365
Sex and death: are they related? Findings from the Caerphilly Cohort Study Davey Smith, Frankel and Yarnell, 1997	p. 369
Health, health services and health politics in Britain: 1952-2002-2052 Davey Smith, 2002	p. 381
Health inequalities - past and present	p. 385
Socioeconomic differentials in mortality: evidence from Glasgow graveyards Davey Smith, Carroll, Rankin and Rowan, 1992	p. 387
The ghost of Christmas past: the health effects of poverty in London in 1896 and 1991 Dorling, Mitchell, Shaw, Orford and Davey Smith, 2000	p. 399
Does early nutrition affect later health? Views from the 1930s and 1980s Davey Smith and Kuh, 1996	p. 411
Social inequality and population health	p. 437
Income inequality and mortality: why are they related? Davey Smith, 1996	p. 439
Understanding it all: health, meta-theories, and mortality trends Davey Smith and Egger, 1996	p. 445
Reducing health inequalities, now and in the future	p. 451
The widening health gap: what are the solutions? Davey Smith, Dorling, Gordon and Shaw, 1999	p. 453
Inequalities in health: what is happening and what can be done? Davey Smith and Ben-Shlomo, 1997	p. 475
How policy informs the evidence--'evidence-based' thinking can lead to debased policy making Davey Smith, Ebrahim and Frankel, 2001	p. 507
Rationing for health equity: is it necessary? Davey Smith, Frankel and Ebrahim, 2000	p. 513
Afterword: Still wanting to be James Dean Davey Smith, 1991	p. 523
Index	p. 527
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