Dear friends

Interesting the sharing (below), from EQUIDAD:

SDOH has run from 2004-2007

and EQUIDAD from 2000-2007

If you search the archives for each, using the search term 'capitalism',

You get:

For SDOH 34 items where the term 'capitalism' is used

For EQUIDAD 6 items where the term 'capitalism' is used

Given that the present globalised disease is called 'capitalism', I'm 
perplexed.

Isn't diagnosis the first step to cure? (Or am I missing something?)

Best

john

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Dennis Raphael wrote:

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> *Developing the evidence base for tackling health inequalities and 
> differential effects*
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> *Economic and Social Research Council, ESRC 2007*
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> */Tackling health inequalities in Britain needs closer co-ordination 
> between all major policy areas including health, education, housing, 
> employment and taxation, according to the authors of a new ESRC 
> publication./*
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> Press release January 23, 2007: 
> _http://www.esrcsocietytoday.ac.uk/ESRCInfoCentre/PO/releases/2007/january/health_gap.aspx?ComponentId=17855&SourcePageId=5433#0_ 
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> *PROFESSOR HILARY GRAHAM* is Professor of Health Sciences at the 
> University of York and is leading the Department of Health, Public 
> Health Research Consortium.The PHRC brings together senior researchers 
> from ten UK institutions in a new integrated programme of research. 
> Its aim is to strengthen the evidence base for interventions to 
> improve health, with a strong emphasis on tackling socio-economic 
> inequalities in health.
> *PROFESSOR MIKE KELLY* is Director of the Centre for Public Health 
> Excellence (CPHE) at NICE. The CPHE is responsible for the production 
> of evidence based public health guidance for the NHS and local 
> government and others in England. The public health guidance from NICE 
> will attempt to attend to questions of effectiveness, cost 
> effectiveness and equity.
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> *Summary:*
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> "….The past decade has seen a widening of the remit of public health 
> policy in rich societies. Increasingly, governments are looking beyond 
> improving overall health to a broader and more challenging set of 
> policy goals.Tackling the unequal distribution of health is central to 
> this broader vision.The /European Health for All/
> strategy has made equity its primary objective, with targets set for 
> countries to reduce inequalities in health between socio-economic 
> groups.This objective forms a cornerstone for UK health policy.
>
> Evidence about the fact of health inequalities is straightforward 
> enough. We know that the risk of death is greater for poorer groups, 
> at all stages of the life course and for all causes of death. 
> According to an NHS briefing paper by Hilary Graham and Michael P 
> Kelly on /Health Inequalities: concepts, frameworks and policy/,
> most of the major killer diseases, (except for breast cancer) affect 
> the poorest rather than the richest. There are marked social class 
> gradients for obesity, hypertension and accidents and rates of smoking 
> are also class related with higher numbers of smokers in the lower 
> social classes. The health of some minority ethnic groups is poorer 
> than the rest of the population.
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> Dealing with health inequalities is considerably more of a challenge. 
> For several decades it has been the subject of a debate that swings 
> between the view that health is a function of an individual's 
> behaviour, (such as choosing what to eat, drink and smoke) or is the 
> consequence of social factors which lie beyond the reach of 
> individuals and require action from Government. Current policy takes a 
> two-pronged approach, setting targets for reductions in smoking rates 
> and obesity, for example, but also aims to integrate health 
> considerations into a range of other policy initiatives relating to 
> poverty, education, employment and housing.
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> The part that evidence should play in informing public health policy 
> and in reducing health inequalities is a topic which has prompted 
> debate among both researchers and policymakers.We need greater clarity 
> over what '*evidence based policy'* actually means and how best to 
> apply academic approaches to the
> reality of policy decision-making.
>
> Evidence about what works to reduce inequalities is so far very 
> limited. Much of the research that has been done is rich on 
> explanation and pointers for policy. But research evaluating solutions 
> is thin on the ground. Researchers working on inequalities point out 
> that effective evaluation of interventions requires information
> on people's health and social circumstances.This means that evaluation 
> needs to be 'on the agenda' from the early stages of policy planning.
> Strengthening the bridge between research and policy is an urgent 
> priority if evidence based policy is to become the norm, rather than 
> the exception.
> *Key insights and implications*
> _ Over time, the health of the population has improved, according to 
> data on life expectancy, mortality rates and infant deaths.
> By the same criteria, the health of the poorest has improved, but 
> there is little sign of progress…."
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