PRIORITIES FOR RESEARCH TO TAKE FORWARD
THE HEALTH EQUITY POLICY AGENDA
WHO Task Force on Health System Research Priorities for Equity in Health, October 2004
Task Force Coordinator
Piroska Östlin Karolinska Institute, Department of Public Health Sciences, Division of International Health (IHCAR),
Stockholm, Sweden
This report was presented at the World Ministerial Summit on Health Research that took place on the 16-20th of November 2004 in Mexico City.
Available online as PDF file at:
http://www.who.int/rpc/meetings/en/Task_Force%20Report_Nov_FINAL%5b2%5d.pdf <http://www.who.int/rpc/meetings/en/Task_Force%20Report_Nov_FINAL%5b2%5d.pdf>
".......Despite impressive improvements in aggregate indicators of health globally over the past few decades, health inequalities between and within countries have persisted, and in many regions and countries have begun to widen. Their recommendations regarding a priority agenda for research on health equity are based on an assessment of what is required to understand how to substantially reduce socially produced inequities in health. We recommend that highest priority be given to research in five general areas:
(1) important global factors and processes that affect health equity and/or constrain what countries can do to address health inequities within their own borders;
(2) specific societal and political structures and relationships that differentially affect people's chances to be healthy within a given society;
(3) inter-relationships between individual-level factors and social context that increase or decrease the likelihood of achieving and maintaining good health;
(4) health-care system factors that influence health equity and
(5) documenting, and widely disseminating effective policy interventions to reduce health inequity in the four above areas, as examples that can suggest potential options for others to consider......."
Table of Contents
Foreword
Summary
Background
A growing evidence base, but a lack of policy-relevant synthesis
Global factors and processes that affect health equity
The specific societal and political structures and relationships that differentially affect people's chances to be healthy
The inter-relationships between individual factors And social context
Health care system factors that influence health equity
Documenting and widely disseminating effective policy interventions to reduce health inequity
Conclusion
References
Task Force Coordinator
Piroska Östlin Karolinska Institute, Department of Public Health Sciences, Division of International Health (IHCAR), Stockholm, Sweden
Task Force Members
Paula Braveman University of California, Department of Family and Community Medicine, San Francisco, USA
Norberto J. Dachs, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Department of Statistics, Brazil
Göran Dahlgren, (visiting professor) University of Liverpool, Department of Public Health, Liverpool, UK
Finn Diderichsen, University of Copenhagen, Department of Social Medicine, Institute of Public Health, Copenhagen, Denmark
Elisabeth Harris, Centre for Health Equity Training Research & Evaluation (CHETRE), Liverpool, Australia
Philippa Howden-Chapman, University of Otago, Wellington School of Medicine, Department of Public Health, Wellington, NewZealand
Ronald Labonte, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan Population Health and Evaluation Research Unit, Saskatoon, Canada
Rene Loewenson, Training and Research Support Centre (TARSK), Southern Africa
Di McIntyre, University of Cape Town, Health Economics Unit, Cape Town, South Africa
Supasit Pannarunothai Centre for Health Equity Monitoring, Naresuan University, Thailand
Gita Sen, Indian Inst, University of Liverpool, Department of Public Health, Liverpool, UK
WHO Health Equity Team
Jeanette Vega Team Leader, Equity Team, Evidence and Information for Policy (EIP), World Health Organization, Switzerland
Alexander Irwin Equity Team, Evidence and Information for Policy (EIP), World Health Organization, Switzerland
Nicole Valentine Equity Team, Evidence and Information for Policy (EIP), World Health Organization, Switzerland
WHO - Research Policy and Cooperation
Ulysses Panisset Research Policy and Cooperation (RPC), Evidence and Information for Policy (EIP), World Health Organization, Switzerland
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