Social Determinants, Equity and Rights (Elements of Population Health)
Social Determinants, Equity, and Rights examines the social, economic, political and institutional processes through which health and opportunities for health are distributed across populations.
The volume establishes the conceptual foundations of social determinants and health equity before considering the distribution of power, resources and social position. It examines intersectionality and vulnerability, structural racism and ethnic health inequalities, gender and bodily autonomy, poverty and economic security, working conditions and precarity, education, housing and the built environment, migration and administrative status, and the effects of violence and psychosocial adversity.
Further chapters address barriers to effective access and equitable quality of health services, the relationship between human rights and the right to health, and the institutional mechanisms through which accountability may be pursued. The volume also considers strategies for equity-oriented policy and practice, together with the measurement and interpretation of health inequalities and the particular distributional consequences of crises and acute events.
Throughout, health inequalities are approached not simply as differences between population groups, but as phenomena requiring careful analysis of their social patterning, underlying mechanisms, historical and institutional context, and implications for policy. Particular attention is given to the distinction between inequality and inequity, to the appropriate use of disaggregated measures, and to the relationship between empirical evidence, normative judgment and rights-based analysis.
The book is intended for graduate and postgraduate students, researchers, epidemiologists, public-health professionals, health-policy practitioners and other readers concerned with the analysis of social determinants, health inequalities and equity in population health.
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