| Description |
253 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
| Contents |
11. Towards a 21st century system of mental health care- an Australian approach/ McGrath -- 12. The challenge of health inequalities in rural and remote Australia/ May, Koh -- 13. Determining the determinants- is child abuse and neglect the underlying cause of the socio-economic gradients in health?/ Segal, Doidge, Amos -- 14. The built environment as a social determinant of health/ Sainsbury, Harris, Wise -- 15. Turning the social determinants of health into a story that people care about/ Sweet -- 16. The hidden victims of crime/ Wiseman, Larman -- 17. Addressing social deteminants of health- structural change or targeted charity/ Woodruff -- 18. The role of organised primary health care in addressing the social determinants of health/ Yates, Wells, Brown and Butt -- Conclusion: A call to action/ Callaghan |
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Foreword/ Frank Brennan -- Introduction: Social building blocks of good health: opportunity for action/ Laverty -- 1. Action on the social determinants of health- what does Australia need to do?/ Baum, Fisher -- 2. Partnering for positive change/ Board, Hickford, Wood, Widdicombe -- 3. Health inequalities in Australians of working age/ Brown, Nepal -- 4. The social and cultural determinants of health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and the human-rights-based approach of the Close the Gap Campaign for Indigenous health equality/ Cooper -- 6. Promoting disadvantage- obstacles to action/ Daube -- 7. The personal is political/ Falzon -- 8. Delivering a healthier future- what a commitment to improving health status has to do with a national disability insurance scheme/ Galbally -- 9. Health- covering all bases/ Hambleton -- 10. From description to action- using health impact assessment to address the social determinants of health/ Harris-Roxas, Maxwell, Thornell, Peters, Harris -- |
| Summary |
At different stages of a person's life, the presence or absence of certain social building blocks will determine how long we live and how healthy we will be during our lifetime. Experts know these building blocks as the social determinants of health - the conditions in which we are born, grow, live, work and age. And, according to the World Health Organisation, it is the social determinants of health which are mostly responsible for the unfair and avoidable differences in health status seen within and between countries |
| Analysis |
Australian |
| Notes |
"This book was initiated by Catholic Health Australia, the body of Catholic hospitals and aged care services operating right across nation." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Health planning -- Australia.
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Health -- Social aspects -- Australia.
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Medical policy -- Australia.
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Social medicine -- Australia.
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Health Policy.
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Health Services Accessibility.
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Health Status Disparities.
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National Health Programs.
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Socioeconomic Factors.
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| SUBJECT |
Australia. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001315 |
| Author |
Callaghan, Liz.
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Laverty, Martin.
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Catholic Health Australia Incorporated.
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| ISBN |
9781921421952 (paperback) |
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