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1 online resource (80 pages) |
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Euro Non Serial Publications |
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Euro Non Serial Publications
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| Contents |
Acknowled-gements; Foreword; Authors; Abbreviations; Executive summary; 1.1. Health inequities in Europe; 2. Trends in governance thinking and practice ; 2.1. Reducing inequities in health through action on social determinants -- why governance is important ; 2.2. Reasons for acting on social determinants and reducing health inequities; 2.2.1. Reducing preventable ill health is a matter of fairness and social justice; 2.2.2. Health is a human right; 2.2.3. Health is a public good |
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2.2.4. Loss of health and increasing health inequity lead to social conflict and undermines community cohesion2.2.5. Population health is an economic asset and a productive good; 2.3. Summary of key issues in governance for health equity ; 2.4. Summary of the main principles of effective governance for health equity; 3.1. Integrated policies capable of acting on social determinants ; 3.2. Instruments that incentivize collaboration across stakeholders and hold decision-makers to account; 3.2.1. Horizontal and vertical integration of actions |
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3.3. Active participation and engagement of communities4.1. Conceptual failure; 4.2. Delivery chain failure; 4.2.1. Reliance on small-scale project and pilots ; 4.2.2. Lack of appropriate incentives and mechanisms for acting across sectors and determinants ; 4.2.3. Lack of investment in ongoing assessment of trends in inequities and social determinants; 4.2.4. Gaps in quality and type of data/intelligence ; 4.3. Governmental control strategy failure; 4.4. Public health system failure ; 5. Systems checklist for governing for health equity through action on social determinants of health |
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5.1. Characteristics of delivery systems important to reducing inequities through action on social determinants of health6. Recommendations ; 6.1. Promote and ensure shared responsibility for equity results across government ; 6.1.1. Strengthening the mix and coherence of instruments which enable and reward joint action on social inequities (i) across sectoral portfolios and (ii) between local, regional and national governments ; 6.2. Accountability instruments and capacities for equity; 6.3. Equity and health equity as indicators of a fair and sustainable society |
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6.4. Involving local people and communities improves the design and impact of policies and investments aimed at improving health and reducing social inequities 6.5. Europe-wide information exchange; 7. References; 8. Bibliography |
| Summary |
This report is one of 13 task group reports which underpin the work of the European review of the social determinants of health and the health divide. The study was commissioned by the WHO Regional Office for Europe to inform the development of Health 2020. With its distilled lessons this publication is of vital importance for the WHO European Region''s 53 Member States and their efforts to implement the equity goals of Health 2020. It provides a situation analysis of why policies and interventions to address social determinants of health and health inequities succeed or fail. It also discusse |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Harrison, D
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Burns, H
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| ISBN |
9789289000598 |
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9289000597 |
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