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Diffusion of Ideas on Social Inequalities in Health: A European Perspective
Author(s) -
Whitehead Margaret
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
the milbank quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.563
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1468-0009
pISSN - 0887-378X
DOI - 10.1111/1468-0009.00099
Subject(s) - inequality , salient , presentation (obstetrics) , social inequality , action (physics) , perspective (graphical) , political science , public health , work (physics) , health policy , order (exchange) , public relations , sociology , economic growth , medicine , health care , economics , mathematical analysis , physics , mathematics , nursing , quantum mechanics , mechanical engineering , finance , engineering , artificial intelligence , computer science , law , radiology
The issue of social inequalities in health has become politically salient during the 1990s in many European countries. Research evidence and ideas that eventually came to the attention of national policy makers helped to trigger this change. The pathways of this information flow are traced through an examination of the work of international agencies and a presentation of case studies from three countries: the Netherlands, Britain, and Sweden. Each country’s experience was different but nevertheless influenced and reinforced the courses of action adopted by the others. It is clear that, in order to meet the challenge that health inequalities pose to public health and policy, cooperation will become even more important in the future.