Tackling health inequalities in Norway: applying linear and non-linear models in the policy-making process

This article follows the Norwegian policy-making process on social inequalities in health applying models for policy development with focus on linear and non-linear movements.

The focus is process-oriented following the introduction of a comprehensive, cross-sectoral strategy to tackle socioeconomic health inequalities in Norway. A case study design was selected and two theoretical frameworks have guided the research. Whitehead´s model for health inequality intervention (2007) follows a linear theory-based logic, underpinning the idea that implicit or explicit theories or formulation of a distinct problem causally predicts design and outcome of policy programmes.

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