The effects of public health policies on health inequalities in high-income countries: an umbrella review
Socio-economic inequalities are associated with unequal exposure to social, economic and environmental risk factors, which in turn contribute to health inequalities. Understanding the impact of specific public health policy interventions will help to establish causality in terms of the effects on health inequalities. The review does tentatively suggest interventions that policy makers might use to reduce health inequalities, although whether the programmes are transferable between high-income countries remains unclear.
Authors: K. Thomson, F. Hillier-Brown, A. Todd, C. McNamara, T. Huijts, C.Bambra
A briefing note is available here.
Type
Policy & Policy Analysis, Research
Theme
Communicable diseases, Employment, occupational health, adult education, youth employment, Environment, climate change, Governance, Health in All Policies, Economy of Wellbeing, Health Impact Assessment, sustainable development, Non-communicable diseases, alcohol, nutrition, obesity, cancer, smoking, physical activity
Country
Europe, Global
Level
European, International
Year
2018
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