Resource Database
Looking for policies, good practices, research outputs, organisations or initiatives that address health inequalities? This database can help you find them. Filter results by type, topic, year, or country – or search by keyword. Use the form below to add your own resources to the database.
What is the health equity resource database?
The resource database includes examples of work on health inequalities including
- publications
- good practices
- initiatives and organisations
- data sources
- policies and policy analysis
- research
The database is focused on Europe and European countries.
You can filter results by type (for example: health inequalities research, organisation, intervention/practice, or policy) and theme (for example: built environment, education, or employment). You can also filter by country, or find cross-border collaborations. The level filter allows you to find local, national, European or international entries. Use the search bar to search for keywords.
Is something missing from the database? Do you have an example of a national or European policy for increasing health equity, an intervention, or research to share? Check whether it fits our eligibility criteria and add it using the form at the bottom of the page.
Modifying the school determinants of children’s health
Our living environments have a significant impact on our health: the ‘social determinants of health’ account for 80–90% of health outcomes. The impact of the social determinants can be felt...Gender equality and the socio-economic impact of the...
This study by the European Institute for Gender Equality aims to provide a more detailed and timely picture of the short-term and long-term gender equality challenges faced by the EU...European Social Survey: Round 9 Multilevel Data published
The European Social Survey (ESS) Multilevel Data resource Round 9 (2018/19) includes externally collected data published in 2021. This includes contextual data on crime demography the economy education health immigration...Health literacy as a social vaccine in the...
This study published in January 2022 looks at health literacy as a social vaccine in the COVID-19 pandemic. From a health promotion perspective, a social vaccine is a process of...How to talk about childhood obesity: Impact on...
Impact on Urban Health have released a framing toolkit to address childhood obesity. How we talk about child health and obesity matters. Where we live, and what we earn, shapes...Who benefits from nature in cities? Social inequalities...
The European Environment Agency have released a briefing to review the evidence of socio-economic and demographic inequalities in access to the health benefits derived from urban green and blue spaces...BZgA develop Impulse Generator for the Promotion of...
The Federal Centre for Health Education (BZgA) has developed the “Impulse Generator for the Promotion of Physical Activity”: The digital planning tool accompanies interested cities and municipalities step by step...WHO report highlights scale of childhood cancer inequalities...
The World Health Organization have released a report that sets out evidence on childhood cancer inequalities in the European Region, and examines the patterns that emerge at national and regional...
Contribute to the health equity resource database
The resource database is continuously updated with new publications, initiatives and practices, policies, and organisations. Share your work with the public health community by completing the form below.
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