Health inequalities: key references and evidence

References

Note that this is not, and is not intended to be, a comprehensive list of references relevant to health inequalities. More detailed lists are available from some of the publications cited below.

Acheson D., 1998. Independent Inquiry into Inequalities in Health Report. The Stationery Office, London.

Black D., Morris J., Smith C., Townsend P. Inequalities in health: report of a Research Working Group. London: Department of Health and Social Security, 1980.

Carr-Hill R., Chalmers-Dixon P. Public Health Observatory Handbook of Health Inequalities Measurement. South East Public Health Observatory (SEPHO), 2005

Crombie I.K., Irvine L., Elliott L., Wallace H. Closing the health inequalities gap: an international perspective. (500KB). WHO Regional Office for Europe, 2005.

Davey Smith G., Dorling, D., Mitchell, R., and Shaw M. Health inequalities in Britain: continuing increases up to the end of the 20th century. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2002; 56: 434-435.

Dorling D.  Death in Britain.  How local mortality rates have changed: 1950s - 1990s.  York: Joseph Rowntree Foundation, 1997.

Dorling D., Rigby J., Wheeler B., Ballas D., Thomas B., Fahmy E., Gordon D. and Lupton R. Poverty and wealth across Britain 1968 to 2005. Joseph Rowntree Foundation, The Policy Press, 2007

Dorling D., and Thomas B., People and Places – a 2001 census atlas of the UK. The Policy Press, Bristol, 2004

Dorling D., Mitchell R., and Pearce J. The global impact of income inequality on health by age: an observational study. BMJ 2007;335(7625):873.

EUROTHINE project. Tackling health inequalities in Europe: an integrated approach (final report). Rotterdam, 2007.

Health Development Agency. Promoting Healthier Communities and narrowing health inequalities: a self-assessment tool for local authorities.  HDA, 2004.

Judge K., Platt S., Costongs C., & Jurczak C. Health Inequalities: a Challenge for Europe. UK Presidency of the EU, 2005

Kunst A.E. et al. Monitoring of trends in socioeconomic inequalities in mortality: experiences from a European project. Demographic Research, April 2004.

Leyland A.H., Dundas R., McLoone P., Boddy F.A. Inequalities in mortality in Scotland 1981-2001. MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, 2007.

Lynch, J. W., Smith, G. D., Kaplan, G. A., & House, J. S. 2000, Income inequality and mortality: importance to health of individual income, psychosocial environment, or material conditions. BMJ, vol. 320, no. 7243, pp. 1200-1204.

Mackenbach, J.P. Health inequalities: Europe in profile. UK Presidency of the EU, 2005.

Mackenbach, J.P., Stirbu I., Roskam A.R., Schaap M.M., Menvielle G., Leinsalu M., and Anton E. Kunst. Socioeconomic Inequalities in Health in 22 European Countries. N Engl J Med 2008;358:2468-81.

Marmot, M. & Wilkinson, R. G. 2001, Psychosocial and material pathways in the relation between income and health: a response to Lynch et al. BMJ, vol. 322, no. 7296, pp. 1233-1236.

McIntyre S. Inequalities in health in Scotland: what are they and what can we do about them? MRC Social & Public Health Sciences Unit. Occasional Paper No. 17, 2007.

Mitchell R., Dorling D., Shaw M. Inequalities in life and death – what if Britain were more equal? The Policy Press, Bristol, 2000.

Regidor E. Measures of health inequalities: part 1. J.Epidemiol.Community Health 2004;58:858-61.

Regidor E. Measures of health inequalities: part 2. J.Epidemiol.Community Health 2004;58:900-3.

Scottish Executive. Social focus on deprived areas. Edinburgh 2005

Scottish Executive. Inequalities in Health - Report of the Measuring Inequalities in Health Working Group. Edinburgh 2003

Scottish Executive. High Level Summary of Equality Statistics: Key Trends for Scotland 2006. Edinburgh 2006

Shaw M., Davey Smith, G. and Dorling, D. Health inequalities and New Labour: how the promises compare with real progress. BMJ 2005;330;1016-1021

Shaw, M., Dorling, D., Gordon, D., & Davey Smith, G. The Widening Gap: health inequalities and policy in Britain, 2 edn, The Policy Press, Bristol, 1999.

WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health. Closing the gap in a generation: health equity through action on the social determinants of health. World Health Organization, 2008.

Whitehead M., Dahlgren G. Concepts and principals for tackling social inequities in health: Levelling Up Parts 1 & 2.World Health Organisation 2006.

Wilkinson, R.  Unhealthy societies: the afflictions of inequality. Routledge, London. 1996.

Wilkinson, R. The impact of inequality. Routledge, London. 2005.

Wilkinson R., Pickett K. The Spirit Level - Why More Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better. Allen Lane, 2009

Effectiveness evidence

ScotPHO’s purpose is to describe the pattern of health across the Scottish population. As a supplementary service to users, we include the following links to external sources of quality-assured evidence on effectiveness of interventions which may include relevant material for this topic.

NHS Health Scotland: Scottish perspectives on NICE public health guidance - Index page

National Library for Public Health - Home page

Centre for Reviews and Dissemination - Home page

Cochrane Reviews - Topic index page

EPPI-Centre: Evidence library - Home page

National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidance - Topic index page

Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) - Home page

Note: The effectiveness evidence links are provided as an aid to users. They are by no means exhaustive nor should they be necessarily viewed as authoritative. The usual ScotPHO disclaimer about links to external sites applies.