Tackling inequalities in health: extracts from the summary

Benzeval, Michaela; Judge, Ken; Whitehead, Margaret

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“…But what are the alternatives ? Egalitarian political interventions, such as changes in taxation or housing policy (Benzeval et al 1995 ;Watt, 1996), are likely to be opposed on the grounds that they are costly and as yet unsupported by empirical evidence (Goldberg, 1992 ;Paykel & Jenkins, 1994). If a population-based approach is to gain credibility, interventions must be developed which are economically feasible and acceptable to populations (Koepsall et al 1995).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Weich

1997

Psychol. Med.

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From a public health perspective, there is probably no more important or daunting challenge than reducing the prevalence of the most common mental disorders, namely anxiety and depression. These disorders have a combined community prevalence rate of between 15% and 30% (Cox et al. 1987; Robins et al. 1991; Goldberg & Huxley, 1992; Kessler et al. 1994; Meltzer et al. 1995) and account for one-third of days lost from work due to ill health (Jenkins, 1985a) and one-fifth of all consultations in general practice in the UK (Williams et al. 1986). The common mental disorders are associated with impairments in physical and social functioning at least as severe those associated with chronic physical illnesses (Wells et al. 1988; Klerman, 1989; Wohlfarth et al. 1993; Ormel & Costa e Silva, 1995; Spitzer et al. 1995; Martin et al. 1996), and a mortality rate nearly twice that of the general population (Murphy et al., 1987; Klerman, 1989; Lloyd et al. 1996). The public health importance of these disorders, even in mild form, is further demonstrated by the finding that low levels of depression resulted in 51% more days lost from work than major depression (Broadhead et al. 1990). The total annual cost of the common mental disorders in the UK may amount to £6 billion, of which two-thirds arises from lost productivity (Croft-Jefferys & Wilkinson, 1989). Despite the availability of simple, cheap and effective treatments (Paykel & Priest, 1992; Effective Health Care, 1993; Brugha, 1995), one study found that the prevalence of these disorders in Britain may have increased recently (Lewis & Wilkinson, 1993).

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Section: Which Interventions ?mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Weich

1997

Psychol. Med.

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“…In the North, epidemiology has focused upon the individual: on behavioural risk factors or upon biological risk factors open to behavioural modification. However, as Benzeval, Judge and Whitehead (1995) observe, such explanations fail to consider why poor people behave as they do. They ignore the structural aspects of poverty -shortage of local shops and public transport, inadequate leisure and child care facilities, for example.…”

Section: Explaining Health Inequalitiesmentioning

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“…Also, countries with widening inequalities in health tend to have widening inequalities in wealth. Wilkinson (1994) and Benzeval, Judge and Whitehead (1995) refer to recent international comparisons in the North.…”

Section: Describing Health Inequalitiesmentioning

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“…For example, a restructuring of the United Kingdom tax and benefit systems as a means of redistributing resources from richer to poorer sections of the population is advocated in Tackling Health Inequalities (Benzeval, Whitehead and Judge 1995), whilst the 1994 UNDP report outlines strategies for redressing international imbalances in the flows of trade and aid between the North and the South. Interventions aimed at reducing social inequalities by redistributive means may offer the best hope for reducing health inequalities, however difficult they may be to implement or even to consider.…”

Section: Explaining Health Inequalitiesmentioning

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Health inequalities in urban areas: a guide to the literature

Todd¹

1996

Environment and Urbanization

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“…Efforts to tackle inequalities typically have two shortcomings (see Benzeval, Judge, & Whitehead, 1995): 1. Excessive attention is given to the health experiences of white males of working age compared with women, older people, people with disabilities, and minority ethnic groups.…”

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Challenging Social Inequalities in Health

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Handbook of Families &Amp; Poverty

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