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Inequalities in Health: The Evidence Presented to the Independent Inquiry into Inequalities in Health, Chaired by Sir Donald Acheson
The Acheson Inquiry was the most important government-backed examination into inequalities in health in the past 20 years. However, much of the detailed evidence presented to the Inquiry has not been published - until now.
This book presents 17 chapters of evidence commissioned by the Acheson Inquiry to inform their work. It provides a 'state of the art' review, by leading experts, into aspects of inequalities in health among:
Mothers/families/children
Youth
Adults of working age
Older people
Housing
Social environment
Poverty and income
The NHS
Nutrition
Education
Areas
Ethnicity
Transport/pollution/material environment
Gender
Mental health
Health-related behaviours
Oral health
Inequalities in health: The evidence is important reading for academics in the social and medical sciences, students, medical professionals and people working within the fields of health and community care.
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This book is part of a series called: 'Studies in poverty, inequality and social exclusion'.
Series Editor: David Gordon, Director, Townsend Centre for International Poverty Research.
Poverty, inequality and social exclusion remain the most fundamental problems that humanity faces in the 21st century. This exciting series, published in association with the Townsend Centre for International Poverty Research at the University of Bristol, aims to make cutting-edge poverty related research more widely available.
This book presents 17 chapters of evidence commissioned by the Acheson Inquiry to inform their work. It provides a 'state of the art' review, by leading experts, into aspects of inequalities in health among:
Mothers/families/children
Youth
Adults of working age
Older people
Housing
Social environment
Poverty and income
The NHS
Nutrition
Education
Areas
Ethnicity
Transport/pollution/material environment
Gender
Mental health
Health-related behaviours
Oral health
Inequalities in health: The evidence is important reading for academics in the social and medical sciences, students, medical professionals and people working within the fields of health and community care.
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This book is part of a series called: 'Studies in poverty, inequality and social exclusion'.
Series Editor: David Gordon, Director, Townsend Centre for International Poverty Research.
Poverty, inequality and social exclusion remain the most fundamental problems that humanity faces in the 21st century. This exciting series, published in association with the Townsend Centre for International Poverty Research at the University of Bristol, aims to make cutting-edge poverty related research more widely available.
- GenresNonfictionSociology
288 pages, Paperback
First published June 24, 1982
About the author
Peter Townsend
52 booksPeter Brereton Townsend was a British sociologist who wrote widely on the economics of poverty and was co-founder of the Child Poverty Action Group. The Peter Townsend Policy Press Prize was established by the British Academy in his memory. Townsend was dedicated to studying "very carefully the life of the poorest and most handicapped members of society". [wikipedia]
After early years working for the independent research organisation - Political and Economic Planning (PEP) - and then research at the Institute of Community Studies (1954-57), Peter Townsend became Research Fellow and Lecturer at the London School of Economics (1957-63). He was then appointed Professor of Sociology at the University of Essex in 1963. Subsequently, he held posts in social policy and development at the University of Bristol and the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).
Peter Townsend was regarded as one of the pioneers of research on poverty in the United Kingdom. He was Chairman of the Child Poverty Action Group from 1969 and of the Disability Alliance from 1974. Prior to his death in June 2009 he was Emeritus Professor and Senior Research Fellow of Social Policy at the Centre for the Study of Poverty and Social Justice, University of Bristol, and Centennial Professor of International Social Policy, LSE.
Townsend's work questions many of the philosophical and theoretical models of poverty whilst also playing a key role in developing new measurements, models and definitions of poverty and inequality. [ESDS]
After early years working for the independent research organisation - Political and Economic Planning (PEP) - and then research at the Institute of Community Studies (1954-57), Peter Townsend became Research Fellow and Lecturer at the London School of Economics (1957-63). He was then appointed Professor of Sociology at the University of Essex in 1963. Subsequently, he held posts in social policy and development at the University of Bristol and the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).
Peter Townsend was regarded as one of the pioneers of research on poverty in the United Kingdom. He was Chairman of the Child Poverty Action Group from 1969 and of the Disability Alliance from 1974. Prior to his death in June 2009 he was Emeritus Professor and Senior Research Fellow of Social Policy at the Centre for the Study of Poverty and Social Justice, University of Bristol, and Centennial Professor of International Social Policy, LSE.
Townsend's work questions many of the philosophical and theoretical models of poverty whilst also playing a key role in developing new measurements, models and definitions of poverty and inequality. [ESDS]
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