Poverty, inequality, and health : an international perspective / edited by David A. Leon and Gill Walt.
| Other author | Leon, David A. |
| Other author | Walt, Gillian. |
| Other author | London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Public Health Forum 1999) |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001. |
| Description | x, 358 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Oxford medical publications Oxford medical publications. ^A726 |
| Contents | Poverty, inequality, and health in international perspective: a divided world? / David A. Leon, Gill Walt -- The health consequences of the collapse of the Soviet Union / Martin McKee -- Industrialization and health in historical perspective / Richard H. Steckel -- Common threads: underlying components of inequalities in mortality between and within countries / David A. Leon -- Life-course approaches to socio-economic differentials in cause-specific adult mortality / George Davey Smith, David Gunnell, Yoav Ben-Shlomo -- The impact of health interventions on inequalities: infant and child health in Brazil / Cesar G. Victora, Fernando C. Barros, J. Patrick Vaughan -- Children's health in developing countries: issues of coping, child neglect, and marginalization / Claudio F. Lanata -- Accounts of social capital: the mixed health effects of personal communities and voluntary groups / Stephen J. Kunitz -- Do health care systems contribute to inequalities? / Maureen Mackintosh -- Measuring health inequality: challenges and new directions / Christopher J.L. Murray, Julio Frenk, Emmanuela E. Gakidou -- Poverty and inequalities in health within developing countries: filling the information gap / Davidson R. Gwatkin -- Poverty, inequality, and mental health in developing countries / Vikram Patel -- Injuries, inequalities, and health: from policy vacuum to policy action / Anthony Zwi -- Inequalities in health: is research gender blind? / Sally Macintyre -- From science to policy: options for reducing health inequalities / Hilary Graham -- Do poverty alleviation programmes reduce inequities in health? The Bangladesh exoperience / A. Mushtaque R. Chowdhury, Abbas Bhuiya -- Economic progress and health / Amartya Sen. |
| General note | Chapters extended and developed from presentations given at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Ninth Public Health Forum, held in Apr. 1999. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 00058883 |
| ISBN | 0192631969 (alk. paper) : |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Laupus | Books - Stacks | W 250.1 P879 2001 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |