Health Inequality · an Introduction to Concepts, Theories and Methods by Bartley, Mel -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Title Page Copyright Acknowledgements Introduction to the Second Edition

Further reading

1 What is Social Inequality?

Measures of social position Why measurement matters Further reading

2 What is Health Inequality?

How unequal is health? Why health inequality? Further reading

3 Figuring Out Health Inequality

Statistical explanation Vital statistics: numerators and denominators Absolute and relative Standardization: what is it and why is it needed? Observational studies and ‘causality’ Models of health inequality Further reading Appendix: How to Calculate a Standardized Mortality Ratio (SMR)

4 Explanatory Models I: Behavioural and ‘Cultural’ Explanations

‘Individualized’ behavioural explanations Behaviour as a result of ‘culture’ ‘Cultural shift’ How important is behaviour for health inequality? Why are risky behaviours unequal? Further reading

5 Explanatory Models II: Psycho-Social Factors

The biology of stress: fight, flight and defeat Types of psycho-social factor How important are psycho-social factors? Further reading

6 Explanatory Models III: Materialist Explanations

What is the materialist model? Measuring material risk Work and environmental hazards Can there ever be a ‘pure material’ model? The puzzle of the gradient The cost of a healthy life Commodification Further reading

7 Macro-Social Models

Income inequality and population health Welfare regimes and health Macro-social factors in the life course Further reading

8 Gender and Inequality in Health

Gender ‘inequalities’ in health Explaining gender differences in health Is health inequality different in men and women? Reasons for gender differences in health inequality Further reading

9 Ethnic Inequalities in Health

What is meant by ‘race’ or ‘ethnicity’? Ethnicity, biology and health How great are ethnic or racial differences in health? Ethnicity and socio-economic conditions Social ecology of ethnicity and health Further reading

10 Health Inequality in the Life Course

11 The Way Forward for Research and Policy Debate

Do we need trials of policy options? International comparative studies Implications of recent evidence for policy debate Evidence-based policy What would an adequate explanation look like? Further reading

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