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This article describes a framework and empirical evidence to support the argument that educational programs and policies are crucial public health interventions. Concepts of education and health are developed and linked, and we review a wide range of empirical studies to clarify pathways of linkage and explore implications.
- The Root Causes of Health Inequity
The factors that make up the root causes of health inequity...
- The Root Causes of Health Inequity
Given the lack of randomisation in school system allocation, we controlled for individuals pre-secondary school characteristics associated with both school type and later health including sex, ethnicity, region of residence, cognitive ability, and childhood socio-economic circumstances.
Jan 11, 2017 · The factors that make up the root causes of health inequity are diverse, complex, evolving, and interdependent in nature. It is important to understand the underlying causes and conditions of health inequities to inform equally complex and effective interventions to promote health equity.
- Alina Baciu, Yamrot Negussie, Amy Geller, James N. Weinstein
- 2017/01/11
- 2017
- Conceptual Understandings of Health Inequalities
- The Role of Learning Beyond Schooling
- The Health Benefits of Learning
- Social Determinants of Health
Investigating the social determinants of health inequalities requires an understanding of the different concepts of health. There are multiple understandings about what constitutes health, both in terms of ‘good’ or ‘bad’ health. For instance, the biomedical model focuses on the absence of disease and emphasises the dynamic physical state of the bo...
Schooling is a small part of the learning process that takes place over a lifetime. Being in a classroom does not necessarily indicate that learning is taking place, and not being in a classroom does not mean that a person is not learning. Schooling, as defined by curriculum-driven, organised learning, is a type of formal learning. Formal learning ...
Learning can have important implications for improving health. From a health economics perspective, learning can impact upon health, as it improves the efficiency by which individuals manage their health and health behaviours (Grossman 1972, 2000). This efficiency can relate to decisions on health care, as well as timely access to health services. ...
The social determinants of health have been defined by the World Health Organisation (2018) as, “the conditions in which people are born, grow, work, live, and age, and the wider set of forces and systems shaping the conditions of daily life”. In 2004, WHO Director-General J.W. Lee announced his intention to create a Commission on Social Determinan...
- Ricardo Sabates, Ariel Yardeni
- 2020
The report takes stock of global progress, highlights deficiencies, and provides a roadmap to achieving the fourth Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) to ensure inclusive and equitable, quality education. In 2018, 258 million children were not enrolled in school.
Apr 6, 2020 · By incorporating pre- and post-educational attainment indicators, we highlight the dual role of education as both a driver of opportunity as well as of inequality. Adults with higher educational attainment have better health and lifespans compared to their less-educated peers.
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Jul 2, 2020 · The concept of “social theories of health inequality”—that is, explanations of health-relevant social phenomena and their role in producing differences in health, morbidity, and mortality—is proposed as one way of fulfilling new educational competencies.
