Search results
- Results were mixed across the public health domains; some policy interventions were shown to reduce health inequalities (e.g. food subsidy programmes, immunisations), others have no effect and some interventions appear to increase inequalities (e.g. 20 mph and low emission zones).
bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-018-5677-1The effects of public health policies on health inequalities ...
People also ask
Do public health actions increase health inequalities?
Do policy interventions reduce health inequalities?
Are public health policies effective in reducing health inequalities?
Does a health intervention increase inequalities in health?
Do upstream public health interventions affect health inequalities?
Are health policies causing health inequalities?
Jul 13, 2018 · Results were mixed across the public health domains; some policy interventions were shown to reduce health inequalities (e.g. food subsidy programmes, immunisations), others have no effect and some interventions appear to increase inequalities (e.g. 20 mph and low emission zones).
- Katie Thomson, Frances Hillier-Brown, Adam Todd, Courtney L. McNamara, Tim Huijts, Clare Bambra
- 2018
Sep 10, 2020 · Our review shows that complex community-based interventions can contribute to reducing socio-economic inequalities in health behavior and health status outcomes, or at least do not increase inequalities, respectively.
- Stefan Nickel, Olaf von dem Knesebeck
- 10.1186/s12939-020-01271-8
- 2020
- Int J Equity Health. 2020; 19: 157.
With the healthcare and public health reform afoot, inequalities highlighted due to the pandemic are thus high on the policy agenda, and a mobilised research community, it is time to rethink our approach to inequalities within and beyond the healthcare system.
Some successful public health interventions may increase inequalities by bringing about greater improvements in health or health behaviours in less disadvantaged groups.
- Theo Lorenc, Mark Petticrew, Vivian Welch, Peter Tugwell
- 2013
May 28, 2018 · Public health actions that focus on individual-level behavioural determinants may inadvertently increase health inequalities in the absence of accompanying efforts that target "upstream" socioeconomic, political, cultural, and environmental factors. Deploy a combination of targeted interventions and universal policies/interventions.
This chapter presents a theoretical model for this, showing how in the presence of social inequalities, even interventions designed to improve health can widen health disparities between groups.
Oct 19, 2021 · Locally delivered, place-based public health interventions are receiving increasing attention as a way of improving health and reducing inequalities. However, there is limited evidence on their effectiveness.
