Publications relating to health inequalities
Health Services, Health Inequalities & Health and Social Gain Programme
Published in 2009 by ESRI
This research programme, supported by the Health Research Board, is being carried out by a team of economists and sociologists at the Economic and Social Research Institute, the Institute for the...
IPH Manifesto for 2009 European Elections
Published in 2009 by Institute of Public Health in Ireland
The 2009 European Elections provide an opportunity to influence health at local and European Government level. IPH has produced a short manifesto identifying 5 areas of action in public...
Delivering The Bamford Vision
Published in 2009 by Dept of Health, Socail Services and Public Safety
The Bamford Action Plan 2009-2011 sets out key actions which a range of government departments will be undertaking over the next two years. This follows on from a consultation last year on the...
Tackling global health risks prevents premature deaths
Published in 2009 by World Health Organization
Global life expectancy could be increased by nearly five years by addressing five factors affecting health – childhood underweight, unsafe sex, alcohol use, lack of safe water, sanitation...
Northern Ireland Health and Social Care
Published in 2009 by Dept of Health, Socail Services and Public Safety
The Health and Social Care Inequalities Monitoring System (HSCIMS) comprises a basket of indicators which are monitored over time to assess area differences in mortality, morbidity, utilisation of...
Monitoring poverty and social exclusion in Northern Ireland 2009
Published in 2009 by New Policy Institute.
Findings is an update of and Social Exclusion in Northern Ireland published in 2006. While that research was written during a time of prosperity for Northern Ire
Everyone's Involved - Public Consultation on Sustainable Development Strategy
Published in 2009 by Office of The First MInister
The aim of the Sustainable Development Strategy is to identify and develop actions that will improve the quality of life for ourselves, and for future generations. The strategy involves the whole...
Children, young people and alcohol: how they learn about and behave towards alcohol
Published in 2009 by Joseph Rowntree Foundation
This review examines the major socialising influences on children and young people as they learn about alcohol and begin to drink. The review focuses on the UK although in other countries there is...
Children, young people and alcohol: how to prevent excessive use
Published in 2009 by Joseph Roundtree Foundation
Influences on how children and young people learn about and behave towards alcohol 2009b) reviews the literature on how children learn about alcohol and summarises what we know...
Through Thick and Thin: Tackling Child Poverty in Hard Times
Published in 2009 by End Child Poverty
Families on benefits are being left high and dry. A couple with two children who lose their jobs is having to survive on £115 a week below the poverty line. The latest jobless figures show...
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