Publications relating to health inequalities
Tackling health inequalities. An All-Ireland approach to social determinants
Published in 2008 by Institute of Public Health in Ireland/Combat Poverty Agency
This report by the Institute of Public Health in Ireland and Combat Poverty Agency has highlighted the extent to which health outcomes are influenced by social factors, such as poor housing,...
The World Health Report 2008 - Primary Health Care
Published in 2008 by The World Health Organization
Why a renewal of primary health care (PHC), and why now, more than ever? Globalization is putting the social cohesion of many countries under stress, and health systems are clearly not performing...
Health Impacts of Education: a review
Published in 2008 by Institute of Public Health in Ireland
This review is the fourth in a series and illustrates how education impacts on health.
It shows how education influences health through a range of interconnecting pathways and identifies...
Statistics from the Northern Ireland drug misuse database: 1 April 2008 – 31 March 2009
Published in 2008 by Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
In 2005–07 healthy life expectancy (HLE) for males at birth, based on the definition of general health used in previous releases, was highest in England (68.7 years) and lowest in Wales and...
Health Matters An Equality Commission Statement on Key Inequalities in Education and a Strategy for Intervention
Published in 2008 by DHSSPSNI
In the past year, a year which marked the 60th anniversary of the Health Service, we have seen fundamental changes to the way our health service works, with the establishment of the Health and...
An Equality Commission Statement on Key Inequalities in Education and a Strategy for Intervention
Published in 2008 by Equality Commission
A key ongoing role for the Commission is to continue to raise the public’s awareness of the impacts of inequalities of opportunity in education, to make the link between education and...
Tackling health inequalities: 2004-06 data and policy update for the 2010 national target
Published in 2007 by Department of Health
This document provides an update on progress to meet the health inequalities national target to reduce the gap as measured by infant mortality and life expectancy, by 10% by 2010...
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