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Published in: Journal of Urban Health 6/2012

01-12-2012

Are We Producing the Right Kind of Actionable Evidence for the Social Determinants of Health?

Author: Patricia O’Campo

Published in: Journal of Urban Health | Issue 6/2012

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Abstract

Globally, health and social inequities are growing and are created, actively maintained, and aggravated by existing policies and practices. The call for evidence-based policy making to address this injustice seems a promising strategy to facilitate a reversal of existing strategies and the design of new effective programming. Acting on evidence to address inequities requires congruence between identifying the major drivers of disparities and the study of their causes and solutions. Yet, current research on inequities tends to focus on documenting disparities among individuals or subpopulations with little focus on identifying the macro-social causes of adverse population health. Moreover, the research base falls far short of a focus on the solutions to the complex multilevel drivers of disparities. This paper focuses upon recommendations to refocus and improve the public health research evidence generated to inform and create strong evidence-based recommendations for improving population health.
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Metadata
Title
Are We Producing the Right Kind of Actionable Evidence for the Social Determinants of Health?
Author
Patricia O’Campo
Publication date
01-12-2012
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Journal of Urban Health / Issue 6/2012
Print ISSN: 1099-3460
Electronic ISSN: 1468-2869
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11524-012-9695-5

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