Health Inequality

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  • Created on: 31-03-21 18:51
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  • Health Inequality
    • Governed by factors which cannot be changed - age, gender, ethnicity
    • Inequalites are ameanable to change
    • Child IQ is dependant on socioeconomic status
      • Even if it is high when born, it is more likely to decline if child is poor
    • Proportionate universalism
      • Delivering universalism with an intensity related to the level of social need
    • Assessing government policy responces to social inequalities in health
      • In 1970's, aim was to convince population that their own behaviour was responsible for their inequalities
      • Black Report - supressed by government
        • Indicated income, housing and woring were responsible for inequalities
    • Marmot Report
      • People living in the poorest neighbourhoods will on average die seven years earlier than people living in the richest neighbourhoods
      • Health inequalities are largely preventable. Not only is there a strong social justice case for addressing health inequalities, there is also a pressing economic case
      • Slight improvements seen under labour government but vast worsening in conservative government

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