Contrasting lives, contrasting views? Understandings of health inequalities from children in differing social circumstances

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 613-623

  Backett Milburn, Kathryn ^a,c   Cunningham Burley, Sarah ^a,c   Davis, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Families; Health inequalities; Lay health perspectives; Qualitative; Scotland; Socio cultural contexts

Indexed keywords

CHILD WELFARE; HEALTH RISK; METHODOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; URBAN POPULATION;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMMUNITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIVORCE; DRAWING; FAMILY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEARNING DISORDER; LIFESTYLE; LOVE; PARENT; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PHOTOGRAPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL LIFE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD WELFARE; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; PARENTS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SCOTLAND; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0038121708     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(02)00413-6     Document Type: Article

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