Complex problems require complex solutions: The utility of social quality theory for addressing the Social Determinants of Health

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Ward, Paul R ^a   Meyer, Samantha B ^a   Verity, Fiona ^a   Gill, Tiffany K ^b   Luong, Tini Cn ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79961112000     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-630     Document Type: Review

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