Policy approaches to address the social and environmental determinants of health inequity in Asia-Pacific

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 896-914

  Friel, Sharon ^a   Loring, Belinda ^a   Aungkasuvapala, Narongsakdi ^b   Baum, Fran ^c   Blaiklock, Alison ^d   Chiang, Tung Liang ^e   Cho, Youngtae ^f   Dakulala, Paison ^g   Guo, Yan ^h   Hashimoto, Hideki ⁱ   Horton, Kellie ^j   Jayasinghe, Saroj ^k   Matheson, Don ^l   Nguyen, Huong Thanh ^m   Otto, Caleb ⁿ   Rao, Mala ^o,r   Reid, Paaparangi ^p   Surjadi, Charles ^q  

^a The Australian National University   (Australia)

^b National Health Commission and Social Inequity Reduction Network (SIR Net)   (Thailand)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Health Promotion   (New Zealand)

^e NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^g Ministry of Health   (Papua New Guinea)

^h PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^j Victorian Health Promotion Foundation   (Australia)

^k UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^l MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^m HANOI UNIVERSITY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Viet Nam)

ⁿ University of East London ^*

^o UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^p UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^q ATMA JAYA CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF INDONESIA   (Indonesia)

^r ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF COLLEGE OF INDIA   (India)

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Author keywords

Asia Pacific; governance; health inequities; health systems; indigenous health; social and environmental determinants; social inclusion; trade policy; urban planning

Indexed keywords

ASIA; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MANAGEMENT; PACIFIC ISLANDS; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ASIA; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; POLICY MAKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84871655813     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1010539512460569     Document Type: Review

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