Inequalities and Suicidal Behaviour

International Handbook of Suicide Prevention: Research, Policy and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 211-234

  Platt, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compositional versus contextual effects; Health inequality, and systematic and avoidable differences in health outcomes; Health inequality, context of individual level indicators social position, class, education and income; Higher odds ratios (ORs), relative risks (RRs), or standardized mortality ratios (SMRs) suicide among unemployed; Inequalities and suicidal behaviour; Intentional self harm, and undetermined deaths in Scotland, 1989 2002; National suicide prevention strategies equity lens, for suicide prevention strategy; Occupational status, occupation and suicidal behaviour; Relative importance of individual and area level inequalities on suicide risk; Socio economic inequalities in suicide the evidence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873801130     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781119998556.ch13     Document Type: Chapter

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