Are we producing the right kind of actionable evidence for the social determinants of health?

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 881-893

  O'Campo, Patricia ^a,b,c  

^a Centre for Research on Inner City Health   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Evidence; Health inequalities; Social determinants of health; Social epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MANAGEMENT;

EPIDEMIOLOGIC FACTORS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH PLANNING GUIDELINES; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; POLICY MAKING;

EID: 84878507856     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-012-9695-5     Document Type: Article

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