Public social monitoring reports and their effect on a policy programme aimed at addressing the social determinants of health to improve health equity in New Zealand

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 101, Issue , 2014, Pages 61-69

  Pega, Frank ^a,b   Valentine, Nicole B ^c   Matheson, Don ^d   Rasanathan, Kumanan ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^e UNITED NATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

Health equity; Health policy; New Zealand; Social determinants of health; Social monitoring; Social reporting

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SOCIETY; HEALTH POLICY; POLICY APPROACH; POLICY MAKING; SOCIAL POLICY; SOCIAL SECURITY; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ARTICLE; E-MAIL; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MASS MEDIUM; NEW ZEALAND; POLITICS; PUBLICATION; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SOCIAL MEDICINE;

NEW ZEALAND;

HEALTH EQUITY; HEALTH POLICY; NEW ZEALAND; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIAL MONITORING; SOCIAL REPORTING;

HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; POLICY MAKING; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH;

EID: 84894104176     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.10.043     Document Type: Article

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