Addressing health inequalities: Five practical approaches for local authorities

Perspectives in Public Health

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 132-134

  Greig, Grahame ^a   Garthwaite, Kayleigh ^b   Bambra, Clare ^b  

^a DURHAM COUNTY COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; AUTHORITY; CASE MANAGEMENT; DIET; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; EXERCISE; FOOD PROCESSING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HOUSING; HUMAN; INCOME; NOTE; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; UNITED KINGDOM; WELFARE; WELLBEING;

COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; ENGLAND; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS;

EID: 84900437349     PISSN: 17579139     EISSN: 17579147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1757913914530654     Document Type: Note

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