Understanding the micro and macro politics of health: Inequalities, intersectionality & institutions - A research agenda

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 200, Issue , 2018, Pages 92-98

  Gkiouleka, Anna ^a   Huijts, Tim ^a   Beckfield, Jason ^b   Bambra, Clare ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health inequalities; Health politics; Institutions; Intersectionality; Social positioning

Indexed keywords

ETHNICITY; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESEARCH WORK; SERVICE PROVISION; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

ADULT; HUMAN; POLITICS; REVIEW; HEALTH DISPARITY; METHODOLOGY; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS;

HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; POLITICS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 85041443250     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.01.025     Document Type: Review

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