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Closing the gap in a generation : health equity through action on the social determinants of health : Commission on Social Determinants of Health final report.
- Author(s):
- WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health
- World Health Organization
- Title(s):
- Closing the gap in a generation : health equity through action on the social determinants of health : Commission on Social Determinants of Health final report.
- Country of Publication:
- Switzerland
- Publisher:
- Geneva, Switzerland : World Health Organization, Commission on Social Determinants of Health, c2008.
- Description:
- 246 p. : ill. ; 30 cm.
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Language:
- English
- ISBN:
- 9789241563703
9241563702
- Electronic Links:
- http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2008/9789241563703_eng.pdf
- Summary:
- The Commission on Social Determinants of Health was set up by former World Health Organization Director-General J.W. Lee. It was tasked to collect, collate, and synthesize global evidence on the social determinants of health and their impact on health inequity, and to make recommendations for action to address that inequity.
- MeSH:
- Health Status Disparities
Socioeconomic Factors.*
- Notes:
- Title from cover.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 208-224) and index.
Also available via the World Wide Web as an Acrobat .pdf file (7.29 MB, 256 p).
- Cite As:
- CSDH (2008). Closing the gap in a generation: health equity through action on the social determinants of health. Final Report of the Commission on Social Determinants of Health. Geneva, World Health Organization.
- Contents:
- A new global agenda--the commission on social determinants of health -- Global health inequity--the need for action -- Causes and solutions -- The Nature of evidence and action -- Daily Living Conditions -- Equity from the start -- Healthy places healthy people -- Fair employment and decent work -- Social protection across the lifecourse -- Universal health care -- Health equity in all policies, systems, and programmes -- Fair financing -- Market responsibility -- Gender equity -- Political empowerment--inclusion and voice -- Good global governance -- The Social determinants of health. monitoring, research, and training -- Sustaining action beyond the commission on social determinants of health.
- NLM ID:
- 101488674 [Book]