Public health evidence : tackling health inequalities / Tackling health inequalities editors, Amanda Killoran, Catherine Swann, Michael P. Kelly ; editorial board, Simon Ellis [and others]. - xxii, 586 pages, 2 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Patterns and trends in inequalities in health : an international phenomenon / The development of an evidence-based approach to tackling health inequalities in Britain / Social determinants and public health policy in the UK / Building the evidence base : the contribution of the Department of Health's Policy Research Programme (England) / The centre for reviews and dissemination / The Cochrane collaboration / Accumulating evidence to bring policy, practice, and research together / The centre for evidence-based public health policy : part of the ESRC evidence network / What works for children? / The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence / Health evidence bulletins Wales / Evidence, policy, and practice : developing collaborative approaches in Scotland / Simple principles for the evaluation of complex programmes / Systematic or unsystematic, is that the question? : some reflections on the science, art, and politics of reviewing research evidence / Research synthesis for tackling health inequalities : lessons from methods developed within systematic reviews with a focus on marginalized groups / Evidence from qualitative and quantitative research / Evidence for public health practice : conceptual and methodological challenges / What evidence do we have on implementation? / The Bayesian approach to decision-making / Teenage pregnancy policy and practice : the application of evidence / Smoking cessation : an evidence-based approach to tackling health inequalities? / Ethnicity / Tackling health inequalities at the community level : neighbourhood renewal and the new deal for communities / Healthy living centres / Health action zones / Evidence into practice for service improvement in health care : experience from the NHS Modernization Agency / Public policies and inequalities in health : challenges and lessons from Finland / Sweden / Assessing and addressing health inequalities : the Canadian experience / An evidence-based approach to public health and tackling health inequalities in Ireland and Northern Ireland / Bringing about social change : implications for health / Tackling health inequalities : improving the health of poor groups, narrowing health gaps, and reducing health gradients / Mapping the life world : a future research priority for public health / Mel Bartley, Martin Bobak and Michael Marmot -- Michael P. Kelly -- Hilary Graham -- Christine McGuire -- Amanda Sowden and Julie Glanville -- Mike Clarke -- Sandy Oliver, James Thomas, Angela Harden and Ann Oakley -- M. Petticrew, M. Whitehead, C. Bambra, M. Egan, H. Graham, S. Macintyre and E. McDermott -- Kristin Liabo, Sarah Frost, Diana McNeish, Trevor Sheldon and Helen Roberts -- Peter Littlejohns -- Alison Weightman and Edward Coyle -- Erica Wimbush, Helen Harper, Daniel Wight, Laurence Gruer, Matthew Lowther, Jackie Gordon and Shirley Fraser -- Ray Pawson -- Martyn Hammersley -- Sandy Oliver, James Thomas, Angela Harden, Jonathan Shepherd and Ann Oakley -- Mary Dixon-Woods -- Catherine Swann, Bhash Naidoo and Michael P. Kelly -- Helen Roberts, Lisa Arai, Katrina Roen and Jennie Popay -- Jack Dowie -- Catherine Dennison and Geraldine McCormick -- Amanda Killoran, Lesley Owen and Linda Bauld -- Mark R. D. Johnson -- Jean Peters and Elizabeth Goyder -- Dione Hills and Elliot Stern -- Michaela Benzeval -- Diane Ketley and Rose Gollop -- Meri Koivusalo -- Sven Andreasson, Sven Bremberg, Carina Kallestal, Bernt Lundgren, Paul Nordgren, Liselotte Schafer Elinder and Eva Wallin -- John Frank, Cam Mustard, Jim Dunn, Nancy Ross and Ericia Di Ruggiero -- Leslie Boydell and Jane Wilde -- Phil Hanlon -- Hilary Graham -- Michael P. Kelly. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33.

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Health services accessibility--Great Britain
Evidence-based medicine--Great Britain
Medical policy--Great Britain
Public health--Great Britain
Public Health Practice

RA418.3.G7 / P83 2006

362.10941