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Social Equity and Health
A special issue of Health Sociology Review ISSN 1446-1242 Vol 16 (2)
Guest Editors:
Toni Schofield, University of Sydney and
Prof. Olle Lundberg, Centre for Health Equity Studies, Karolinska Institute
ISBN 978-0-9757422-8-0 iv + 108 pages August 2007
INDEXED IN: Thomson ISI Science Citation Index/Social Sciences
Social Equity and Health alludes to several important and inter-related questions: one being the social determinants of health and the distribution of health and illness among different social groups in society; another the inequities in health and mortality as such; and third that inequities in health are caused or at least dependent on the unequal distribution of resources in our societies.
These issues are high on the international research agenda in social epidemiology and public health research, but have attracted less attention among sociologists. Still, they are closely linked to core issues in sociology, such as the interplay between social structures, individual and group-level actions and individual outcomes.
With the launch of the WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health, which is ‘charged with recommending interventions and policies to improve health and narrow health inequalities through action on social determinants', these issues are also put to the forefront of global health policy making.
This special issue will also be available as a course reader. Course coordinators are invited to contact the publisher for an evaluation copy.
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