What Works in Tackling Health Inequalities?: Pathways, Policies and Practice through the Lifecourse

Sheena Asthana; Joyce Halliday

doi:10.46692/9781847421524

What is it like to be a child growing up in Britain these days? Is it a happy or anxious time? What are the best and worst aspects of being a child today? This book draws on accounts of over two thousand children and five hundred adults, to examine the present day meaning of childhood and its implications for policy and practice.

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Frontmatter
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Dedication
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Contents
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List of tables, boxes and figure
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Acknowledgements
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List of abbreviations
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one - Introduction
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Part 1 - The research and policy context of health inequalities
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two - Researching health inequalities
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three - The national policy context
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Part 2 - Health inequalities pathways, policies and practice through the lifecourse
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four - Early life and health inequalities: research evidence
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five - Early life: policy and practice
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six - Health inequalities during childhood and youth: research evidence
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seven - Health inequalities during childhood and youth: policy and practice
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eight - Inequalities in health behaviours and the life trajectories of children and youth: research evidence
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nine - Inequalities in the health behaviour of children and youth: policy and practice
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ten - Health inequalities during adulthood: research evidence
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eleven - Health inequalities during adulthood: policy and practice
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twelve - Health inequalities during older age: research evidence
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thirteen - Older age: policy and practice
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Part 3 - Tackling health inequalities: developing an evidence base for public health
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fourteen - Towards a new framework for evidence-based public health
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Index
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Frontmatter
pp i-ii

Dedication
pp iii-iv

Contents
pp v-v

List of tables, boxes and figure
pp vi-vii

Acknowledgements
pp viii-viii

List of abbreviations
pp ix-xii

one - Introduction
pp 1-18

Part 1 - The research and policy context of health inequalities
pp 19-20

two - Researching health inequalities
pp 21-56

three - The national policy context
pp 57-106

Part 2 - Health inequalities pathways, policies and practice through the lifecourse
pp 107-110

four - Early life and health inequalities: research evidence
pp 111-152

five - Early life: policy and practice
pp 153-212

six - Health inequalities during childhood and youth: research evidence
pp 213-248

seven - Health inequalities during childhood and youth: policy and practice
pp 249-280

eight - Inequalities in health behaviours and the life trajectories of children and youth: research evidence
pp 281-322

nine - Inequalities in the health behaviour of children and youth: policy and practice
pp 323-372

ten - Health inequalities during adulthood: research evidence
pp 373-416

eleven - Health inequalities during adulthood: policy and practice
pp 417-474

twelve - Health inequalities during older age: research evidence
pp 475-506

thirteen - Older age: policy and practice
pp 507-560

Part 3 - Tackling health inequalities: developing an evidence base for public health
pp 561-564

fourteen - Towards a new framework for evidence-based public health
pp 565-598

Index
pp 599-612

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