Socioeconomic inequalities in health: individual or area level; does it matter?

Socioeconomic inequalities in health: individual or area level; does it matter?

<p>Abstract</p> <p>In the last decades we have accumulated substantial knowledge about the risk factors that lead to cardiovascular disease. Despite this progress, in this issue of BMC Public Health we learn that little improvement has been made towards reducing inequalities in the...

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Main Author: Galobardes B
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-03-01
Series:BMC Public Health
Subjects:
Health inequalities
Individual level
Area-based
Socioeconomic position
Cardiovascular disease
Risk factors
Trends
Indicators
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/12/171
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Summary:<p>Abstract</p> <p>In the last decades we have accumulated substantial knowledge about the risk factors that lead to cardiovascular disease. Despite this progress, in this issue of BMC Public Health we learn that little improvement has been made towards reducing inequalities in these risk factors in the UK. Characterizing changes over time can help understanding the mechanisms that underpin health inequalities. These pathways are complex and operate at different levels, from the individual to the context where someone lives. In this commentary I highlight some of the issues and uncertainties that may arise when individual and area level measures are used indistinctively.</p>
ISSN:1471-2458

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