All together now: why social deprivation matters to everyone

Inequalities in health in the United Kingdom are widening as a result of economic policy. By focusing on specific diseases, health policy fails to address why less prosperous groups die earlier from most major categories of death. By concentrating on actions which can be taken by individuals and loc...

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Published in:BMJ 1996-04, Vol.312 (7037), p.1026-1029
Main Author: Watt, Graham C M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Economic policy
Education & Debate
Environment. Living conditions
Epidemiology
General practice
Health care policy
Health Policy
Health Promotion
Health Status
Heart diseases
Housing. Living conditions
Humans
Income inequality
Medical sciences
Mortality
Poverty
Poverty Areas
Preschool education
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Public Policy
Risk Factors
Scotland - epidemiology
Social Class
Socioeconomics
State Medicine - economics
Urban Health
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Summary:Inequalities in health in the United Kingdom are widening as a result of economic policy. By focusing on specific diseases, health policy fails to address why less prosperous groups die earlier from most major categories of death. By concentrating on actions which can be taken by individuals and local communities health policy ignores actions which require the support and involvement of society as a whole. Clinicians see the consequences of health and economic policy in their everyday practice and could contribute more effectively to public debate. There is a crying need to improve public and professional understanding of the links between health, education, and economic policy and the consequences for everyone of the increasing social and economic exclusion of a substantial proportion of the population.
ISSN:0959-8138
0959-8146
1468-5833
1756-1833
DOI:10.1136/bmj.312.7037.1026