Public health in the early 21st century increasingly considers how
social inequalities impact on individual health, moving away from
the focus on how disease relates to the individual person. This
'new public health' identifies how social, economic and political
factors affect the level and distribution of individual health,
through their effects on individual behaviours, the social groups
people belong to, the character of relationships to others and the
characteristics of the societies in which people live. The rising
social inequalities that can be seen in nearly every country in the
world today present not just a moral danger, but a mortal danger as
well. "Social inequality and public health" brings together the
latest research findings from some of the most respected medical
and social scientists in the world. It surveys four pathways to
understanding the social determinants of health: differences in
individual health behaviours; group advantage and disadvantage;
psychosocial factors in individual health; and healthy and
unhealthy societies, shedding light on the costs and consequences
of today's high-inequality social models. This exciting book brings
together leaders in the field discussing their latest research and
is a must-read for anyone interested in public health and social
inequalities internationally.
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