Sentences with phrase «on health inequality»

In April 2007, 40 of Australia's leading Indigenous and non-Indigenous health peak bodies and human rights organisations joined forces to launch a campaign to «Close the Gap» on health inequality.

Marmot — follow him on Twitter at @michaelmarmot — is President of the World Medical Association, Director of the UCL Institute of Health Equity and has been a leading researcher on health inequality issues for more than four decades.

This selection of articles on the social determinants of health was released to mark the 57th Boyer Lecture series by Marmot, the President of the World Medical Association, Director of the UCL Institute of Health Equity and a leading researcher on health inequality issues for more than four decades.

Lots of focus on health inequality, not enough on wealth inequality.

This commits the Government to work in partnership with Indigenous people, and their representative organisations, to «close the gap» on health inequality and life expectancy by 2030.

As Terry Hartig of the Institute for Housing and Urban Research at Sweden's Uppsala University writes in an accompanying commentary article for The Lancet, «This study offers valuable evidence that green space does more than pretty up the neighbourhood; it appears to have real effects on health inequality, of a kind that politicians and health authorities should take seriously.»

Whereas estimates from the National Diet and Nutrition Survey and Living Costs and Food Survey are broadly comparable (123 mL / adult / day versus 168 mL / person / day), the British Soft Drinks Association's figures are threefold to fourfold higher.48 61 The level and pattern of consumption will determine the magnitude of the public health effects of a sugar sweetened drinks tax, as well as its effect on health inequalities.

It argues the effectiveness of the estimated # 21 billion spent on health inequalities every year could be being compromised as a result.

The importance of such measures was highlighted by the independent Marmot Review on health inequalities in 2010, but Pickett believes all political parties lack the courage to tackle such issues head on, despite the known costs of inequality.

The ERS will host a summit on health inequalities and Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) in Tallinn on June 8th and 9th 2012:

Health Disparities Strong When Green Space Limited The authors of the November 8 article, «Effect of exposure to natural environment on health inequalities: an observational population study,» looked at mortality data in England and found that the disparity in health between rich and poor was double in the parts of the country with the least green space, compared to those with the most.

It is recognised that the opportunities for prevention and public health interventions will be enhanced the more we understand the early pathways to poorer health and development1 and that to have an impact on health inequalities will require us to address the social determinants of early child health, development and well - being.2 However, appropriate service and systemic improvements for reducing developmental inequalities requires an understanding of the patterns of child health and development across population groups and geographies in order to underpin a progressive universal portfolio of services.3

While the impact of climate change on health was not explicitly raised in the session summaries, Mark Butler talked about the «often enormous synergies» between good health policy and climate change / urban planning policies when he co-chaired the session on health inequalities and whole of government challenges.

«Equally Well», 2 the report of the ministerial task force of the Scottish Government on health inequalities, emphasised the well - established and persistent damaging effects of low income and poverty on physical health and mental health.

Equally Well is the report of the Scottish Government's Ministerial Task Force on Health Inequalities.

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The problem, he says, is that Trump has turned the race into «more of a celebrity sweepstakes» that focuses on one candidate's personality while ignoring a host of important policy issues, from income inequality and health care to job creation.

Her research has also informed the House of Commons Health Committee on Inequalities and informed the Prime Minister's Strategy Unit in the Cabinet Office on developing public services that empower service users.

The Global Strategy has not yet been fully implemented in the countries of the UK and the APPG will continue to explore the policy options, while hearing from experts on how these will contribute to improving infant and young child feeding practices, improving short and long - term health outcomes and reducing health inequalities.

Dr. Cheyney currently directs the International Reproductive Health Laboratory at Oregon State University where she has developed an academic learning community comprised of five undergraduate research assistants, 12 graduate students and one postdoctoral fellow whose research agendas are focused on identifying culturally appropriate ways to improve access to high quality midwifery care as a means of reducing health inequalities for mothers and babies in the U.S and aHealth Laboratory at Oregon State University where she has developed an academic learning community comprised of five undergraduate research assistants, 12 graduate students and one postdoctoral fellow whose research agendas are focused on identifying culturally appropriate ways to improve access to high quality midwifery care as a means of reducing health inequalities for mothers and babies in the U.S and ahealth inequalities for mothers and babies in the U.S and abroad.

The previous Labour Government launched the Infant Feeding Initiative in 1999, as part of the government's commitment to improving health inequalities and between 1999 and 2002 nearly # 3m was spent on funding 79 different projects.

Professor Neena Modi President, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health Alison Thewlis MP Chair, all - party parliamentary group on infant feeding and health inequalities Sue Ashmore Programme director, Unicef UK Baby Friendly Initiative Justine Roberts Founder, Mumsnet Caroline Lee - Davey Chief executive, Bliss Cathy Warwick Chief executive, Royal College of Midwives Professor Helen Stokes - Lampard Chair, Royal College of General Practitioners Janet Davies Chief executive and general secretary, Royal College of Nursing Professor Lesley Regan President, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Dr Cheryll Adams Executive director, Institute of Health Visiting Jess Figueras Chair of trustee board, NCT Dr Asha Kasliwal President, Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare Clare Meynell and Helen Gray Joint coordinators, World Breastfeeding Trends Initiative (WBTi) UK Working Group Emma Pickett Chair, Association of Breastfeeding Mothers Shereen Fisher Chief executive, The Breastfeeding Network Zoe Faulkner Chair, Lactation Consultants of Great Britain Eden Anderson Chair, La Leche LeaHealth Alison Thewlis MP Chair, all - party parliamentary group on infant feeding and health inequalities Sue Ashmore Programme director, Unicef UK Baby Friendly Initiative Justine Roberts Founder, Mumsnet Caroline Lee - Davey Chief executive, Bliss Cathy Warwick Chief executive, Royal College of Midwives Professor Helen Stokes - Lampard Chair, Royal College of General Practitioners Janet Davies Chief executive and general secretary, Royal College of Nursing Professor Lesley Regan President, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Dr Cheryll Adams Executive director, Institute of Health Visiting Jess Figueras Chair of trustee board, NCT Dr Asha Kasliwal President, Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare Clare Meynell and Helen Gray Joint coordinators, World Breastfeeding Trends Initiative (WBTi) UK Working Group Emma Pickett Chair, Association of Breastfeeding Mothers Shereen Fisher Chief executive, The Breastfeeding Network Zoe Faulkner Chair, Lactation Consultants of Great Britain Eden Anderson Chair, La Leche Leahealth inequalities Sue Ashmore Programme director, Unicef UK Baby Friendly Initiative Justine Roberts Founder, Mumsnet Caroline Lee - Davey Chief executive, Bliss Cathy Warwick Chief executive, Royal College of Midwives Professor Helen Stokes - Lampard Chair, Royal College of General Practitioners Janet Davies Chief executive and general secretary, Royal College of Nursing Professor Lesley Regan President, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Dr Cheryll Adams Executive director, Institute of Health Visiting Jess Figueras Chair of trustee board, NCT Dr Asha Kasliwal President, Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare Clare Meynell and Helen Gray Joint coordinators, World Breastfeeding Trends Initiative (WBTi) UK Working Group Emma Pickett Chair, Association of Breastfeeding Mothers Shereen Fisher Chief executive, The Breastfeeding Network Zoe Faulkner Chair, Lactation Consultants of Great Britain Eden Anderson Chair, La Leche LeaHealth Visiting Jess Figueras Chair of trustee board, NCT Dr Asha Kasliwal President, Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare Clare Meynell and Helen Gray Joint coordinators, World Breastfeeding Trends Initiative (WBTi) UK Working Group Emma Pickett Chair, Association of Breastfeeding Mothers Shereen Fisher Chief executive, The Breastfeeding Network Zoe Faulkner Chair, Lactation Consultants of Great Britain Eden Anderson Chair, La Leche League GB

Another strength is that our results provide a more complete assessment of socioeconomic inequalities in breastfeeding rates, by estimating both relative and absolute inequalities, than common practice in inequality assessments.23 Finally, our study analysed effects of the intervention not only on an immediate, direct outcome (breastfeeding) but also on a long - term consequence of breastfeeding (child cognitive ability) that is associated with important health and behavioural outcomes in later life.27

Our study illustrates that a randomized intervention trial with good socioeconomic information can help assess interventions designed to improve population health not only by examining the intervention effects on primary outcomes but also by evaluating the intervention's impact on socioeconomic inequalities.

He has conducted extensive research in maternal and child health and nutrition, long - term birth cohort studies, inequalities in health, and on the evaluation of the impact of major global health programs.

In every discussion about fighting inequality or improving chances or protecting the environment or stimulating the economy or supporting parents or focusing on mental health.

Last month the Office for National Statistics announced that Britain's health inequalities had widened further, with men in Glasgow living on average 13.5 years less than those living in Kensington and Chelsea.

As a former public health specialist focusing on inequalities, I find The Spirit Level a tour de force.

He suggested widening health inequalities raised serious concerns for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), which plans on increasing the state pension age to 66.

Hollywood actors who win Oscars live on average three years longer than those who are nominated for an Oscar, but never win one, according to Sir Michael Marmot at the Fabian Health Inequalities conference this week.

By showing that we are alive to people's concerns, this allows Labour to start having those crucial conversations with the public about what they are really upset about which are things that Labour cares about — pressures on local health and social care services; a lack of local investment and housing; not sharing the wealth and opportunity that London has; systemic inequality; culture; integration.

The NHS» spending watchdog says billions of pounds spent on tackling health inequalities are not having a big enough impact.

«The government welcomes the report and supports the focus on tackling the root causes of ill health and inequality to build on what has already been achieved,» he said.

«This means following through on the current national health inequalities target on infant mortality and life expectancy which runs to the end of 2011 acknowledges the challenge posed by a social gradient - the lower a person's social position, the worse his or her health.»

But it is not always clear how much has actually been spent on reducing health inequalities, and what the impact of this or that programme has been,» Audit Commission's health managing director Andy McKeon said.

«It is an effective and relatively easy way to help address health inequalities - giving children from poorer backgrounds a dental health boost that can last a lifetime, reducing tooth decay and thereby cutting down on the amount of dental work they need in the future.»

Its head of science and ethics, Vivienne Nathanson, said: «There is no bottomless pit of resources to tackle health inequalities so it is essential that the government spends taxpayers» money wisely and on projects that will work.

«The Audit Commission wanted to open discussions on some fundamental questions about improving the nation's health and tackling health inequalities because public spending will be more constrained in the years ahead,» Mr McKeon added.

The latter have long been on the public health agenda, but we are arguing that in order to make the most effective challenge to health inequalities, in addition a much wider range of intervention needs to be brought into play.

Subsequent research undertaken at the University of Glasgow has indicated that such health inequalities may be due, at least in part, to epigenetic effects resulting from socio - economic circumstances - http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-health-inequalities-imprinted-dna.html The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) is the UK's largest organisation for funding research on economic and social issues.

Monday 11 March 2013 2.30 pm Oral Questions Plans to tackle inequality in income and wealth in the UK - Lord Dubs Consequences for access to justice for those who will not be able to receive free legal advice on social welfare law matters from 1 April - Lord Bach Future railway re-openings - Lord Faulkner of Worcester Progress towards achieving the projected increase in the size of the UK's reserve forces - Lord Rosser Legislation Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill - Report stage (Day 4)- Viscount Younger of Leckie Short Debate Recommendations of the Francis Report into the Mid-Staffordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - Lord Patel Short Debate Impact of NHS innovation and research strategies on health improvement and wealth creation - Lord Kakkar

As a candidate, de Blasio campaigned against the city's skyrocketing inequality, got arrested with health care workers to stop hospital closures, and promised to raise taxes on the city's wealthiest.

«Theresa May is not only risking the health of some of our youngest children, but she will also create terrible inequality in the classroom,» former deputy prime minister Nick Clegg said as the party launched a poster campaign on the issue in London.

Let me point to 10 things that I sketched out this morning: too much money spent on administration and bureaucracy and not enough on front - line patient care; too little patient - centric information to inform decision making; too little innovation; too little clinical input into decision making; too much inertia and hostility to reform, as we have seen today; too much process - driven target culture distorting clinical decision making; falling productivity; poor outcomes across a range of clinical indicators; too often, weak commissioning of servicing; and widening health inequalities in the past 10 years, in addition to the scandals that occurred in Staffordshire and Kent.

Known as Betty, her contributions to public health policy came during her tenure from 1992 to 1998 as president of the William T. Grant Foundation, a social science research nonprofit focused on inequality and improving the lives of young people, and through her earlier work in 1977 as the director of studies of the President's Commission on Mental Health during the administration of President Jimmy Chealth policy came during her tenure from 1992 to 1998 as president of the William T. Grant Foundation, a social science research nonprofit focused on inequality and improving the lives of young people, and through her earlier work in 1977 as the director of studies of the President's Commission on Mental Health during the administration of President Jimmy CHealth during the administration of President Jimmy Carter.

It also recommends improving psychology training programs to make sure clinicians are capable of adequately discussing and addressing the effects of inequality on individual health.

Social inequality refers to disparities in the distribution of economic assets and income as well as between the overall quality and luxury of each person's existence within a society, while economic inequality is caused by the unequal accumulation of wealth; social inequality exists because the lack of wealth in certain areas prohibits these people from obtaining the same housing, health care, etc. as the wealthy, in societies where access to these social goods depends on wealth.

«So much of our funding for children in adversity focuses on girls,» said Kathryn Whetten, director of the Center for Health Policy and Inequalities Research at the Duke Global Health Institute.

«We need to focus on addressing structural inequalities in society like poverty and discrimination that shape individual experience and health,» she said.

Titled «Modeling Sustainability: Population, Inequality, Consumption, and Bidirectional Coupling of the Earth and Human Systems,» the paper describes how the rapid growth in resource use, land - use change, emissions, and pollution has made humanity the dominant driver of change in most of the Earth's natural systems, and how these changes, in turn, have critical feedback effects on humans with costly and serious consequences, including on human health and well - being, economic growth and development, and even human migration and societal conflict.

However, it is less clear that politicians fully appreciate the impact that income and wealth inequalities have on these health disparities.