Closing the Gap in a Generation

Closing the Gap in a Generation
Author :
Publisher : World Health Organization
Total Pages : 257
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9789241563703
ISBN-13 : 9241563702
Rating : 4/5 (702 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Closing the Gap in a Generation by : WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health

Download or read book Closing the Gap in a Generation written by WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2008 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Social justice is a matter of life and death. It affects the way people live, their consequent chance of illness, and their risk of premature death. We watch in wonder as life expectancy and good health continue to increase in parts of the world and in alarm as they fail to improve in others.


Closing the Gap in a Generation Related Books

A Framework for Educating Health Professionals to Address the Social Determinants of Health
Language: en
Pages: 173
Authors: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Categories: Medical
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-10-14 - Publisher: National Academies Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The World Health Organization defines the social determinants of health as "the conditions in which people are born, grow, work, live, and age, and the wider se
Closing the Gap in a Generation
Language: en
Pages: 257
Authors: WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health
Categories: Medical
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008 - Publisher: World Health Organization

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Social justice is a matter of life and death. It affects the way people live, their consequent chance of illness, and their risk of premature death. We watch in
Communities in Action
Language: en
Pages: 583
Authors: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Categories: Medical
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-04-27 - Publisher: National Academies Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

In the United States, some populations suffer from far greater disparities in health than others. Those disparities are caused not only by fundamental differenc
The Social Determinants of Mental Health
Language: en
Pages: 296
Authors: Michael T. Compton
Categories: Medical
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-04-01 - Publisher: American Psychiatric Pub

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The Social Determinants of Mental Health aims to fill the gap that exists in the psychiatric, scholarly, and policy-related literature on the social determinant
Review of Social Determinants and the Health Divide in the WHO European Region
Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: Michael Marmot
Categories: Medical
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014 - Publisher: World Health Organization

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The WHO European Region has seen remarkable health gains, though inequities persist both between and within countries. Much more is understood now about the ext