Wednesday, June 18, 2008

[EQ] Inequalities in young people's health

 


From: Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC)
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Subject: [EQ] Inequalities in young people’s health

Inequalities in young people’s health

Edited by Candace Currie, Saoirse Nic Gabhainn, Emmanuelle Godeau, Chris Roberts, Rebecca Smith, Dorothy Currie, Will Picket, Matthias Richter, Antony Morgan and Vivian Barnekow
HEALTH POLICY FOR CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS, NO. 5 - HBSC INTERNATIONAL REPORT FROM THE 2005/2006 SURVEY
WHO Regional Office for Europe and the University of Edinburgh - June 2008

Available online as PDF file [224p.] at: http://www.euro.who.int/Document/E91416.pdf

'....This international report is the fourth from the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study, a WHO collaborative cross-national study, and the most comprehensive. It presents the key findings on patterns of health among young people aged 11, 13 and 15 years in 41 countries and regions across the WHO European Region and North America in 2005/2006. Its theme is health inequalities: quantifying the gender, age, geographic and socioeconomic dimensions of health differentials. Its aim is to highlight where these inequalities exist, to inform and influence policy and practice and to help improve health for all young people.

The report clearly shows that, while the health and well-being of many young people give cause for celebration, sizeable minorities are experiencing real and worrying problems related to overweight and obesity, self-esteem, life satisfaction, substance misuse and bullying. The report provides reliable data that health systems in Member States can use to support and encourage sectors such as education, social inclusion and housing, to achieve their primary goals and, in so doing, benefit young people’s health. Policy-makers and professionals in the participating countries should listen closely to the voices of their young people and ensure that these drive their efforts to put in place the circumstances – social, economic, health and educational – within which young people can thrive and prosper. ..."

Content:

Full book [pdf, 31MB]

Preliminary info/Chapter 1 [pdf, 570KB]

Why inequalities?
DEFINING INEQUALITIES
Dimensions of inequalities
Gender inequalities
Age inequalities
Geographic inequalities
Socioeconomic inequalities

Chapter 2, Section 1: Social context [pdf, 6MB]

Chapter 2, Section 2, Health outcomes [pdf, 5MB]

Chapter 2, Section 3: Health behaviours [pdf, 6MB]

Chapter 2, Section 4: risk behaviour [pdf, 11MB]

Chapter 3 - Discussion/Annex [pdf, 154KB]


The countries and regions surveyed are Austria, Belgium (Flemish), Belgium (French), Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Greenland, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Scotland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States and Wales. The study uses the United Nations categories of northern, southern, eastern and western Europe and North America.

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[EQ] Health financing policy: a guide for decision-makers

Health financing policy: a guide for decision-makers

Joseph Kutzin
Health Financing Policy Paper, Division of Country Health Systems
WHO Regional Office for Europe Copenhagen , Denmark  2008
 
 
 

"......This paper elaborates an approach to health financing policy that countries can adapt to their own national context. This entails:
(1) specification of a set of health finance policy objectives, grounded in the core values espoused by WHO;
(2) a conceptual framework for analysing the organization and functions of the health financing system; and
(3) recognition of the way in which key contextual factors, particularly fiscal constraints, affect a country’s ability to attain policy objectives or implement certain types of reforms.

Because of the great diversity of national contexts, there is no "blueprint" – no particular model or system of financing –that is appropriate for all countries. Hence, while the approach is fundamentally grounded in a common set of values and objectives, it permits analysis and recommendations that are country-specific and realistic. Key messages for decision-makers are to identify and address the harmful consequences of fragmentation in financing arrangements, and to ensure that the instruments of health financing policy are consistently aligned with the objectives. ..."

 

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[EQ] The concept of prevention: a good idea gone astray?

The concept of prevention: a good idea gone astray?

B Starfield1, J Hyde2,3, J GĂ©rvas4,5, I Heath6

1 Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
2 Victoria Department of Human Services, Melbourne, Australia
3 Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
4 Equipo CESCA, Madrid, Spain
5 Canencia de la Sierra (Madrid), Spain
6 Caversham Group Practice, London, UK

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health - July 2008;62:580-583; doi:10.1136/jech.2007.071027

Website: http://jech.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/62/7/580

 
" .....Over time, the definition of prevention has expanded so that its meaning in the context of health services is now unclear. As risk factors are increasingly considered to be the equivalent of "diseases" for purposes of intervention, the concept of prevention has lost all practical meaning.
 
This paper reviews the inconsistencies in its utility, and suggests principles that it should follow in the future: a population orientation with explicit consideration of attributable risk, the setting of priorities based on reduction in illness and avoidance of adverse effects, and the imperative to reduce inequities in health. ...."
 

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