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What and Who Causes Health Inequalities?
Fri 8 November 2019
History of Population and Social Structure, Cambridge Group for
*Please read papers by McCartney et al (2013) and Cheshire (2012) to be able to participate in the discussion; the remaining suggestions are optional.
An introductory article with reference to theories and policy:
McCartney, G., Collins, C. and Mackenzie, M. (2013) ‘What (or who) causes health inequalities: Theories, evidence and implications?’, Health Policy, 113: 221-227.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2013.05.021
Interactive map showing life expectancy inequalities in London (paper and link to map):
Cheshire, J. (2012) ‘Featured graphic. Lives on the line: mapping life expectancy along the London Tube network’, Environment and Planning A, 44: 1525-1528.
doi:10.1068/a45341
Additional Readings:
A quantitative study of inequalities in premature mortality:
Thomas, B., Dorling, D. and Smith, G.D. (2010) ‘Inequalities in premature mortality in Britain: observational study from 1921 to 2007’, BMJ, 341:
c3639. doi:10.1136/bmj.c3639
A qualitative ethnographic study of perspectives on health inequalities in North East England:
Garthwaite, K. and Bambra, C. (2017) ‘”How the other half live”: Lay perspectives on health inequalities in an age of austerity’, Social Science & Medicine, 187: 268-275.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.05.021
Please contact karolina.kuberska@thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk if you need access to the readings.
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