PHA-Exchange> 10 best resources on . . . health equity

[Claudio Schuftan]

from <ruglucia at paho.org> wrote:
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>  *10 best resources on . . . health equity*
>
> Davidson R Gwatkin
>
> *Health Policy and Planning Volume 22, Issue 5: September 2007 - Oxford
> University Press*
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> Website : http://heapol.oxfordjournals.org/current.dtl
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> PDF [4p.] at: http://heapol.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/22/5/348 (subscription
> required)
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> "……An astute bureaucratic pundit named Rufus Miles once observed that
> 'where you stand depends on where you sit' (Miles 1978). This 'Miles Law'
> deserves to be kept centrally in mind when considering not only traditional
> bureaucratic behaviour, but also health equity; for one's judgment about
> what's 'best' in the health equity area is unavoidably shaped by his/her
> institutional experience, background and interests…"
>
> **
>
> *Resources:*
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> 1.   Whitehead M. 1992. The concepts and principles of equity and health.
> International Journal of Health Services 22: 429–45.
>
> 2.   Evans T, Brown H. 2002. Opportunities for action: applying an equity
> lens to global health initiatives. Presentation at the National Press Club,
> Washington DC; Evans T,
>       Brown H. 2002. Applying an equity lens to the safe motherhood
> initiative. Presentation to the Safe Motherhood Interagency Group, London;
> Evans T, Brown H. 2003.
>       Road traffic crashes: operationalizing equity in the context of
> health sector reform. Injury Control and Safety Promotion 10: 11–12.
>
> 3.   Wagstaff A, Paci P, van Doorslaer E. 1991. On the measurement of
> inequalities in health. Social Science and Medicine 33: 545–57.
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> 4.   Victora CG, Vaughan JP, Barros FC et al. 2000. Explaining trends in
> inequities: evidence from Brazilian child health studies. The Lancet 356:
> 1093–98.
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> 5.   Marmot M. 2006. Health in an unequal world. The Lancet 368: 2081–94.
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> 6.   O¨ stlin P, George A, Sen G. 2001. Gender, health, and equity: the
> intersections. In: Evans T et al. (eds). Challenging inequities in health:
> from ethics to action. Oxford:
>       Oxford University Press for the Rockefeller Foundation, pp. 175–89.
>
> 7.   Filmer D, Pritchett LH. 2001. Estimating wealth effects without
> expenditure data – or tears: an application to educational enrollments in
> States of India.
>       Demography 38: 115–32.
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> 8.   Gwatkin DR, Rutstein S, Johnson K et al. 2007. Socio-economic
> differences in health, nutrition, and population. Washington, DC:The World
> Bank.
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> 9.   Gwatkin DR, Wagstaff A, Yazbeck A (eds). 2005. Reaching the poor with
> health, nutrition, and population services: what works, what doesn't, and
> why.
>        Washington, DC: The World Bank.
>
> 10. McIntyre D, Thiede M, Dahlgren G, Whitehead M. 2006. What are the
> economic consequences for households of illness and of paying for health
> care in
>        low- and middleincome country contexts? Social Science and Medicine
> 62: 858–65.
>
> *References*
>
> Anand S, Diderichsen F, Evans T et al. 2001. *Measuring disparities in
> health: methods and indicators*. In: Evans T, Whitehead M, Diderichsen F
> et al. (eds). Challenging inequities in health: from ethics to action.
> Oxford: Oxford University Press for the Rockefeller Foundation, pp. 49–67.
>
> Braveman P. 2006. *Health disparities and health equity: concepts and
> measurement*. Annual Reviews Public Health 27: 167–94.
>
> Chowdhury M. 2005. *Tracking progress in child survival: addressing
> inequities*. Presentation to the conference 'Tracking Progress in Child
> Survival: Countdown to 2015', London, 13–14 December 2005. Online at:
> http://cs.server2.textor.com/alldocs/30%20Mushtaque%20Chowdhury.ppt#8 ,
> accessed 2 March 2007.
>
> Doull M, O'Conner A, Robinson V et al. 2007. *Peer-based interventions for
> reducing morbidity and mortality in HIV-infected women* (protocol).
> Hoboken, NJ: JW Wiley for the Cochrane Collaboration.
>
> Doull M, O'Connor AM, Robinson V et al. 2007. *Peer support strategies for
> improving the health and well-being of individuals with chronic diseases*(protocol). Hoboken, NJ: JW Wiley for the Cochrane Collaboration.
>
> Kawachi I, Subramaniam SV, Almeida-Filho N. 2002. *A glossary for health
> inequalities*. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 56:646–52.
>
> Kuznets S. 1955. Economic growth and income inequality. American Economic
> Review 45: 1–28.
>
> Loewenson R, cited in Johnson M, *The challenge of achieving health equity
> in Africa*, online at: http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-58143-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html
>
> Miles RE Jr. 1978. *The origin and meaning of Miles Law*. Public
> Administration Review 38: 399.
>
> Sen A. 2002. *Why health equity?* Health Economics 11: 659–6.
>
> Starfield B. 2006. *State of the art in research on equity and health.*Journal
> of Health Politics, Policy, and Law 31: 11–32.
>
> Tudor Hart J. 1971*. The inverse care law*. The Lancet 1: 405–12.
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