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<H1><B><FONT face=Arial color=maroon size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The Public
Health Observatory Handbook of Health Inequalities
Measurement<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></H1>
<H3><B><FONT face=Arial color=#333399 size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Roy
Carr-Hill, Paul Chalmers-Dixon, Centre for Health Economics, <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">York</st1:PlaceName></st1:place><BR>Edited by
Jennifer Lin, Visiting Research Fellow at the South East Public Health
Observatory<BR></SPAN></FONT></B><FONT face=Arial color=#333399
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">South East
Public Health Observatory, <st1:City w:st="on">Oxford</st1:City>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">UK</st1:country-region></st1:place>, 2005</SPAN></FONT><FONT
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<H3><B><FONT face=Arial color=#333399 size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Website:
<A href="http://www.sepho.org.uk/extras/rch_handbook.aspx"><FONT
color=#333399><SPAN
style="COLOR: #333399">http://www.sepho.org.uk/extras/rch_handbook.aspx</SPAN></FONT></A>
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<P><FONT face=Arial color=#333399 size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">This new SEPHO
handbook provides a comprehensive collection of material for those
concerned to document and understand health
inequalities.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<H2><B><FONT face=Arial color=#333399 size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Table of
Contents <A id=chapters
name=chapters></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></H2>
<H4><B><FONT face=Arial color=#333399 size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">(Links will
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href="http://www.sepho.org.uk/extras/chapters/Carr-Hill-cover.pdf"
target=_blank><FONT color=#333399><SPAN style="COLOR: #333399">Front
cover</SPAN></FONT></A><BR><A
href="http://www.sepho.org.uk/extras/chapters/Carr-Hill-titlepg.pdf"
target=_blank><FONT color=#333399><SPAN style="COLOR: #333399">Title
page</SPAN></FONT></A> <BR><A
href="http://www.sepho.org.uk/extras/chapters/Carr-Hill-TOC.pdf"
target=_blank><FONT color=#333399><SPAN style="COLOR: #333399">Table of
Contents</SPAN></FONT></A> (full ToC including ToC for Tables)<BR><A
href="http://www.sepho.org.uk/extras/chapters/Carr-Hill-preface.pdf"
target=_blank><FONT color=#333399><SPAN
style="COLOR: #333399">Preface</SPAN></FONT></A><BR><A
href="http://www.sepho.org.uk/extras/chapters/Carr-Hill-foreward.pdf"
target=_blank><FONT color=#333399><SPAN
style="COLOR: #333399">Foreword</SPAN></FONT></A><BR><A
href="http://www.sepho.org.uk/extras/chapters/Carr-Hill-AckFeedback.pdf"
target=_blank><FONT color=#333399><SPAN
style="COLOR: #333399">Acknowledgements &
Feedback</SPAN></FONT></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial color=#333399 size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><A
href="http://www.sepho.org.uk/extras/chapters/Carr-Hill-Sec01.pdf"
target=_blank><FONT color=#333399><SPAN style="COLOR: #333399">SECTION 1
Introduction </SPAN></FONT></A><BR>1.1 Inequality and its
Measurement<BR>1.2 This Handbook<BR>1.3 Core Issues Addressed by the
Handbook<BR>1.4 Structure of This Handbook<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial color=#333399 size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><A
href="http://www.sepho.org.uk/extras/chapters/Carr-Hill-Sec02.pdf"
target=_blank><FONT color=#333399><SPAN style="COLOR: #333399">SECTION 2
Measuring Inequality by Social Categories</SPAN></FONT></A><BR>2.1
Introduction<BR>2.2 The Proposed Categories<BR>2.3 Features of the Social
Environment that Might Lead to Inequalities<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial color=#333399 size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><A
href="http://www.sepho.org.uk/extras/chapters/Carr-Hill-Sec03.pdf"
target=_blank><FONT color=#333399><SPAN style="COLOR: #333399">SECTION 3
Measuring Inequality by Health and Disease Categories (Using Data from
Administrative Sources)</SPAN></FONT></A><BR>3.1 Mortality Data<BR>3.2
Morbidity Data from Health Service Activity Statistics, Disease Registers
and Similar Official Sources<BR>3.3 General Practice/Primary Care
Data<BR>3.4 Acute Sector Data<BR>3.5 Community Health Sector
Data<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial color=#333399 size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><A
href="http://www.sepho.org.uk/extras/chapters/Carr-Hill-Sec04.pdf"
target=_blank><FONT color=#333399><SPAN style="COLOR: #333399">SECTION 4
Measuring Inequality by Health and Disease Categories (Using Data from
Surveys)</SPAN></FONT></A><BR>4.1 Health and Lifestyle Surveys<BR>4.2
Regular Health and Lifestyle Surveys<BR>4.3 Health Status and Symptom
Report Questionnaires<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial color=#333399 size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><A
href="http://www.sepho.org.uk/extras/chapters/Carr-Hill-Sec05.pdf"
target=_blank><FONT color=#333399><SPAN style="COLOR: #333399">SECTION 5
An Introduction to the Use of Indexes to Measure Deprivation
</SPAN></FONT></A><BR>5.1 Background<BR>5.2 Selecting an Index of
Deprivation<BR>5.3 The Properties of Deprivation Indexes<BR>5.4 Sources of
Further Information – Reviews of Indexes and Their Properties<BR>5.5
Conclusion and Summary of Key Issues Concerning Indexes of
Deprivation<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial color=#333399 size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><A
href="http://www.sepho.org.uk/extras/chapters/Carr-Hill-Sec06.pdf"
target=_blank><FONT color=#333399><SPAN style="COLOR: #333399">SECTION 6 A
Selection of Indexes of Multiple Deprivation</SPAN></FONT></A><BR>6.1
Indexes from Census or Administrative Data?<BR>6.2 Census-Based
Indexes<BR>6.3 Indexes with a Majority of Non-Census Components<BR>6.4
Geo-Classification and Other Area Classification
Systems<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial color=#333399 size=1><SPAN
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href="http://www.sepho.org.uk/extras/chapters/Carr-Hill-Sec07.pdf"
target=_blank><FONT color=#333399><SPAN style="COLOR: #333399">SECTION 7
Indexes: Properties and Problems</SPAN></FONT></A><BR>7.1
Introduction<BR>7.2 Measuring Disability and Limiting Illness with
Indicators and Indexes<BR>7.3 Key Aspects of the Construction and
Structure of Indexes<BR>7.4 Testing an Index<BR>7.5 The Purpose of
Testing<BR>7.6 Matching the Index to the Application – Example of an Index
for Policy Use<BR>7.7 Pitfalls and Problems of Using Indexes<BR>7.8
Conclusions<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial color=#333399 size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><A
href="http://www.sepho.org.uk/extras/chapters/Carr-Hill-Sec08.pdf"
target=_blank><FONT color=#333399><SPAN style="COLOR: #333399">SECTION 8
Data Sources: Availablity and Problems </SPAN></FONT></A><BR>8.1
Introduction<BR>8.2 The Area Base<BR>8.3 Major National Archives and
Sources<BR>8.4 Data Sources on Specific Topics<BR><BR><A
href="http://www.sepho.org.uk/extras/chapters/Carr-Hill-Sec09.pdf"
target=_blank><FONT color=#333399><SPAN style="COLOR: #333399">SECTION 9
Designing Surveys to Measure Inequality</SPAN></FONT></A> <BR>9.1
Introduction<BR>9.2 Surveys and Their Limitations<BR>9.3 Assuming You Have
Decided on a Survey<BR>9.4 Different Types of Survey<BR>9.5
Summary<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial color=#333399 size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><A
href="http://www.sepho.org.uk/extras/chapters/Carr-Hill-Sec10.pdf"
target=_blank><FONT color=#333399><SPAN style="COLOR: #333399">SECTION 10
Inequalities and Methods of Measurement</SPAN></FONT></A><BR>10.1
Introduction<BR>10.2 Context<BR>10.3 Properties of Indexes and
Measurements<BR>10.4 Approaches to Summarising Inequality<BR>10.5
Measuring Inequalities in Health Over Time<BR>10.6 Summary and
Conclusions: Choosing between the Measures<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial color=#333399 size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><A
href="http://www.sepho.org.uk/extras/chapters/Carr-Hill-Sec11.pdf"
target=_blank><FONT color=#333399><SPAN style="COLOR: #333399">SECTION 11
Context, History and Theory</SPAN></FONT></A><BR>11.1 Introduction<BR>11.2
Context<BR>11.3 The Principal Theoretical Frameworks for Approaching
Inequalities<BR>11.4 Summary and Conclusions<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><A
href="http://www.sepho.org.uk/extras/chapters/Carr-Hill-References.pdf"
target=_blank><FONT color=#333399><SPAN
style="COLOR: #333399">References</SPAN></FONT></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><A
href="http://www.sepho.org.uk/extras/chapters/Carr-Hill-AppendixSec09.pdf"
target=_blank><FONT color=#333399><SPAN style="COLOR: #333399">Appendix to
Section 9</SPAN></FONT></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><A
href="http://www.sepho.org.uk/extras/chapters/Carr-Hill-Index.pdf"
target=_blank><FONT color=#333399><SPAN
style="COLOR: #333399">Index</SPAN></FONT></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
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