2010
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2010.111195
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A labour of Sisyphus? Public policy and health inequalities research from the Black and Acheson Reports to the Marmot Review

Abstract: Background: This paper explores similarities and differences in policy content and the political context

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“…The body of research focusing on health inequalities in England is substantial and growing on an almost weekly basis (Bambra et al, 2011). This research has usefully mapped patterns of health inequalities using a variety of social, economic and geographical criteria (e.g.…”
Section: Limited Visions Within Current Health Inequalities Researchmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…The body of research focusing on health inequalities in England is substantial and growing on an almost weekly basis (Bambra et al, 2011). This research has usefully mapped patterns of health inequalities using a variety of social, economic and geographical criteria (e.g.…”
Section: Limited Visions Within Current Health Inequalities Researchmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This is certainly not an easy task -it is not, for example, a defined and fundable research project. But if we do not start providing clearer visions of alternative future scenarios, we risk being complicit in a health inequalities research and policy 'industry' in which the same ideas are endlessly recycled and refined (Bambra et al, 2011;Smith, 2013a), whilst the macro-level context producing health inequalities remains under-examined and unchallenged by any alternatives.…”
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“…Bambra, Smith, Garthwaite, et al (2011) noted the THE INSTITUTIONAL CONTEXT OF THE PROGRAMME similarity of recommendations made by three major, government-commissioned, public health inquiries thirty years apart: Black (Department of Health and Social Security 1980), Acheson (1998) and Marmot (see Marmot and Bell 2012). While the evidencebase had shifted somewhat (there was more evidence on which to base claims about the social determinants of health and ill-health in the later reports, for example), the policy recommendations produced were fundamentally the same.…”
Section: Chapter Fourmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In some countries such United Kingdom, reorientation of health services to improve public health could be traced as far as 1975. A period at which the National Health Service started shifting from disease treatment oriented to health promotion and protection [1,2].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In an attempt to highlight health inequalities [5], stipulates that while significant attention has been on increasing knowledge and adoption of capitalism within most countries, there seem to be unequal distribution of resources, which have contributed to disparities amongst majority of population [1]. …”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%