Health and Class
The Early Years
Published on 25. July 1991
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-0-412-41570-8 (ISBN)
Description
The findings from the first comprehensive account of health inequalities in young adults in Britain are controversial. A contemporary sample of 23 year olds, the internationally respected National Child Development Study, was used. The study addresses social inequalities in health, an understanding of which is central to health policy in the 1990s and beyond. The World Health Organisation objective of "Health for all" by the year 2000 will be more easily achieved with a clearer identification of the underlying problems in society. With data available for the same individuals from birth to early adulthood, the causes of health inequalities are traced. The fundamental questions are whether health inequalities arise from current circumstances, childhood experiences, inheritance, behaviour or education. Planners of social policy and health care should find some of the answers and a useful information in this text. This book should be of interest to health professionals, academics from a wide range of principles (family studies, education, sociology).
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Oxford University Press
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
430 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-412-41570-8 (9780412415708)
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Content
The health inequalities debate - literature, framework for the study; longitudinal data - the 1958 birth cohort; social differences in health in early adulthood; social mobility and class difference in health; disentangling causal chains; "inheritance" at birth; socio-economic circumstances; education and attitudes; health in childhood and adolescence; individual behaviour; integrating and comparing explanations for class differences in health; discussion. Appendices: The NCDS health questionnaire; supplementary tables; definition of measures; response rates in the 23-year sample; statistics.