Category Archives: Europe

How to improve collaboration between the public health sector and other policy sectors to reduce health inequalities? – A study in sixteen municipalities in the Netherlands

International Journal for Equity in Health. 201615:97 Published online: June 2016 Abstract / Resumen: Background: The causes of health inequalities are complex. For the reduction of health inequalities, intersectoral collaboration between the public health sector and both social policy sectors (e.g. youth affairs, education) and physical policy sectors (e.g. housing, spatial planning) is essential, but in […]


Migrant integration policies and health inequalities in Europe

BMC Public HealthBMC series – open, inclusive and trusted 2016 16:463 Published online: 1 June 2016 Abstract / Resumen: Background: Research on socio-economic determinants of migrant health inequalities has produced a large body of evidence. There is lack of evidence on the influence of structural factors on lives of fragile groups, frequently exposed to health inequalities. […]


Addressing sex and gender inequities in scientific research and publishing

Addiction, 2016
Published online: 26 February 2016


Moving forward monitoring of the social determinants of health in a country: lessons from England 5 years after the Marmot Review

Global Health Action, vol 9 (2016)
Published online: 25 February 2016


Brocher Summer Academy in Population-level Bioethics: Ethical Issues in Randomized Trials in Development Economics and Health Policy

Where: Brocher Foundation villa in Hermance, Switzerland
Deadline for applications: 11 March, 2016


National men’s health policies: can they help?

Trends in Urology & Men’s Health, v.6, Issue 6, p.24–26, November/December 2015


The role of income inequality and social policies on income-related health inequalities in Europe

International Journal for Equity in Health (2015) 14:117
Published online: 31 October 2015


Health Insurance System Revision in the Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany and the Slovak Republic

Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences – MCSER Publishing, Rome-Italy, April 2015, 6(2 S5)
Published online: April 2015


Health literacy in Europe: comparative results of the European health literacy survey (HLS-EU)

The European Journal of Public Health, 2015
First Published online: April 2015


Economic considerations and health in all policies initiatives: evidence from interviews with key informants in Sweden, Quebec and South Australia

BMC Public Health (2015) 15:171
Research Article – Open Access
Published online: 18 February 2015