EUROTHINE - Tackling Health Inequalities In Europe
Authors/Editors: Erasmus MC - University Medical Centre Rotterdam
Publication date: 2008
Language: English
Number of pages: 647
Overview
This project collects and analyses information on socioeconomic inequalities in health from a wide range of European countries, in order to facilitate mutual learning and to help policy-makers develop rational strategies for tackling health inequalities.
The specific objectives are:
- To develop health inequalities indicators, and to provide bench-marking data on inequalities in health and health determinants to participating countries
- To assess evidence on the effectiveness of policies and interventions to tackle the determinants of health inequalities, and to make recommendations on strategies for reducing health inequalities in participating countries
- To disseminate the results, and to develop a proposal for a permanent European clearing house on tackling health inequalities
The integrated approach adopted represents a significant step forwards as compared to previous projects in this field: the quantitative analyses of health indicators (objective 1) will show what the main entry-points for tackling health inequalities in the participating countries are, while a wide range of evidence on effectiveness (objective 2) will provide guidance as to the policies and interventions that can help to address these entry-points….”