Priorities for research on equity and health: Implications for global and national priority setting and the role of WHO to take the health equity research agenda forward
This recent paper, commissioned by the Equity Analysis and Research Unit of WHO, aims to stimulate further thinking, debate and refinement of strategic approaches focusing WHO support and collaborations to advance global research on equity and health. It sets forth broad parameters for a global research agenda on equity and health, taking stock of contemporary efforts, stakeholder discussions, relevance to Member States and expected innovations.
Constructing the evidence base on the social determinants of health: a guide, 2007
This guide sets out state of the art recommendations on how best to measure the social determinants of health and the most effective ways of constructing an evidence base which provides the basis for translating evidence into political action. It is designed for practitioners interested in developing and implementing policies and programmes to tackle the social determinants of health inequities.
The development of the evidence base about the social determinants of health, 2006
Paper by the Measurement and Evidence Knowledge Network to articulate a series of methodological, theoretical principles that will help to inform the development of evidence.
