Understanding Health Inequalities in Aotearoa New Zealand

Quick-fix solutions to health inequalities are unlikely to be found in complex modern societies. Class or socio-economic status, gender, ethnicity, and physical location all play their part in determining the chances of maintaining good health and securing good health care. This book a study of health inequalities in Aotearoa, New Zealand uses a variety of approaches from different disciplines, exploring the issues in four sections: ethnic and socio-economic inequalities in health, understanding inequalities, intervention strategies, and intervention experiences. The book includes wide-ranging discussions by community leaders, policy makers and implementers, epidemiologists, public health researchers, economists, sociologists, and medical professionals. It provides a way to understand and resolve health inequalities.

Product details

• Assisted by: Kevin Dew (Editor), Anna Matheson (Editor)
• Publisher: Otago Univ Pr
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2008
• EAN: 9781877372599
• ISBN: 978-1-877372-59-9
• No. of pages: 248
• Dimensions: 147 mm x 229 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 340 g
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General