Health Inequalities and Welfare Resources

Continuity and Change in Sweden
Herausgeber: Fritzell, Johan; Lundberg, Olle

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

How welfare states influence population health and health inequalities has long been debated but not well tested by empirical research. This book presents new empirical evidence of the effects of Swedish welfare state structures and policies on the lives of Swedish citizens. The discussion, analysis, and innovative theoretical approaches developed in the book have implications for health research and policy beyond Scandinavian borders. The book builds an understanding of the impact of living conditions and welfare policies on health inequalities, showing how health inequalities change over the years, and assessing the impact of environment on health inequalities at home, at school, and in the workplace.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bristol University Press
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Dezember 2006
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781861347589
• ISBN-10: 1861347588
• Artikelnr.: 24973500

Autorenporträt

Johan Fritzell is Professor of Sociology at the Centre for Health Equity Studies, Stockholm University/Karolinska Institutet. He has published extensively on the determinants and distribution of welfare in Sweden, as well as comparative income distribution and poverty studies. Olle Lundberg is Professor of Health Equity Studies at the Centre for Health Equity Studies, Stockholm University/Karolinska Institutet. He has conducted research on health inequalities, child and adult health, and the links between income and health