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Power and the people's health

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  • Friel, Sharon
  • Townsend, Belinda
  • Fisher, Matthew
  • Harris, Patrick
  • Freeman, Toby
  • Baum, Fran

Abstract

Public policy plays a central role in creating and distributing resources and conditions of daily life that matter for health equity. Policy agendas have tended to focus on health care delivery and individualised interventions. Asking why there is a lack of policy action on structural drivers of health inequities raises questions about power inequities in policy systems that maintain the status quo.

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  • Friel, Sharon & Townsend, Belinda & Fisher, Matthew & Harris, Patrick & Freeman, Toby & Baum, Fran, 2021. "Power and the people's health," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 282(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:282:y:2021:i:c:s0277953621005050
    DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114173
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