What is it about?
The purpose of this chapter is to explore the background to well-established observations about health inequalities in order to inform health professionals in their attempts to do something about the health of the general public. In practical terms the questions are: How do those facts which influence us all, differ in the way in which they combine to influence each one of us? How can that information be used to improve the health and life chances of each one of us?
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Why is it important?
It offers advice as to how professionals can empower the public to seek and maintain better health as well as enhancing their control over the apparently implacable relationships between the health of individuals and their place in the social structure.
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This page is a summary of: Social and Individual Factors Influencing Public Health, January 2003, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4039-3744-5_2.
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