- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Contributors
- Social Injustice And Public Health
- 1 The Nature Of Social Injustice And Its Impact On Public Health
- 2 The Socioeconomically Disadvantaged
- 3 Racial And Ethnic Minorities
- 4 Women
- 5 Children
- 6 Older People
- 7 Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, And Transgender/Transsexual Individuals
- 8 People With Disabilities
- 9 Incarcerated People
- 10 Homeless People
- 11 Forced Migrants: Refugees And Internally Displaced Persons
- 12 Medical Care
- 13 Infectious Diseases
- 14 Nutrition
- 15 Chronic Diseases
- 16 Mental Health
- 17 Assaultive Violence And War
- 18 Environmental Health
- 19 Occupational Safety And Health
- 20 Oral Health
- 21 International Health
- 22 Addressing Social Injustice In A Human Rights Context
- 23 Promoting Social Justice Through Public Health Policies, Programs, And Services
- 24 Strengthening Communities And The Roles Of Individuals In Community Life
- 25 Promoting Social Justice Through Education In Public Health
- 26 Researching Critical Questions On Social Justice And Public Health: An Ecosocial Perspective
- 27 Protecting Human Rights Through International And National Law
- 28 Promoting Equitable And Sustainable Human Development
- Appendix: Some Organizations Addressing Social Injustice
- Index
The Socioeconomically Disadvantaged
The Socioeconomically Disadvantaged
- Chapter:
- (p.25) 2 THE SOCIOECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED
- Source:
- Social Injustice and Public Health
- Author(s):
Michael Marmot
Ruth Bell
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This chapter asserts that inequality in the conditions under which people live and work translates into inequalities in health, and that this inequality is unjust. It discusses that socioeconomic disadvantage is more than low income and describes the impact of social injustice on the socioeconomically disadvantaged. Lifestyle does provide a partial explanation for the social gradient in health, but lifestyle is related to socioeconomic status. The chapter describes the roots and underlying factors of social injustice and what needs to be done. It concludes that health of the population and inequalities in health are markers of how a society is meeting the needs of its members, and that society may benefit if our set of social arrangements were to move toward a situation where control over one's life and full social participation are more equitably distributed.
Keywords: socioeconomic status, disparities, education, social gradient, health status
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Contributors
- Social Injustice And Public Health
- 1 The Nature Of Social Injustice And Its Impact On Public Health
- 2 The Socioeconomically Disadvantaged
- 3 Racial And Ethnic Minorities
- 4 Women
- 5 Children
- 6 Older People
- 7 Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, And Transgender/Transsexual Individuals
- 8 People With Disabilities
- 9 Incarcerated People
- 10 Homeless People
- 11 Forced Migrants: Refugees And Internally Displaced Persons
- 12 Medical Care
- 13 Infectious Diseases
- 14 Nutrition
- 15 Chronic Diseases
- 16 Mental Health
- 17 Assaultive Violence And War
- 18 Environmental Health
- 19 Occupational Safety And Health
- 20 Oral Health
- 21 International Health
- 22 Addressing Social Injustice In A Human Rights Context
- 23 Promoting Social Justice Through Public Health Policies, Programs, And Services
- 24 Strengthening Communities And The Roles Of Individuals In Community Life
- 25 Promoting Social Justice Through Education In Public Health
- 26 Researching Critical Questions On Social Justice And Public Health: An Ecosocial Perspective
- 27 Protecting Human Rights Through International And National Law
- 28 Promoting Equitable And Sustainable Human Development
- Appendix: Some Organizations Addressing Social Injustice
- Index
