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Health in All Policies

The Australian approach to achieving Health in All Policies
http://www.health.sa.gov.au/pehs/HiAP/publications.htm

Water Security Health Lens Approach Evaluation- An Australian case study of a Health in All Policies Approach to policy development(2011) http://bit.ly/oWevOj (0.56MB)

Other useful sites

International Society for Equity in Health

http://www.iseqh.org/

International Journal for Health Equity

http://equityhealthj.com/

Global/EU Publications

Marmot: Interim first report on social determinants of health and the health divide in the WHO European Region, WHO (2011) NEW http://www.euro.who.int/en/what-we-do/health-topics/health-determinants/socioeconomic-determinants/publications/interim-first-report-on-social-determinants-of-health-and-the-health-divide-in-the-who-european-region (3.38MB)

Addressing the Socioeconomic Safety Divide: a Policy Briefing, WHO (2009)
www.euro.who.int/document/e92197.pdf (1.17MB)

Setting the political agenda to tackle health inequity in Norway, WHO (2009)
http://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0014/110228/E93431.pdf (1.59MB)

Reducing Health Inequalities Through Action on the Social Determinants of Health, WHO (2009)
http://apps.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf_files/EB124/B124_R6-en.pdf (0.09MB)

Priorities for Research on Equity and Health: Implications for Global and National Priority Setting and the Role of the WHO to Take the Health Equity Research Agenda Forward, WHO (2009)
www.globalhealthequity.ca/electronic%20library/Priorities%20for%20research%20on%20equity%20and%20health.pdf (0.58MB)

Mental Health, Resilience and Inequalities, WHO (2009)
www.euro.who.int/document/e92227.pdf (0.45MB)

Closing the Gap in a Generation: Health Equity through Action on the Social Determinants of Health, WHO (2008)
http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2008/9789241563703_eng.pdf (7.28MB)

The Economic Cost of ill Health in the European Region, WHO (2008)
http://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/83443/E93695.pdf (0.27MB)

Health Systems, Health and Wealth: Assessing the Case for Investing in Health Systems, WHO (2008)
http://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/91430/E93699.pdf (0.53MB)

City Leadership for Health, WHO (2008)
www.euro.who.int/document/E91886.pdf (0.78MB)

Backgrounder 2: Closing the Gap in a Generation-How? WHO (2008)
www.who.int/social_determinants/final_report/closing_the_gap_how_en.pdf (0.04MB)

World Health Stats, WHO (2007)
www.who.int/whosis/whostat/2007/en/ (2.47MB)

A Discussion Paper on European Strategies for Tackling Social Inequalities in Health: Levelling Up Part 2, WHO  (2006)
www.euro.who.int/document/e89384.pdf (0.64MB)

The Impact of Poverty on Health: a Scan of Research Literature, Canadian Institute for Health Information (2003)
http://secure.cihi.ca/cihiweb/products/CPHIImpactonPoverty_e.pdf (0.28MB)

An Introduction to Evidence-Informed Public Health and a Compendium of Critical Appraisal Tools for Public Health Practice, NCCMT (2008)
www.nccmt.ca/pubs/2008_07_IntroEIPH_compendiumENG.pdf (0.38MB)

Closing the Gap: Strategies for Action to Tackle Health Inequalities: Taking Action on Health Equity, EU (2007)
www.eurohealthnet.eu/images/publications/taking%20action%20on%20health%20equity.pdf (2.48MB)

Health Inequalities: a Challenge for Europe, EU (2006)
www.eurohealthnet.eu/images/publications/pu_2.pdf (0.48MB)

Health Inequalities: Extract from Presidency Information Note put to Health Council, 9th December, EU (2005)
http://ec.europa.eu/health/ph_determinants/socio_economics/documents/ev_060302_rd02_en.pdf (0.08MB)

Child Poverty in Perspective: an Overview of Child Well-Being in Rich Countries, UNICEF (2007)
www.unicef.org/media/files/ChildPovertyReport.pdf (1.52MB)

Healthy Societies: Addressing 21st Century Health Challenges, Government of South Australia (2008)
http://www.publications.health.sa.gov.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1034&context=hprom
(1.24MB)

National Strategy to Reduce Social Inequalities in Health, Norwegian Ministry of Health and Care Services (2006-07)
www.regjeringen.no/pages/1975150/PDFS/STM200620070020000EN_PDFS.pdf

UK Publications

The London Health Inequalities Strategy, Mayor of London (2010)
www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/LondonHealthInequalitiesStrategy.pdf (0.78MB)

Understanding Attitudes to Tackling Economic Inequality, JRF (2009)
www.jrf.org.uk/sites/files/jrf/attitudes-tackling-economic-inequality-full.pdf (2.16MB)

Building Public Support for Eradicating Poverty in the UK, JFR (2009)
www.jrf.org.uk/sites/files/jrf/public-support-eradicating-poverty-full.pdf (2.37MB)

What are the Implications of Attitudes to Economic Inequality, JRF (2009)
www.jrf.org.uk/sites/files/jrf/implications-attitudes-economic-inequality-viewpoint.pdf (2.16MB)

Political Debate about Economic Inequality: an Information Resource, JRF (2009)
www.jrf.org.uk/sites/files/jrf/political-debate-economic-inequality-full.pdf (0.60MB)

Poverty, Inequality and Human Rights: Do human Rights Make a Difference? JFR (2009)
www.jrf.org.uk/sites/files/jrf/poverty-human-rights-full.pdf (1.26MB)

Long Term ill Health, Poverty and Ethnicity, JRF (2007)
www.jrf.org.uk/sites/files/jrf/political-debate-economic-inequality-full.pdf (0.60MB)

Public Attitudes to Economic Inequality, JRF (2007)
www.jrf.org.uk/sites/files/jrf/2080-attitudes-economic-inequality.pdf (0.24MB)

Better Together: a Guide for People in the Health Service on how you can help to Build more Cohesive Communities, Institute of Community Cohesion (2009)
http://resources.cohesioninstitute.org.uk/Publications/Documents/Document/DownloadDocumentsFile.aspx?recordId=5&file=PDFversion (0.39MB)

The Government’s Response to the Health Select Committee Report on Health Inequalities, Department of Health (2009)
www.dh.gov.uk/prod_consum_dh/groups/dh_digitalassets/documents/digitalasset/dh_099782.pdf (1.11MB)

Pacesetters Programme: Look Beneath the Surface, Change the Way we Think: Equality Impact Assessment, Department of Health (2009)
www.library.nhs.uk/HEALTHMANAGEMENT/ViewResource.aspx?resID=312513 (0.47MB)

Tackling Health Inequalities: 10 Years on: a Review of Developments in Tackling Health  Inequalities in England over the last 10 years, Department of Health (2009)
www.dh.gov.uk/prod_consum_dh/groups/dh_digitalassets/documents/digitalasset/dh_098934.pdf (3.77MB)

Communities for Health: Learning from the Pilots, Department of Health (2007)
www.dh.gov.uk/prod_consum_dh/groups/dh_digitalassets/@dh/@en/documents/digitalasset/dh_066344.pdf (0.74MB)

Health Inequalities: Rising to the Challenge, Department of Health (2005)
www.dh.gov.uk/prod_consum_dh/groups/dh_digitalassets/@dh/@en/documents/digitalasset/dh_4122117.pdf (1.80MB)

Health Inequalities: Improving the NHS, Department of Health (2004)
www.dh.gov.uk/prod_consum_dh/groups/dh_digitalassets/@dh/@en/documents/digitalasset/dh_4083181.pdf (0.10MB)

Tackling Health Inequalities: the Spearhead Group of Local Authorities and Primary Care Trusts, Department of Health (2004)
www.dh.gov.uk/prod_consum_dh/groups/dh_digitalassets/@dh/@en/documents/digitalasset/dh_4095413.pdf (0.29MB)

Tackling the Wider Social Determinants of Health and Health Inequality: Evidence from Systematic Reviews, PHRC (2008)
www.york.ac.uk/phrc/D2-06%20Short%20Report%205_final.pdf

The Global Impact of Income Inequality on Health by Age: an Observational Study. BMJ (2007)
www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/335/7625/873

Income Inequality, Individual Income, and Mortality in Danish Adults: Analysis of Pooled Data from two Cohort Studies, BMJ (2002)
www.bmj.com/cgi/content/abstract/324/7328/13

Comparisons of Health-Related Behaviours and Health Measures between Glasgow and the rest of Scotland, GCHP (2007)
http://www.gcph.co.uk/assets/0000/0384/GCPH_briefing_paper_FS_7_web.pdf
(0.67MB)

The London Health Inequalities Strategy: a Draft for Public Consultation, Greater London Authority (2009)
http://www.london.gov.uk/archive/mayor/priorities/health/docs/health-inequalities-strategy-draft-consult.pdf
(1.6MB)

The Urban Environment, Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution (2007)
http://www.rcep.org.uk/reports/26-urban/26-urban.htm

Health Issues in Planning, Mayor of London (2007)
http://legacy.london.gov.uk/mayor/strategies/sds/docs/bpg-health.pdf
(0.96MB)

Air Quality and Social Deprivation in the UK: an Environmental Inequalities Analysis, Dept. for Communities and Local Government  (2006)
www.airquality.co.uk/reports/cat09/0701110944_AQinequalitiesFNL_AEAT_0506.pdf (1.3MB)

NI Publications

Did the Celtic Tiger Decrease Socio-Economic Differentials in Perinatal Mortality in Ireland, ERSI (2009)
www.esri.ie/UserFiles/publications/20090911114628/WP312.pdf (0.40MB)

The Truth about Poverty in Northern Ireland, Age Concern (2009)
http://www.olderpeoplesadvocateni.org/Reports/The%20Truth%20About%20Poverty%20in%20Northern%20Ireland.pdf
(0.07MB)

Tackling Food Poverty: Lessons from the Decent Food for all (DFFA) Intervention, IPHI (2008)
www.publichealth.ie/files/file/Tackling%20Food%20Poverty_web.pdf (1.91MB)

Health and Social Care Inequalities Monitoring System: Second Update Bulletin, DHSSPS (2007)
www.dhsspsni.gov.uk/inequalities_monitoring_update2.pdf (2.88MB)

Putting the Learning to Use: Inequalities in Health and Wellbeing, Investing for Health (2007)
www.wellnet-ni.com/publications/Inequalities_in_Health_Wellbeing.pdf (0.70MB)

Regional Development Strategy for Northern Ireland 2025, DRD (2001)
http://applications.drdni.gov.uk/publications/document.asp?docid=5567 (6.3MB)

Monitoring Poverty and Social Exclusion in Northern Ireland, JRF 2009
www.jrf.org.uk/sites/files/jrf/monitoring-poverty-northern-ireland-2009-summary.pdf (0.18MB)