Poverty and Inequality
We have a separate page on Child Poverty
- We know what makes us ill.
- When we are ill we are told
- That it’s you who will heal us.
- When we come to you
- Our rags are torn off us and you listen all over our naked body.
- As to the cause of our illness one glance at our rags would tell you more.
- It is the same cause that wears out our bodies and our clothes.
Bertolt Brecht, 1898-1956. Worker’s Speech to a Doctor
Links on this page are generally concerned with the UK. It isn't that we are not interested in international issues, just that we lack the capacity to tackle them. But the Gapminder web site is worth looking at just because it is so beautifully made and revealing about the changes in international health and prosperity
- The Acheson Report 1998
- Acorn - a classification of residential neighbourhoods
- An Anatomy of Economic Inequality in the UK Report of the National Equality Panel 2010
- Basic Income
- Better Health Better Wales 1998
- The Beveridge Report 1944
- Black Report 1980
- Bridging the Income Gap Why Inequality is Hazardous to Your Health
- Centre for Social Justice, Canada
- Centre for the Study of Poverty and Social Justice
- Combat Poverty Agency Ireland
- Comparisons between geographies of mortality and deprivation from the 1900s and 2001: spatial analysis of census and mortality statistics
- BMJ collection on Socioeconomic Determinants of Health
- Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion LSE
- Community Development and Health
- Church Action on Poverty
- Deprivation Scores Based on 1991 and 2001 Census Area Statistics
- The distributional effect of the 2008 Pre-Budget Report
- Do Oscar Winners Live Longer than Less Successful Peers? A Reanalysis of the Evidence
- DSS first report on tackling poverty and social exclusion (pdf) 1999
- The effect of economic recession on population health 2009
- Effect of social deprivation on blood pressure monitoring and control in England 2008
- English Longitudinal Study of Ageing 2006
- Equal Treatment - Closing the Gap for Wales 2006
- Equality Trust
- European Health Inequalities Portal
- European Anti Poverty Network
- Evaluations of advice services in primary health care settings 2000
- Experian's Mosaic - a categorisation system which includes the rich.
- The Facts of Inequality Dr Martin O'Neill 2010
- Families USA
- Focus on Social Inequalities National Statistics
- For richer, for poorer: Tribune 2007
- Global impact of income inequality on health by age: an observational study BMJ 2007
- Health and Income Equity University of Washington
- Health Challenge England – next steps for Choosing Health October 2006
- Health Committee enquiry into inequality 2009 Government response
- Health for all? A critical analysis of public health policies in eight European countries Swedish National Institute of Public Health 2008
- Health Inequalities - Dept of Health
- Health Inequalities John Reid Secretary of State for Health, 28th November 2003
- Health Inequalities Intervention Tool
- Health inequalities politics and policy under New Labour UK
- Health inequalities: progress and next steps 2008
- Health inequalities - the Scottish experience and response conference Edinburgh June 2009
- Health is Wealth Commission, Liverpool
- Health Literacy Group
- Health Poverty Index
- Health Variations Programme
- Health, Wealth and Poverty Conference November 1992
- “The Healthy Society” Speech by the Rt Hon Alan Johnson MP, Secretary of State for Health 2007
- How much can money buy happiness? Is the debate over for the Easterlin Paradox?
- The Impact of Inequality: How to Make Sick Societies Healthier by Richard G Wilkinson Polly Toynbee's review
- Improving the Life Chances of Disabled People
- Income and Health SHA 1996 Richard Wilkinson and Alison Quick
- Income distribution 1961 -2005 (This is a Powerpoint file)
- Income Inequality ONS
- Income Inequality and Mortality BMJ 2000
- Income inequality, democracy and health: A global portrait Michael E. Shin
- Incomes Data Services
- Indices of Deprivation 2007 (England)
- Inequality and social cohesion
- Influence Of Income On Health: Views Of An Epidemiologist (pdf) 2002
- International Poverty and Health Network
- International Society for Equity in Health
- The Inverse Care Law Julian Tudor Hart 1971
- Is poverty in the UK a denial of people's human rights?
- Is the NHS equitable? A review of the evidence - Dixon, Le Grand et al 2003
- Justice, Inequality, and Health
- Labour accused of failing poorest Financial Times 2008
- Life expectancy at birth by local authority 1992-2006
- Linking social structure and individual vulnerability Richard Wilkinson 2004
- Local Authority Health Profiles
- London's Poverty Profile
- Measuring Poverty 2002 John Veit-Wilson
- Mental Health, Resilience and Inequalities 2009
- The Message of Redistribution Disadvantage, public policy and the human good Jonathan Wolff 2003
- Minding the gap - Does target setting reduce health inequalities?
- Monitoring Poverty and Social Exclusion
- Multilevel Analysis Of The Geography of Health Inequalities
- Narrowing the Gap report Fabians 2006
- National Equality Panel
- National strategy to reduce social inequalities in health - Norway 2007
- Neighbourhood Renewal Unit
- New Opportunities White Paper - Fair Chances for the Future 2009
- New Tax Credits consultation document 2001
- NICE Citizens Council report on health inequalities - 2006
- North - South divide (BMJ 2004)
- Northern Ireland Anti-Poverty Network
- The Poor Law 1601
- Poor Law Amendment Act 1834
- Population, health and human well-being World Resources Institute
- Post-2010 strategic review of health inequalities (the Marmot Review)
- Poverty and Health World Bank
- POVERTY AND ILL HEALTH: CONTROVERSIES PAST AND PRESENT (1992)
- Poverty and inequality in the UK: 2007
- Poverty and wealth across Britain 1968 to 2005
- Poverty, inequality and human rights
- Profile of the Nation's Health
- Progress on poverty, 1997 to 2003/4 - Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Public attitudes to economic inequality JRF July 2007
- Public attitudes to health inequalities and social determinants of health National Social Marketing Centre 2008
- The public health effect of economic crises and alternative policy responses in Europe: an empirical analysis
- Quality in and equality of access to healthcare services Europe wide study 2008
- Reaching Out: An Action Plan on Social Exclusion 2006
- A Reappraisal of the Inverse Care Law 2010
- Reflections on the Development of Health Inequalities Policy in the United Kingdom by Adam Oliver 2008
- Report paints stark picture on life expectancy in Glasgow Sky News 2008
- The relationship between poverty, affluence and area 2005
- Strategic Review of Health Inequalities in England Post 2010
- Scottish Indices of Deprivation 2003
- Scottish Parliament Communities Committee
- Social Determinants of Health Health Matters 2000
- The Social Determinants of Health: An Overview of the Implications for Policy and the Role of the Health Sector (Canada, 2004)
- Social Exclusion and Health Politics Included 2000
- Social Exclusion Task Force
- State of the nation report: poverty, worklessness and welfare dependency in the UK 2010
- Strategic Review of Health Inequalities in England post 2010
- Sustainable development is key to tackling health inequalities and climate change 2010
- Tackling Health Inequalities: Cross-cutting spending review 2002
- Tackling inequalities in life expectancy in areas with the worst health and deprivation National Audit Office 2010
- Tackling Health Inequalities in the UK: What is the Government doing? 2003
- Tackling Health Inequalities: Status Report on the Programme for Action - Scientific Reference Group of Health Inequalities 2005
- Tackling health inequalities since the Acheson Inquiry (Joseph Rowntree Foundation - pdf file) 2003
- Tackling inequalities through the NHS January 2008
- Tackling health inequalities: 2007 Status Report on the Programme for Action
- Targetting Poor Health in Wales (summary of Peter Townsend's report)
- Tax Justice Network
- Their Patients, Our Clients- Our Patients, Their Clients: Developing effective partnerships between the NHS & the advice sector in England A discussion & guidance document for AdviceUK
- UCL Department of Epidemiology & Public Health
- Unnatural Causes
- Weasel Words
- Welfare reform
- Well-being - Richard Layard's work
- Westminster Hall Debate on Health Inequality 9 Oct 2007
- What is Poverty - Ireland
- When to tax and when to spend Peter Taylor-Gooby July 2008
- Why Epidemiologists Cannot Afford to Ignore Poverty - October 2007.
- Why inequality matters Ben Jackson and Paul Segal October 2004
- Who owns health inequalities? Lancet 2010 (you have to register to read this, but it's free)
- World Health Organization Commission on Social Determinants of Health
- Zacchaeus 2000
