The Impact of Income-Based Policies on Population Health and Health Inequalities in Scotland: A Modelling Study

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Richardson ◽  
Lynda Fenton ◽  
Jane Parkinson ◽  
Andrew Pulford ◽  
Martin Taulbut ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Population Health ◽  
Health Inequalities ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Health And Health Inequalities ◽  
Modelling Study

Impact of income-based policies on population health and health inequalities in Scotland: a modelling study

The Lancet ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 392 ◽  
pp. S75
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Richardson ◽  
Jane Parkinson ◽  
Andrew Pulford ◽  
Lynda Fenton ◽  
Damilola Agbato ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Population Health ◽  
Health Inequalities ◽  
Health And Health Inequalities ◽  
Modelling Study

scholarly journals Evaluation of Health Equity Impact of Structural Policies

2017 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 432-439 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anton E. Kunst
Keyword(s):  
Population Health ◽  
Health Inequalities ◽  
Time Trend ◽  
Health Impact ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
Quantitative Studies ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
The One ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Health And Health Inequalities

This article briefly assesses the research methods that were applied in the SOPHIE project to evaluate the impact of structural policies on population health and health inequalities. The evaluation of structural policies is one of the key methodological challenges in today’s public health. The experience in the SOPHIE project was that mixed methods are essential to identify, understand, and predict the health impact of structural policies. On the one hand, quantitative studies that included spatial comparisons or time trend analyses, preferably in a quasi-experimental design, showed that some structural policies were associated with improved population health and smaller health inequalities. On the other hand, qualitative studies, often inspired by realist approaches, were important to understand how these policies could have achieved the observed impact and why they would succeed in some settings but fail in others. This review ends with five recommendations for future studies that aim to evaluate, understand, and predict how health inequalities can be reduced through structural policies.

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