Health and Class: The Early Years

Power, Chris; Fox, John; Manor, Orly

ISBN 10: 0412415704 / ISBN 13: 9780412415708

Published by Chapman & Hall, London/New York/Tokyo, 1991

About this Item

Ex-library hardcover. Bump to corners; small waterstain through some last pages at the top; library sticker on spine, front cover and FEP; library pocket on front inside cover; library stamp on title page; text tight and bright.

Seller Inventory # 076364

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Health and Class: The Early Years
• Publisher: Chapman & Hall, London/New York/Tokyo
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0412415704
• ISBN 13: 9780412415708
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket
• Book Type: Used
• Seller catalogs:
  • Health & Medicine

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Synopsis

The findings from the first comprehensive account of health inequalities in young adults in Britain are controversial. A contemporary sample of 23 year olds, the internationally respected National Child Development Study, was used. The study addresses social inequalities in health, an understanding of which is central to health policy in the 1990s and beyond. The World Health Organisation objective of "Health for all" by the year 2000 will be more easily achieved with a clearer identification of the underlying problems in society. With data available for the same individuals from birth to early adulthood, the causes of health inequalities are traced. The fundamental questions are whether health inequalities arise from current circumstances, childhood experiences, inheritance, behaviour or education. Planners of social policy and health care should find some of the answers and a useful information in this text. This book should be of interest to health professionals, academics from a wide range of principles (family studies, education, sociology).