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Achieving health equity: from root causes to fair outcomes

Michael Marmot
- 29 Sep 2007 - 
- Vol. 370, Iss: 9593, pp 1153-1163
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The time for action is now, not just because better health makes economic sense, but because it is right and just.
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This article is published in The Lancet.The article was published on 2007-09-29. It has received 874 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Social determinants of health & Health equity.

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Closing the gap in a generation: health equity through action on the social determinants of health

TL;DR: The Commission on Social Determinants of Health (CSDH) as mentioned in this paper was created to marshal the evidence on what can be done to promote health equity and to foster a global movement to achieve it.
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Development as Freedom

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The evolving concept of health literacy.

TL;DR: The paper concludes that both conceptualizations are important and are helping to stimulate a more sophisticated understanding of the process of health communication in both clinical and community settings, as well as highlighting factors impacting on its effectiveness.
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Development as Freedom

Amartya Sen
TL;DR: In this paper, Amartya Sen quotes the eighteenth century poet William Cowper on freedom: Freedom has a thousand charms to show, That slaves howe'er contented, never know.
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The Economics of Climate Change: The Stern Review

TL;DR: The Stern Review as discussed by the authors is an independent, rigourous and comprehensive analysis of the economic aspects of this crucial issue, conducted by Sir Nicholas Stern, Head of the UK Government Economic Service, and a former Chief Economist of the World Bank.
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Development as Freedom

Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion

TL;DR: The first International Conference on Health Promotion was held in Ottawa, Canada in November 1986 and aimed for action to achieve 'Health for all' by the year 2000 and beyond.