TY - JOUR
T1 - Social and Economic Policies Matter for Health Equity
T2 - Conclusions of the SOPHIE Project
AU - SOPHIE investigators
AU - Malmusi, Davide
AU - Muntaner, Carles
AU - Borrell, Carme
AU - Suhrcke, Marc
AU - O’Campo, Patricia
AU - Julià, Mireia
AU - Melis, Giulia
AU - Palència, Laia
AU - Bosáková, Lucia
AU - Toffolutti, Veronica
AU - Bacigalupe, Amaia
AU - Mitchell, Christiane
AU - Freiler, Alix
AU - Vanroelen, Christophe
AU - Tarafa, Gemma
AU - Ollé-Espluga, Laia
AU - Sánchez, Esther
AU - Artazcoz, Lucía
AU - Vinberg, Stig
AU - Benach, Joan
AU - Gelormino, Elena
AU - Tabasso, Matteo
AU - Kunst, Anton
AU - Costa, Giuseppe
AU - Camprubí, Lluís
AU - Díaz, Fernando
AU - Bosch, Jordi
AU - Salvador, María
AU - Hagqvist, Emma
AU - Puig-Barrachina, Vanessa
AU - Pérez, Glòria
AU - Dzurova, Dagmar
AU - Belak, Andrej
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This study was funded by the EU Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013, Grant Agreement 278173).
Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2018.
PY - 2018/7/1
Y1 - 2018/7/1
N2 - Since 2011, the SOPHIE project has accumulated evidence regarding the influence of social and economic policies on population health levels, as well as on health inequalities according to socioeconomic position, gender, and immigrant status. Through comparative analyses and evaluation case studies across Europe, SOPHIE has shown how these health inequalities vary according to contexts in macroeconomics, social protection, labor market, built environment, housing, gender equity, and immigrant integration and may be reduced by equity-oriented policies in these fields. These studies can help public health and social justice advocates to build a strong case for fairer social and economic policies that will lead to the reduction of health inequalities that most governments have included among their policy goals. In this article, we summarize the main findings and policy implications of the SOPHIE project and the lessons learned on civil society participation in research and results communication.
AB - Since 2011, the SOPHIE project has accumulated evidence regarding the influence of social and economic policies on population health levels, as well as on health inequalities according to socioeconomic position, gender, and immigrant status. Through comparative analyses and evaluation case studies across Europe, SOPHIE has shown how these health inequalities vary according to contexts in macroeconomics, social protection, labor market, built environment, housing, gender equity, and immigrant integration and may be reduced by equity-oriented policies in these fields. These studies can help public health and social justice advocates to build a strong case for fairer social and economic policies that will lead to the reduction of health inequalities that most governments have included among their policy goals. In this article, we summarize the main findings and policy implications of the SOPHIE project and the lessons learned on civil society participation in research and results communication.
KW - health equity
KW - realist methods
KW - social inequalities in health
KW - social policy
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85048858048&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/0020731418779954
DO - 10.1177/0020731418779954
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85048858048
SN - 0020-7314
VL - 48
SP - 417
EP - 434
JO - International Journal of Health Services
JF - International Journal of Health Services
IS - 3
ER -
