Author/Editor		Artnik, Barbara
Title		Inequlities in health
Type		članek
Source		In: A handbook for teachers, researchers and health professionals : systems - lifestyle - policies Lage : Jacobs
Publication year		2013
Volume		str. 330-340
Language		eng
Abstract		Socio-economic inequalities in health are a major challenge for health policy, not only because most of these inequalities can be considered unfair, but also because reducing the burden of health problems in disadvantaged groups offers a great potential for improving the average health status of the population as a whole. However, it seems that public health professionals are not enough aware of inequalities in health, or they are not trained enough to handle them. It can be partially explained by the fact that there is insufficient postgraduate education and continuous training in the field of socio-economic inequalities for public health personnel. This module consists of four activities (tasks), one activity for every learning objective: Task 1 - Assessment process of the availability of data, Task 2 - Existing data resources, Task 3 - Methodological guidelines, Task 4 - Formulating a public health policy.
Keywords		javno zdravje health policy life expectancy mortality national health programs policy making socioeconomic factors