Priorities for research on equity and health: towards an equity-focused health research agenda

Piroska Östlin; Ted Schrecker; Ritu Sadana; Josiane Bonnefoy; Lucy Gilson; Clyde Hertzman; Michael P Kelly; Tord Kjellstrom; Ronald Labonté; Olle Lundberg; Carles Muntaner; Jennie Popay; Gita Sen; Ziba Vaghri

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001115

Priorities for research on equity and health: towards an equity-focused health research agenda

PLoS Med. 2011 Nov;8(11):e1001115. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001115. Epub 2011 Nov 1.

Authors

Piroska Östlin¹, Ted Schrecker, Ritu Sadana, Josiane Bonnefoy, Lucy Gilson, Clyde Hertzman, Michael P Kelly, Tord Kjellstrom, Ronald Labonté, Olle Lundberg, Carles Muntaner, Jennie Popay, Gita Sen, Ziba Vaghri

Affiliation

¹ World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen, Denmark. pio@euro.who.int

Abstract

Piroska Östlin and colleagues argue that a paradigm shift is needed to keep the focus on health equity within the social determinants of health research agenda.

MeSH terms

Delivery of Health Care
Global Health
Health Policy*
Health Priorities*
Health Services Research / standards*
Health Status Indicators
Humans
International Cooperation
Organizational Objectives
World Health Organization*