Journal
HEALTH & PLACE
Volume 39, Issue -, Pages 51-61Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2016.02.002
Keywords
Living environment; Causal theory; Control over decisions; Health inequalities; Social determinants of health
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- Department of Health Policy Research Programme [110/0001]
- Economic and Social Research Council [ES/G007462/1] Funding Source: researchfish
- Medical Research Council [MR/K023187/1] Funding Source: researchfish
- ESRC [ES/G007462/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- MRC [MR/K023187/1] Funding Source: UKRI
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We conducted the first synthesis of theories on causal associations and pathways connecting degree of control in the living environment to socio-economic inequalities in health-related outcomes. We identified the main theories about how differences in 'control over destiny' could lead to socio-economic inequalities in health, and conceptualised these at three distinct explanatory levels: micro/personal; meso/community; and macro/societal. These levels are interrelated but have rarely been considered together in the disparate literatures in which they are located. This synthesis of theories provides new conceptual frameworks to contribute to the design and conduct of theory-led evaluations of actions to tackle inequalities in health. (C) 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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