Tag: inequalities

There are stark inequalities in oral health across the UK, shows a new Public Health England report published today, co-written by UCL researchers. The report brings together evidence from the past 20 years on oral health inequalities and differences in access to services in England and the rest of the UK. It describes the inequalities

A new review, published in BMC Public Health, identifies the macroeconomic determinants of health and health inequalities. The social determinants of health have been widely recognized yet there was, until now, a lack of clarity about the specific ways in which large economic factors influence health and what can be done to address these issues.

Exposure to an acute stress in utero can have long-term consequences extending into childhood – but only among children in poor households, according to a new Stanford study that looked at the long-term impact of acute, parental stress. Because stress is often confounded with other factors, the study used a natural disaster – a strong