A team of researchers analyzed the international scientific literature to examine the impact of school-based health education on potential reductions in health inequalities. These...

How do inequalities arise, and how are they interconnected? Pierre Volovitch explains how inequalities accumulate and “form a system,” whether they pertain to income, educational...

According to Michael Marmot, chair of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Commission on Social Determinants of Health, social injustice kills on a massive scale. The links between...

In 2010, the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Europe commissioned Michael Marmot to conduct a study on the social determinants of health and health inequalities in the...

Pregnancy and early childhood are critical periods. Maternal and Child Health (PMI) services provide free access to support and preventive care for mothers and children. For example, in...

To address the topic of social inequalities in health and early childhood, we have deliberately narrowed the scope of our research by providing a few essential references on inequalities...

Urban planning, community facilities, and transportation are key determinants of residents’ health that are too often overlooked. Yet they serve as effective tools for addressing social...

Social inequalities in health are widening in France and other European countries. The 27 member states of the European Union have spent four years developing strategies to address these...

The Santé-Ville workshops undoubtedly help reduce social health inequalities. The innovative oral health program implemented in Nanterre as part of this initiative is a case in point....

For the past three years, the Renaudot Institute has been coordinating an action research project to assess the impact of community-based initiatives on three determinants of health:...