Monitoring Health Inequalities in 12 European Countries: Lessons Learned from the Joint Action Health Equity Europe

Autor: Pi Högberg, Göran Henriksson, Carme Borrell, Marius Ciutan, Giuseppe Costa, Irene Georgiou, Rafal Halik, Jens Hoebel, Katri Kilpeläinen, Theopisti Kyprianou, Tina Lesnik, Indre Petrauskaite, Annemarie Ruijsbroek, Silvia Gabriela Scintee, Milena Vasic, Gabriella Olsson
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health; Volume 19; Issue 13; Pages: 7663
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
r-IIB SANT PAU. Repositorio Institucional de Producción Científica del Instituto de Investigación Biomédica Sant Pau
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ISSN: 1660-4601
1661-7827
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19137663
Popis: To raise awareness about health inequalities, a well-functioning health inequality monitoring system (HIMS) is crucial. Drawing on work conducted under the Joint Action Health Equity Europe, the aim of this paper is to illustrate the strengths and weaknesses in current health inequality monitoring based on lessons learned from 12 European countries and to discuss what can be done to strengthen their capacities. Fifty-five statements were used to collect information about the status of the capacities at different steps of the monitoring process. The results indicate that the preconditions for monitoring vary greatly between countries. The availability and quality of data are generally regarded as strong, as is the ability to disaggregate data by age and gender. Regarded as poorer is the ability to disaggregate data by socioeconomic factors, such as education and income, or by other measures of social position, such as ethnicity. Few countries have a proper health inequality monitoring strategy in place and, where in place, it is often regarded as poorly up to date with policymakers’ needs. These findings suggest that non-data-related issues might be overlooked aspects of health inequality monitoring. Structures for stakeholder involvement and communication that attracts attention from policymakers are examples of aspects that deserve more effort.
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