What have the social sciences ever done for equity in health policy and health systems?
Autor: | Trisha Greenhalgh |
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Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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030505 public health
Equity (economics) Health Equity lcsh:Public aspects of medicine Health Policy Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Health services research Social Sciences lcsh:RA1-1270 Health equity Migration studies 03 medical and health sciences Narrative 0302 clinical medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Sociology Social science 0305 other medical science Delivery of Health Care Health policy Qualitative Research Social policy Qualitative research |
Zdroj: | International Journal for Equity in Health, Vol 17, Iss 1, Pp 1-3 (2018) |
Popis: | Background The social sciences can be defined as the scientific study of human society and social relationships. Main text A number of underpinning disciplines within the social sciences, notably sociology, social psychology and anthropology, as well as interdisciplinary fields like science and technology studies and migration studies, offer both theoretical insights and methodological approaches which can productively enhance the study of equity in health systems and policy research. In particular, qualitative research in general and the use of narrative methods in particular can help illuminate individual experience and the interaction of multiple structural influences on that experience. Conclusion This article sets the theoretical scene for a special issue of the journal on social sciences and equity. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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