Low level of attention to health inequalities in prevention planning activities of the Italian Regions

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• 作者：Corrado De Vito ; Azzurra Massimi…
• 关键词：Prevention ; Health inequalities ; National Prevention Plan
• 刊名：International Journal for Equity in Health
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：December 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：15
• 期：1
• 全文大小：475 KB
• 刊物主题：Public Health; Development Economics; Quality of Life Research; Social Policy;
• 出版者：BioMed Central
• ISSN：1475-9276

文摘

Background Health promotion and prevention activities should tackle health inequalities to reduce disparities in health among disadvantaged populations. This study aimed to assess the extent to which the Italian Regions considered health inequalities during the planning of prevention activities, to detect geographical differences and to identify the possible determinants of differences in attention to health inequalities.