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Addressing the Strategic
Determinants to Reduce Health
Inequality
Caroline Costongs, EuroHealthNet
January 2013
DRIVERS is co-ordinated by EuroHealthNet and has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement n°278350
Overview
Funded by the EU’s 7th Framework Programme (2012-2014). Focuses
on three of the key drivers to reduce health inequities:
Early Childhood Development
Employment
Income & Social Protection
Co-ordinated by EuroHealthNet, bringing together leading
researchers, civil society organisations and businesses
Aims and Objectives
Reviewing existing evidence
Researching advocacy strategies
Testing in case studies across Europe
Developing recommendations for policy and research
Overall: To advance policy making in the three DRIVER areas so
as to promote greater health equity.
Early Childhood Development
UCL Institute of Health Equity (Scientific Lead & WP
Leader) and Eurochild
Developing evidence-based knowledge
and tools to increase health equity in
early childhood
Systematic reviews of social inequities, early-childhood
development and early-childhood health (1x systematic review, 1x
intervention review)
183 studies provide strong evidence that multiple adverse social
factors at both household and neighbourhood level are associated
with health and developmental outcomes in children (0-8)
Comparative data analysis using data from EU member states
Fair Employment
Department of Medical Sociology, Universität
Düsseldorf (WP Leader) & Business in the Community
Building the evidence base on links
between work characteristics, workplace
interventions and health inequalities
Systematic review on effect of work (psychosocial factors) on
health varies according to socio-economic status
(moderation/mediation)
3 main theories of psycho-social risk: Demand-Control model &
Effort-Reward model & Organisational Injustice
Systematic review of workplace interventions
Social Protection & Income
Centre for Health Equity Studies, Stockholms
Universitet (WP Leader) and EAPN
Understanding the relationships between
income, social protection and health
inequalities
Literature review
New analyses of European data of the role of poverty and the role
of social protection policies for health inequalities
Analyses of social policies and the linkages with labour market
entry and exit (carried out by a research network)
NEETs and His
Disability, income protection and HI
Welfare state institutions, labour market exit and HI
Advocacy for Health Equity
EuroHealthNet (WP Leader), Eurochild, Business in
the Community & EAPN
Improving methods of advocating for
health equity
Reviewing advocacy practices and case studies
Advocacy & consultation workshop
Consultations & interviews with key stakeholders
Develop & putting into effect the advocacy strategy
Case Studies &
Recommendations
UCL Institute of Health Equity (WP Leader),
EuroHealthNet, Universität Düsseldorf, Centre for
Health Equity Studies, Eurochild, Business in the
Community, EAPN
Driving practice and developing
recommendations
Establish case studies to test knowledge in different real-life
contexts
Evaluate the extent to which the research outcomes are applicable
to the needs of different population groups
Bring everything together and make recommendations for policy,
research and practice on effectively addressing the strategic
determinants of health to reduce health inequalities
Third parties & affiliated research network
Third parties
Public Health Wales (United Kingdom)
PROLEPSIS (Greece)
Norwegian Directorate of Health (Norway)
North West Region (England, United Kingdom)
University of La Laguna (Spain)
Institute for health care improvement
(Netherlands)
Northern Ireland Early Years (Northern Ireland)
Children in Scotland (Scotland)
Faculty of Sociology and Social Work - University
Cluj (Romania)
Family, Child, Youth Association (Hungary)
SCHEDIA (Greece)
Affiliated research network partners
(Social Protection & Income)
Department of Health Sciences, Mid Sweden
University (Sweden)
The Norwegian Social Research (Norway)
University of Uppsala (Sweden) (TBC)
More information
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This paper was produced for a meeting organized by Health & Consumers DG and represents the views of its author on thesubject. These views have not been adopted or in any way approved by the Commission and should not be relied upon as a statement of the Commission's or Health & Consumers DG's views. The European Commission does not guarantee the accuracy of the dataincluded in this paper, nor does it accept responsibility for any use made thereof.