Advancing the study of health inequality: Fundamental causes as systems of exposure
We tend to study health inequalities as differentials in disease and death that exist within a population. But the most important cause of health inequality is social stratification, and social stratification only varies between populations. Here, I highlight a way forward in the study of health ine...
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| description | We tend to study health inequalities as differentials in disease and death that exist within a population. But the most important cause of health inequality is social stratification, and social stratification only varies between populations. Here, I highlight a way forward in the study of health inequality that resolves this mismatch of analytical levels: we must study the fundamental causes as systems of exposure. Through this critical review of the literature, I argue that the explicit study of variation in social stratification is the next frontier in research on fundamental causes of health inequality. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1c027ab6227248b9b99bd43fbfc3223a2022-12-22T00:12:00ZengElsevierSSM: Population Health2352-82732020-04-0110Advancing the study of health inequality: Fundamental causes as systems of exposureAlicia R. Riley0Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California San Francisco, 550 16th Street, DEB Box 0560, San Francisco, CA, 94158, USAWe tend to study health inequalities as differentials in disease and death that exist within a population. But the most important cause of health inequality is social stratification, and social stratification only varies between populations. Here, I highlight a way forward in the study of health inequality that resolves this mismatch of analytical levels: we must study the fundamental causes as systems of exposure. Through this critical review of the literature, I argue that the explicit study of variation in social stratification is the next frontier in research on fundamental causes of health inequality.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352827319303477Fundamental cause theorySocial determinantsSESSocial stratificationRacial hierarchySystems thinking |
| spellingShingle | Alicia R. Riley Advancing the study of health inequality: Fundamental causes as systems of exposure SSM: Population Health Fundamental cause theory Social determinants SES Social stratification Racial hierarchy Systems thinking |
| title | Advancing the study of health inequality: Fundamental causes as systems of exposure |
| title_full | Advancing the study of health inequality: Fundamental causes as systems of exposure |
| title_fullStr | Advancing the study of health inequality: Fundamental causes as systems of exposure |
| title_full_unstemmed | Advancing the study of health inequality: Fundamental causes as systems of exposure |
| title_short | Advancing the study of health inequality: Fundamental causes as systems of exposure |
| title_sort | advancing the study of health inequality fundamental causes as systems of exposure |
| topic | Fundamental cause theory Social determinants SES Social stratification Racial hierarchy Systems thinking |
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