Education and health inequalities Input Paper 10 to the Independent Inquiry into Inequalities in Health, January 1998
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11488688 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Geoff Whitty (corresponding author), Peter Aggleton (0000-0001-5966-4969), Eva Gamamikow, Paul Tyrer |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 641-652 |
| Publication date | 1998-09-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Education Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0268-0939 • E-ISSN: 1464-5106 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0268093980130504 |
| OpenAlex | W1981392817 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 24 |
The available evidence suggests that there are important links between educational inequalities and concurrent and subsequent health inequalities. Much of the literature further indicates that these inequalities are cumulative in their effect over the life course of individuals, families and communities. This evidence, drawn from UK and international studies, suggests that any attempt to tackle health inequalities through educational interventions needs to be conceived as part of a broader medium‐ to long‐term project. It would also need to involve local communities, as well as collaboration between agencies, in order to build up the social capital that the research suggests contributes to positive educational and health outcomes. The paper includes some policy recommendations, which the research suggests could make a significant contribution towards the reduction of inequalities in health. These priorities for intervention, which should initially be targeted towards areas of greatest disadvantage, involve the continued development of high quality community‐oriented pre‐school provision to meet the particular needs of disadvantaged communities; the further development of health education in schools within a wider institutional structure of health promoting/healthier schools; and better co‐ordination between health, education and other services, for example within the currently proposed Health and Education Action Zones
Disadvantage · Disadvantaged · Economic growth · Economics · Health care · Health education · Health equity · Inequality · Political science · Psychological intervention · Public relations · Social capital · Social inequality · Social science · Sociology · Health disparities and outcomes · Health, psychology, and well-being · Medicine · Nursing · School Health and Nursing Education · Health Policy
Social deprivation and premature mortality
School-based substance abuse prevention
Social and biological pathways linking early life and adult disease
Schoolboys and schoolwork
Literacy, numeracy and economic performance
The high/scope preschool curriculum comparison study through age 23
The effect of changes in published secondary school admissions on pupil composition
Levels of mortality, education, and social conditions in the 107 local education authority areas of England
Parent involvement with children's health promotion
Socioeconomic status and health
Social inequalities in health
Child development and long-term outcomes
Health inequalities in the life course perspective
Social Capital and Successful Development among At-Risk Youth
Social Capital and Dropping Out of School Early
Social Capital in the Creation of Human Capital
| Citations per year | 0.07 |
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| Citation span | 1999 - 2001 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |