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The effects of health care reforms on health inequalities: a review and analysis of the European evidence base (2011)
Journal Article
Gelormino, E., Bambra, C., Spadea, T., Bellini, S., & Costa, G. (2011). The effects of health care reforms on health inequalities: a review and analysis of the European evidence base. International Journal of Health Services, 41(2), 209-230. https://doi.org/10.2190/hs.41.2.b

Health care is widely considered to be an important determinant of health. The health care systems of Western Europe have recently experienced significant reforms, under pressure from economic globalization. Similarly, in Eastern Europe, health care... Read More about The effects of health care reforms on health inequalities: a review and analysis of the European evidence base.

Real world reviews: A beginner’s guide to undertaking systematic reviews of public health policy interventions (2011)
Journal Article
Bambra, C. (2011). Real world reviews: A beginner’s guide to undertaking systematic reviews of public health policy interventions. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 65(1), 14-19. https://doi.org/10.1136/jech.2009.088740

Background The systematic review is becoming an increasingly popular and established research method in public health. Obtaining systematic review skills are therefore becoming a common requirement for most public health researchers and practitioners... Read More about Real world reviews: A beginner’s guide to undertaking systematic reviews of public health policy interventions.

Housing and health inequalities: a synthesis of systematic reviews of interventions aimed at different pathways linking housing and health (2011)
Journal Article
Gibson, M., Petticrew, M., Bambra, C., Sowden, A., Wright, K., & Whitehead, M. (2011). Housing and health inequalities: a synthesis of systematic reviews of interventions aimed at different pathways linking housing and health. Health & Place, 17(1), 175-184. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2010.09.011

Housing and neighbourhood conditions are widely acknowledged to be important social determinants of health, through three main pathways: (1) internal housing conditions, (2) area characteristics and (3) housing tenure. We conducted a systematic overv... Read More about Housing and health inequalities: a synthesis of systematic reviews of interventions aimed at different pathways linking housing and health.