Going local
Many avowed solutions to health inequalities lie outside of the sphere of influence of public health professionals. So how can local health departments attempt to address inequalities, asks an article in Health and Social Care in the Community? Its authors suggest that the role of social capital is critical. A team from the Netherlands have also published a study about social capital, looking at its relationship with self-reported health and finding that its positive association with health is especially so for people in urban environments
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