Closing the gap in a generation : health equity through action on the social determinants of health : final report of the Commission on Social Determinants of Health

The Final Report of the Commission on Social Determinants of Health sets out key areas of daily living conditions and of the underlying structural drivers that influence them in which action is needed. It provides analysis of social determinants of health and concrete examples of types of action that have proven effective in improving health and health equity in countries at all levels of socioeconomic development.--Publisher's description. The Commission On Social Determinants Of Health Was Set Up By Former World Health Organization Director-general Jw Lee. It Was Tasked To Collect, Collate, And Synthesize Global Evidence On The Social Determinants Of Health And Their Impact On Health Inequity, And To Make Recommendations For Action To Address That Inequity. Part 1. Setting The Scene For A Global Approach To Health Equity -- 1. A New Global Agenda--the Commission On Social Determinants Of Health -- 2. Global Health Inequity--the Need For Action -- 3. Causes And Solutions -- -- Part 2. Evidence, Action, Actors -- 4. The Nature Of Evidence And Action -- -- Part 3. Daily Living Conditions -- 5. Equity From The Start -- 6. Healthy Places Healthy People -- 7. Fair Employment And Decent Work -- 8. Social Protection Across The Lifecourse -- 9. Universal Health Care -- -- Part 4. Power, Money, And Resources -- 10. Health Equity In All Policies, Systems, And Programmes -- 11. Fair Financing. 12. Market Responsibility -- 13. Gender Equity -- 14. Political Empowerment--inclusion And Voice -- 15. Good Global Governance -- -- Part 5. Knowledge, Monitoring, And Skills. The Backbone Of Action -- 16. The Social Determinants Of Health. Monitoring, Research, And Training -- -- Part 6. Building A Global Movement -- 17. Sustaining Action Beyond The Commission On Social Determinants Of Health -- -- Annex A. List Of All Recommendations Title From Cover. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 208-224) And Index. Csdh (2008). Closing The Gap In A Generation: Health Equity Through Action On The Social Determinants Of Health. Final Report Of The Commission On Social Determinants Of Health. Geneva, World Health Organization. The Final Report of the Commission on Social Determinants of Health sets out key areasof daily living conditions and of the underlying structural drivers that influence themin which action is needed. It provides analysis of social determinants of health and concrete examples of actions that have proven effective in improving health and health equity in countries at all levels of socioeconomic development. Part 1 lays out the rationale for a global movement to advance health equity through action on the social determinants of health. Part 2 outlines the approach the Commission took to evidence, and to the indispensable value of acknowledging and using the rich diversity of different types of knowledge. Parts 3, 4, and 5 set out in more detail the Commissions findings and recommendations. Part 6, finally, reprises the global networksthe regional connections to civil society worldwide, the growing caucus of country partners taking the social determinants of health agenda forward, the vital research agendas, and the opportunities for change at the level of global governance and global institutionsthat the Commission has built and on which the future of a global movement for health equity will depend. Part 1. Setting the Scene for a Global Approach to Health Equity 1. A new global agenda the commission on social determinants of health 2. Global health inequity the need for action 3. Causes and solutions Part 2. Evidence, Action, Actors 4. The Nature of evidence and action Part 3. Daily Living Conditions 5. Equity from the start 6. Healthy places healthy people 7. Fair employment and decent work 8. Social protection across the lifecourse 9. Universal health care Part 4. Power, Money, and Resources 10. Health equity in all policies, systems, and programmes 11. Fair financing 12. Market responsibility 13. Gender equity 14. Political empowerment inclusion and voice 15. Good global governance Part 5. Knowledge, Monitoring, and Skills. the Backbone of Action 16. The Social determinants of health. monitoring, research, and training Part 6. Building a Global Movement 17. Sustaining action beyond the commission on social determinants of health Annex A. List of All Recommendations Social justice is a matter of life and death. It affects the way people live, their consequent chance of illness, and their risk of premature death. We watch in wonder as life expectancy and good health continue to increase in parts of the world and in alarm as they fail to improve in others