
Published online:
22 March 2012
Published in print:
01 March 2006
Online ISBN:
9781447304258
Print ISBN:
9781861346742
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Introduction Introduction
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The relative role of early and later life influences on adult health The relative role of early and later life influences on adult health
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Adult socio-economic position and health risk factors Adult socio-economic position and health risk factors
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Health and lifestyle Health and lifestyle
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Cigarette smoking Cigarette smoking
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Diet and nutrition Diet and nutrition
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Physical activity Physical activity
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Substance misuse Substance misuse
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Explaining socio-economic variation in lifestyle factors Explaining socio-economic variation in lifestyle factors
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Health inequalities and the psychosocial environment Health inequalities and the psychosocial environment
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Individual-level evidence Individual-level evidence
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Area-level effects Area-level effects
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Health inequalities and material deprivation Health inequalities and material deprivation
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Work and health Work and health
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Housing and the environment Housing and the environment
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Access to health services Access to health services
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The policy implications The policy implications
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References References
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Chapter
Ten Health inequalities during adulthood: research evidence
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Pages
373–415
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Published:March 2006
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Asthana, Sheena, and Joyce Halliday, 'Health inequalities during adulthood: research evidence', What works in tackling health inequalities? Pathways, policies and practice through the lifecourse (Bristol , 2006; online edn, Policy Press Scholarship Online, 22 Mar. 2012), https://doi.org/10.1332/policypress/9781861346742.003.0010, accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
Abstract
This chapter examines research evidence concerning health inequalities during adulthood. It discusses the result of lifecourse research suggesting that both childhood and adult circumstances influence health variations. The chapter describes the complex picture that emerges of the determinants of social inequalities in adult mortality. The research also indicates that the relative importance of early and later life determinants of mortality varies according to cause of death and that the differential effects of childhood and adult exposures may also change over time.
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