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Johan Mackenbach and Anton Kunst,
Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

This course deals with the measurement and explanation of socioeconomic inequalities in health, as well as with the design of interventions and policies to reduce socioeconomic inequalities in health. The focus is on the European experience, which over the past decade has been particularly rich in all these areas. Examples of topics which will be covered are :

• concepts and methods for measuring health inequalities
• comparative analyses of health inequalities, both historical and geographical
• current understanding of the factors and mechanisms which explain health inequalities
• analytical approaches to investigating determinants of health inequalities
• prerequisites for strategies to reduce health inequalities
• analytical approaches to evaluating the effectiveness of interventions and policies to reduce health inequalities
• examples of comprehensive strategies to tackle health inequalities.