SynthesisInternational journal for equity in health2020
Do multiple community-based interventions on health promotion tackle health inequalities?
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29 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Public health policies and interventions to address health inequities in high-income countries: an umbrella review.BMC public health · 2026Pooled it
- The impact of public policy on socioeconomic equity in physical activity: a systematic review.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2026Pooled it
- Community mobilisation approaches to preventing adolescent multiple risk behaviour: a realist review.Systematic reviews · 2024Pooled it
- Comparative effectiveness of diabetes self-management education and support intervention strategies among adults with type 2 diabetes in Texas.Frontiers in public health · 2025Trial
- Community engagement and empowerment to address health inequalities: A rapid evidence review.Public health in practice (Oxford, England) · 2026Article
- Leveraging Neighborhood-Level Interventions to Improve Cardiovascular Health: A Scoping Review.Circulation. Population health and outcomes · 2026Article
- A community-based programme to reduce non-communicable disease risk among persons living in disadvantaged neighbourhoods in three European countries: protocol for a controlled trial.BMC public health · 2026Article
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- Assessing the impact of community health education programs on preventing non-communicable diseases in rural areas.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Addressing food system determinants of health inequalities in urban environments: learnings from the FoodSEqual and FoodSEqual-Health projects.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2025Article
- Insights for dementia risk reduction among lower SES adults in OECD countries: scoping review of interventions targeting multiple common health risk factors.International journal for equity in health · 2025Article
- A Political-Economic Model of Community and Societal Health Resources: A 92-Country Global Analysis.Sociology of health & illness · 2025Article
- Effect of social and behavioral change interventions on minimum dietary diversity among pregnant women and associated socio-economic inequality in Rajasthan, India.BMC nutrition · 2024Article
- An empirical study on social network analysis for small residential communities in Gangwon State, South Korea.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- The Limitations and Potentials of Evaluating Economic Aspects of Community-Based Health Promotion: A Critical Review.Applied health economics and health policy · 2024Review
- Process evaluation of an integrated community-based intervention for promoting health equity in children in a new residential development area.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2024Article
- Exploring the Influence of Social Class and Sex on Self-Reported Health: Insights from a Representative Population-Based Study.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Tingbjerg Changing Diabetes: experiencing and navigating complexity in a community-based health promotion initiative in a disadvantaged neighbourhood in Copenhagen, Denmark.BMC public health · 2023Article
- [Comparing Community Capacities by Local Actors and External Experts: An Audit of Health Promotion Activities in Lenzsiedlung, Hamburg].Gesundheitswesen (Bundesverband der Arzte des Offentlichen Gesundheitsdienstes (Germany)) · 2023Article
- Population-based physical activity promotion with a focus on health equity: a review of reviews.International journal for equity in health · 2023Review
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Abstract
backgroundPrevious systematic reviews of the impact of multi-component community-based health promotion interventions on reducing health inequalities by socio-economic status (SES) were restricted to physical activity and smoking behavior, and revealed limited and rather disillusioning evidence. Therefore, we conducted a comprehensive review worldwide to close this gap, including a wide range of health outcomes.
methodsThe Pubmed and PsycINFO databases were screened for relevant articles published between January 1999 and August 2019, revealing 87 potentially eligible publications out of 2876 hits. In addition, three studies out of a prior review on the effectiveness of community-based interventions were reanalyzed under the new research question. After a systematic review process, 23 papers met the inclusion criteria and were included in the synthesis.
resultsMore than half (56.5%) of the studies reported improvements of socially disadvantaged communities overall (i.e. reduced inequalities at the area level) in at least one health behavior and/or health status outcome. Amongst the remaining studies we found some beneficial effects in the most deprived sub-groups of residents (8.2%) and studies with no differences between intervention and control areas (34.8%). There was no evidence that any program under review resulted in an increase in health disparity.
conclusionsOur results confirm that community-based interventions may be reducing absolute health inequalities of deprived and disadvantaged populations, but their potential so far is not fully realized. For the future, greater attention should be paid to inequalities between sub-groups within communities when analyzing changes in health inequality over time.
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