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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022

Monitoring Health Inequalities in 12 European Countries: Lessons Learned from the Joint Action Health Equity Europe.

Pi Högberg, Göran Henriksson, Carme Borrell, Marius Ciutan, Giuseppe Costa, Irene Georgiou, Rafal Halik, Jens Hoebel, Katri Kilpeläinen, Theopisti Kyprianou and 6 more

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  5. A City Surveillance System for Social Health Inequalities: The Case of Barcelona.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023
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  7. A Scoping Review of Approaches to Improving Quality of Data Relating to Health Inequalities.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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16 authors.

Pi HögbergUnit for Public Health Reporting and Evaluation, Public Health Agency of Sweden, 17182 Solna, Sweden.
Göran HenrikssonRegion Västra Götaland, Regionens Hus, 40544 Göteborg, Sweden.
Carme BorrellPublic Health Agency of Barcelona, Place Lesseps 1, 08023 Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-1170-2505
Marius CiutanCentre for Health Services Research and Evaluation, National School of Public Health Management and Professional Development, Vaselor Str. 31, 021253 Bucharest, Romania.
Giuseppe CostaEpidemiology Unit ASL TO3, Region Piedmont, Via Sabaudia 164, 10095 Grugliasco, Italy.
Irene GeorgiouAdministration Unit, Ministry of Health, 2 Prodromou & Chilonos Str. 17, Nicosia 1448, Cyprus.
Rafal HalikDepartment of Population Health Monitoring and Analysis, National Institute of Public Health NIH-National Research Institute, Chocimska 24, 00-791 Warsaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-6678-0239
Jens HoebelDivision of Social Determinants of Health, Robert Koch Institute, General-Pape-Str. 62-66, 12101 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-6623-1579
Katri KilpeläinenHealth and Welfare Promotion Unit, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Mannerheimintie 166, 00270 Helsinki, Finland.
Theopisti KyprianouHealth Monitoring Unit, Ministry of Health, 2 Prodromou & Chilonos Str. 17, Nicosia 1448, Cyprus.
Tina LesnikAnalysis and Development of Health, National Institute of Public Health, Trubarjeva 2, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Indre PetrauskaiteInstitute of Hygiene, Didžioji Str. 22, LT-01128 Vilnius, Lithuania.
Annemarie RuijsbroekCentre for Nutrition, Prevention and Health Services, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, P.O. Box 1, 3720 BA Bilthoven, The Netherlands.
Silvia Gabriela ScinteeCentre for Health Services Research and Evaluation, National School of Public Health Management and Professional Development, Vaselor Str. 31, 021253 Bucharest, Romania.ORCID 0000-0003-3933-510X
Milena VasicInstitute of Public Health of Serbia, Dr Subotica 5, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia.ORCID 0000-0001-6340-9338
Gabriella OlssonUnit for Public Health Reporting and Evaluation, Public Health Agency of Sweden, 17182 Solna, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-2579-8798

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To raise awareness about health inequalities, a well-functioning health inequality monitoring system (HIMS) is crucial. Drawing on work conducted under the Joint Action Health Equity Europe, the aim of this paper is to illustrate the strengths and weaknesses in current health inequality monitoring based on lessons learned from 12 European countries and to discuss what can be done to strengthen their capacities. Fifty-five statements were used to collect information about the status of the capacities at different steps of the monitoring process. The results indicate that the preconditions for monitoring vary greatly between countries. The availability and quality of data are generally regarded as strong, as is the ability to disaggregate data by age and gender. Regarded as poorer is the ability to disaggregate data by socioeconomic factors, such as education and income, or by other measures of social position, such as ethnicity. Few countries have a proper health inequality monitoring strategy in place and, where in place, it is often regarded as poorly up to date with policymakers' needs. These findings suggest that non-data-related issues might be overlooked aspects of health inequality monitoring. Structures for stakeholder involvement and communication that attracts attention from policymakers are examples of aspects that deserve more effort.

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Health EquityEuropeHealth Status DisparitiesHumansIncomeSocioeconomic Factorshealth inequalitieshealth information systemsmonitoringpolicy

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PMID35805322
PMCPMC9265987

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