Changing behaviour: an essential component of tackling health inequalities

BMJ. 2021 Feb 10:372:n332. doi: 10.1136/bmj.n332.

Authors

Theresa M Marteau¹, Harry Rutter², Michael Marmot³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Behaviour and Health Research Unit, University of Cambridge, UK.
² Department of Social and Policy Sciences, University of Bath, Bath, UK.
³ Institute of Health Equity, University College London, UK.

Abstract

Theresa Marteau and colleagues argue that behavioural and social causes of poor health must be tackled in parallel to reduce inequalities

MeSH terms

COVID-19 / mortality
England / epidemiology
Health Behavior*
Health Policy
Health Status Disparities*
Humans
Pandemics
Social Determinants of Health*

Grants and funding

206853/Z/17/Z/WT_/Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom