Social Conditions as Fundamental Causes of Health Inequalities: Theory, Evidence, and Policy Implications

C. Phelan, Jo; G. Link, Bruce; Tehranifar, Parisa

doi:10.1177/0022146510383498

Public

Social Conditions as Fundamental Causes of Health Inequalities: Theory, Evidence, and Policy Implications

Published in Journal of Health and Social Behavior • Mar 1, 2010

Authors:

Jo C. Phelan

Bruce G. Link

Parisa Tehranifar

Abstract

Link and Phelan (1995) developed the theory of fundamental causes to explain why the association between socioeconomic status (SES) and mortality has persisted despite radical changes in the diseases and risk factors that are presumed to explain it. They proposed that the enduring association result...

Subject

Socioeconomic status

Inequality

Health equity

Finding related papers...

Discussions

(0)

No comments yet

Be the first to share your thoughts!