PAHO EQUITY Daily Update

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Reaching for a Healthier Life - Facts on Socioeconomic Status and Health in the U.S.

Nancy Adler (director) and Judith Stewart (network administrator) with Sheldon Cohen, Mark Cullen, Ana Diez Roux, William Dow,
Gary Evans, Ichiro Kawachi, Michael Marmot, Karen Matthews, Bruce McEwen, Joseph Schwartz, Teresa Seeman and David Williams.
John D and Catherine MacArthur Foundation - Research Network on Socioeconomic Status and Health, 2007-12-17

There are substantial disparities in health and longevity among different sectors of the US population.
 Who suffers from poorer health and greater premature mortality?  How do these differences come about?  What can be done to eliminate these disparities?

PDF file [52p.] http://www.macses.ucsf.edu/News/Reaching%20for%20a%20Healthier%20Life.pdf

Can working with the private for-profit sector improve utilization of quality health services by the poor?
A systematic review of the literature

 Edith Patouillard, Catherine A Goodman, Kara G Hanson, Anne J Mills
Health Economics and Financing Programme, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
Kenya Medical Research Institute / Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Nairobi, Kenya
International Journal for Equity in Health – November 2007

 PDF file [36p.] at: http://www.equityhealthj.com/content/pdf/1475-9276-6-17.pdf

Psychosocial resources and social health inequalities in France:
Exploratory findings from a general population survey

 Florence Jusot (IRDES)
Michel Grignon (Departments of Economics and Health, Aging and Society, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario ; Center for Health Economics and Policy Analysis (CHEPA), McMaster University Associate Researcher (IRDES); Paul Dourgnon (IRDES)
Institut de recherche et documentation en économie de la santé – France - Septembre 2007

 Available online as PDF file [28p.]  at : http://www.irdes.fr/EspaceAnglais/Publications/WorkingPapers/DT6PsychosocialSocialHealthFrance.pdf

 Public Policy and Franchising Reproductive Health: Current Evidence and Future Directions
A joint WHO and USAID PSP-One

 Available online as PDF file [32p.] at: http://www.who.int/reproductive-health/publications/publicpolicy_franchising/publicpolicy_franchising.pdf