FYI - a new publication by Roy Carr-Hill and Paul Chalmers-Dixon published by the South East Public Health Observatory in England. The book can be downloaded in full from the SEPHO website. Hard copies can also be purchased via the website
http://www.sepho.org.uk/extras/rch_handbook.aspx
Best wishes
David McDaid
LSE Health and Social Care
The Public Health Observatory Handbook of Health Inequalities Measurement
Roy Carr-Hill and Paul Chalmers-Dixon
Edited by Jennifer Lin
This new SEPHO handbook primarily focuses on the measurement and interpretation of health inequalities. Written by Roy Carr-Hill and Paul Chalmers-Dixon of York University, it provides a comprehensive collection of material for those concerned to document and understand health inequalities.
SECTION 1 Introduction </extras/chapters/Carr-Hill-Sec01.pdf>
1.1 Inequality and its Measurement
1.2 This Handbook
1.3 Core Issues Addressed by the Handbook
1.4 Structure of This Handbook
SECTION 2 Measuring Inequality by Social Categories </extras/chapters/Carr-Hill-Sec02.pdf>
2.1 Introduction
2.2 The Proposed Categories
2.3 Features of the Social Environment that Might Lead to Inequalities
SECTION 3 Measuring Inequality by Health and Disease Categories (Using Data from Administrative Sources) </extras/chapters/Carr-Hill-Sec03.pdf>
3.1 Mortality Data
3.2 Morbidity Data from Health Service Activity Statistics, Disease Registers and Similar Of?cial Sources
3.3 General Practice/Primary Care Data
3.4 Acute Sector Data
3.5 Community Health Sector Data
SECTION 4 Measuring Inequality by Health and Disease Categories (Using Data from Surveys) </extras/chapters/Carr-Hill-Sec04.pdf>
4.1 Health and Lifestyle Surveys
4.2 Regular Health and Lifestyle Surveys
4.3 Health Status and Symptom Report Questionnaires
SECTION 5 An Introduction to the Use of Indexes to Measure Deprivation </extras/chapters/Carr-Hill-Sec05.pdf>
5.1 Background
5.2 Selecting an Index of Deprivation
5.3 The Properties of Deprivation Indexes
5.4 Sources of Further Information - Reviews of Indexes and Their Properties
5.5 Conclusion and Summary of Key Issues Concerning Indexes of Deprivation
SECTION 6 A Selection of Indexes of Multiple Deprivation </extras/chapters/Carr-Hill-Sec06.pdf>
6.1 Indexes from Census or Administrative Data?
6.2 Census-Based Indexes
6.3 Indexes with a Majority of Non-Census Components
6.4 Geo-Classi?cation and Other Area Classi?cation Systems
SECTION 7 Indexes: Properties and Problems </extras/chapters/Carr-Hill-Sec07.pdf>
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Measuring Disability and Limiting Illness with Indicators and Indexes
7.3 Key Aspects of the Construction and Structure of Indexes
7.4 Testing an Index
7.5 The Purpose of Testing
7.6 Matching the Index to the Application - Example of an Index for Policy Use
7.7 Pitfalls and Problems of Using Indexes
7.8 Conclusions
SECTION 8 Data Sources: Availablity and Problems </extras/chapters/Carr-Hill-Sec08.pdf>
8.1 Introduction
8.2 The Area Base
8.3 Major National Archives and Sources
8.4 Data Sources on Speci?c Topics
SECTION 9 Designing Surveys to Measure Inequality </extras/chapters/Carr-Hill-Sec09.pdf>
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Surveys and Their Limitations
9.3 Assuming You Have Decided on a Survey
9.4 Different Types of Survey
9.5 Summary
SECTION 10 Inequalities and Methods of Measurement </extras/chapters/Carr-Hill-Sec10.pdf>
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Context
10.3 Properties of Indexes and Measurements
10.4 Approaches to Summarising Inequality
10.5 Measuring Inequalities in Health Over Time
10.6 Summary and Conclusions: Choosing between the Measures
SECTION 11 Context, History and Theory </extras/chapters/Carr-Hill-Sec11.pdf>
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Context
11.3 The Principal Theoretical Frameworks for Approaching Inequalities
11.4 Summary and Conclusions
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