Studying health inequalities - Jonathan Wistow

New public health governance arrangements under the coalition government have wide reaching implications for the delivery of health inequality interventions. Through the framework of understanding health inequalities as a 'wicked problem' the book develops an applied approach to researching, understanding and addressing these by drawing on complexity theory. Case studies illuminate the text, illustrating and discussing the issues in real life terms and enabling public health, health promotion and health policy students at postgraduate level to fully understand and address the complexities of health inequalities.The book is a valuable resource on current UK public health practice for academics, researchers and public health practitioners.

Dr Jonathan Wistow is a researcher and teaching fellow, in School of Applied Social Sciences, Durham University. His interests include health inequalities, governance and local government.