The effects of public health policies on health inequalities in high-income countries: an umbrella review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Socio-economic inequalities are associated with unequal exposure to social, economic and environmental risk factors, which in turn contribute to health inequalities. Understanding the impact of specific public health policy interventions will help to establish causality in terms of the effects on health inequalities.

Methods

Systematic review methodology was used to identify systematic reviews from high-income countries that describe the health equity effects of upstream public health interventions. Twenty databases were searched from their start date until May 2017. The quality of the included articles was determined using the Assessment of Multiple Systematic Reviews tool (AMSTAR).

Results

Twenty-nine systematic reviews were identified reporting 150 uniqu

SUBMITTER: Thomson K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6044092 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature