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The European Journal of Public Health Advance Access originally published online on September 12, 2005
The European Journal of Public Health 2005 15(5):447; doi:10.1093/eurpub/cki174
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© The Author 2005. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Public Health Association. All rights reserved.

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Public participation in tackling health inequalities: implications from recent qualitative research

Bruce L. Bolam*

* Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, Canynge Hall, Whiteladies Road, Bristol, UK

Correspondence: North Somerset Primary Care Trust, Waverley House, Old Church Road, Clevedon, North Somerset, BS21 6NN, UK, tel: +44 1275 546770, fax: +44 1275 546769, e-mail: bruce.bolam@nhs.net

Received February 11, 2004, accepted May 26, 2004

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Recent qualitative research highlights important issues for successful public participation in action to reduce health inequalities. In the UK, the New Labour government has made a sustained commitment to tackling health inequalities and advocates the active engagement of local communities in this agenda.1 This offers a historically unprecedented opportunity, but there remains a paucity . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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