The European Journal of Public Health Advance Access originally published online on October 1, 2007
The European Journal of Public Health 2007 17(5):413; doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckm095
© The Author 2007. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Public Health Association. All rights reserved.
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Use evidence to expose the unequal distribution of problems and the unequal distribution of solutions
Penelope Hawe and Alan Shiell
Population Health Intervention Research
Centre, University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital
Drive NW, Calgary T2N 4N1, Alberta,
Canada
Alan Shiell e-mail: ashiell@ucalgary.ca
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Mark Petticrew argues that we need to increase the size and strength of the evidence base on policies and programmes to reduce inequalities in health.1 He cautions us not to be drawn unnecessarily into (ill informed or tangential) debates about methods. He suggests that while our research is proceeding, much can be done with what evidence we have. He is right on all three
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