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The European Journal of Public Health Advance Access originally published online on November 11, 2008
The European Journal of Public Health 2008 18(6):547; doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckn104
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© The Author 2008. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Public Health Association. All rights reserved.

Editorial

WHO Commission on the social determinants of health: a bold new venture

Lisa F. Berkman1,2 and Kavita Sivaramakrishnan1

1 Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
2 Departments of Society, Human Development and Health; Epidemiology; and Global and Population Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02138 USA

Correspondence: Lisa F. Berkman, Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies, 9 Bow Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA, e-mail: lberkman@hsph.harvard.edu

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There was a time, not long ago, when scientists working on social determinants of health ended every paper with a reverential bow to policy with a weak comment about the relevance of their results for policymakers. This was especially true for social epidemiologists who often had high hopes of contributing to the policy debates about health equity. Most of these comments were very naïve from a policy perspective albeit well intentioned. In the policy world, there was often a parallel nod to . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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