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A politics of health glossary
  1. C Bambra1,
  2. D Fox2,
  3. A Scott-Samuel2
  1. 1Centre for Public Policy and Health, Wolfson Research Institute, Durham University, Stockton-on-Tees, UK
  2. 2Division of Public Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
  1. Correspondence to:
 Dr C Bambra
 Centre for Public Policy and Health, Wolfson Research Institute, Durham University, Queen’s Campus, Stockton on Tees TS17 6BH, UK; clare.bambra{at}durham.ac.uk

Abstract

This glossary reflects a (re-)emerging awareness within public health of the political dimension of health and health inequalities, and it also attempts to define some of the key concepts from the political science literature in a way that will be of use in future public health analyses. Examples from different domains (healthcare and population health) are provided to highlight how political concepts pervade health.

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