STUDY OBJECTIVE To propose a definition of health equity to guide operationalisation and measurement, and to discuss the practical importance of clarity in defining this concept. DESIGN Conceptual discussion. Setting, Patients/Participants, and Main results: not applicable. CONCLUSIONS For the purposes of measurement and operationalisation, equity in health is the absence of systematic disp...

Surprisingly little is known about how well-being is related to social reputation, clinician judgments, and directly observed social behaviors. This study presents data that bear directly on these issues, along with comparing the personality and behavioral correlates of subjective happiness, a measurement based on a hedonic conceptualization of well-being, with psychological well-being, a eudai...

By respecting nature’s limits and investing in nature’s wealth, we can protect and enhance the environment’s ability to sustain human wellbeing. But how humans interact with nature is intimately tied to how we interact with each other. Those who are relatively powerful and wealthy typically gain disproportionate benefits from the economic activities that degrade the environment, while those who...

BACKGROUND There is scant research that simultaneously analyzes the joint effects of long-term unemployment, poverty and public expenditure policies on poorer self-perceived health during the financial crisis. The aim of the study is to analyze the joint relationship between long-term unemployment, social deprivation, and regional social public expenditure on one side, and self-perceived health...