Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 2019 Jan 28:364:l251.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.l251.

Social determinants and non-communicable diseases: time for integrated action

Michael Marmot  1 , Ruth Bell  2
Affiliations

Social determinants and non-communicable diseases: time for integrated action

Michael Marmot et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

A whole systems approach that integrates action on the social determinants of health is essential to reduce the burden of non-communicable disease, argue Michael Marmot and Ruth Bell

PubMed Disclaimer

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: We have read and understood BMJ policy on declaration of interests and have no relevant interests to declare.

Figures

Fig 1
Fig 1
Increasing gap in obesity by area deprivation among children in year 6 (aged 10/11 years), 2006-07 to 2016-17, in England
See this image and copyright information in PMC

References

    1. Marmot M, Allen J, Goldblatt P, et al. Fair society, healthy lives. Strategic review of health inequalities in England, 2010. http://www.instituteofhealthequity.org/resources-reports/fair-society-he...
    1. Fleischer NL, Diez Roux AV, Alazraqui M, Spinelli H. Social patterning of chronic disease risk factors in a Latin American city. J Urban Health 2008;85:923-37. 10.1007/s11524-008-9319-2 - DOI - PMC - PubMed
    1. Bassanesi SL, Azambuja MI, Achutti A. Premature mortality due to cardiovascular disease and social inequalities in Porto Alegre: from evidence to action. Arq Bras Cardiol 2008;90:370-9. - PubMed
    1. Hosseinpoor AR, Bergen N, Mendis S, et al. Socioeconomic inequality in the prevalence of noncommunicable diseases in low- and middle-income countries: results from the World Health Survey. BMC Public Health 2012;12:474. 10.1186/1471-2458-12-474 - DOI - PMC - PubMed
    1. Ford ND, Patel SA, Narayan KMV. Obesity in low- and middle-income countries: burden, drivers, and emerging challenges. Annu Rev Public Health 2017;38:145-64. 10.1146/annurev-publhealth-031816-044604 - DOI - PubMed