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Arch Dis Child 2004;89:456-459 doi:10.1136/adc.2002.024422
  • Community child health, public health, and epidemiology

Social capital: a key factor in child health inequalities

  1. T Waterston1,
  2. G Alperstein2,
  3. S Stewart Brown3
  1. 1Dept of Community Paediatrics, Newcastle General Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
  2. 2Central Sydney Area Health Service, Sydney, Australia
  3. 3Division of Health in the Community, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, UK
  1. Correspondence to:
    Dr T Waterston
    Dept of Community Paediatrics, Newcastle General Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 6BE, UK; a.j.r.waterstonncl.ac.uk
  • Accepted 1 September 2003

Abstract

The widening gap in health outcomes between rich and poor is particularly evident among children and social inequalities in health are therefore of great concern to readers of this journal. Reducing inequalities in health is an important component of UK health policy.

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