04/02/2020
Health and Wellbeing
Health Inequalities: context and composition
Explaining spatial health inequalities
Composition, context and collective approaches
How we quantify context and composition
Conceptualising context
Macintyre, S., Maciver, S., & Sooman, A. (1993). Area, Class and Health: Should we be
Focusing on Places or People? Journal of Social Policy, 22(2), 213-234.
https://doi.org:10.1017/S0047279400019310
Area, Class and Health: Should we be Focusing on Places or People?
The area you reside in impacts your help
Improvements in health can be done by improving places
o Transport networks
o Insulation
o Green spaces