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Is the value of reducing environmental risk greater for children than for adults? If so, what does this mean for policy makers? This report, the final output of the Valuation of Environment-Related Health Impacts (VERHI) project, presents new research findings on these key environmental policy questions.The authors estimate a "VSL" (Value of a Statistical Life) for children and adults based on new methodological approaches for valuing children’s health. The survey work is distinguished by its international dimension (surveys were conducted in the Czech Republic, Italy and the United Kingdom) and by the extensive development efforts undertaken.The result: Two new survey instruments based on different methodological approaches; new estimates of the VSL for adults and children; analysis of the effects of context and other factors on risk preferences; presentation of novel ways to communicate risk, including a variety of visual aids; and insights that identify interesting paths for further study.

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WA 30 Social, economic, and environmental factors in public health (General) --- Physician-Patient Relations --- Health Services Accessibility --- Health Behavior --- Socioeconomic Factors --- Dental Caries --- Pediculus --- Academic Dissertations --- (DAI-0573) sciences and engineering -- health sciences -- health sciences -- public health --- Sciences and engineering --- health sciences --- public health --- public health. --- Health sciences --- Public health.

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In the last fifty years, average overall health status has increased more or less in parallel with a much celebrated decline in mortality, attributed mostly to poverty reduction, sanitation, nutrition, housing, immunization, and improved medical care. It is becoming increasingly clear, however, that these achievements were not equally distributed. In most countries, while some social groups have benefited significantly, the situation of others has stagnated or may even have worsened.If health is a prerequisite to a person functioning as an agent, inequalities in health constitute inequalities in people's capability to function -- a denial of equality of opportunity. So why should a concern with health equity be singled out from the pursuit of social justice more generally? Can existing theories of justice provide an adequate account of health equity? And what ethical problems arise in evaluating health inequalities?These are some of the important questions that this book addresses in building an interdisciplinary understanding of health equity. With contributions from distinguished philosophers, anthropologists, economists, and public-health specialists, it centres on five major themes: what is health equity?; health equity and social justice; responsibilities for health; ethical issues in health evaluation; and anthropological perspectives.

Equality --- Public health --- Medical care --- Medical ethics --- Right to health --- World health --- België --- ethiek (ethische aspecten) --- gezondheidseconomie (gezondheidszorgeconomie) --- gezondheidszorgbeleid (gezondheidszorghervorming, gezondheidszorgsysteem) --- rechtvaardigheid (rechtvaardigheidsprincipe, distributieve rechtvaardigheid) --- volksgezondheid --- 316 --- 351.84 --- 614 --- 351.84 Sociaal zekerheidsrecht. Sociaal bestuursrecht. R.S.Z.--(sociale verzekering zie {369}) --- Sociaal zekerheidsrecht. Sociaal bestuursrecht. R.S.Z.--(sociale verzekering zie {369}) --- 316 Sociologie --(algemeen) --- Sociologie --(algemeen) --- Health care, Right to --- Health, Right to --- Medical care, Right to --- Right to health care --- Right to medical care --- Social rights --- Belgique --- ethique (aspects ethiques) --- économie de la santé (économie des soins de santé) --- politique des soins de santé (réforme des soins de santé, système des soins de santé) --- justice (principe de justice, justice distributive, justice sociale) --- santé publique --- Openbare gezondheidszorg--(zie ook {351.84}) --- Social ethics --- Global Health Equity Initiative. --- Health Status. --- Public Health --- Social Justice --- Socioeconomic Factors. --- Ethics. --- Public Health. --- Health Policy. --- Health Services Accessibility. --- Ethics, Medical. --- Social Justice. --- Public health. --- Health services accessibility. --- Medical ethics. --- Medical policy. --- Social justice. --- Santé publique --- Services de santé --- Ethique médicale --- Politique sanitaire --- Justice sociale --- Accessibilité --- WA 30 Social, economic, and environmental factors in public health (General) --- Socioeconomic Factors --- Health Status --- Resource Allocation --- Ethics --- Health Care --- Global Health Equity Initiative --- Santé publique. --- Soins médicaux. --- Éthique médicale. --- Droit à la santé.