Key Research Publications
Topic Groups
Key research publications have been divided into ten topic groups. Publications concerning (or originating from) the UK and Japan or comparative works are listed under these categories. Some freely available publications can be downloaded in PDF directly from this site.
I. Theories, Definition and Measurement
II. Children
III. Young People
IV. Working Age Adults
V. Later Life
VI. Gender
VII. Ethnicity
VIII. Health →
IX. Housing
X. Urban and Rural Studies
VIII. Health
United Kingdom
Japan
Comparative Studies in the UK and Japan (日英比較研究)
UK Academic Books and Chapters
Asthana, S. and Halliday, J. (2006) What Works in Tackling Health Inequalities?: Pathways, Policies and Practice through the Life Course, Bristol : The Policy Press
Davey Smith, G., Dorling, D. and Shaw, M. (2001) (Eds.) Poverty, Inequality and Health in Britain, 1800-2000: A Reader, Bristol: The Policy Press
Gordon, D., Shaw, M., Dorling, D., and Davey Smith, G. (1999) (Eds.) Inequalities in Health: The Evidence Presented to the Independent Inquiry into Inequalities in Health, Bristol: The Policy Press
Leon, D. and Walt, G. (2001) (Eds.) Poverty, Inequality and Health: An International Perspective, Oxford: Oxford University Press
Payne, S. (2006) "Mental Health, Poverty and Social Exclusion" in Pantazis, C., D, Gordon and R., Levitas (eds.) (2006) Poverty and Social Exclusion in Britain: The Millennium Survey, Bristol: The Policy Press, pp.285-314
Sainsbury, R. (2009) "Sickness, Incapacity and Disability" in Millar, J. (eds.) Understanding Social Security: Issues for Policy and Practice, Bristol: The Policy Press, pp.213-232
Shaw, M., Dorling, D., Gordon, D, and Davey Smith, G. (1999) (Eds.) The Widening Gap: Health Inequalities and Policy in Britain, Bristol: The Policy Press
Shaw, M., Wheeler, B., Mitchell, R. and Dorling, D. (2008) "Health and Disability" in Ridge, T. & Wright, S. (eds.) Understanding Inequality, Poverty and Wealth, Bristol: The Policy Press
Townsend, T. and Davidson, N. (1982) Inequalities in Health (The Black Report), Harmondsworth: Penguin Books
Wilkinson, R. (1996) Unhealthy Societies: The Afflictions of Inequality, Oxfordshire: Routledge
Wilkinson, R. (2005) The Impact of Inequality: How to Make Sick Societies Healthier, Oxfordshire: Routledge
Health and inequality major themes in health and social welfare, edited by Kate E. Pickett and Richard G. Wilkinson. Routledge, 2009
UK Academic Articles
Bartley, M. and Blane, D. (1997) Socioeconomic Determinants of Health: Health and the life course: why safety nets matter, British Medical Journal, No.314, pp.1194-1196
Davey Smith, G., Dorling, D., Mitchell, R., and Shaw, M. (2002) Health Inequalities in Britain: Continuing increases up to the end of the 20th century, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, No.56, pp.434-435
Dorling, D., Mitchell, R., Shaw, M., Orford, S., and Davey Smith, G. (2000) The Ghost of Christmas Past: Health effects of poverty in London in 1896 and 1991, British Medical Journal, No. 321, pp.1547-1551
Krieger, N., Dorling, D. and McCartney, G. (2011) Mapping Injustice, Visualising Equity: A Joint Presentation on Situating and Tackling Health Inequities, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, Vol. 65 Supplement. 1 Pages: A60-A61
Shaw, M., Davey, Smith, G., and Dorling, D. (2005) Health Inequalities and New Labour: How the promises compare with real progress, British Medical Journal, No. 330, pp.1016-1021
UK Government Reports
Acheson, D. (1988) Independent Inquiry into Inequalities in Health Report, London: Stationery Office; (Order from:
http://www.archive.official-documents.co.uk/document/doh/ih/ih.htm)
House of Commons Health Committee (2009) Health Inequalities, Third Report of Session 2008–09 Volume I Report, together with formal minutes, HC 286–I, London: Stationery Office
Marmot, M. (2010) Fair Society, Health Lives: The Marmot Review
UK Other Key Reports
Rowlingson, K. (2011) Does Income Inequality Cause Health and Social Problems?, York: Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Japan Academic Books and Chapters
Fujimura, M. (2010) Multi-layered Nature of Exclusion in Welfare and Health, Akashi Shoten (in Japanese); (藤村 正之編 [2010]「福祉・医療における排除の多層性」明石書店)
Hakoyama, M. (2010) "Japan" in Johnson, J.A. and Stoskopf, C.H. (eds.) Comparative Health Systems: Global Perspectives, USA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, pp. 203-218
Kawakami, K., Hashimoto, H. and Kobayashi, R. (2005) (Eds.) Social Inequality and Health: Approach from Social Epidemiology, University of Tokyo Press (in Japanese); (川上 憲人・橋本 英樹・小林 廉毅編 [2005]「社会格差と健康―社会疫学からのアプローチ」東京大学出版会 )
Kondo, K. (2005) Social Health Inequalities: What Undermine the Health and Mind, Igaku Shoin (in Japanese); (近藤 克則 [2005]「健康格差社会―何が心と健康を蝕むのか」医学書院)
Kondo, K. (2010) Surviving the Social Health Inequalities, Asahi Shisho (in Japanese); (近藤 克則 [2010]「「健康格差社会」を生き抜く」朝日新書)
Kondo, K. (2010) (Eds.) Health Inequalities in Japan: An Empirical Study of Older People, Melbourne: Trans Pacific Press
Japan Academic Articles
Kondo, N., Subramanian, S.V., Kawachi, I., Takeda, Y. and Yamagata, Z. (2007) Economic Recession and Health Inequalities in Japan: Analysis with a National Sample, 1986-2001, Journal of Epidemiol Community Health, Vol.62, pp.869-875
Ishikawa, Y., Nishiuchi, H., Hayashi, H. and Viswanath, K. (2012) Socioeconomic Status and Health Communication Inequality in Japan: A Nationwide Cross-Sectional Survey, PLos One, Vol.7, No.7, pp.1-9
Jones, R.S. (2009) Health-care Reform in Japan: Controlling Costs, Improving Quality and Ensuring Equality, OECD Economics Department Working Paper No.739
Oshio, T. and Yobayashi, M. (2009) Income Inequality, Area-level Poverty, Perceived Aversion to Inequality, and Self-rated Health in Japan, Social Science & Medicine, Vol.69, No.3, pp.317-326
Oshio, T. and Yobayashi, M. (2010) Income Inequality, Perceived Happiness, and Self-rated Health: Evidence from Nationwide Surveys in Japan, Social Science & Medicine, Vol.70, No.9, pp.1358-1366
Japan Reports
OECD, World Health Organisation (2006) Poverty and Health (Japanese edition), Tokyo: Gakubunsha
Comparative Academic Books and Chapters
Gunji, A. (2004) The Role and Limits of Market in Health Care and Welfare: the Experience of the UK and Japan's Challenge, Seigakuin University Press(in Japanese); (郡司篤晃 [2004]「医療と福祉における市場の役割と限界―イギリスの経験と日本の課題」(聖学院大学研究叢書) 聖学院大学出版会)
Kondo, K. (2012) Beyond the "Medical Crisis": The Future of Health Service and Health Care in the UK and Japan, Igaku Shoin (in Japanese); (近藤 克則 [2012]「「医療クライシス」を超えて: イギリスと日本の医療・介護のゆくえ」医学書院)
Johnson, J.A. and Stoskopf, C.H. (2010) (Eds.) Comparative Health Systems: Global Perspectives, USA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers
Comparative Academic Articles
Day, P., Pearce, J. and Dorling, D. (2008) Twelve Worlds: a Geo-demographic Comparison of Global Inequality in Mortality, Journal of Epidemiology Community Health, Vol.62, No.11, pp.1002-1007
Lundberg, O., Yngwe, M.A., Stjarne, M.K., Elstad,J.L., Ferrarini, T., Kangas, O., Norstrom, T., Palme, J. and Fritzell,J. NEWS Nordic Expert Group, Dahl,E., Diderichsen, F., Gunnarsdottir, H., Kautto, M. and Lahelma, E. (2008) The Role of Welfare State Principles and Generosity in Social Policy Programmes for Public Health: an International Comparative Study, Lancet, 372(9650): pp.1633-40
Nakaya,T. and Dorling, D. (2006) Geographical Inequalities of Mortality by Income in Two Developed Island Countries: a Cross-national Comparison of Britain and Japan, Social Science and Medicine, Vol.60, No.123, pp.2865-2875 (Burning Issues - Selected papers from the 10th International Symposium in Medical Geography, Manchester 2003)
Sekine, M., Chandola, T., Martikainen, P., Marmot, M. and Kagamimori, S. (2009) What we learn from British, Finnish, and Japanese civil servants study and the role of social democracy in reducing socioeconomic inequalities in health: A response to Bosma, Social Science & Medicine, Vol.69, No.10, pp.1429-1431
Yamada, A. (2004) Equitable Access to Health Services: International Comparison among OECD Member Countries and Remaining Analysis, International Social Security Research, No.149, pp.17-28 (in Japanese); (山田篤裕 [2004] 「医療サービスへの公平なアクセス-OECD加盟国間の国際比較と残された分析課題」『海外社会保障研究』No.149, 17-28ページ。)