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IJE Advance Access published online on June 2, 2009
International Journal of Epidemiology, doi:10.1093/ije/dyp220
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Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the International Epidemiological Association © The Author 2009; all rights reserved.

Letter to the Editor

Politics or policies vs politics and policies: a comment on Lundberg

Carles Muntaner1,2,*, Carme Borrell3, Albert Espelt3, Maica RodrÍguez-sanz3,4, M Isabel PasarÍn3, J Benach5 and Vicente Navarro5

1Psychiatric and Addictions Nursing Research Chair Social Equity and Health Center for Addictions and Mental Health.
2Bloomberg School of Nursing, Dalla Lana School of Public Health & School of Medicine, University of Toronto, 416 2099505, Canada.
3Agència de Salut Pública de Barcelona, Spain.
4Ciber Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Spain.
5Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain.

*Corresponding author. Social Equity and Health, CAMH and Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto Room, 386, 155 College Street, Toronto ON M5T 1P8, Canada. E-mail: carles_muntaner@camh.net

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We welcome this opportunity to continue our ongoing debate with Dr Lundberg,1–4 with whom we share a common interest on the effect of policies on health inequalities.

We agree with Dr Lundberg's4 appraisal of ‘political epidemiology’. It is indeed central to implement and evaluate policies aimed at reducing health inequalities. In fact, the discipline of social epidemiology, by being overly descriptive and analytical, becomes almost irrelevant to policy efforts to reduce social inequalities in health. Its focus is over . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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