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In this issue, Stephen Kunitz examines the scientific underpinning of social epidemiology, and in particular its ability to predict associations between health outcomes and exposures as diverse as sex, race and social position.1 General notions regarding ‘social determinants of health’ may not be particularly useful if insufficiently aware or curious about the importance of the contextual aspects of these relationships. If we cannot predict the effects of economic growth, of political change, or of social policies on health outcomes with any accuracy, is social epidemiology of much value? Kunitz argues that social epidemiology is valuable (and a science) but that generalizing theories are not well-founded.
So what should we do about the continued social inequalities in health outcomes widely observed in many diverse countries? The theme of this issue is socio-economic position and health and as is so typical in this
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