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01-02-2008 | Forum
Sociaal-economische gezondheidsverschillen in Nederland: ook buiten de grote steden een probleem
Noord-Nederland als voorbeeld
Gepubliceerd in: TSG - Tijdschrift voor gezondheidswetenschappen | Uitgave 2/2008
Log in om toegang te krijgenSocioeconomic health differences in the Netherlands is a problem outside the big cities as well; the north of the Netherlands as an example
Health problems have been shown to occur more frequently among people with a low socioeconomic (SE) position. Policies to improve the health status of people with low SE position often focus on deprived urban areas. However, similar SE health difference occur in more rural parts of the Netherlands. The public health situation in the north of the Netherlands exemplifies this situation. Overall, and in particular in its rural parts an adverse SE position is highly prevalent. Policies to decrease this clustering of adversity in deprived more rural areas are thus highly needed.