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Health inequalities, fundamental causes and power: towards the practice of good theory

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McCartney, Gerry, Dickie, Elinor, Escobar, Oliver, Collins, Chik·2021·Sociology of Health & Illness

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Reducing health inequalities remains a challenge for policy makers across the world. Beginning from Lewin’s famous dictum that “there is nothing as practical as a good theory”, this paper begins from an appreciative discussion of ‘fundamental cause theory’, emphasizing the elegance of its theoretical encapsulation of the challenge, the relevance of its critical focus for action, and its potential to support the practical mobilisation of knowledge in generating change. Moreover, it is argued that recent developments in the theory, provide an opportunity for further theoretical development focused more clearly on the concept of power (Dickie et al. 2015). A critical focus on power as the essential element in maintaining, increasing or reducing social and economic inequalities – including health inequalities – can both enhance the coherence of the theory, and also enhance the capacity to challenge the roots of health inequalities at different levels and scales. This paper provides an initial contribution by proposing a framework to help to identify the most important sources, forms and positions of power, as well as the social spaces in which they operate. Subsequent work could usefully test, elaborate and adapt this framework, or indeed ultimately replace it with something better, to help focus actions to reduce inequalities.

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Authors: McCartney, G., Dickie, E., Escobar, O., & Collins, C.
Affiliations: Public Health Scotland (GB)
University of Edinburgh (GB)
University of the Faroe Islands (FO)
Corresponding author: McCartney, Gerry
ORCID: McCartney, Gerry
Escobar, Oliver
Collins, Chik
Venue: Sociology of Health & Illness
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2020-11-22
Volume: 43
Issue: 1
Pages: 20-39
ISSN: 0141-9889 (ISSN-L)
1467-9566
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.13181
PMC: PMC7894306
OpenAlex: W3107066117
Cited by: 110
References: 108
Citations by year: 2026: 14 · 2025: 28 · 2024: 21 · 2023: 20 · 2022: 21 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 1
FWCI: 6.51
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: hybrid
doi.org
Licence: cc-by-nc
creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (vor)
Locations: Sociology of Health & Illness (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
ENLIGHTEN (Jurnal Bimbingan dan Konseling Islam) (acceptedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Edinburgh Research Explorer (University of Edinburgh) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc)
Funders: Economic and Social Research Council (ES/M003922/1)
Topics: Social Sciences › Health › Health disparities and outcomes
Social Sciences › Health › Public Health and Social Inequalities
Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Gender, Health, and Social Inequality
Keywords: health disparities, fundamental cause theory, power, social determinants of health, social inequality, economic inequality, health policy, knowledge mobilization
MeSH terms: Humans, Socioeconomic Factors, Health Status Disparities

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