Evaluating the effect of policies and interventions to address inequalities in health: lessons from a Dutch programme

Objectives: Many initiatives have been taken in European countries that are designed to reduce inequalities in health. However, the effects of only a very few of these initiatives have been assessed. The main aim of a Dutch research and development programme was to systematically investigate and evaluate interventions aimed at reducing inequalities in health. In this paper, we report on this investigation, and draw lessons from the methodology used to evaluate such interventions. Approach: The programme included 12 evaluation studies, focusing on the wider determinants of inequalities in healt... Mehr ...