Some factors that have been identified as leading to health inequalities include differences in education, food availability, living and working conditions, occupation, work environment ...

To understand and address educational inequality today, everyone involved in public schools must first be aware of how inequality has been embedded in the foundations of the country’s education ...

"Social health inequities are unfair and represent a loss for individuals, families and society," says Øversveen. CHAIN is an interdisciplinary centre at NTNU that studies global health inequalities.

In our Chart of the Week, we show how this longevity gap, which reflects inequality in access to health care and its impact on peoples’ overall health, varies across countries. Men with a lower level ...

A new study presented today at the European Psychiatric Association Congress 2025 reveals significant socioeconomic inequalities in unmet needs for mental health care across European Union ...

Inequality continues to kill people on a “grand scale” across the world, experts have warned, with factors like poor housing and a lack of education and jobs influencing health more than ...

More information: Kento Taira et al, Regional Inequality in Dental Care Utilization in Japan: An Ecological Study Using the National Database of Health Insurance Claims, The Lancet Regional Health ...

Health inequalities are worsening across the UK and the wider world due to socioeconomic factors such as levels of education, income and poverty. These further disadvantage already marginalised ...