9th December 2014 - New resource - Informing Investment to reduce health Inequalities (III)

This new study / resource shows for the first time the extent to which regulatory and tax interventions which redistribute income are more effective at improving health and reducing health inequalities than interventions focused on individual health behaviours.

The study 'Informing Investment to reduce health Inequalities in Scotland' (aka 'Triple-I') developed an interactive tool to model the impact of 11 interventions over a period of 20 years on health and health inequalities ranging from changes to income and employment to investment in smoking cessation, alcohol brief interventions and weight management services.

The commentary report and interactive tools can be accessed on our Informing Investment to reduce health Inequalities (III) web page. See also the press release by NHS Health Scotland (a lead partner in the ScotPHO collaboration).