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Rurality: key references and evidence - ARCHIVED
Fischbacher C. Identifying "deprived individuals": are there better alternatives to the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) for socioeconomic targeting in individually based programmes addressing health inequalities in Scotland?. Edinburgh: ScotPHO, 2014.
Fone DL, Dunstan F, Christie S, Jones A, West J, Webber M, Lester N, Watkins J. Council tax valuation bands, socio-economic status and health outcome: a cross-sectional analysis from the Caerphilly Health and Social Needs Study. BMC Public Health 2006; 6: 115.
Levin KA, Leyland, AH. A comparison of health inequalities in urban and rural Scotland. Social Science & Medicine 2006; 62(6): 1457–1464.
McKendrick JH, Barclay C, Carr C, Clark A, Holles J, Perring E, Stien L. Our Rural Numbers Are Not Enough: An independent position statement and recommendations to improve the identification of poverty, income inequality and deprivation in rural Scotland (519Kb). Glasgow: Rural Poverty Indicators Action Learning Set, 2011.
Riva M, Curtis S, Norman P. Residential mobility within England and urban-rural inequalities in mortality. Social Science & Medicine 2011; 73(12): 1698-1706.
Effectiveness evidence
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NHS Health Scotland: Scottish briefings on NICE public health guidance
Centre for Reviews and Dissemination
Cochrane Library: Browse by topic
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) Evidence services: Evidence search
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) Guidance: Find guidance
Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN)
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