Punching above their weight: a network to understand broader determinants of increasing life expectancy.

Journal: International journal for equity in health

Volume: 17

Issue: 1

Year of Publication: 2018

Affiliated Institutions:  Southgate Institute for Health, Society & Equity, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. fran.baum@flinders.edu.au. Institute for Health Research, Lancaster University, Bailrigg, Lancaster, UK. Southgate Institute for Health, Society & Equity, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. The Observatory of Public Policies and Health, Center for Research in Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain. Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement, Sarvodaya Headquarters "Damsak Mandira", Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. Department of Community Health Sciences, Patan Academy of Health Sciences, Kathmandu, Nepal. Integrated Delivery Country Primary Health Care, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Abuja, Nigeria. New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Office of General Counsel, Long Island City, New York, USA. Population, Family, and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. World Bank, Washington, USA. School of Regulation and Global Governance (RegNet), Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics and Child Care, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil. Health Economics and Epidemiology Research, School of Public Health, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. Departments of Health Policy and Management and Community Health Sciences, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, Los Angeles, California, USA. European Public Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK. Department of Health Management and Organization, Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi, Vietnam. Faculty of Community and Health, School of Public Health, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, Republic of South Africa. Faculty of Medicine, Programa de Salud Ocupacional, Académico, Escuela de Salud Pública, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile. School of Health Systems Research, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India. School of Public Health, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa.

Abstract summary 

Life expectancy initially improves rapidly with economic development but then tails off. Yet, at any level of economic development, some countries do better, and some worse, than expected - they either punch above or below their weight. Why this is the case has been previously researched but no full explanation of the complexity of this phenomenon is available.In order to advance understanding, the newly formed Punching Above Their Weight Research Network has developed a model to frame future research. It provides for consideration of the following influences within a country: political and institutional context and history; economic and social policies; scope for democratic participation; extent of health promoting policies affecting socio-economic inequities; gender roles and power dynamics; the extent of civil society activity and disease burdens.Further research using this framework has considerable potential to advance effective policies to advance health and equity.

Authors & Co-authors:  Baum Fran F Popay Jennie J Delany-Crowe Toni T Freeman Toby T Musolino Connie C Alvarez-Dardet Carlos C Ariyaratne Vinya V Baral Kedar K Basinga Paulin P Bassett Mary M Bishai David M DM Chopra Mickey M Friel Sharon S Giugliani Elsa E Hashimoto Hideki H Macinko James J McKee Martin M Nguyen Huong Thanh HT Schaay Nikki N Solar Orielle O Thiagarajan Sundararaman S Sanders David D

Study Outcome 

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Citations :  PAW. Punching Above their Weight Network 2018 [Available from: http://www.flinders.edu.au/medicine/sites/southgate/research/punching-above-their-weight-network.cfm. Accessed 16 Jan 2018.
Authors :  22
Identifiers
Doi : 117
SSN : 1475-9276
Study Population
Male,Female
Mesh Terms
Delivery of Health Care
Other Terms
Civil society;Gender equity;Health equity;Health improvement;Life expectancy;Politics of health;Social determinants of health
Study Design
Case Study,Cross Sectional Study
Study Approach
Country of Study
Publication Country
England