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      Education Improves Public Health and Promotes Health Equity

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      International Journal of Health Services
      SAGE Publications

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          Abstract

          This article describes a framework and empirical evidence to support the argument that educational programs and policies are crucial public health interventions. Concepts of education and health are developed and linked, and we review a wide range of empirical studies to clarify pathways of linkage and explore implications. Basic educational expertise and skills, including fundamental knowledge, reasoning ability, emotional self-regulation, and interactional abilities, are critical components of health. Moreover, education is a fundamental social determinant of health – an upstream cause of health. Programs that close gaps in educational outcomes between low-income or racial and ethnic minority populations and higher-income or majority populations are needed to promote health equity. Public health policy makers, health practitioners and educators, and departments of health and education can collaborate to implement educational programs and policies for which systematic evidence indicates clear public health benefits.

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              Using a variety of data sets from two countries, we examine possible explanations for the relationship between education and health behaviors, known as the education gradient. We show that income, health insurance, and family background can account for about 30 percent of the gradient. Knowledge and measures of cognitive ability explain an additional 30 percent. Social networks account for another 10 percent. Our proxies for discounting, risk aversion, or the value of future do not account for any of the education gradient, and neither do personality factors such as a sense of control of oneself or over one's life. Copyright 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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                Journal
                International Journal of Health Services
                Int J Health Serv
                SAGE Publications
                0020-7314
                1541-4469
                October 2015
                May 19 2015
                October 2015
                : 45
                : 4
                : 657-678
                Affiliations
                [1 ]Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
                Article
                10.1177/0020731415585986
                4691207
                25995305
                a0400a83-837f-40d9-9532-e8922d89d937
                © 2015

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