Desigualdades sociales en la salud infantil. Informe SESPAS 2010

Family educational level and academic achievement are fundamental determinants of health inequalities. There is scarce empirical evidence on the effectiveness of interventions to reduce child health inequalities. Most of the interventions in children and adolescents aim to change individual behavior, and very few have been critically evaluated. The present manuscript provides a review of initiatives and recent interventions aimed at reducing social inequalities, as well as a checklist to be taken into account in interventions on health promotion and disease prevention in schools from the perspective of social and gender inequalities. Strategies for data collection, research and health and educational policies are proposed.