New #openaccess paper out today in Population, Space and Place with @pdqnorman ‘Establishing a framework of analysis for selective sorting and changing health gradients’ #healthinequality #migration #deprivation #socialmobility 1/
Inequalities in health are well documented. But it is less clear why inequalities between people and places change over time. One mechanism may be the redistribution of differently healthy people between locations, area types or social classes. 2/
The relationship between different socio-spatial trajectories and health inequalities is widely explored. But conclusions vary, in part due to different approaches employed. 3/
Modelling individual-level outcomes reveals the relationship between particular socio-spatial trajectories and health outcomes, not the influence on health inequalities at the population level. 4/
The framework of analysis must establish three key questions to determine the relationship between socio-spatial trajectories and changing health inequalities. 5/
Using data from the @ONS #LongitudinalStudy, we demonstrate three methods that collectively reveal whether and how different socio-spatial trajectories can contribute to changing health inequalities at the population-level. 6/
Our framework offers insights into the nature and extent of inequalities within the population, identifying mechanisms that can contribute to changing inequalities while also illustrating differences in opportunities for and nature of social or geographic mobility. 7/
Future work, in combination w/this framework, must examine the complex interplay between people, places and politics to better unpack the injustices in uneven opportunities for social or geographic mobility, particularly where this contributes to widening health inequalities. 8/
To learn more, see our #openacces paper here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10… @livunigeog @geodatascience @pdqnorman @SoGLeeds
