Journal of epidemiology and community health
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J Epidemiol Community Health · May 2011
A labour of Sisyphus? Public policy and health inequalities research from the Black and Acheson Reports to the Marmot Review.
To explore similarities and differences in policy content and the political context of the three main English government reports on health inequalities: the Black Report (1980), the Acheson Enquiry (1998), and the Marmot Review (2010). ⋯ The paper calls into question the progress of health inequalities research, the use of evidence and of the links between research, politics and policy.