Walsh David, Lowther Matt, McCartney Gerry, Reid Katrina
Glasgow Centre for Population Health, Olympia Building, 2-16 Orr Street, Bridgeton Cross, Glasgow, G40 2QH, UK, Scotland, United Kingdom.
Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom.
Public Health Pract (Oxf). 2020 Nov;1:100042. doi: 10.1016/j.puhip.2020.100042. Epub 2020 Dec 22.
In this commentary we explore the potential for the devolved Scottish Government to achieve its stated aim of narrowing health - and broader societal (including economic) - inequalities within both the restrictions of limited devolved powers, and in the context of post-pandemic uncertainty. We do so by focussing on two questions: first, where were we with regards to inequalities policy in Scotland before the pandemic? And second, what are the likely implications of the pandemic for inequalities, and inequalities policymaking, in the country?
在本评论中,我们探讨了权力下放的苏格兰政府在有限的下放权力限制内以及在疫情后不确定性的背景下,实现其缩小健康方面以及更广泛社会(包括经济)不平等这一既定目标的可能性。我们通过关注两个问题来进行探讨:第一,在疫情之前,苏格兰在不平等政策方面处于什么状况?第二,疫情对该国的不平等现象以及不平等政策制定可能产生哪些影响?