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La Convenzione sui Diritti del Bambino e la sua applicazione in Italia
Disuguaglianze su base regionale in Italia
INEQUITIES ON A REGIONAL BASIS IN ITALY
Giuseppe Cirillo
Dipartimento Socio-Sanitario, ASL Na 1 Centro; Servizio di Programmazione, Centro Studi Interistituzionale, Comune di Napoli/ASL Na 1 Centro
Aprile 2010 - pagg. 223 -232
Abstract
The second update Report on the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Adolescent
analyses the differences across geographical regions with respect to some important
health determinants and outcomes in Italy. The Report highlights the marked differences
existing in the condition of children living in the South which are due to both
distal (poverty and parental educational level) and proximal determinants of health: access
to social services such as day care centres is very low in the South, while unhealthy
life styles such as poor nutrition and reduced physical activity are more prevalent. These
determinants ultimately affect health outcomes such as child mortality rates and obesity
prevalence, which are higher in Southern than in Central and Northern Italy, and
other social outcomes such as drop out from school, which is unacceptably high in
many southern regions. These health and social inequities are concentrated in the poorest
population groups, and combine to determine further risk of social exclusion and
poor health outcomes in adult age.
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