Punching above their weight: A network to understand broader determinants of increasing life expectancy

Fran  Baum; Jennie  Popay; Toni  Delany-Crowe; Toby  Freeman; Connie Musolino; Carlos Álvarez-Dardet; Vinya Ariyaratne; Kedar  Baral; Paulin Basinga; Mary  Bassett; David M. Bishai; Mickey Chopra; Sharon Friel; Elsa Regina Giugliani; Hideki Hashimoto; James Macinko; Martin McKee; Huong Thanh Nguyen; Nikki Schaay; Orielle Solar; Sundararaman Thiagarajan; David Sanders

doi:10.1186/s12939-018-0832-y

Punching above their weight: A network to understand broader determinants of increasing life expectancy

Fran Baum, Jennie Popay, Toni Delany-Crowe, Toby Freeman, Connie Musolino, Carlos Álvarez-Dardet, Vinya Ariyaratne, Kedar Baral, Paulin Basinga, Mary Bassett, David M. Bishai, Mickey Chopra, Sharon Friel, Elsa Regina Giugliani, Hideki Hashimoto, James Macinko, Martin McKee, Huong Thanh Nguyen, Nikki Schaay, Orielle SolarSundararaman Thiagarajan, David Sanders

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Background: Life expectancy initially improves rapidly with economic development but then tails off. Yet, at any level of economic development, some countries do better, and some worse, than expected - they either punch above or below their weight. Why this is the case has been previously researched but no full explanation of the complexity of this phenomenon is available.

New research network: In order to advance understanding, the newly formed Punching Above Their Weight Research Network has developed a model to frame future research. It provides for consideration of the following influences within a country: political and institutional context and history; economic and social policies; scope for democratic participation; extent of health promoting policies affecting socio-economic inequities; gender roles and power dynamics; the extent of civil society activity and disease burdens.

Conclusion: Further research using this framework has considerable potential to advance effective policies to advance health and equity.

Original language	English
Article number	117
Journal	International Journal For Equity in Health
Volume	17
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-018-0832-y
Publication status	Published - 13 Aug 2018

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Life expectancy
Health equity
Social determinants of health
Politics of health
Gender equity
Civil society
Health improvement

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Baum, F., Popay, J., Delany-Crowe, T., Freeman, T., Musolino, C., Álvarez-Dardet, C., Ariyaratne, V., Baral, K., Basinga, P., Bassett, M., Bishai, D. M., Chopra, M., Friel, S., Giugliani, E. R., Hashimoto, H., Macinko, J., McKee, M., Nguyen, H. T., Schaay, N., ... Sanders, D. (2018). Punching above their weight: A network to understand broader determinants of increasing life expectancy. International Journal For Equity in Health, 17(1), Article 117. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-018-0832-y

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Punching above their weight: A network to understand broader determinants of increasing life expectancy

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