Policy briefs to increase equality in health

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This report contains three policy briefs on interventions that aims to increase equality in health. The policy briefs highlights supporting school completion, employment of individuals with severe mental health problems and increasing tobacco taxes.The fact that inequalities in health by socioeconomic position have substantially widened over time in the Nordic countries is something that worries Nordic public health researchers as well as politicians and policy makers. To exchange knowledge and find new ways of tackling health inequalities is therefore a priority in the Nordic cooperation.