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How can we increase children’s understanding of the social determinants of health? Why charitable drives in schools reinforce individualism, responsibilisation and inequity

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Pages 221-229 | Received 19 Sep 2013, Accepted 12 Jun 2014, Published online: 16 Jul 2014

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