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“The Health Equity Curse”: Ethical Tensions in Promoting Health Equity [PDF]
BMC Public Health, 2020 Abstract Background: Public health (PH) practitioners have a strong moral commitment to health equity and social justice. However, PH values often do not align with health systems values, making it challenging for PH practitioners to promote health equity.
Bernie Pauly +5 more
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A grand plan for health equity : Philosophy of health equity. [PDF]
Int J Equity Health'Equity in health' means health for all, given our potentials and limitations. Its goal is to help each and every one of us achieve his/her optimal health by providing needed personal, social and environmental support.To promote health equity, both systematic and random variations in health status must be considered.
Chang WC.
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Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP, 2016 In national and international journals, dedication to the subject of social medicine and interrelated issues, such as health equity, social and cultural determinants in health and access to health care, is still rather simplistic. In a scenario of global crisis, Europe and Latin America are facing a time where they must rethink their respective health ...
Caldas, José Manuel Peixoto +1 more
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HCA Healthcare Journal of Medicine, 2022 Healthcare disparities exist when, due to racial, ethnic, or gender identity differences linked to social, economic or environmental factors, certain populations lack equitable access to quality healthcare and insurance coverage. Such disparities across history carry profound future implications that we have only begun to contemplate as a profession ...
Tracy, MacIntosh +3 more
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Defining equity in health [PDF]
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 2003 Study objective: To propose a definition of health equity to guide operationalisation and measurement, and to discuss the practical importance of clarity in defining this concept. Design: Conceptual discussion.
Braveman, P., Gruskin, S.
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The Concern for Equity in Health [PDF]
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 2002 Abstract In this chapter I would like to reflect on some foundational questions relating to health equity. Why are we concerned with equity in health, and what is its relationship to equity in general? Should we be more concerned about inequalities in health than about inequalities in other dimensions such as income?
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Health Equity Talk: Understandings of Health Equity among Health Leaders
AIMS Public Health, 2017 Reducing health inequities is a stated goal of health systems worldwide. There is widespread commitment to health equity among public health leaders and calls for reorientation of health systems towards health equity. As part of the Equity Lens in Public Health (ELPH) program of research, public health decision makers and researchers in British ...
Bernadette M. Pauly +4 more
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Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing, 2021 The Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) has made marked contributions to the art and science of nursing, including establishment of resources and a community for oncology nurses across the United States. ONS's core values have evolved to innovation, excellence, advocacy, and inclusivity (ONS, 2021).
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New South Wales Public Health Bulletin, 2000 There is international and local recognition that social and economic factors play a significant role in determining health and well being. Recent policy developments by NSW Health in men’s and women’s health have been based on this recognition.
Andrew, Gow, Elena, Murty
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HealthcarePapers, 2014 Most people, if asked, would say that they are in favour of health equity. The term connotes fairness, and justice, which many Canadians would see as consistent with our values. And yet, when we push further to define the actions necessary to drive improved health equity, it is apparent that substantive differences regarding how health equity is ...
Rachel, Solomon, Camille, Orridge
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