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Defining Health Equity

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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Health Equity

JACC: Advances
This seminar will introduce our cross-journal Special Collection on Health Equity, held across our portfolio of open access public health and nursing journals. Featuring some of our expert Guest Editors from the series, we will discuss the key current topics and future directions in health equity by addressing the pressing questions facing this ...
K. Bryant Smalley, Jacob C. Warren, María Isabel Fernández   +2 more
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Evaluation of a low-cost undergraduate digital medical curriculum platform in Rwanda: a mixed methods study

The Lancet Global Health, 2020
Background: The University of Global Health Equity (UGHE) is a new medical school in Rwanda that aims to train new physicians with competencies in global health delivery for Africa.
O Clarke, MSc, M Thomas, PhD, J Owolabi, PhD, D Seifu, PhD, T Le, MD, A Bekele, MD, R Ojiambo, PhD   +6 more
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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, Tina Revai, Lenora Marcellus, Wanda Martin, Kathy Easton, Marjorie MacDonald   +5 more
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Ethnic inequalities in child stunting and feeding practices: results from surveys in thirteen countries from Latin America

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2020
Background Although the prevalence of child stunting is falling in Latin America, socioeconomic inequalities persist. However, there is limited evidence on ethnic disparities.
Giovanna Gatica-Domínguez, Marilia Arndt Mesenburg, Aluisio J. D. Barros, Cesar G. Victora   +3 more
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Health Equity [PDF]

Stroke, 2021
Lewis B. Morgenstern, Amytis Towfighi
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Promoting health equity

BMJ, 2012
New WHO report examines the role that local government should play in Europe The Commission on the Social Determinants of Health brought the reduction of avoidable health inequalities between social groups to the centre of the political stage.1 Its three key recommendations—to improve daily living conditions; to tackle the inequitable distribution of
Hunter, D, Wilson, J
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Evaluation of a social determinants of health screening questionnaire and workflow pilot within an adult ambulatory clinic

BMC Family Practice, 2021
Background There is increased recognition in clinical settings of the importance of documenting, understanding, and addressing patients’ social determinants of health (SDOH) to improve health and address health inequities. This study evaluated a pilot of
Rachel L. Berkowitz, Linh Bui, Zijun Shen, Alice Pressman, Maria Moreno, Stephanie Brown, Anne Nilon, Chris Miller-Rosales, Kristen M. J. Azar   +8 more
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Addressing the mental health needs of children affected by HIV in Rwanda: validation of a rapid depression screening tool for children 7–14 years old

BMC Pediatrics, 2021
Background Depression in children presents a significant health burden to society and often co-exists with chronic illnesses, such as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
Agnes Binagwaho, Eric Remera, Alice Uwase Bayingana, Darius Gishoma, Kirstin Woody Scott, Madeline Goosman, Eliza Campbell, Mawuena Agbonyitor, Yvonne Kayiteshonga, Sabin Nsanzimana   +9 more
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Sex work community participation in criminalized environments: a community-based cohort study of occupational health impacts in Vancouver, Canada: 2010–2019

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2022
Background Sex work criminalization and occupational stigma pose barriers to sex workers’ access to support services, including community participation — engagement with sex work specific community organizing at both formalized and grassroots capacities.
Jennie Pearson, Kate Shannon, Bronwyn McBride, Andrea Krüsi, Sylvia Machat, Melissa Braschel, Shira Goldenberg   +6 more
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