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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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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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Restrictive ID policies: implications for health equity [PDF]

, 2018
We wish to thank Synod Community Services for their critical work to develop, support, and implement a local government-issued ID in Washtenaw County, MI.
AB Cox, AB Wilson, Alana M. W. LeBrón, AMW LeBrón, Brennan Center for Justice, E Graauw De, F Gany, J Bauer, J Hagan, Jorge Delva, K Hacker, Keta Cowan, L Mann, LJ Hardy, MA Barreto, Maria Ibarra-Frayre, N LaVigne, Nicole L. Novak, O Martinez, Olivia Temrowski, RB Toomey, RK Ditlmann, S Mathema, SD Rhodes, T Miller, TM Golash-Boza, TM Golash-Boza, William D. Lopez   +27 more
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Pandemic inequalities: emerging infectious diseases and health equity

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2022
The frequency and scale of Emerging Infectious Diseases (EIDs) with pandemic potential has been increasing over the last two decades and, as COVID-19 has shown, such zoonotic spill-over events are an increasing threat to public health globally. There has
C. Bambra
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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, Sana Z. Shahram, Phuc T. H. Dang, Lenora Marcellus, Marjorie MacDonald   +4 more
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Intersectionality, health equity, and EDI: What’s the difference for health researchers?

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2022
Many countries adopted comprehensive national initiatives to promote equity in higher education with the goal of transforming the culture of research. Major health research funders are supporting this work through calls for projects that focus on equity,
C. Kelly, Lisette Dansereau, Jennifer C. H. Sebring, K. Aubrecht, M. FitzGerald, Y. Lee, Allison Williams, Barbara Hamilton-Hinch   +7 more
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Digital Health Equity and COVID-19: The Innovation Curve Cannot Reinforce the Social Gradient of Health

Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2020
Digital health innovations have been rapidly implemented and scaled to provide solutions to health delivery challenges posed by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.
A. Crawford, Eva Serhal
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Community health workers and health equity in low- and middle-income countries: systematic review and recommendations for policy and practice

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2022
Background The deployment of Community Health Workers (CHWs) is widely promoted as a strategy for reducing health inequities in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). Yet there is limited evidence on whether and how CHW programmes achieve this.
Sonia Ahmed, L. Chase, J. Wagnild, N. Akhter, Scarlett Sturridge, Andrew Clarke, Pari Chowdhary, Diana Mukami, Adetayo S Kasim, K. Hampshire   +9 more
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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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State of Health Equity Movement, 2011 Update: DRA Project Report No. 11-01 [PDF]

, 2011
State of Health Equity Movement, 2011 Update Part A: Overview DRA Project Report No.
Bezold, Clem, Birnbaum, Nathan, Masterson, Emily, Shoomaker, Heidi   +3 more
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