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Jan 11, 2017 · The factors that make up the root causes of health inequity are diverse, complex, evolving, and interdependent in nature. It is important to understand the underlying causes and conditions of health inequities to inform equally complex and effective interventions to promote health equity.
- Alina Baciu, Yamrot Negussie, Amy Geller, James N. Weinstein
- 2017/01/11
- 2017
In this article, we argue that health inequalities need re-framing to encompass the breadth of disadvantage and difference between healthcare and health outcome inequalities. Second, there needs to be a focus on long-term organisational change to ensure equity is considered in all decisions.
Examining the complex interplay between race, social determinants of health, and health outcomes allows systems of health to create mechanisms for checks and balances that mitigate unfair and avoidable health inequalities.
Oct 23, 2023 · Health care disparities occur in the context of broader inequality. There are many sources across health systems, providers, patients and managers that contribute to disparities. Bias, stereotyping, prejudice and clinical uncertainty contribute to disparities.
Aug 10, 2024 · However, the understanding of how to create effective systems to reduce socio-economic inequalities in health and healthcare is limited. The aim was to explore and develop a system’s level understanding of how local areas address health inequalities with a focus on avoidable emergency admissions.
Go to: ABSTRACT. In this essay, we focus on the potential and promise that intersectionality holds as a lens for studying the social determinants of health, reducing health disparities, and promoting health equity and social justice.
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Nurses are the largest and most trusted health care workforce and have both professional and moral responsibility to acknowledge, lead, and act to eliminate health disparities and achieve health equity.
