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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.
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.
- 2017
- Introduction
- Why Take Action on Health Disparities and Inequalities
- CORE Principles
- Taking Action
- Further Reading, Resources and Information About Good Or Emerging Practice
This guide is part of All Our Health, a resource that helps health and care professionals and the wider workforce prevent ill health and promote wellbeing as part of their everyday practice. All Our Health content on inclusion health, community-centred practice and improving the wider determinants of healthmay be of particular interest in connectio...
Health disparities and health inequalities impact on the physical and mental wellbeing, and the life chances of the individuals and groups most affected. Alongside the individual human costs, disparities and inequalities impact on society as a whole. Prior to COVID-19, health inequalities were estimated to cost the NHS an extra £4.8 billion a year,...
Because the causes of health disparities and health inequalities are complex, overlapping and not equally distributed, it follows that, in order to address them, our actions need to focus on improving the health of those with the poorest health outcomes first, and fastest. Actions should be evidence based, outcomes orientated, systematically applie...
This section sets out some key considerations against priority areas for action identified by national and regional public health teams. It includes prompts for everyone to consider, as well as specific suggestions for different professional and occupation groups.
Further information on health inequalities in specific population groups can be found in other All Our Healthresources.
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.
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May 1, 2021 · Over the past half-century, understanding of health and health care disparities in the United States — including underlying social, clinical, and system-level contributors — has...
