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- Although general practice can contribute to reducing health inequalities, existing evidence provides little guidance on how this reduction can be achieved. We reviewed interventions influencing health and care inequalities in general practice and developed an action framework for health professionals and decision makers.
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The framework identifies key areas of action for the reduction of health and care inequalities in general practice across the structural, cultural, disciplinary, and interpersonal domains and suggests five principles that should inform relevant action.
It is important to identify effective ways so that general practice can play its role in reducing health inequalities. Objectives: We explored what types of interventions and aspects of routine care in general practice decrease or increase inequalities in health and care-related outcomes.
Despite the significance of the findings, the evidence regarding interventions that can effectively reduce health inequalities in general practice is still limited and disparate. Most of the available evidence reviews focus on research trials with often small samples and variant study quality.
- 2024/03
In our study, we found that lack of cultural understanding and implicit bias can increase health inequalities in general practice. Evidence as such highlights the need for more studies on the interconnection(s) between structural racism, healthcare worker and patient experiences of discrimination, and care outcomes in general practice.
- 2024/03
This realist review will examine the existing evidence on the types of interventions or aspects of routine care in general practice that are likely to decrease or increase health inequalities (ie, inequality-generating interventions) across cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
- John Alexander Ford, Anna Gkiouleka, Isla Kuhn, Sarah Sowden, Fiona Head, Rikke Siersbaek, Clare Bam...
- 2021
Although general practice can contribute to reducing health inequalities, existing evidence provides little guidance on how this reduction can be achieved. We reviewed interventions influencing health and care inequalities in general practice and developed an action framework for health professional ….
It is important to identify effective ways so that general practice can play its role in reducing health inequalities. Objectives: We explored what types of interventions and aspects of routine care in general practice decrease or increase inequalities in health and care-related outcomes.
