A conceptual framework is proposed to delineate the roles of empirical and normative research in determining when inequalities in health are equitable.W-CCanadianChangCanadianBMJJournal of Epidemiology & Community HealthChang W-C. The meaning and goals of equity in health. J Epidemiol Community Health...
There is little consensus about the meaning of the terms "health disparities," "health inequalities," or "health equity." The definitions can have importan... Braveman,Paula - 《Annu Rev Public Health》 被引量: 1271发表: 2006年 Defining equity in health. STUDY OBJECTIVE: To propose a defi...
Life sciences and health care organizations also should address health equity within their offerings, meaning the products and services they deliver. Though these will differ across providers, health plans, life sciences companies, health technology vendors, and government agencies, there are some common...
When there is not health equity (meaning, when there is health inequity), health disparities emerge. Health equity usually refers to the non-clinical factors —social determinants of health — that can ultimately affect health outcomes for patients. Some examples of health inequity may inclu...
For this reason, the ISEqH defines equity as "the absence of systematic and potentially remediable differences in one or more aspect of health across populations of population subgroups defined socially, economically, demographically, or geographically." [1] Another contemporary debate on the meaning ...
Socioeconomic inequalities in the use of outpatient services in Brazil according to health care need: evidence from the World Health Survey p pBackground/p pThe Brazilian health system is founded on the principle of equity, meaning provision of equal care for equal needs. However, little is kno...
There Page 1 of 8 (page number not for citation purposes) International Journal for Equity in Health 2006, 5:5 http://www.equityhealthj.com/content/5/1/5 are important distinctions of meaning between these terms. Occasionally, "equality" and "equity" are also applied interchangeably when ...
62. Davey-Smith G: Down at heart - the meaning and implications of social inequalities in cardiovascular disease. J Roy Coll Physicians 1997, 31:414-424. 63. Suadicani P, Hein HO, Gyntelberg F: Socioeconomic status and ischaemic heart disease mortality in middle- aged men: importance of...
Meaning Meaningful progress on health equity in the United States will require greater effort, new approaches, or both. Abstract Importance Health equity is an often-cited goal of public health, included among the 4 overarching goals of the Department of Health and Human Services’ Healthy People ...
First, health is a multidimensional construct, meaning equity could be increasing for certain outcomes and not others. Second, these results may be subject to shifting perceptions over time of what it means to be healthy or (third) to cultural differences in how health is understood. For these...