health equityspatial equityUrban planning has struggled to establish a consensus on what "good" planning looks like and instead grapples with balancing competing planning priorities and perspectives. This paper proposes that planners and planning scholars look to health equity as a guiding "north star...
Health equitySocial determinants of healthUrban healthBuilt environmentPublic healthAlthough the fields of urban planning and public health share a common origin in the efforts of reformers to tame the ravages of early industrialization in the 19th century, the 2 disciplines parted ways in the early ...
Relying on individual payments as the main financing channel for non-NIP vaccines is unsustainable and inadequate for ensuring universal vaccine access. A concerted and synergistic approach is essential to ensure sufficient, sustainable resources and enhance public financial management to improve equity in...
8. This vulnerability is primarily attributed to the dual negative impact of air pollution, stemming from inefficient transportation modes, substandard heating systems, increased energy and fossil fuel consumption, as well as the
licensed midwives who are not nurses until the 1990s. In 2022, theAmerican College of Nurse-Midwivesaffirmed its support for CMs who are educated at the master’s level.As of 2021, 36 states license midwives who are not nurses, but only 18 of these states pay for their services under ...
Pandemic (COVID-19 Survey), which was administered to examine the healthcare system’s performance at the national level and the impact of COVID-19 on the healthcare system as a part of the Korea Healthcare System Performance project by the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs (KI...
While the majority of Australians say they support a Voice to Parliament, polls suggest very few confidently understand what it would be. The government has come under fire for failing to adequately answer big questions about the Voice, such as who will be part of it, the election process and...
equity as a theme and the call to address social determinants of health. Second, it is possible that participants recruited through the authors’ professional networks may be more likely to reflect the viewpoints of the advisory committee members who selected them, given collaborative or other ...
Principles to guide research and action on climate change, health, and racial justice The health community can offer skills, solidarity, research, and organising power and be a strong voice for justice. The health community's role in dismantling power structures to achieve health equity should be...
In Canada, there have been repeated calls for the collection of race-based data as a way to address health and social disparities resulting from systemic discrimination. Such standards include the Black Health Equity Working Group’s Engagement, Governance, Access, and Protection (EGAP) framework, ...