Health Impact Assessment (HIA)Health PolicyPOPULATION HEALTHGUIDELINESFIELDIRANHIAIntroductionHealth Equity Impact Assessment (HEIA) is a decision support tool that shows users how a new program, policy, or innovation affects health equity in different population groups. Various HEIA reporting and ...
In addition, there are R packages that provide bindings to the Google Translate API that may allow the translation of the tool in to other languages. Abbreviations DHS: Demographic and Health Survey; HEAT: Health Equity Assessment Toolkit; MICS: Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey; RMNCH: ...
Equity-focused health impact assessment: A tool to assist policy makers in addressing health inequalities In Australasia (Australia and New Zealand) the use of health impact assessment (HIA) as a tool for improved policy development is comparatively new. The pu... S Simpson,M Mahoney,E Harris,...
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) designedEQUitableImpactSensitiveTool (EQUIST) to enable global health community address the issue of equity in maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH) and minimize health disparities between the most marginalized population and the better-off. The purpose of...
The Health Environment Assessment is a tool providing information to better understand local conditions and establish a baseline at the regional level. Here are some important facts and features about the Health Environment Assessment: Covers the five (5) SDOH domains ...
This study builds on work undertaken by the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) to review equity-focused health impact assessment tools and resources and create a comprehensive summary of these tools [50]. However, the theoretical relevance and practical utility of these health equity tools has...
Elevating human health, well-being and equity across the investment landscape More than ever before, investors, regulators and organizations are prioritizing non-financial indicators such as human and social capital criteria, to better understand risk and return, and demonstrate value and impact. This ...
Large language models (LLMs) hold promise to serve complex health information needs but also have the potential to introduce harm and exacerbate health disparities. Reliably evaluating equity-related model failures is a critical step toward developing sy
Factors to consider alongside cost-effectiveness include burden of disease, uncertainty regarding cost-effectiveness, lack (or inadequacy) of alternative treatments, and overall financial implications for government [84]; the seriousness of the disease and equity objectives are also important. Recently, ...
The World Healthscience Fund seeks to maximise total return. The Fund invests globally at least 70% of its total assets in the equity securities of companies whose predominant economic activity is in healthcare, pharmaceuticals, medical technology and su