Inequalities in health and health care in the form of a social gradient are a long persisting phenomenon across and within countries, and in many cases gaps have widened over time. Nevertheless, inequities only arise when inequalities are unfair and avoidable by reasonable action. The magnitude ...
Social determinants of health and health inequities in Nakuru (Kenya) waste managementwater supplyp pBackground/p pDramatic inequalities dominate global health today. The rapid urban growth sustained by Kenya in the last ... E Muchukuri,FR Grenier - 《International Journal for Equity in Health》...
However, the predicted probabilities reveal different trends in the relative gradients across contexts. In the USA, there are relatively small between-group inequalities at low levels of education, but the non-Hispanic White population has larger health gains as SES increases, so that relative Indigen...
Consistent with documented geographic inequities in health care access and quality, residing in a rural area was also associated with reporting mental health service shortages in both regression models [76]. Individuals living in rural regions face several barriers to accessing mental health services, ...
health equity framework for social determinants of health posits that the sociopolitical and economic context shapes social position through neighborhood environment, social and community context, and lived personal experiences of discrimination, which, ultimately, contribute to cardiovascular health inequities....
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22 Our results suggest that interventions (eg, investing in rural health care infrastructure and building connections between rural clinics and urban specialty centers) aimed at structural inequities, including those discussed and rooted in the US health care system, are necessary. Conclusions In this ...
“In order to address health inequities, and inequitable conditions of daily living, it is necessary to address inequities … in the way society is organized. To achieve that requires more than strengthened government – it requires strengthened governance: legitimacy, space, and support for civil ...
The COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately impacted communities of color by exacerbating pre-existing structural and societal inequities that are rooted in and are symptoms of structural racism [1, 2]. Structural racism refers to the ways society has built racial discrimination into all its systems thro...
Privatisation of public services is likely to have had an adverse impact on population health and contributed to the increase in inequities. This review suggests that there is little evidence for the benefits of privatisation, with a need for greater attention to political and commercial determinants...