Jennifer PetkovicVivian WelchJanet JullMark PetticrewPeter TugwellJohn Wiley & Sons, LtdCochrane database of systematic reviews (Online)Petkovic J, Welch V, Jull J, Petticrew M, Kristjansson E, Rader T, et al. How health equity is reported and analyzed in randomized trials. Cochrane Data...
Second, once the equity objective has been defined, the question arises how to translate it into the country legal and institutional frameworks? Many alternatives may be possible in this respect, but the similarities in terms of equity objectives between the two studied countries – which have ...
Fair trade clothing is apparel that has been produced based on ethical trade standards. In the free market capitalist system that dominates global commerce, which is commonly known as "free trade," a principle of "survival of the fittest" dominates. This principle has led to incredible innovation...
This article is part of Innovations In Solutions For Health Equity, a supplement published in Scientific American and Nature produced with the financial support from Takeda Pharmaceuticals. Scientific American and Nature maintain full independence in all editorial decisions related to the content. About ...
This article is part of “Innovations In: Solutions for Health Equity,” an editorially independent special report that was produced with financial support fromTakeda Pharmaceuticals. The country someone is born into has a lifelong effect on their health. So does the neighborhood they live in, the...
health equitycohort studiesmodels (theoretical)social determinants of healthprimary health carequality of careprimary carePolicy Points: A consensus regarding the need to orient health systems to address inequities is emerging, with much of this discussion targeting population health interventions and ...
One lesson we can learn from the COVID-19 pandemic is the immediate need for health equity. Although poverty and lack of access are still leading barriers to health equity, the adverse effects of the pandemic worsened the problem, exposing the true extent of inequity in health care. The ...
Follow through.To create impact in LMICs, you need to build momentum at every step of the process. Just because a drug is offered at a low price, that doesn’t guarantee adoption. You also need to train health care workers, build patient awareness, overcome logistical hurdles, evaluate impac...
This target is defined at 35% for "below average" lifestyle and 55% of preretirement income for "above average" lifestyle. Therefore, the final income multiplier target of 10x the final income goes down to 8x for 'below average' lifestyle and increases to 12x for 'above average' life...
"Health equity is about fixing health gaps that are fixable," he said. "And often, health inequity reflects an injustice, in that we have not paid enough attention to what can be fixed." Putting it in more concrete terms, Galea said there could be many reasons why one person has higher...