Public Health Reports / September–October 2002 / Volume 117What Is a “Health Disparity”?With the launch of Healthy People 2010 in January 2000, the Department ofHealth and Human Services (DHHS) committed the nation to an overarchinggoal, to “eliminate health disparities.” 1 Like the ...
(2002). What is ``health disparity''? Public Health Reports, 117, 426 - 434.Olivia Carter-Pokras and Claudia Baquet, "What is a `health disparity?'" Public Health Reports 117 (September-October 2002): 426-434. Available at http://medschool.umaryland.edu/disparities/PDF/What_is_...
In the U.S., HealthyPeople.gov is a leading initiative designed to raise awareness about health disparities and ultimately improve health outcomes. Types of Health Disparities The term health care disparities refers to differences in the ability to access health care, utilize health care, or rece...
LibGuides: MEZCOPH Maternal Child Health Epidemiology : Health Disparities Resources for the Graduate Certificate in Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Epidemiology, a distance-learning program at the Mel & Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health. A Núez 被引量: 0发表: 2014年 Governors State Universi...
What is health equity? Health equity, or its foil health inequity, are often viewed as the causes of a health disparity. They are the structural or institutional patterns that ultimately result in health disparities. “Health equity means that everyone has a fair and just opportunity...
Medical practice variation and social disparities in health are pervasive features of health care systems. But what impact might everyday clinical decision... R Lay-Yee,A Scott,P Davis - 《Social Science & Medicine》 被引量: 39发表: 2013年 ...
Health disparities—Healthy People 2030defines a health disparity as “a particular type of health difference that is closely linked with social, economic, and/or environmental disadvantage.” Disparity implies a difference of some kind, whereas inequity implies unfairness and injustice and is avoidable...
It is essential that public health programs raise the awareness and importance of testing and treatment for syphilis, chlamydia and gonorrhea. Innovative strategies and messages are necessary to reach specific audiences in an effective manner. Objective: To describe the process of a local public ...
Galea, who has been studying health equity issues for a quarter century, uses this one: If one person is taller than another, that's an inequality that can't be fixed. However, if medicine is being kept on a high shelf that only tall people can reach, the solution involves equity. ...
With a belief that "people's health is the primary indicator of modernization," Xi called for studying and promoting the practice in the city of Sanming in Fujian Province to address the challenge of healthcare reform. Xi advocated for the comprehensive elimination of markups on drugs and medica...