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What Is Health Equity? And What Difference Does a Definition Make?
Paula Braveman; Elaine Arkin; Tracy Orleans; Dwayne Proctor; Alonzo Plough (2017)
This report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation aims to stimulate discussion and promote greater consensus about the meaning of health equity and the implications of acting on it. The goal of the report is to identify essential elements to guide effective action rather than to encourage all practitioners to use the same words to define health equity. The report notes that definitions can matter and that, in the case of health equity, clarity is important, especially given that working towards equity is a struggle that must engage diverse ...