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10 best resources on ... health equity
(Oxford University Press in association with The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 2007)
An astute bureaucratic pundit named Rufus Miles once observed that ‘where you stand depends on where you sit’ (Miles 1978). This ‘Miles Law’ deserves to be kept centrally in mind when considering not only traditional ...
Challenging inequities in health : from ethics to action : summary
(Oxford University Press, New York, 2001)
Challenging Inequities in Health, was conceived as a response to the following: 1. Concerns about widening “health gaps” both between and within countries; 2. A disproportionate research focus on inequalities in health in ...
Health equity and COVID-19: global perspectives
(2020-12)
The COVID-19 is disproportionally affecting the poor, minorities and a broad range of vulnerable populations, due to its inequitable spread in areas of dense population and limited mitigation capacity due to high prevalence ...
National health inequality monitoring: current challenges and opportunities
(Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group, 2018-12-03)
National health inequality monitoring needs considerably more investment to realize equityoriented health improvements in countries, including advancement towards the Sustainable Development Goals. Following an overview ...
Fostering Health Equity: Clinical and Research Training Strategies from Nursing Education
(The Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences, 2009)
Racism, ethnocentrism, segregation, stereotyping, and classism are tightly linked to health equity and social determinants of health. They lead to lack of power, money, resources, and education which may result in poor ...
Why health equity?
(2001)
Big Data and the Study of Social Inequalities in Health: Expectations and Issues
(Frontiers in Public Health, 2018-10-26)
Understanding the construction of the social gradient in health is a major challenge in
the field of social epidemiology, a branch of epidemiology that seeks to understand
how society and its different forms of organization ...
An overview of reviews on strategies to reduce health inequalities
(2020-12)
Background: Governments are incentivized to develop and implement health action programs focused on equity to ensure progress with effective strategies or interventions. Objective: Identify and synthesize strategies or ...
RESOURCE ALLOCATION FOR HEALTH EQUITY: ISSUES AND METHODS
In this paper, we discuss methods to allocate national health care funds to purchasers or insurers of health care. For administrative reasons, resources are usually allocated as they always have been—which relates more ...
City deals and health equity in Sydney, Australia
(2022-01)
City Deals’ are new governance instruments for urban development. Vast evidence exists on the relationship between urban factors and health equity, but little research applies a health equity lens to urban policy-making. ...