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Determinants of health
Health Equity
The opportunity for everyone to attain his or her full health
potential and no one is disadvantaged from achieving this
potential because of his or her social position or other
socially
determined circumstance.
Examples:
Equal access to quality education, healthcare, housing,
transportation, other resources
Equitable pay/income
Equal opportunity for employment
Absence of discrimination based upon social status/other
factors
Health equity is distinct
from health equality
Fantahun A. (MPH- Epidemiology
and Biostatistics), DBU,May, 2014
Health Inequities
Systematic and unjust distribution of social,
economic,
and environmental conditions needed for health
Unequal access to quality education,
healthcare, housing, transportation, other
resources.
Unequal employment opportunities and
pay/income
Discrimination based upon social conditions or
others
Fantahun A. (MPH- Epidemiology
and Biostatistics), DBU,May, 2014
Health Disparities
A type of difference in health that is closely
linked
with social or economic disadvantage.
Differences in the incidence and prevalence
of health conditions and health status
between groups, based on:
Race/ethnicity
Socioeconomic status
Sexual orientation
Gender
Fantahun A. (MPH- Epidemiology
and Biostatistics), DBU,May, 2014
status
Geographic location
Combination of these
Health disparities negatively affect groups
of people who have systematically
experienced greater social or economic
obstacles to health.
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along with
rising utility costs, force some families to
choose
between eating, and other needs.
A study showed that children who lived in
areas with higher rates of unaffordable
housing tended to have worse health, more
behavioral problems and lower school
performance.
Many live far away from their work, requiring
them to spend Fantahun
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time and money
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and Biostatistics), DBU,May, 2014
commuting and less time engaging in health
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Cultural Factors
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