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Health Equity and Health Systems Concepts
Definitions
Health Equity: the absence of socially unjust or unfair health disparities (Braveman et al, 2003)
Health Inequity: differences in health that are unneccessary, avoidable, unfair and unjust (Braveman et al, 2003)
Health: represents both physical and mental well-being, not just the absence of disease (Braveman et al, 2003)
Health Inequality: can be assessed through measurable outcomes in disadvantaged groups while health equity is open to interpretation.
Concepts
Equal opportunity to be healthy is the attainment by all people of the highest possible level of physical and mental wellbeing (Braveman et al, 2003).
Health inequities put disadvantaged groups at further disadvantage with respect to health, diminishing opportunities to be healthy (Braveman et al, 2003).
Inequity in health are inequalities in health that are unjust, unfair and avoidable (Braveman et al, 2003).
Social advantages mean wealth, power and attributes of people grouped in social hierarchies
Rights-Based Approach
WHO Constitution (1946): "the highest attainable standard of health as a fundamental right of every human being" (WHO,2018)
Right to health must be enjoyed without discrimination on grounds of race, age, ethnicity or any other status (WHO, 2018).
A rights-based approach to health requires health policy and programmes prioritize the needs of those further behind first towards greatest equity (WHO, 2018).
Rights-based approach must have meaningful participation among national and non-state organizations in programming (WHO, 2018)
Core components of rights to health: availability, accessibility, acceptability, quality (WHO, 2018).
Social Determinants of Health
Social determinants include unequal distribution of power, income, goods, services, access to health and education, conditions of work and affordable housing (Marmot et al,2008).
Lower socio-economic positions lead to worse health (Marmot et al; 2008)
Three principles of action: improve conditions of daily life, tackle the inequitable distribution of power, money and resources and measure problems and evaluate actions (Marmot et al, 2008).
Health equity through action on the social determinants of health is essential to closing the health gap (Marmot et al, 2008).