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Health Equity - Coggle Diagram
Health Equity
Social Determinants of Health
Healthcare System
Education/Literacy
Gender/Gender Identity
Health Literacy
Race
Ethnicity
Indigeneity
Colonization
Migrant/Refugee Status
Religion
Culture
Occupation/Working Conditions
Income/Income Security
Early Life Experiences
Disability
Nutrition/Food Security
Housing/Housing Security
Environment
Social Protection
Violations of human rights in health (coercive or forced treatments)
Mental health
Disability
Sex workers
Drug users
Individuals living with HIV
Transgender, intersex
Human Rights-Based Approaches to Health Equity
Aimed toward equity in policy and programs with a focus on the needs of those furthest behind
Core principles and standards (WHO)
Accountability
Equality and non-discrimination
Participation
Core components of the right to health
Availability
Accessibility
Acceptability
Quality
Human Rights
Universal, indivisible and interdependent
Food
Health
Education
Free from torture, inhuman or degrading treatment
Health Equity vs. Equality
Health Inequality
Measurable differences in health between individuals, groups or communities (a.k.a. health disparities)
Equality
everyone has the same health outcomes
not possible (i.e. young adults healthier than elderly)
not remediable or unfair
Equity
concerned with creating equal opportunities for health
absence of disparities in remediable or controllable aspects of health
Defining Health Equity
absence of systematic disparities in health, or in the major determinants of health, between social groups who have different levels of underlying social advantage/disadvantage (social hierarchy)
everyone should have a fair opportunity to attain their full health potential and no one should be disadvantaged from achieving this potential
Health
Physical, mental, emotional, social, spiritual, environmental, cultutal, and economic wellness of the individual, family and community
Fundamental right of every human being
Laws, Policies and Programming
Toward health equity?
Away from health equity?
Populations
Advantage
By political, social, economical and power
Virtuous nature of health inequities
"Privileged"
Social inclusion
Disadvantage
By lack of political, social, economical and power
Vicious nature of health inequities
"Underprivileged"
Social exclusion
Vulnerable populations
Marginalized populations
Equity in Health vs. Equity in Healthcare
Equity in Health
Elimination of all systematic differences in health status between socioeconomic groups
Equity in Healthcare
To closely match services to the level of need
May result in large differences in access and use of services between socioeconomic groups
Favours the more disadvantaged groups in greatest need