Health equity
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Health equity synonymous with health disparity refers to the study and causes of differences in the quality of health and healthcare across different populations. Health equity is different from health equality, as it refers only to the absence of disparities in controllable or remediable aspects of health. It is not possible to work towards complete equality in health, as there are some factors of health that are beyond human influence. Inequity implies some kinds of social injustice. Thus, if one population dies younger than another because of genetic differences, a non-remediable/controllable factor, we tend to say that there is a health inequality.
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See also
- Center for Minority Health
- Drift hypothesis
- EuroHealthNet
- Environmental justice
- Environmental racism
- Global Task Force on Expanded Access to Cancer Care and Control in Developing Countries
- Health Disparities Center
- Healthcare and the LGBT community
- Hopkins Center for Health Disparities Solutions
- Immigrant paradox
- Inequality in disease
- Joint Action Health Equity in Europe
- Mental health inequality
- Population health
- Public health
- Social determinants of health
- Social determinants of health in poverty
- Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick?
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