Sentences with phrase «health equity and social justice»

He was always working with others to find new solutions to improve health equity and social justice for all.

Changing black women's lives through advocacy and public policy, health education, research and leadership development, the Black Women's Imperative works to advance health equity and social justice for Black women across the lifespan.

Doctor and social activist Paul Farmer is one of the most passionate and influential voices for global health equity and social justice.

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Heins called for people to speak with «one voice for quality public education, health care, good jobs, affordable housing, worker rights, social justice, equity and equality.»

Our work is framed by an understanding of the social determinants of health, health equity, and the rooting of equality and social rights as the foundation of access to justice needs.

Dr Arabena's work has included coordinating population health strategies across northern Australia and contributions to Australia and the Asia Pacific region in cross-jurisdictional areas such as gender issues, social justice, human rights, violence, access and equity, service provision, harm minimisation and citizenship rights and responsibilities.

I was invited to address the ATSIC National Treaty Conference in 2002 to argue for the right to equity of opportunity for health, education and social justice for indigenous people.

Alexa Wilkins @alexacwilkins is a public health professional, passionate about equity and social justice.

Professor Zwi focuses on global health and development policy and has interests in their interface with equity, social justice and human rights.

The right to equity of opportunity for health, education and social justice is fundamental.»

Embody social justice by promoting equity in access to health information and services; empowering individuals and communities to be safe, healthy and strong; and ensuring that all people can have the kinds of relationships and families they want at the most optimal time and in the most optimal circumstances for them.

Advocates for Youth, AIDS Action Baltimore, Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center, Center for Health and Gender Equity (CHANGE), HIV Law Project, HIV Medicine Association (HIVMA), HIV Prevention Justice Alliance (HIV PJA), HIVictorious, Inc., International Women's Health Coalition, National Council of Jewish Women, National Minority AIDS Council, Physicians for Human Rights, Professional Association of Social Workers in HIV and AIDS, Sexuality Information and Education Council of the U.S. (SIECUS), START Westminster, The AIDS Institute, The Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, and Treatment Access Expansion Project

Gavin will be remembered for his passionate advocacy for equity and social justice at local and global levels, for his championing of citizen's juries, and for his commitment to Indigenous health.

The current Australian Indigenous health policy environment has developed in parallel with increasing recognition of broader concepts of health that involve social determinants — including peace, education and social justice, and equity — as enunciated in documents such as the Ottawa Charter11 and repeated in Australian strategic documents such as the Ways forward blueprint for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health.12 Unfortunately, the implementation of such strategies appears to be held back by a lack of coordination between federal and state governments and departments in terms of effective administrative responsibility for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and social determinants.