Sentences with phrase «of health inequities»

The article is an in - depth discussion entitled Health Justice: A Framework (and Call to Action) for the Elimination of Health Inequity and Social Injustice.

In 2008 she was awarded an Australian Research Council Federation Fellowship focusing on development of effective government and community responses to social determinants of health inequity and social exclusion.

I had read many of his texts and was drawn to his focus on the causes of health inequity including power, gender and social class, and the use of citizen's juries for resource allocation.

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While some startups, such as Taskrabbit, have attempted to address some of the inequity invovled in being a contract worker, for example by setting a wage floor of $ 11.20 an hour — higher than the proposed national minimum wage of $ 10.10 — and providing some discounts for health care and transportation, contractors clearly need a lot more.

The consequences of mass incarceration are enormous, as are the ongoing realities of neighborhood and school segregation, education inequity, and employment and health care disparities.

Nevertheless, its manifestations are poverty and hunger, migration, homelessness, illiteracy, unemployment, ill - health and a host of other inequities.

There is racial inequity: less of the overall resources are ending up in predominantly black neighborhoods, which leads to compounding issues in many areas, be it health, law, education... you get the idea.

It has been a matter of great concern among public health activists who work on child health and nutrition that the issue of malnutrition was being converted into a marketing opportunity to be addressed through products that big corporations could sell as the answer, instead of being seen as a basic lack of access to food caused by structural inequities in food distribution.

She currently teaches at Evergreen State College, and her particular interests are health equity, global health issues, and the health of women and children, with a focus on the elimination of maternal infant health inequities in the US.

We also engaged in a community forum and strategy session to address issues of perinatal health inequities and human rights in maternity care.

The wealth stratification of diaper affordability piles another struggle on families already at risk for poor health, and contributes to the inequity that segregates health in our country.

That report, which is entitled Taking New York Backwards: Pataki Commission's Tax Cuts Exacerbate Inequality and Favor the Wealthy, details the flawed budgeting and severe inequity of the recommendations, which fail to adequately address urgent needs in education funding, health care, infrastructure investments, and progressive tax relief for lower and middle - income families.

That's exactly the focus of a new paper exposing the disproportionate presence of tobacco marketing in low - income Albany neighborhoods and the health inequities that result.

The tenets of health equity and human rights are explored with an emphasis on how social conditions influence health and health inequities.

«There have been relatively few studies addressing the sexual and reproductive health of lesbian and bisexual women, but these findings reveal that sexual minority women do face inequities in fertility care.

«These findings add to knowledge about health disparities among sexual minority women by revealing inequities in use of reproductive technology,» said Patterson.

Black - white differences in life expectancy are a longstanding source of public health concern in the United States, and are considered indicative of deeper social inequities in society.

A study by a doctoral student in epidemiology at the Indiana University Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health at Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis showed that vehicle inequities have a significant impact on survivability in head - on collisions.

«This study supports the criticism that the Canadian public health care system is not universal but has significant inequities, inefficiencies and varying levels of service,» states Dr. Sareen.

Vast inequities within and between countries mean that the poorest, most disadvantaged women, children, and adolescents often miss out on life - saving health services and experience serious violations of their human rights.

These were the Social and Institutional Gender Index or SIGI (which measures discrimination against women), the Gender Inequality Index or GII (which measures health economic and power inequities), and the Gender Gap Index or GGI (a measure of economic, education, health and political power).

Public health should take advantage of the newly shifted terrain to make the case that any trade or investment policy that prizes economic growth over reducing health inequities and enhancing ecological sustainability is bad policy.»

These inequities are the focus of a recent report prepared by the Georgetown School of Nursing & Health Studies (NHS), led by Christopher J. King, PhD, director of the master's program in Health Systems Administration.

Jessica Yeh, Ph.D., associate professor of medicine in the General Internal Medicine Divisionand core faculty member at the Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical Research, has been selected to join the American Diabetes Association's National Health Disparities Committee, which serves as an advisory and steering committee for the association's work on reducing inequities facing populations disparately affected by diabetes.

«This low proportion of Latino employees who work for an employer that offers health benefits suggests that Latinos experience a systematic disadvantage in the labor market — an apparent form of labor market inequity or abuse.»

Poor math skills exacerbate inequities, shut people out of jobs and make it hard for voters to understand complex issues such as the cost of health care and the size of the national debt.

Ever widening inequity will be one of the gravest threats to the health of our future society.

Blackstone Valley Prep is committed to the academic success, social and emotional growth, and health and wellness of 100 % of scholars in an intentionally diverse school that celebrates the racial, ethnic, socioeconomic, gender, and sexual - orientation differences of our scholars, staff, and families by actively engaging in courageous conversations about the value of peoples» differences; raising awareness of self and society's structural inequities; and empowering all people to engage in an open and honest dialogue with an active voice.

«We are already seeing the enormous power of our outdoor green space to help combat our nation's greatest enemies — chronic disease, obesity, mental illness, and social inequity,» says Capt. Sara B. Newman, Director of the Office of Public Health for the National Park Service.

And in any case we have seen already that other countries can deliver better health to their citizens for less money and with less research — so even if the correlation had some validity, it would merely underscore the inequity and inefficiency of the U.S. system.

So the movement we're talking about, the unnamed movement of environmental social justice and indigenous organizations, are forming and collecting to address the salient issues of our time: in poverty and water and climate and the enormous inequities that exist economically in the world, the continuous and rapid degradation of our resource bases, the injustice of pollution itself, in terms of what it does to people's health and their children.

It affirmed that health inequities are unacceptable, and noted that they arise from the societal conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age, including early childhood development, education, economic status, employment and decent work, housing environment, and effective prevention and treatment of health problems.

Michelle is also on the faculty of BUILD's Equity Leader's Action Network working with leaders from across the country acting on specific racial inequities in state early childhood systems — in early learning, health, mental health, nutrition, and family support — and especially at the intersection of these systems.

Putting right these inequities — the huge and remediable differences in health (child welfare) between and within countries — is a matter of social justice.»

The study — Health and wellbeing of Indigenous adolescents in Australia: a systematic synthesis of population data — points to a «huge opportunity», not only to improve individual and community wellbeing but to help address health inequHealth and wellbeing of Indigenous adolescents in Australia: a systematic synthesis of population data — points to a «huge opportunity», not only to improve individual and community wellbeing but to help address health inequhealth inequities.

The clear social gradient associated with children's vocabulary, emerging literacy, well - being and behaviour is evident from birth to school entry.1 These trajectories track into adolescence and correspond to poorer educational attainment, income and health across the life course.2 — 10 Neuroimaging research extends the evidence for these suboptimal trajectories, showing that children raised in poverty from infancy are more likely to have delayed brain growth with smaller volumetric size of the regions particularly responsible for executive functioning and language.11 This evidence supports the need for further effort to redress inequities that arise from the impact of adversity during the potential developmental window of opportunity in early childhood.

Their efforts in addressing inequities have seen them build the discipline of rural, remote and Indigenous oral health into a thriving area of activity in Australia.

The consequences will not only be unsustainable increasing health care costs, but increasing health inequities, particularly those impacting Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander Australians, and increasing community suffering due to the impact of chronic diseases - most of which are preventable by improving physical and social environments to make it easier for Australians to improve diet, increase physical activity, moderate alcohol intake and stop smoking.

Addressing inequity in outcomes for children across health and education is an issue of timely and significant policy interest at a state and federal level.68, 69 If right@home is effective and demonstrates benefit, the study design enables replicability at scale, with significant implications for the development of early childhood policy and strategy throughout Australia and internationally.

By the time children start school, inequities in learning, development and health outcomes are already evident, due to the failure of health, education and welfare systems to adequately ameliorate the impacts of early adversity.

She was hailed in this obituary for helping to establish critical partnerships, projects and initiatives at the Council of Australian Government's National Reforms in Aboriginal Health and being instrumental in South Australia's bipartisan signing of the Oxfam Closing the Gap Statement of Intent to address Aboriginal health inequHealth and being instrumental in South Australia's bipartisan signing of the Oxfam Closing the Gap Statement of Intent to address Aboriginal health inequhealth inequities.

The Rudd Government has yet to deliver on the substantial reforms promised to tackle the prevention and better management of chronic diseases, to provide the outreach, team work and coordination that is needed to ensure physical and mental health and wellbeing, and to address the inequalities and inequities that are inherent in the current system.

Poverty and other adverse social determinants have a detrimental effect on child health and are root causes of child health inequity in the United States.

She publishes widely in the social determinants of health equity, including in trade and investment, urbanisation, food systems, and climate change; and the analysis of governance, policy and regulatory processes and their effectiveness at addressing health inequities.

A constant question in the deliberations of the CSDH was — «what is the evidence on what work's to reduce inequities in health through action on social determinants?»

Dr James Ricciardone, a registrar with the Australian College of Rural and Remote Health, graphically illustrated the inequities in access to palliative care in a presentation at the recent Australian Palliative Care Conference about one of his patients, a man in his 30s.

Substantial evidence exists to support the use of home visiting as a strategy for addressing inequities in children's health status, school readiness, and development.

Prof. Fran Baum (Co-Director of the CRE - SDHE) kicked off the day with an overview of why tackling health inequities matters for all Australians — those on the lowest income will die six years earlier than those on the highest incomes; Indigenous Australians will die 11 years before their non-Indigenous counterparts.

Tackling health inequities (or in other words: achieving a fair distribution of health in Australia), is also about addressing the gradient of health across society.

While SEL nurtures positive relationships, inclusivity, connectivity, and a sense of belonging for our students, we need systems in place to address the mental health trauma that can lead to learning inequities for refugee children.