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.
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.
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.
Not exact matches
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 inequ
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 inequ
health 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 inequ
Health and being instrumental in South Australia's bipartisan signing
of the Oxfam Closing the Gap Statement
of Intent to address Aboriginal
health inequ
health 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.