Why Equity Matters Achieving Health Equity – Across the nation, gaps in health are large, persistent and increasing—many of them caused by barriers set up at all levels of our society. After all, it’s hard to be healthy without access to good jobs and schools and, safe, affordable homes. Health equity means increasing opportunities for everyone …
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Health Equity
Health Equity – Improving health and health care worldwide requires a focus on equity — equity of access, treatments, and outcomes. Health equity is realized when each individual has a fair opportunity to achieve their full health potential. Differences in access, treatment, and outcomes between individuals and across populations that are systemic, avoidable, predictable, and unjust …
Health Equity in Healthy People 2030
Health Equity in Healthy People 2030 – As Healthy People has evolved over the decades to reflect the most current science and address the latest public health priorities, it has strengthened its focus on health equity. This focus is reflected in one of the overarching goals of Healthy People 2030: “Eliminate health disparities, achieve health equity, and attain …