Health Equity Flashcards
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Health Equity
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Attainment of the highest level of health for all people. Health Equity means efforts to ensure that all people have full and equal access to opportunities that enable them to lead healthy lives. Learn more from our Health Equity Framework
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Health Inequities
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Differences in health that are avoidable, unfair, and unjust. Health inequities are affected by social, economic, and environmental conditions. Learn more about what affects health inequities.
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Health Disparities
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Differences in health outcomes among groups of people.
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Social Determinants of Health
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conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age; these circumstances are shaped by the distribution of money, power and resources at global, national and local levels
