HEIA

Question 1

What is Health Equity

Answer 1

The absence of unfair, avoidable or remediable differences among groups of people whether those groups are defined socially, economically demographically or geographically or by other dimensions of inequality

Question 2

When is health equity achieved

Answer 2

When everyone can attain their full potential for health and well-being

Question 3

How does monitoring equity begin

Answer 3

Colelction of analysis and reporting of data disaggregated by age sex education income disability and other factors

Question 4

What is HEIA

Answer 4

Helps to identify unintended potential health impacats positve or negative of a policy program or initiatve on vulnerable or marginalized groups within the general population (not the intended benefits)

Question 5

What is HEAI used for

Answer 5

Decison-makers use the findings to make adjustments to mitigate negative impacts and maximize positive imapcts on the poulation groups identified

Question 6

What are the 5 important phases of HEIA

Answer 6

Scoping look at the groups/populations and potential unintended health impacts
2. Potential imapcts- asesses the unintend impactas
Mitigation
Monitoring
Dissemantion

Question 7

What are aspects of each step

Answer 7

1. Needs assement priortiy poopulations problems and objectives
2. Research analysis and consultation
3. Recomment options
4. Implementation
5. Review and re-assess monitoring evaluation

Question 8

Can HEIA be retrospecivetly or prospectively

Answer 8

BOTH

Question 9

What type of tool is it

Answer 9

Bottom up policy tool