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The concepts of health inequality, disparities and equity …

(3 days ago) WEB2.1. Health inequality. Dictionaries define inequality as the “quality of being unequal or uneven” (Merriam-Webster, n.d.).The term, health inequality, used in most countries other than the U.S., is based on the seminal work of Margaret Whitehead in the United Kingdom (Whitehead, 2007), and refers not only to the quality of being …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7521436/

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Looking back and moving forward: Addressing health …

(2 days ago) WEBWe will likely look back on 2020 as a turning point. The pandemic put a spotlight on existing societal issues, accelerated the pace of change in others, and created some new ones too. For example, concerns about inequalities in health by income and race are not new, but they became more apparent to a larger number of people during 2020. The speed and …

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanam/article/PIIS2667-193X(22)00049-7/fulltext

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WHO releases the largest global collection of health …

(9 days ago) WEBThe Health Inequality Data Repository (HIDR) includes nearly 11 million data points and consists of 59 datasets from over 15 sources. The data include measurements of over 2000 indicators broken down by 22 dimensions of inequality, including demographic, socioeconomic and geographical factors.

https://www.who.int/news/item/20-04-2023-who-releases-the-largest-global-collection-of-health-inequality-data

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Social Inequalities in health: Challenges, knowledge gaps, …

(2 days ago) WEBThe February issue of 2018 addressed the role of theory in health inequality research, the relationship between socio-political context and health [], and it also highlighted the recent turn in social epidemiology towards studying the impact of institutional arrangements, social policy and political context on population health …

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1403494819866416

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The effects of public health policies on health inequalities …

(6 days ago) WEBSocio-economic inequalities are associated with unequal exposure to social, economic and environmental risk factors, which in turn contribute to health inequalities. Understanding the impact of specific public health policy interventions will help to establish causality in terms of the effects on health inequalities. Systematic review methodology …

https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-018-5677-1

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Covid-19 and Health Equity — Time to Think Big NEJM

(Just Now) WEBTo achieve health equity, we need to reach beyond the health care system — and think big. New social policies on a few key fronts could advance both health equity and the Covid-19 response

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2021209

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Income, Poverty, and Health Inequality Health Disparities …

(7 days ago) WEBThis study found a gap in life expectancy of about 15 years for men and 10 years for women when comparing the most affluent 1% of individuals with the poorest 1%. To put this into perspective, the 10-year life expectancy …

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2677433

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Income and Income Inequality Are a Matter of Life and Death.

(7 days ago) WEBNicholas Miller is a recent MPH graduate in epidemiology at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Daniel Eisenberg is with the Fielding School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles. David W. Hutton is with the School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. “Income and Income Inequality Are a Matter of Life …

https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/full/10.2105/AJPH.2021.306301

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Why Racial Inequities Still Persist in Health Care - The New York …

(7 days ago) WEBThe ensuing criticism led to the resignation of the top editor and culminated with a pledge to increase staff diversity and publish a more inclusive array of papers. “The topics of racial and

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/17/health/racial-disparities-health-care.html

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Health Inequity and Racism Affects Patients and Health Care …

(4 days ago) WEBAdvisor Analysis. Covid-19 is taking a toll on health care organizations’ ability to provide equitable access to care, revealing that much work needs to be done to overcome disparities in care, according to a recent NEJM Catalyst Insights Council survey on health equity. “The Covid-19 pandemic has magnified issues to the extent that

https://catalyst.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/CAT.21.0033

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Public health and health inequalities: a half century of personal

(1 days ago) WEBPeople predicted darkly: Marmot will go the way of Black i.e. buried by the government. On paper, at least, the Conservative-led coalition government did not do that. In a public health white paper they said that reduction of health inequalities was a priority and that required investment in the wider determinants of health.

https://academic.oup.com/jpubhealth/article/44/Supplement_1/i23/6834131

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An overview of reviews on strategies to reduce health inequalities

(5 days ago) WEBThe reduction of health inequalities, described as the differences in health among people or society [1, 2], is a key issue on the global agenda [].The implementation of health policies and programs is intended to improve the health conditions of the population in aspects relevant to public policy, based on prioritized needs, and which must be …

https://equityhealthj.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12939-020-01299-w

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Full article: Inequalities in health: definitions, concepts, and theories

(7 days ago) WEBMotivation for studying health inequalities. Despite considerable attention to the problem of health inequalities since the 1980s (Citation 8), striking differences in health still exist among and within countries today (Citation 9).In 2010, for example, Haitian men had a healthy life expectancy (Citation 10) of 27.8 years, while men in Japan could …

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.3402/gha.v8.27106

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Health promotion and the need to accelerate advocacy for health …

(Just Now) WEBIt has been 15 years since the final report of the WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health (CSDH)—‘Closing the Gap in a Generation’ ()—was published.While there have been gains in overall health since then, improvements in health have not been equitably distributed and there is evidence of increasing inequities within …

https://academic.oup.com/heapro/article/39/3/daae040/7667539

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The 2022 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report: We …

(9 days ago) WEBMaternal health: The United States has the highest maternal mortality rate of industrialized countries, and the 2022 NHQDR shows that this rate is increasing. The overall maternal mortality rate in 2020 was 23.8 deaths per 100,000 live births, up from 20.1 deaths in 2019 and 17.4 deaths in 2018.

https://www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/2022-national-healthcare-disparities-report.html

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The effects of trade liberalization on inequality - BMC Public …

(7 days ago) WEBDespite the positive impact of trade liberalization on food availability in India, severe inequality in nutrition consumption at the district level persists. Empirical evidence on the relationship between trade liberalization and nutrition consumption inequality often offers a country-level perspective and generates disputed outcomes. The study aimed to …

https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-024-18749-7

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Frontiers Can countries shape the association between …

(1 days ago) WEBThe Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel; Introduction: The present study examined the relationships of Lifetime Cumulative Adversity (LCA) and country inequalities, as well as the interactions between them, with the self-rated health (SRH) in old age. Methods: …

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1364868/full

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The Patient Navigator Outreach and Chronic Disease …

(4 days ago) WEBPrevention Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-18). With unanimous support in Congress, and under the leadership of Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ), the Act amended the Public Health Service Act and became Public Law, authorizing the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants through 2010 for the development of patient navigator …

https://jdc.jefferson.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1639&context=hpn

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Investing in public health systems is a global common good

(7 days ago) WEBThe COVID-19 crisis has shed a brutal light on the weaknesses caused by a chronic lack of investment in health systems worldwide. Investment in institutions critical to producing global health commons have been persistently neglected—particularly national and regional institutions responsible for the prevention, preparedness, and response to …

https://unu.edu/iigh/journal-article/investing-public-health-systems-global-common-good

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Public health expert lambasts UK government as fund to tackle

(7 days ago) WEBOne of the UK’s leading public health experts has attacked the Conservative government’s record on health inequality, expressing hope that the next government will “take the right steps

https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/article/2024/may/14/michael-marmot-legal-general-public-health-fund-inequality

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A new South Africa health law aims at deep inequality, but critics …

(3 days ago) WEBThe law introduces what is known as National Health Insurance, which will provide funds for all South Africans to access private healthcare. Currently, 80% of the population relies on strained state-run public health services while about 16% has access to private healthcare through medical aid plans.

https://apnews.com/article/south-africa-health-law-elections-e1e15892eaa6efa51cc1bf14959d3453

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2020 Democrats on Health Care - The New York Times

(9 days ago) WEBSingle-payer health care is a dividing line in the race, separating Democrats who want to replace the private insurance system from those who favor improving it. Some candidates — like Bernie

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/us/politics/obamacare-democratic-candidates.html

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Moving towards health promoting schools: Effectiveness of an

(5 days ago) WEBBackground: Health promoting schools (HPS) prioritize the health of students and community. One important target of HPS is noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), including prevention of heart attacks, due to their burden on healthcare.Objective: This study assesses the effectiveness of an educational intervention to promote …

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1355766/abstract

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Are Schools Too Focused on Mental Health? - The New York Times

(8 days ago) WEBMay 6, 2024. In recent years, mental health has become a central subject in childhood and adolescence. Teenagers narrate their psychiatric diagnosis and treatment on TikTok and Instagram. School

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/06/health/mental-health-schools.html

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NJ hospitals: Bergen New Bridge earns an A for safety

(2 days ago) WEB0:00. 2:36. Bergen New Bridge Medical Center in Paramus was one of 30 New Jersey hospitals to earn a top grade in the semiannual hospital safety ratings produced by the Leapfrog Group, an

https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/health/2021/11/11/nj-hospitals-bergen-new-bridge-earns-safety/6378178001/

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South Africa Gears Up for Legal Battle Over Health-Care Revamp

(3 days ago) WEBBy Janice Kew. May 16, 2024 at 6:45 AM EDT. A legal battle over South Africa’s newly enacted national health-insurance law is brewing and is likely to end up in the nation’s top court

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-16/south-africa-gears-up-for-legal-battle-over-health-care-revamp

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Climate Change Is Affecting Brain Health, Study Finds

(3 days ago) WEBThe brain’s response to a warming climate causes damage that can go undetected until far after medical intervention would be effective, said Burcin Ikiz, a neuroscientist who studies the impact

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-15/climate-change-is-affecting-brain-health-study-finds

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Maker of ALS drug pulls Relyvrio off the market, keeping a - NPR

(3 days ago) WEBIn 2020, a phase 2 clinical trial of 137 patients with ALS seemed to confirm their hunch. The disease appeared to progress more slowly in those who got the drug combination known then as AMX0035

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/05/15/1251409920/amylyx-relyvrio-als-pulls-off-market-fda-approval

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As mental health crisis in Israel grows, child psychiatrists leave

(3 days ago) WEBAs Mental Health Crisis in Israel Grows, Child and Teen Psychiatrists Leave Public Sector in Droves. Data presented at the Knesset Health Committee shows that despite an increase in mental health problems among children and adolescents since October 7, a youth in need of a mental health professional could wait eight months or …

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-05-16/ty-article/.premium/as-mental-health-crisis-in-israel-grows-child-psychiatrists-leave-public-sector-in-droves/0000018f-81df-d720-a79f-abdf54270000

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Level of the Great Salt Lake Is Higher Than Past Years, but Still Low

(6 days ago) WEBMay 16, 2024, 3:24 p.m. ET. Two years ago, the Great Salt Lake became an omen for the risks of climate change: The water level dropped to a record low, threatening the ecosystem, economy and even

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/16/climate/great-salt-lake-water-levels.html

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Dr. John L. Leal, physician and public health expert, pioneered

(6 days ago) WEBA 2004 study of disease rates in US cities found clean water to be the reason for the rapid decline in urban death rates during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. By 1941, 85% of US cities treated their municipal supplies with chlorine, to …

https://www.chlorine.org/surprising_facts/dr-john-l-leal-physician-and-public-health-expert-pioneered-continuous-water-chlorination-in-1908-in-jersey-city-new-jersey/

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