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DeCS
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Descriptor English:
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Equity in Health
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Descriptor Spanish:
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Equidad en Salud
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Equidade em Saúde
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Synonyms English:
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Equity, Health
Equity in Health Condition
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Tree Number:
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SP1.001.042
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Definition English:
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Equity in health implies that ideally everyone should have a fair opportunity to attain their full health potential and, more pragmatically, that no one should be disadvantaged from achieving this potential if it can be avoided. (WHO EURO, 1985) More succinctly, equity is concerned with creating equal opportunities for health and with bringing health differentials down to the lowest possible level. (Whitehead, 1990). HIA is usually underpinned by an explicit value system and a focus on social justice in which equity plays a major role so that not only both health inequalities and inequities in health are explored and addressed wherever possible (Barnes and Scott-Samuel, 1999). (From: WHO Health Impact Assessment (HIA). Glossary of terms used. http://www.who.int/hia/about/glos/en/index.html) |
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See Related English:
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Social Inequity
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Record Number:
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33941
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