Category Archives: Equity

Equity, Equidade, Equidad, L’equité

Comment – Transgender health: an opportunity for global health equity

The Lancet, June 2016 Published online: 17 June 2016 Abstract / Resumen: The Lancet is publishing its first Series on transgender health. Transgender people live in all countries, but their acceptance by communities and freedom to live with their chosen gender identity or expression varies according to culture and society. This Series, led by Sam Winter […]

A comprehensive and critical view of conceptual models for access to health services, 1970-2013

This entry was posted in Equity and tagged Health Services Accessibility, Right to Health by Editor Equity/Equidad.

Cad. Saúde Pública vol.32 no.5 Rio de Janeiro 2016 Epub May 17, 2016 Published online: May 2016 Abstract The aim of this study was to critically analyze various conceptual models on access to health services described in the literature from 1970 to 2013. A systematic review was conducted on applied and theoretical research publications that explicitly conceptualized access to health services. […]

The new United Nations approach to sustainable development post-2015: Findings from four overviews of systematic reviews on interventions for sustainable development and health

This entry was posted in Equity, Public Health and tagged Employment, Environment and Public Health, Review, Sustainable Agriculture, Sustainable Development Goals, United Nations by Editor Equity/Equidad.

Luiz A. C. Galvão, Michelle M. Haby, Evelina Chapman, Rachel Clark, Volney Magalhães Câmara, Ronir Raggio Luiz, Francisco Becerra-Posada Rev Panam Salud Publica;39(3),mar. 2016 Published online: May 2016 Objective. To identify reported interventions that facilitate sustainable development and have had a positive impact on health in four areas: sustainable food production; sustainable energy use; sustainable […]

Launch and Panel Discussion “Review of Equity and Health Inequalities in the Americas”

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Pan American Health Organization DATE: Wednesday, 11 May 2016 TIME: 9:00 am – 12:00 pm (EST) – time zone converter (click here) VIRTUAL LINK: http://www.livestream.com/paho (English) Overview: The Cross-Cutting Themes Working Group at the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) cordially invites you to attend the launch of the PAHO-commissioned Review of Equity and […]

Social inequalities and access to health: challenges for society and the nursing field

This entry was posted in Equity, Public Health, Universal health coverage and tagged Hermeneutics, Nursing, Social Conditions, Social Inequity by Editor Equity/Equidad.

Regina Celia Fiorati, Ricardo Alexandre Arcêncio, Larissa Barros de Souza Rev. Latino-Am. Enfermagem vol.24 Ribeirão Preto [Brazil] 2016 Published online: April 2016 Abstract: Objective: to present a critical reflection upon the current and different interpretative models of the Social Determinants of Health and inequalities hindering access and the right to health. Method: theoretical study using critical hermeneutics to […]

Health Equity Assessment Toolkit (HEAT): Software for exploring and comparing health inequalities

This entry was posted in Equity, Health disparities and tagged Social Determinants of Health by Editor Equity/Equidad.

The World Health Organization Overview: Equity is at the heart of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. In pledging to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), countries have committed themselves to leave no one behind. Health inequality monitoring is critical to understand who is being left behind as it can identify differences in health between […]

Observatory on measuring health inequalities and equity analysis in Colombia

This entry was posted in Equity and tagged Equity in Health, Health Inequalities, Health Inequality, Latin America, Low- and Middle-Income Countries by Editor Equity/Equidad.

Colombia, Ministerio de Salud y Protección Social Coord. editorial: Juan Carlos Rivillas-Garcia, Diana Catalina Mesa-Lopera, Martha Lucia Ospina-Martínez ISBN: 978-958-8903-38-5 Published online: March 2016 Abstract: In 2015, the Government of Colombia launched the Observatory for Measuring Health Inequalities and Equity Analysis in Colombia (ODES for its acronym in Spanish), as an additional tool to contribute […]