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Health Disparities and Health Equity: The Issue Is Justice
American journal of public health (1971), v 101(1), pp S149-S155
01 Jan 2011
PMID: 21551385
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Abstract
Eliminating health disparities is a Healthy People goal. Given the diverse and sometimes broad definitions of health disparities commonly used, a subcommittee convened by the Secretary's Advisory Committee for Healthy People 2020 proposed an operational definition for use in developing objectives and targets, determining resource allocation priorities, and assessing progress.
Based on that subcommittee's work, we propose that health disparities are systematic, plausibly avoidable health differences adversely affecting socially disadvantaged groups; they may reflect social disadvantage, but causality need not be established. This definition, grounded in ethical and human rights principles, focuses on the subset of health differences reflecting social injustice, distinguishing health disparities from other health differences also warranting concerted attention, and from health differences in general.
We explain the definition, its underlying concepts, the challenges it addresses, and the rationale for applying it to United States public health policy. (Am J Public Health. 2011;101:S149-S155. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2010.300062)
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- Title
- Health Disparities and Health Equity: The Issue Is Justice
- Creators
- Paula A. Braveman - University of California, San FranciscoShiriki Kumanyika - University of PennsylvaniaJonathan Fielding - University of California at Los AngelesThomas LaVeist - BloombergLuisa N. Borrell - Lehman CollegeRon Manderscheid - Natl Assoc Cty Behav Hlth & Dev Disabil Directors, Washington, DC USAAdewale Troutman - Department of Public Health and Wellness
- Publication Details
- American journal of public health (1971), v 101(1), pp S149-S155
- Publisher
- Amer Public Health Assoc Inc
- Number of pages
- 7
- Grant note
- R24 HD042854 / NICHD NIH HHS; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD) R24HD042854 / EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD)
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Urban Health Collaborative; Dana and David Dornsife School of Public Health
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000297141000022
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-81355143918
- Other Identifier
- 991019312330804721
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- Web of Science research areas
- Public, Environmental & Occupational Health