Health Equity
What is Health Equity?
Health Equity is the state in which everyone has a fair and just opportunity to attain their highest level of health. Achieving this requires ongoing societal efforts to:
- Address historical and contemporary injustices;
- Overcome economic, social, and other obstacles to health and health care; and
- Eliminate preventable health disparities.
Factors Affecting Health Equity
Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) are the conditions in the places where people live, learn, work, play, and worship that affect a wide range of health risks and outcomes. Long-standing inequities in six key areas of social determinants of health are interrelated and influence a wide range of health and quality-of-life risks and outcomes.
- Social and Community (Discrimination/Racism)
- Healthcare Access and Use
- Neighborhood and Physical Environment
- Workplace Conditions
- Education
- Income and Wealth Gaps
