Sustainable Health Equity—Can It Be Secured in a Post-COVID World?

Sustainable Health Equity (SHE) is a progressive national initiative that promotes the health of individual citizens and communities by modifying socio economic and environmental factors that correspond to social determinants of health. The sustainable health equity focuses on modalities to engage policy actors, stakeholders and decision makers to conceptualize an actionable public health policy. The collaborative national initiative is multifaceted which is principally to provide consistent health care that does not vary according to demographics like gender, age, ethnicity, socioeconomic and geographical location. Cultural congruent and universal health care are the pillars to health equity in the United States. The Stakeholders include government, researchers, civil societies, health care professionals, providers and the public. An actionable SHE policy will advance public confidence in the executive, judiciary, legislators and public officials. Multidisciplinary and multilevel engagement is essential in addressing health disparity in the United States. Strategies to foster political power, create awareness, advocate for high-quality health care progress evidence- based practices, research and equal allocation of material and resources. SHE prospective is inherent with the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services unequivocal resonance in public service, and exemplary leadership.

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Achieving sustainable health equity

Bulletin of the World Health Organization ◽

10.2471/blt.21.286523 ◽

2022 ◽

Vol 100 (1) ◽

pp. 81-83

Author(s):

Arachu Castro ◽

Michael Marmot ◽

Juan Garay ◽

Armando de Negri ◽

Paulo Buss

Keyword(s):

Health Equity ◽

Sustainable Health

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Sustainable health equity: achieving a net-zero UK

The Lancet Planetary Health ◽

10.1016/s2542-5196(20)30270-9 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4 (12) ◽

pp. e551-e553 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Alice Munro ◽

Tammy Boyce ◽

Michael Marmot

Keyword(s):

Health Equity ◽

Net Zero ◽

Sustainable Health

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Equity in Health Policy Assessment: Region of the Americas

10.37774/9789275122914 ◽

2020 ◽

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Health Policy ◽

Health Equity ◽

Local Governments ◽

Health Sector ◽

Equity In Health ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

Development Goals ◽

Sustainable Health ◽

Health Agenda

The Region of the Americas has prioritized the achievement of health equity—“the absence of avoidable or remediable differences among groups of people, whether these groups are defined socially, economically, demographically or geographically” (WHO)—both through regional agreements, such as the Sustainable Health Agenda for the Americas (2017), and by reporting progress toward the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (the Sustainable Development Goals) (2015). Public sector policy is the principal initial lever through which both national and local governments institute and finance actions toward accelerating the achievement of equity in health. This study assessed 32 national health plans to report on whether and how countries in the Region are integrating the achievement of health equity into strategic lines of action in the health sector. It provides a snapshot of approaches and advances, allowing for knowledge sharing among countries on options for attention to equity in health policy. It will also facilitate future monitoring of trends in the integration of health equity aims and approaches in policies. The study found that stated overall commitments to health equity are common, as are commitments toward the disaggregation of data and monitoring of inequalities, while other elements of health equity like, for example, the identification of populations in situations of vulnerability, receive less attention. While further study is needed on the implementation and impacts of approaches in specific programmatic actions, the study provides useful insights to inform efforts for a stronger framework for health equity action toward the Region’s goals for 2030.

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