Anthropologists Address Health Equity: Recognizing Barriers to Care

Strengthening health information systems to address health equity challenges.

Special studies and isolated initiatives over the past several decades in low-, middle- and high-income countries have consistently shown inequalities in health among socioeconomic groups and by gender, race or ethnicity, geographical area and other measures associated with social advantage. Significant health inequalities linked to social (dis)advantage rather than to inherent biological diffe...

Emerging Infections Program Efforts to Address Health Equity

The Emerging Infections Program (EIP), a collaboration between (currently) 10 state health departments, their academic center partners, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, was established in 1995. The EIP performs active, population-based surveillance for important infectious diseases, addresses new problems as they arise, emphasizes projects that lead to prevention, and develop...

Equity in health care.

It has long been known that a segment of the population enjoys distinctly better health status and higher quality of health care than others. To solve this problem, prioritization is unavoidable, and the question is how priorities should be set. Rational priority setting would seek equity amongst the whole population, the extent to which people receive equal care for equal needs. Equity in heal...

Health care professionals: opportunities to address social determinants of health.

Helping newcomers overcome barriers to health care.

• How to provide culturally competent care. • Health issues that are more common in newcomers. • Availability of local community resources and how to help patients connect with them. • Health care coverage eligibility for immigrants and refugees, including the Interim Federal Health Program for refugees and provincial coverage, if available. Policies at local hospitals or clinics concerning eli...