Social Factors, Health Care Inequities and Vaccination

Social factors are key to eliminating health inequities.

Social determinants of health and health inequities in Nakuru (Kenya)

BACKGROUND Dramatic inequalities dominate global health today. The rapid urban growth sustained by Kenya in the last decades has created many difficulties that also led to worsening inequalities in health care. The continuous decline in its Human Development Index since the 1990s highlights the hardship that continues to worsen in the country, against the general trend of Sub-Saharan Africa. Th...

Primary health care and the social determinants of health: essential and complementary approaches for reducing inequities in health.

Increasing focus on health inequities has brought renewed attention to two related policy discourses - primary health care and the social determinants of health. Both prioritise health equity and also promote a broad view of health, multisectoral action and the participation of empowered communities. Differences arise in the lens each applies to the health sector, with resultant tensions around...

Inequities in HIV Care Demand Remedies for U.S. Health Care

Early childhood development and the social determinants of health inequities.

Children's health and development outcomes follow a social gradient: the further up the socioeconomic spectrum, the better the outcomes. Based upon a review of multiple forms of evidence, and with a specific focus upon Australia, this article investigates the causes of these socially produced inequities, their impact upon health and development during the early years and what works to reduce th...