Evidence shows that those with greater (economic and social) resources are more likely to have better health outcomes than those with lesser resources. Whilst health inequalities include differences in health outcomes that include those caused by natural biological variation, health inequities are health differences that are socially produced.In 2005, The World Health Organisation (WHO) reiterated the urgent need to address the social causes of poor health and health inequities and established the Commission on Social Determinants of Health to provide guidance on how to tackle health inequities globally. VicHealth released Fair Foundations: the VicHealth framework for health equity in 2013 and has now commissioned eight rapid evidence reviews to investigate best and promising policy and practice to reduce health inequities within healthy eating, tobacco, physical activity, alcohol, mental well-being, settings for health promotion, early childhood development and social innovation investments.
Health Promotion International: Special Supplement on Health Equity, Volume 30 suppl 2 September 2015
Special Supplement on Health Equity
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