The Equity Action Spectrum: taking a comprehensive approach. Guidance for addressing inequities in health


Whitehead, Margaret , Povall, Sue and Loring, Belinda (2014) The Equity Action Spectrum: taking a comprehensive approach. Guidance for addressing inequities in health. World Health Organization, Regional Office for Europe,Copenhagen, Denmark. ISBN 978 92 890 5045 6

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Abstract

This guidance aims to support European policy-makers to improve the design and implementation of policies to reduce inequities in health. It brings together current evidence on how to develop comprehensive policy action plans to identify and address social determinants of health inequities. While great improvements have been made in health across the WHO European Region, there are still striking contrasts in the standards of health enjoyed by different countries within the Region and by different population groups within these countries. Reducing health inequities and improving governance for health and health equity are key strategic objectives of Health 2020 – the European policy framework for health and well-being endorsed by the 53 Member States of the WHO European Region in 2012. This guide seeks to assist European policy-makers in contributing to achieving the objectives of Health 2020 in a practical way. It draws on key evidence, including from the WHO Regional Office for Europe’s Review of social determinants and the health divide in the WHO European Region. It also provides a framework that policy-makers at national, regional and local levels can apply to their own unique context, in order to consider the processes by which inequities might occur, and to suggest policy interventions that may be helpful in addressing these factors.

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