Health Sciences 2250A/B Lecture 15: Week 10B Chapter 14 Inequalities in Health Promotion

• School: Western University
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: Health Sciences 2250A/B
• Professor: Jeannie Samuel

Document Summary

Addressing inequities in health: the role of health promotion: note. The role of health promotion in addressing health inequities: Inequality: refers to the existence of some kind of difference recognition that some measurable inequality exists. Inequity: this is the recognition that those differences are unfair and unjust. Those differences don"t just exist, they are a product of the circumstances and conditions that create un-justice and unfairness. Different studies in canada showing that the top 10 percent of the canadian population represents the best that can reasonably be expected of the entire canadian population. The top 10 percent of the socioeconomic class enjoys the best health. What we can try to do is level things up so that the rest of the 90 percent of the population. Can at least get to the average of that top 10 percent (not necessarily the best of the 10 percent, but at least the average.