Taking Action to Address the Social and Environmental Determinants of Health Inequity
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A collaborative initiative, with contributions from over 40 researchers, policy-makers and health equity advocates from across the Asia Pacific region.
Global Action for Health Equity Network, AP-HealthGAEN, with the support of WHO (WPRO), VicHealth and
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The report argues for a paradigm shift in the way we think about and improve health equity. The report provides a basis for hope – it identifies many entry points across different sectors through which improvements in the distribution of power, money and resources, and conditions of daily living can be tackled.
As the review of actions across the region shows, there is indeed a lot happening within countries to address these determinants of health inequities. But a huge challenge remains. Without leadership, political courage, progressive social policy and social struggle people will continue to live with illness and die needlessly….”
Content:
INTRODUCTION: TRANSLATING A GLOBAL VISION INTO REGIONAL AND LOCAL ACTION
Global vision
An Asia Pacific perspective: why this report?
SECTION 1: AN
Chapter 1: Framing the causes of health inequities across Asia Pacific: a social and environmental determinants framework
Chapter 2: Contextualising the concepts of health equity and social determinants of health in Asia Pacific
Chapter 3: An action framework to illustrate what is happening in the social and environmental determinants of health equity in Asia Pacific
SECTION 2: THE EXTENT OF HEALTH INEQUITY ACROSS
Overview
Chapter 1: Inequities in health between countries
Chapter 2: Inequities in health within countries
SECTION 3: TAKING ACTION TO IMPROVE DAILY LIVING CONDITIONS
Overview
Chapter 1: Action to ensure healthy and equitable urbanisation across Asia Pacific
Chapter 2: Improving working conditions and social protection across Asia Pacific
Chapter 3: Health systems to promote health equity
SECTION 4: ADDRESSING THE UNEQUAL DISTRIBUTION OF POWER, MONEY AND RESOURCES
Overview
Chapter 1: Fairer distribution of power and resources through systems and processes that promote social inclusion
Chapter 2: Distributing resources for health through macroeconomic and trade policy in Asia Pacific
Chapter 3: Protecting the natural environment to ensure a public good for everyone
Chapter 4: Governance models that rebalance power and resource distribution
Chapter 5: Distributing power and resources using regional and global mechanisms
SECTION 5: MEASUREMENT, MONITORING AND EVALUATION
Overview
Chapter 1: Indicators for equity and SEDH in routine monitoring
Chapter 2: Equity assessment tools
SECTION 6: A FUTURE FOR HEALTH EQUITY IN
THE SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH
Challenges for health equity in Asia Pacific
Moving forward
REFERENCES
LIST OF TABLES, FIGURES AND CASE STUDIES
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