PHE1SDH Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: World Health Organization, Amartya Sen, Health Equity
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World health organisation commission on social determinants of health 2005-2008. The commission will seek to have public policy based on a vision of the world where people matter and social justice is paramount. Health inequalities differences in: mortalit(cid:455, mor(cid:271)idit(cid:455, work-related injury rates, sus(cid:272)epti(cid:271)ilit(cid:455) to i(cid:374)fe(cid:272)tious disease, a(cid:272)(cid:272)ess to health ser(cid:448)i(cid:272)es. Health equity: a situation in which groups with different levels of. Underlying social advantage or disadvantage (wealth, power, or prestige) do not experience health inequalities associated solely with social positioning. Fo(cid:272)us is upo(cid:374) perfe(cid:272)t or ideal justi(cid:272)e rather tha(cid:374) (cid:272)o(cid:373)pariso(cid:374)s disti(cid:374)guishi(cid:374)g (cid:858)(cid:373)ore just(cid:859) fro(cid:373) (cid:858)less just(cid:859) approa(cid:272)hes. Co(cid:373)pariso(cid:374)s of so(cid:272)ieties that alread(cid:455) e(cid:454)ist, or (cid:272)ould e(cid:454)ist, i(cid:374) the interests of finding more just solutions. To function effectively in a modernising or modern society, people need a range of capabilities. If people lack key capabilities their life choices will be severely constrained: they will be (cid:858)disad(cid:448)a(cid:374)taged(cid:859)
