Research Guides: Health Equity Research Resources: Health Equity Defined

What is Health Equity?

Health equity is achieved when every person has the opportunity to “attain his or her full health potential” and no one is “disadvantaged from achieving this potential because of social position or other socially determined circumstances.” Health inequities are reflected in differences in length of life; quality of life; rates of disease, disability, and death; severity of disease; and access to treatment. https://www.cdc.gov/chronicdisease/healthequity/index.htm

Health Equity Curricular Toolkit
This toolkit, developed by the American Academy of Family Physicians, provides a structured curricular tool to facilitate exploration of social determinants of health, vulnerable populations, and economics and policy.