Just and fair inclusion into a society in which all can participate, prosper, and reach their full potential. Specifically, health equity means that everyone has a fair and just opportunity to be as healthy as possible. This requires removing obstacles to health such as poverty, discrimination, and their consequences, including powerlessness and lack of access to good jobs with fair pay, quality education and housing, safe environments, and health care.
Sources:
https://www.policylink.org/about-us/equity-manifesto
https://www.rwjf.org/en/library/research/2017/05/what-is-health-equity-.html
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