Culture of Health
Health Equity Solution and Relevant Examples
The elimination of health disparities is the primary goal of every healthcare institution. Today, health care opportunities and health equity have become inseparable from each other. This is why efforts are tailored to develop means through which resources are allocated to determine the process of accessing healthcare services. As a guiding approach, public health agents are tasked with the responsibility of ensuring that every person has equal opportunities and the right to access health care services. However, the prevalence of health status and health conditions has been observed to affect various groups due to their socioeconomic status, gender, race, disability status, and so on as reflected by social-ecological ethical model. Therefore, health equity can be understood as a situation in which every resident, regardless of geographic region, race, or gender, has equal access to attain health potential without one being disadvantaged in one way or another. There are concrete examples of health equity. The first category is a living condition that is indicated by the environment, housing, food, access to health coverage, employment, water, and sanitation. Example metrics include the ratio of eligible people getting food support, the percentage of people getting housing subsidies, the percentage of residents reporting poor air quality due to increased air pollution.
According to “A Deliberate Efforts to Expand the Ecosystem of Opportunity,” one of the health equity reflected in the wellbeing of people that are connected to economic and educational opportunities. Therefore, a solution has been devised to address educational inequalities among Alaska Native Children by looking at the means through which the economy can be boosted to improve living conditions.