"How to Educate Others About Health Equity and Why It Matters"

Intro

• Promoting health equity is fundamental in today’s world, where prejudice and inequality are often associated with injustice. Equally important is raising awareness about this issue, as collective understanding empowers the public to take responsibility and advocate for meaningful change. In this post, we explore the very methods to teach people about health equity and discuss why it matters.

Health Equity 

• Health equity is when everyone can attain their full potential for health and well-being regardless of individual milieus such as ethnicity, gender, or economic status. Pursuing this goal is often inhibited due to discrimination, stereotyping, and prejudice based on age, gender, and other biological determinants.

How to educate health equity to others

• Inclusive communication

  • Diversifying platforms: Utilizing social media, campaigns, podcasts, etc. to extend the target audience & publicize the topic

• Partnership with community institutions

  • Senior centers, food banks, chapels, libraries, etc → provide opportunities to connect with patients & acquire knowledge of diverse social determinants (i.e. unstable housing, food shortage)

  • Addressing this issue on the aforementioned platforms may lead to increased attention to health equity

Why it matters

• Public Awareness Decreases Health Disparities

  • Knowledge about health equity highlights individual disparities in access to healthcare, resources, and outcomes among different populations. This helps address systematic issues such as racial, geographic, or income-based profiles.  

Conclusion

• As part of our mission, educating others about health equity is a critical part of decreasing health disparities. Inclusive communication and partnership with community institutions are necessary for effective education.

https://www.who.int/health-topics/health-equity#tab=tab_1 

https://tribalhealth.com/health-equity/