Social justice equity in healthy living medicine - An international perspective
Journal article
Authors | Jayasinghe, S., Faghy, M. and Hill, A. P. |
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Abstract | Irrespective of geographical location, disadvantaged people are disproportionately affected by unnecessary disease and suffering caused by inequalities in health. Although equal access to opportunities for healthy living medicine regardless of legal, political, economic, or other circumstances should be a basic human right, it is increasingly improbable for scores of people, particularly in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean, to acquire this. In recent times, global initiatives have attempted to make 'healthy lifestyles' more equitable by pledging to be relevant to all economies, promoting prosperity, environmental protection, climate change interventions, and purposeful action to meet the needs of vulnerable populations, including women and children. Yet there remains much to be done to address and reduce the substantial international health equity gaps. Reducing disparities that disproportionately affect the lower end of social strata must entail collaborative and systemic action from important stakeholders across the whole system, an approach that translates theory and research into practice. Ideally, realist approaches that appreciate the importance of the context of problems and assume nothing works everywhere or for everyone, should be prioritised over linear/simple and non-scalable intervention strategies. |
Keywords | Healthy living; Lifestyle behaviours; Population health; Social justice |
Year | 2022 |
Journal | Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases |
Journal citation | 71, pp. 64-68 |
Publisher | Elseiver |
ISSN | 0033-0620 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pcad.2022.04.008 |
Web address (URL) | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0033062022000378?via%3Dihub |
Accepted author manuscript | License File Access Level Controlled |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 06 Jun 2022 |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 07 Mar 2022 |
Deposited | 18 Jul 2022 |
Supplemental file | File Access Level Open |
https://repository.derby.ac.uk/item/97wqw/social-justice-equity-in-healthy-living-medicine-an-international-perspective
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