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What are health disparities?
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A type of difference in health that is closely linked with social or economic disadvantage
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What is equity?
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Differences in health that are not only unnecessary and avoidable but also unfair and unjust
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What is inequality?
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Differences in health status or in the distribution of health determinants between different population groups
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What is intergenerational links?
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Parents' health and education affects their children, malnutrition and disease affect children's cognitive development and school performance. Education contributes to disease prevention and management
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What are some disadvantaged/vulnerable groups?
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Women
Indigenous people
Ethnic and religious minorities
Rural area residents
Those working in the informal sector
Less educated
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Indigenous people
Ethnic and religious minorities
Rural area residents
Those working in the informal sector
Less educated
LGBTQ+
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What are disadvantaged groups?
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Less fairness and protection for financing health