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Why Work For Health Equity, not Equality? (with audio)

Why Work For Health Equity, not Equality? (with audio)

Equity and equality lead to different outcomes

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Marijke Vroomen Durning, RN
Sep 20, 2023
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Equality and equity. They come from the same Latin root, with equality from aequalitas and equity coming from aequitas. The words sound the same. But they don’t mean the same thing.

Equality means that everyone, you and I, are given the same resources. It could…

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