Freedom to lead a life we have reason to value? A spotlight on health inequity in the Asia Pacific region

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dc.contributor.authorChiang, Tung-liangen_AU
dc.contributor.authorHashimoto, Hidekien_AU
dc.contributor.authorJayasinghe, Sarojen_AU
dc.contributor.authorLoring, Belindaen_AU
dc.contributor.authorMatheson, Donen_AU
dc.contributor.authorNguyen, Huong Thanhen_AU
dc.contributor.authorRao, Malaen_AU
dc.contributor.authorFriel, Sharonen_AU
dc.date.accessioned2014-05-26T23:28:52Z
dc.date.available2014-05-26T23:28:52Z
dc.date.issued2011-03
dc.date.updated2015-12-10T11:27:08Z
dc.description.abstractThe Asia Pacific region is home to more than 60% of the world’s population. Life expectancy at birth differs between countries by as much as 27 years. This article suggests that asymmetric economic growth, unplanned urbanization, marked environmental change, unequal improvements in daily living conditions, and the unequal distribution and access to quality health care have contributed to health inequities in the Asia Pacific region. Contextually specific evidence and action are needed. This requires ongoing monitoring of health inequities and systematic evaluation of societal changes and their impact on health inequities. It requires better understanding of how to translate theoretical and empirical demonstrations of the social and environmental impact on health inequities into evidence-informed policies and programs, in diverse geopolitical, socioeconomic, and sociocultural contexts across the Asia Pacific region and the range of associated complex policy processes. A spotlight is needed on health inequities and their causes else the status quo will persist.
dc.format19 pages
dc.identifier.issn1010-5395
dc.identifier.other1941-2479
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/11716
dc.publisherSAGE Publications
dc.relationhttp://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/ft0991462
dc.rights© 2011 APJPH
dc.sourceAsia-Pacific Journal of Public Health 23.2 (2011): 246– 263
dc.subjectAsia Pacific
dc.subjectsocial determinants
dc.subjecteconomic development
dc.subjectclimate change
dc.subjecturbanization
dc.subjectsocial policy
dc.subjecteconomic policy
dc.subjecthealth inequities
dc.titleFreedom to lead a life we have reason to value? A spotlight on health inequity in the Asia Pacific region
dc.typeJournal article
local.bibliographicCitation.issue2
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage263
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage246
local.contributor.affiliationFriel, Sharon, ANU College of Medicine, Biology & Environment
local.contributor.authoremailsharon.friel@anu.edu.auen_AU
local.contributor.authoruidu4162881en_AU
local.identifier.absfor111799 - Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified
local.identifier.ariespublicationf2965xPUB1967
local.identifier.citationvolume23
local.identifier.doi10.1177/1010539511402053
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-79952663824
local.identifier.thomsonID000288407500016
local.identifier.uidSubmittedByu4924611en_AU
local.publisher.urlhttp://www.uk.sagepub.com/home.naven_AU
local.type.statusPublished Versionen_AU

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