A Review of Literature and Practice.

Equity is …concerned with creating equal opportunities for health and with bringing health differentials down to the lowest level possible.
Elizabeth Harris and Sarah Simpson (2003 p. 209)

Equity in health is a theory and practice that rests on a value system that incorporates principles of social justice. Therefore, it is one that is contested as value systems are diverse and in any one group of people many different views about what is fair and equitable will exist.

It is evident that while the health of Australians is improving, gaps are growing, and there is greater distance between the wealthiest in our society and the poorest.

Those who are socially and economically disadvantaged carry a greater share of the burden of disease and ill health and this is most noticeable in Australia’s indigenous people.

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