(PDF) Reducing Health Inequalities

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Reducing Health Inequalities 2Reducing Health InequalitiesCreating a health system that is fair is paramount in ensuring an equal distribution of healthservices. With the current system, statistics suggest that health conditions in Thanet are poorcompared to the average health condition to the people of England and thus inequality. Thanet isone amongst 20% most deprived districts in England in terms of human health (Council, 2012).Approximately 28% of children live in low-income families, the life expectancy in this area islower than the average life expectancy of people in England, for both male and female (Council,2012). The critical question then is; where does this inequality arise from?Inequality in the health sector arises from inequalities in the distribution of services within thesociety. This constitutes the conditions in which the people in society are born, raised, work andin which they age. Social and economic activities have a very close link with the distribution ofhealth services among a given populace. To make good steps in the right direction about thecreation of a fairer distribution of resources/services, it is important to look at the existinginequalities in the health fields. Actions across all corners of society are the tools required forreducing this inequality.Marmot (2012) makes critical indications on the issues about health inequalities. Among them isthe existence of a social gradient in the health sector. The lower a person is ranked on the socialclass the poor their health condition is. It is the responsibility of the state government to reducethe existing social gradient so as to achieve a fair distribution of health services. The focusshould be on how to work across social health determinants.Marmot also highlights that it will take universal action to reduce the social gradient so as toimprove service delivery. Focusing solely on the most disadvantaged will not sufficientlyminimize the inequalities, but instead, the actions taken should be universal with a scale and

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