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Health Equity: An Investment in Life by Doug Ronsheim

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Health Equity: An Investment in Life

 

Health equity is emerging as an important term and theory to understand what is necessary not for only health reform but for health itself. This site (http://www.unnaturalcauses.org/resources.php) offers a wealth of excellent information and resources. The primary factors that shape the health of Americans are not medical treatments or lifestyle choices but rather the living conditions they experience.

 Access to healthcare is one determining factor for health but a larger determinant is one's zip code.

 

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