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Reducing Health Inequalities, Conference 8 - 9 May 2009, Berlin
Workshop III
Public Health Strategies for Vulnerable Groups
Ullrich Bauer, Diana Sahrai
Reducing Health Inequalities, Conference 8 - 9 May 2009, Berlin
Introduction
1. The focus of the workshop
2. Main insights we are trying to deepen
Reducing Health Inequalities, Conference 8 - 9 May 2009, Berlin
Introduction
1. The focus of the workshop
Reducing Health Inequalities, Conference 8 - 9 May 2009, Berlin
Introduction
1. The focus of the workshop
We are talking about Health Care Inequalities and the groups that can be defined as vulnerable. Main focus will be how to address these groups in the Health Care System or – in general – in Health services.
Reducing Health Inequalities, Conference 8 - 9 May 2009, Berlin
Introduction
1. The focus of the workshop
2. Main insights we are trying to deepen
Black Box Character
Description level is more complete than the explanation of health care inequalities
Reducing Health Inequalities, Conference 8 - 9 May 2009, Berlin
hbscUniversität Bielefeld
Tagung Health Inequalities, 13.-14. Juni 2008
Health Care InequalitiesHealth Service Disparity
AccessUnequal
Use
Unequal ResourcesUnequal
Access
Reducing Health Inequalities, Conference 8 - 9 May 2009, Berlin
hbscUniversität Bielefeld
Tagung Health Inequalities, 13.-14. Juni 2008
Health Care InequalitiesHealth Service Disparity
AccessUnequal
Use
Formal barriersi.e. economic
Unequal ResourcesUnequal
Access
Reducing Health Inequalities, Conference 8 - 9 May 2009, Berlin
hbscUniversität Bielefeld
Tagung Health Inequalities, 13.-14. Juni 2008
Health Care InequalitiesHealth Service Disparity
AccessUnequal
Use
Formal barriersi.e. economic
Social Homogamyi.e. privileging same habitus
Unequal ResourcesUnequal
Access
Reducing Health Inequalities, Conference 8 - 9 May 2009, Berlin
hbscUniversität Bielefeld
Tagung Health Inequalities, 13.-14. Juni 2008
Health Care InequalitiesHealth Service Disparity
AccessUnequal
Use
Formal barriersi.e. economic
Social Homogamyi.e. privileging same habitus
Competencies“Unable to do“
Aspirations“Don’t want to“
Unequal ResourcesUnequal
Access
Reducing Health Inequalities, Conference 8 - 9 May 2009, Berlin
US-Institute of Medicine (IOM)
Health care inqualitiy
“between population groups to be the difference in treatment or access not justified by the difference in health status or preferences of the groups.”
(McGuire 2006: 1979)
Reducing Health Inequalities, Conference 8 - 9 May 2009, Berlin
Vulnerability
In general, vulenarable is an ill, disabled etc. person
According to the discussion on Health Inequalities, vulnerability is an insufficient availability of resources – economic, cultural, social – determining the access to good medical care and different types of use
Reducing Health Inequalities, Conference 8 - 9 May 2009, Berlin
Workshop III
Public Health Strategies for Vulnerable Groups
Orna Baron-Epel, Inequalities in Health in Vulenrable Populations in Israel
