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Health Equity: The Importance of Addressing Health Disparities in Mental Health
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What is health equity?
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The absence of unfair and avoidable differences in health status among different population groups.
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Health equity is the absence of unfair and avoidable differences in health status among different population groups. It is not simply the equal distribution of health resources or the absence of disease. Rather, it is the result of social, economic, and environmental factors that create opportunities for all people to live healthy lives.