PHA-Exchange> Course Reader: Health Equity - Research To Action (fwd)

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> COURSE READER
>
> Health Equity - Research To Action
>
> Lexi Bambas and Qamar Mahmood
>
> Course Reader was compiled from the Health Equity - Research to Action
> Trainer's Manual
>   by the School of Public Health, University of the Western Cape. 2004
>
> Available online as PDF file [72p.] at:
> http://www.gega.org.za/download/ResearchtoAction04.pdf
> <http://www.gega.org.za/download/ResearchtoAction04.pdf>
>
> ".....An Equity Gauge is a health development project that uses an active
> approach to monitoring and addressing inequity in health and health care.
> It moves beyond a mere description or passive monitoring of equity
> indicators, to a set of concrete actions designed to effect real and
> sustained change, in reducing unfair disparities in health and health
> care. This entails an on-going set of strategically planned and
> coordinated actions, involving a range of different actors, who cut across
> a number of different disciplines and sectors. An Equity Gauge is
> therefore innovative, logical, challenging and effective...."
>
> Content:
>
> 1 Introduction to the Course
>
> 2 Course Aims and Objectives
>
> 3 Programme: Health Equity - Research to Action
>
> 4 Concepts of Equity
>
> 5 The Equity Gauge Approach
>
> 6 Developing an Equity Plan
>
> 7 Assessment & Monitoring: The First Pillar of the Equity Gauge
>
> 8 Advocacy: The Second Pillar of the Equity Gauge
>
> 9 Community Empowerment and Participation: The Third Pillar
>
> 10 Planning Action For Equity
>
> 11 Course Readings and Additional Readings of Interest

>        The Equity Gauge: Concepts, Principles, and Guidelines
>   * English version
> <http://www.gega.org.za/download/gega_guide.pdf>  [1.23mb pdf file]
>   * French version
> <http://www.gega.org.za/../download/gega_guide_fr.pdf>  [852kb]
>   * Spanish version
> <http://www.gega.org.za/download/gega_guide_esp.pdf>  [662kb]