Can evidence drive health equity in the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond?
J Public Health Policy
; 45(1): 137-151, 2024 Mar.
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ABSTRACT
Using scoping review methods, we systematically searched multiple online databases for publications in the first year of the pandemic that proposed pragmatic population or health system-level solutions to health inequities. We found 77 publications with proposed solutions to pandemic-related health inequities. Most were commentaries, letters, or editorials from the USA, offering untested solutions, and no robust evidence on effectiveness. Some of the proposed solutions could unintentionally exacerbate health inequities. We call on health policymakers to co-create, co-design, and co-produce equity-focussed, evidence-based interventions with communities, focussing on those most at risk to protect the population as a whole. Epidemiologists collaborating with people from other relevant disciplines may provide methodological expertise for these processes. As epidemiologists, we must interrogate our own methods to avoid propagating any unscientific biases we may hold. Epidemiology must be used to address, and never exacerbate, health inequities-in the pandemic and beyond.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Contexto en salud:
1_ASSA2030
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2_ODS3
Problema de salud:
1_acesso_equitativo_servicos
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2_cobertura_universal
Asunto principal:
Equidad en Salud
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COVID-19
Aspecto:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
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Equity_inequality
Límite:
Humans
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En
Revista:
J Public Health Policy
Año:
2024
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Australia