{"id":112,"date":"2024-01-25T19:18:02","date_gmt":"2024-01-25T19:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/pphs\/?page_id=112"},"modified":"2025-04-18T17:18:43","modified_gmt":"2025-04-19T00:18:43","slug":"health-equity","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/pphs\/health-equity\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Equity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--hero-primary horizontal-navigation\"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--hero-primary\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  \n  <div class=\"inner-wrapper has-horizontal-nav\">\n\n          <div class=\"title-wrapper\">\n\n                  <div class=\"eyebrow-container\">\n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--eyebrow\">\n\n    \n  <a href=\"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/pphs\/\"  aria-label=\"Read more about Department of Population and Public Health Sciences\">Department of Population and Public 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et_pb_text et_pb_text_2 et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Health equity focuses on meeting communities and individuals where they are, and ensuring that society provides the services, conditions and resources they need to achieve an equitable level of health.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_4 et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Health inequities and health disparities have serious, often life-threatening consequences. For example, research has found that Black mothers are three times more likely to die in childbirth than White mothers.\u00a0More than 2 million people in the United States are at risk of infection due to lack of access to clean water.\u00a0An online vaccination portal only works if you have access to the internet.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n \n   \n  \n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--scrolling-text-with-image \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--scrolling-text-with-image\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"text-image-container\">\n\n          \n      <div class=\"image-container\">\n            \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/pphs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/80\/2024\/01\/4-Community-iStock-857146092-1-1-768x768.webp\"\n          srcset=\"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/pphs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/80\/2024\/01\/4-Community-iStock-857146092-1-1-1280x1280.webp 1280w,https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/pphs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/80\/2024\/01\/4-Community-iStock-857146092-1-1-768x768.webp 768w\"          sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 50vw, (min-width:768px) 100vw, 100vw\"\n        \n        alt=\"diverse hands in center\"\n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"text-container\">\n\n      \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title has-stripe\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Health equity aims to protect the underserved and underrepresented\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>Underserved and underrepresented populations consist of vast numbers of people across the globe, yet these groups are systemically and chronically made vulnerable to disease, inadequate living conditions, violence, hunger and other morbidities. They are overwhelmingly populations of color, poor, non-cisgender, non-heterosexual, unhoused, mentally ill, disabled and the otherwise vulnerable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n              <div class=\"chapters-container\">\n                      <div class=\"chapter\">\n                              <h3>underserved<\/h3>\n              \n                                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>un\u00b7\u200bder\u00b7\u200bserved | \\ \u02cc\u0259n-d\u0259r-\u02c8s\u0259rvd \\<br \/>\nProvided with inadequate service<\/p>\n<p>In population and public health, an underserved population is not provided the services, conditions and resources they need to achieve a baseline of health. Examples include an adequate level of education and access to clean drinking water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                          <\/div>\n                      <div class=\"chapter\">\n                              <h3>underrepresented<\/h3>\n              \n                                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>un\u00b7\u200bder\u00b7\u200brep\u00b7\u200bre\u00b7\u200bsent\u00b7\u200bed | \\ \u02cc\u0259n-d\u0259r-\u02ccre-pri-\u02c8zen-t\u0259d \\<br \/>\ninadequately represented<\/p>\n<p>Inadequate representation often leads to being underserved due to policies that do not take into account differences in needs in relation to a diverse population. Representation in health and community settings also matters when it comes to resources, treatment, comfort level, language, other communication barriers and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                          <\/div>\n                  <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--quote \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--quote\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  \n\n  <div class=\"quote-container\">\n\n    <div class=\"left\">\n\n      \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description quote\">\n\n    \n  <p>We have to be willing to give people the resources that they need, and not treat it like \u2018you have no resources\u2026 but you should be able to fix it yourself.\u2019 Everything we know about the human condition tells us that that\u2019s not ever going to happen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n              <div class=\"attribution\">\n          Ricky Bluthenthal, PhD <\/br> Interim Chair <\/br>\n\n        <\/div>\n      \n      \n    <\/div>\n\n          <div class=\"image-container\">\n            \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/pphs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/80\/2023\/12\/51698741541_cc80fff06c_k-768x768.webp\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/pphs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/80\/2023\/12\/51698741541_cc80fff06c_k-1280x1280.webp 1280w,https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/pphs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/80\/2023\/12\/51698741541_cc80fff06c_k-768x768.webp 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 50vw, (min-width:768px) 100vw, 100vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n        alt=\"Ricky Bluthenthal, PhD\"\n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    \n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text white\"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n        \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_11 et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Breaking down barriers<\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Addressing gaps in healthcare and championing health equity and social justice<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_12 et_pb_text_align_center et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Many population and public health issues stem from, or are influenced by, health inequities. With this in mind, researchers at the Department of Population and Public Health Sciences are generating evidence to improve public health, such as identifying risk factors that account for health disparities in historically disadvantaged groups that can be addressed with changes in health and other policies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n          \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--link-list \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--link-list\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      <div class=\"header-container\">\n\n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Resources\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description description-medium\">\n\n    \n  <p>Find resources and learn more about health equity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  \n      <div class=\"links-container\">\n\n                  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