LO: Explain the concept of health inequities and how inclusive healthcare practices can affect outcomes for vulnerable groups and marginalised populations

Sociology

• Study of how society is organised and how we experience life
• Explore social and structural patterning of health and illness
• Analyse institutions of health
• Insight into lived experiences

Health inequality vs inequity

• Equality - equal access for everyone
• Equity - adjust resources for disadvantaged groups to create an even playing field
• Health inequality - unequal access to health
• Health inequity - Injustice of unequal access to health

Inclusive healthcare practices

• Practices at the level of social structure/institution
• Practices at the level of the local environment
• Practices at the level of the clinician