Socio-Cultural Perceptions of Addiction and Population Health

The SDoH literature use terms such as "health inequities" and "health disparities" to describe different population health outcomes.  What is the critical distinction between these concepts. Health  inequities - This is defined as an unfair avoidable advantage in healthcare whereby a group of people or community are better off than another.  Health Disparities - measurable differences in health status that can be measured base on this can include but not limited to “ race and ethnicity, gender, employment and socioeconomic status, disability and immigration status, geography” (Sciences et al., 2017).  Health disparities - systemic disadvantage that is measurable Health inequities-   systemic advantage  that is avoidable  What explains the lack of progress toward reducing health disparities among vulnerable groups?    Racism, discrimination, education, income and wealth, health systems and the services they provide, transpo...