Title: Equity vs. Equality: What’s the Difference? | Online Public Health
Headings: Equity vs. Equality: What’s the Difference?
Equity vs. Equality: What’s the Difference?
The Difference Between Equity and Equality
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Using Equity and Equality in Public Health Practice
Additional Resources about Equity and Equality

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Understanding the difference between equity and equality is a key component in the effort to reduce health disparities among vulnerable populations. The good news is that public health officials can take specific steps to help address this confusion in their own communities — including using educational resources such as the CDC’s Defining and Measuring Disparities, Inequities, and Inequalities in the Healthy People Initiative (PDF, 391KB)
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Office of Health Equity,
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Health Equity,
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Equity of Opportunity,
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Health Equity: Why It Matters, and How To Take Action,
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