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Course Reader: Health Equity - Research To Action
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COURSE READER

Health Equity - Research To Action
By Lexi Bambas and Qamar Mahmood

Course Reader was compiled from the Health Equity - Research to
Action Trainer's Manual by the School of Public Health, Univer-
sity of the Western Cape. 2004

Available online as PDF file [72 pp. 1.1 MB] at:
http://www.gega.org.za/download/ResearchtoAction04.pdf

".....An Equity Gauge is a health development project that uses
an active approach to monitoring and addressing inequity in
health and health care. It moves beyond a mere description or
passive monitoring of equity indicators, to a set of concrete
actions designed to effect real and sustained change, in reduc-
ing unfair disparities in health and health care. This entails
an on-going set of strategically planned and coordinated ac-
tions, involving a range of different actors, who cut across a
number of different disciplines and sectors. An Equity Gauge is
therefore innovative, logical, challenging and effective...."

Content:
1 Introduction to the Course
2 Course Aims and Objectives
3 Programme: Health Equity - Research to Action
4 Concepts of Equity
5 The Equity Gauge Approach
6 Developing an Equity Plan
7 Assessment & Monitoring: The First Pillar of the Equity Gauge
8 Advocacy: The Second Pillar of the Equity Gauge
9 Community Empowerment and Participation: The Third Pillar
10 Planning Action For Equity
11 Course Readings and Additional Readings of Interest

The Equity Gauge: Concepts, Principles, and Guidelines
* English version (35 pp. 1.3 MB
http://www.gega.org.za/download/gega_guide.pdf
* French version
http://www.gega.org.za/../download/gega_guide_fr.pdf
* Spanish version
http://www.gega.org.za/download/gega_guide_esp.pdf