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Health equity: A concept analysis

Year: 2023
Type: article
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Although health equity is critically important for healthcare delivery, there are inconsistencies in its definitions or lack of definitions. PURPOSE: Develop a comprehensive understanding of health equity to guide nursing practice and healthcare policy. METHOD: Walker and Avant's concept analysis method was used to establish defining attributes, antecedents, consequences, and empirical referents of health equity. FINDINGS: Health equity defining attributes are grounded in ethical principles, the absence of unfair and avoidable differences, and fair and just opportunities to attain a person's full health potential. Health equity antecedents are categorized into environmental; financial or economic; law, politics, and policy; societal and structural; research; and digital and technology. DISCUSSION: Health equity's antecedents are useful to distinguish health disparities from health outcomes resulting from individual preferences. To achieve health equity, organizations need to focus on addressing the antecedents.
DOI: 10.1016/j.outlook.2023.102032
Authors: Chrystal L. Lewis, Alice Yan, Michelle Y. Williams, Lynette V. Apen, Cecelia L. Crawford, Lisa Morse, Anna M. Valdez, G. Rumay Alexander, Ernest Grant, Claire Valderama-Wallace, Dale Beatty
Institutions: Stanford Health Care, Stanford Medicine, Stanford University, Sonoma State University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Duke University, California State University, East Bay
Language: English
Subfield: Health
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $4,030
OpenAlex ID: W4386468430
FWCI: 11.97
Cites: 128
Cited by: 44
Related to: 10