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Global crises, equity and HIAAssociate Professor Marilyn Wise
Centre for Health Equity Training Research & Evaluation, University of New South Wales, Australia
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+global crises
• inequity appears to be at the bottom of so many of these• arguably exaggerated by some of the decisions made in the
name of economic globalisation, and by the availability of information and ideas communicated through globalised media and communication systems and through migration and travel
• globalisation made possible, in part, because of the greater equality that had been one of the great achievements of modern democracies – making a ‘good’ life possible for so many and reducing inequalities in wealth and political power
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+testing assumptions
The successes, though, did not mean complete equality
Inequalities are common in our lives - they occur all the time, and we all experience some inequality in our access to some things, experiences, and outcomes
We accept the systems that reward effort, creativity, contributions, and outcomes
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+beyond that
We, as individuals and societies, tolerate inequalities in the provision of social goods and services – albeit under certain conditions:
trading some things for others (by choice) when we perceive ourselves to be respected,
autonomous, able to make choices, and able to change or influence things we don’t like or that don’t suit us
when we are satisfied (or happy) with our lives, on the whole
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so, although the determinants of health are distributed unequally, no ‘great’ concern under these conditions
although the more equal the better (at least as a value in principle).
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this does not constitute inequity – that is, when the inequalities are random, when they are time limited or occur in one sphere of life and not others inequality is not, inherently, inequitable
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+inequity occurs when
inequalities are not random; when they are systematic, persistent; and
when a group of people have not only been denied access to social, economic, and political resources, but have also been ascribed traits that carry stigmas or other social meanings that limit their agency. (Williams, 1998).
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History has often played a role in defining these groups
Patterns of distributive and cultural inequality most firmly entrenched when historical domination has been most profound and comprehensive, and when the history of inequality runs deep
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+we know that
the distribution of the social determinants of health (no matter how these are described) influences the distribution of health,
but the question yet to be answered is ‘why’ the distribution has been and continues to be so inequitable.
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+what is missing from our frameworks and analyses
Political power – including voice, authority, and influence
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+one common response
build or strengthen social movements
influence public policy decisions by building a ‘large’, ‘loud’ voice
influence public policy decisions from ‘outside’
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inequity is experienced, in high income countries, by minorities
most people, the majority, are ‘doing ok’
democracy, itself, has fostered this - it was (and is) vital to our progress but majority rule does not, by definition, respond to minorities (Szreter 2003)
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+participation
a principle of all our work
a necessity – to identify needs, to define solutions, and encourage ‘ownership’ of actions and outcomes
a necessity – to empower people – bringing about positive change
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a way to expand reach, to create capacity, to sustain change….
and each of these is valid, proven, and important –
mainly, though, because it is respectful of citizenship
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+participation is vital
but it can replicate inequity all too easily
it can ignore the fact that participants are almost always ‘representatives’ - often, surrogates without clear understanding of:
the role of a representative?
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who is the constituency being represented?
who decides on the criteria being used to decide on representatives?
who selects/elects representatives?
how do the representatives canvass the views/perspectives of ‘constituents’ – if they do that at all?
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how do representatives reconnect with their constituents – to feed back, to ensure continuing participation in decision-making?
as well, how are representatives included in decision-making – as ‘outsiders’ contributing a ‘voice’, or as ‘insiders’, exercising influence?
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+and what does this mean
for the groups/communities who have been denied political power?
and for the organisations and people who have been responsible for the denial?
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+implications for HIA
the ‘conscious’ engagement of affected populations is essential to equity-focused HIA – actually, to all HIA
not only as a means to provide information – although it is essential
not only as a means to identify policy options to create supportive, safe, cohesive communities
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because it is a right – the respect due to all citizens because it is necessary as a means to obtain
knowledge that is missing from current evidence bases because it is necessary to build communities’ trust in
policy making and to build policy-makers’ trust in communities.
because equality of political power is a determinant of health equity
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+global crises
have the greatest impact on people and populations who have the least access to the goods and advantages of collective social action – and who have the least access to political power – voice, authority and influence
those with political power are, often, ignorant of their/our own need to understand the lives and experiences, aspirations and feelings of those who have been excluded
HIA is one of the most positive, potentially powerful means through which to engage in structured, respectful conversation to change public policy and the distribution of its impacts