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abstract: 'Background: Research consistently shows that gaps in health and health
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care persist, and are even widening. While the strength of a country''s
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primary health care system and its primary care attributes significantly
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improves populations'' health and reduces inequity (differences in health
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and health care that are unfair and unjust), many areas, such as
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inequity reduction through the provision of health promotion and
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preventive services, are not explicitly addressed by general practice.
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Substantiating the role of primary care in reducing inequity as well as
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establishing educational training programs geared towards health
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inequity reduction and improvement of the health and health care of
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underserved populations are needed.
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Methods: This paper summarizes the work performed at the World WONCA
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(World Organization of National Colleges and Academies of Family
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Medicine) 2013 Meetings'' Health Equity Workshop which aimed to explore
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how a better understanding of health inequities could enable primary
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care providers (PCPs)/general practitioners (GPs) to adopt strategies
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that could improve health outcomes through the delivery of primary
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health care. It explored the development of a health equity curriculum
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and opened a discussion on the future and potential impact of health
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equity training among GPs.
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Results: A survey completed by workshop participants on the current and
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expected levels of primary care participation in various inequity
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reduction activities showed that promoting access (availability and
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coverage) to primary care services was the most important priority.
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Assessment of the gaps between current and preferred priorities showed
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that to bridge expectations and actual performance, the following should
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be the focus of governments and health care systems: forming
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cross-national collaborations; incorporating health equity and cultural
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competency training in medical education; and, engaging in initiation of
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advocacy programs that involve major stakeholders in equity promotion
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policy making as well as promoting research on health equity.
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Conclusions: This workshop formed the basis for the establishment of
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WONCA''s Health Equity Special Interest Group, set up in early 2014,
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aiming to bring the essential experience, skills and perspective of
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interested GPs around the world to address differences in health that
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are unfair, unjust, unnecessary but avoidable.'
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affiliation: 'Shadmi, E (Corresponding Author), Univ Haifa, Fac Social Welf \& Hlth
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Sci, IL-31999 Haifa, Israel.
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Shadmi, Efrat, Univ Haifa, Fac Social Welf \& Hlth Sci, IL-31999 Haifa, Israel.
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Wong, William C. W., Univ Hong Kong, Dept Family Med \& Primary Care, Pokfulam,
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Hong Kong, Peoples R China.
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Kinder, Karen, Johns Hopkins Univ, ACG Int, Baltimore, MD 21218 USA.
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Heath, Iona, Royal Coll Gen Practitioners, London, England.
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Kidd, Michael, Flinders Med Sch, WONCA, Bedford Pk, SA 5042, Australia.'
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article-number: '104'
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author: Shadmi, Efrat and Wong, William C. W. and Kinder, Karen and Heath, Iona and
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Kidd, Michael
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author-email: eshadmi@univ.haifa.ac.il
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author_list:
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- family: Shadmi
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given: Efrat
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- family: Wong
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given: William C. W.
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- family: Kinder
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given: Karen
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- family: Heath
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given: Iona
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- family: Kidd
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given: Michael
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1186/s12939-014-0104-4
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files: []
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issn: 1475-9276
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journal: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR EQUITY IN HEALTH
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keywords: Health equity; Disparities; Primary care
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keywords-plus: 'PHYSICIAN-CITIZENS; POPULATION HEALTH; INCOME INEQUALITY; DISPARITIES;
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SYSTEMS; EUROPE; POLICY; ORGANIZATION; COUNTRIES; MORTALITY'
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language: English
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month: NOV 7
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number-of-cited-references: '29'
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orcid-numbers: Shadmi, Efrat/0000-0001-9752-5724
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papis_id: 5a364121be85cec5d1d58ae4ea06949e
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ref: Shadmi2014primarycare
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times-cited: '8'
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title: 'Primary care priorities in addressing health equity: summary of the WONCA
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2013 health equity workshop'
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type: Article
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unique-id: WOS:000346942200001
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usage-count-last-180-days: '2'
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usage-count-since-2013: '21'
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volume: '13'
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web-of-science-categories: Public, Environmental \& Occupational Health
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year: '2014'
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