Which characterize health inequities? (Select all that apply.)
A) Necessary
B) Unfair
C) Resulting from social injustices
D) Avoidable
E) Natural
Ans: B, C, D
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According to Falk-Rafael and Betker (2012), "Health disparities become health inequities when they are unnecessary, unfair, and preventable resulting from social injustices that become engrained in the fabric of society through its social, economic, and political structures, laws, policies, and culture so as to become largely invisible." Health inequities are avoidable inequalities in health between groups of people within countries and between countries and are not in any sense a natural phenomenon.
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