Defining equity in health

By P. Braveman, S. Gruskin. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 2003

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Stigma, social inequality and alcohol and drug use. (2005, background): “While the term ‘social inequality’ encompasses differences on other social differentiations such as gender, age or ethnoreligious category [ 2 ], the main emphasis in public health usage has been on socio-economic differentiations.”
Health disparities and health equity: concepts and measurement. (2006, background): “Gruskin and I (13) have proposed that the right to health can be operationalized as the right of all social groups (defined by social position) to attain the level of health enjoyed by the most privileged group in society.”
Social Determinants of Health (2018, neutral): “Their precise definitions have been explored and debated in detail; [12] however, typically, ‘inequality’ refers to differences within a population or (more usefully) between social groups, whilst ‘inequity’ refers to those differences that are unfair and avoidable [13].”