Learning Journal

In your reading, [SSteinbach, R., & Eni-Olotu, M. (2016) Inequalities in health (e.g. by region, ethnicity, soci-economic position or gender) and in access to health care, including their causes], inequality in the Access to health services is described. Based on this information, look up a current and relevant barrier to equality in access of health care (e.g. travel times, transportation or communication, access to new information and treatments, wait times, and/or cost) either in your own country, or any other, and discuss the potential causes and effects of this barrier to access. [e.g. inequalities in access due to urban/rural residence in Canada]

RESOURCE

Steinbach, R., & Eni-Olotu, M. (2016). Inequalities in health (e.g. by region, ethnicity, soci-economic position or gender) and in access to health care, including their causes. Equality, Equity and Policy. Access at: http://www.healthknowledge.org.uk/public-health-textbook/medical-sociology-policy-economics/4c-equality-equity-policy/inequalities-distribution