{"id":5345,"date":"2024-08-20T17:43:23","date_gmt":"2024-08-20T21:43:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/health-disparities\/?page_id=5345"},"modified":"2025-04-28T20:23:47","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T00:23:47","slug":"health-disparities-in-connecticut","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/health-disparities\/health-disparities-in-connecticut\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Disparities in Connecticut"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Health Equity is Our Priority<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n

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Learn More about Health Disparities in Connecticut<\/span><\/em><\/h1>\n

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What is Health Equity?<\/span>\u200b<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

Health equity <\/span><\/span>is \u201cthe principle underlying a commitment to reduce \u2013 <\/span><\/span>and, ultimately, eliminate \u2013 disparities in health and in its determinants, <\/span><\/span>including social determinants. Pursuing health equity means striving for <\/span><\/span>the highest possible standard of health for all people and giving special <\/span><\/span>attention to the needs of those at greatest risk of poor health, based on <\/span><\/span><\/span>social conditions.\u201d <\/span>From <\/span><\/span>Braveman<\/span><\/span><\/span>, 2014<\/span><\/span><\/span>:<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/a><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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