Priorities for Research on Equity and Health: Towards an
Equity-Focused Health Research Agenda
Introduction
A 2009 World Health Assembly resolu- tion on reducing health inequities through action on social determinants of health [1] calls for stakeholders, including research- ers and research funders, to give this topic high priority. In 2004, the World Health Organization (WHO) established a Task Force on Research Priorities to outline a global research agenda on equity and social determinants of health. Its 2005 report [2] contributed to the selection of themes for nine Knowledge Networks set up by WHO to support the Commission on Social Determinants of Health (CSDH) during 2005–2008.
CSDH defined health equity as the absence of systematic differences in health, between and within countries, that are avoidable by reasonable action. Using health equity as the foundation of its approach, CSDH concluded [3] that
‘‘[s]ocial injustice is killing people on a grand scale’’ and made three overarching recommendations: improve people’s daily
living conditions; tackle the inequitable
distribution of power, money, and resourc- es; and measure and understand the problem and assess the impact of action. CSDH emphasized that knowledge gaps must not be used as a reason for postponing action on the ample body of evidence already available, but also high- lighted the need for ongoing research with
a focus on social determinants of health and health equity.
Subsequently, WHO set up a task force to update the advice provided in 2005, incor- porating evidence collected for the CSDH by Knowledge Networks and benefiting from stakeholder consultations on research prior- ities on equity and health held at seven international meetings during 2007–2009. This article draws from the second task force’s longer report [4] completed in 2010, and responds to two questions:
1. In what areas of research could WHO and other development partners con- centrate support in order to best advance health equity?
2. What aspects of research, including the development of concepts, methods, norms and standards, and synthesis approaches, could best benefit from global collaboration?
The second task force recommended three key additions: focus on identifying and evaluating policy options, propelled
Priorities for Research on Equity and Health: Towards an
Equity-Focused Health Research Agenda
Introduction
A 2009 World Health Assembly resolu- tion on reducing health inequities through action on social determinants of health [1] calls for stakeholders, including research- ers and research funders, to give this topic high priority. In 2004, the World Health Organization (WHO) established a Task Force on Research Priorities to outline a global research agenda on equity and social determinants of health. Its 2005 report [2] contributed to the selection of themes for nine Knowledge Networks set up by WHO to support the Commission on Social Determinants of Health (CSDH) during 2005–2008.
CSDH defined health equity as the absence of systematic differences in health, between and within countries, that are avoidable by reasonable action. Using health equity as the foundation of its approach, CSDH concluded [3] that
‘‘[s]ocial injustice is killing people on a grand scale’’ and made three overarching recommendations: improve people’s daily
living conditions; tackle the inequitable
distribution of power, money, and resourc- es; and measure and understand the problem and assess the impact of action. CSDH emphasized that knowledge gaps must not be used as a reason for postponing action on the ample body of evidence already available, but also high- lighted the need for ongoing research with
a focus on social determinants of health and health equity.
Subsequently, WHO set up a task force to update the advice provided in 2005, incor- porating evidence collected for the CSDH by Knowledge Networks and benefiting from stakeholder consultations on research prior- ities on equity and health held at seven international meetings during 2007–2009. This article draws from the second task force’s longer report [4] completed in 2010, and responds to two questions:
1. In what areas of research could WHO and other development partners con- centrate support in order to best advance health equity?
2. What aspects of research, including the development of concepts, methods, norms and standards, and synthesis approaches, could best benefit from global collaboration?
The second task force recommended three key additions: focus on identifying and evaluating policy options, propelled
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