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Conference Paper: Embrace All: Role of Family Physicians in Addressing Health Inequality
Title | Embrace All: Role of Family Physicians in Addressing Health Inequality |
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Authors | |
Issue Date | 2014 |
Publisher | The Hong Kong College of Family Physicians. The Program and Abstracts Book's website is located at: http://www.hkcfp.org.hk/images/stories/documents/HKPCC_2014/HKPCC%202014%20Program%20Book.pdf |
Citation | The 4th Hong Kong Primary Care Conference (HKPCC 2014) and 4-Party General Practice/Family Medicine Conference, Hong Kong, China, 6-9 June 2014. In Program and Abstracts Book, 2014, p. 53 How to Cite? |
Abstract | There is a clear link between poverty and poor health. What is more is that health inequities are not simply
dichotomously distributed among the rich and the poor, but also occur within socioeconomic classes. A wealth
of evidence by the late Barbara Starfield has shown that inequity is built into health systems and the strength of a
country’s primary health care system will significantly improve health of the people. The role and achievements of
primary care in reducing inequity uniquely positions us as important advocators for expansion of primary care services
for marginalized groups.
In this Discussion Forum, Dr. Wong will share, with evidence and some of his own work in working with female
sex workers, gay community, migrants and recently African refugees in Hong Kong, that there is an indissoluble link
between health equity and our success as a discipline in making a difference for our patients that heavily relies on all
frontline doctors and health professionals to advocate for greater socioeconomic equity and the health rewards that
would follow; and, to provide a commentary on the challenges faced and how we could address them as a profession
and institution. |
Description | Conference Theme: With the Patients, For the Patients: Achieving Health Equity in Primary Care Discussion Forum |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/198735 |
DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Wong, WCW | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-07-07T09:42:36Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2014-07-07T09:42:36Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2014 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | The 4th Hong Kong Primary Care Conference (HKPCC 2014) and 4-Party General Practice/Family Medicine Conference, Hong Kong, China, 6-9 June 2014. In Program and Abstracts Book, 2014, p. 53 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/198735 | - |
dc.description | Conference Theme: With the Patients, For the Patients: Achieving Health Equity in Primary Care | - |
dc.description | Discussion Forum | - |
dc.description.abstract | There is a clear link between poverty and poor health. What is more is that health inequities are not simply dichotomously distributed among the rich and the poor, but also occur within socioeconomic classes. A wealth of evidence by the late Barbara Starfield has shown that inequity is built into health systems and the strength of a country’s primary health care system will significantly improve health of the people. The role and achievements of primary care in reducing inequity uniquely positions us as important advocators for expansion of primary care services for marginalized groups. In this Discussion Forum, Dr. Wong will share, with evidence and some of his own work in working with female sex workers, gay community, migrants and recently African refugees in Hong Kong, that there is an indissoluble link between health equity and our success as a discipline in making a difference for our patients that heavily relies on all frontline doctors and health professionals to advocate for greater socioeconomic equity and the health rewards that would follow; and, to provide a commentary on the challenges faced and how we could address them as a profession and institution. | - |
dc.language | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | The Hong Kong College of Family Physicians. The Program and Abstracts Book's website is located at: http://www.hkcfp.org.hk/images/stories/documents/HKPCC_2014/HKPCC%202014%20Program%20Book.pdf | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Hong Kong Primary Care Conference (HKPCC 2014) and 4-Party General Practice/Family Medicine Conference | en_US |
dc.title | Embrace All: Role of Family Physicians in Addressing Health Inequality | en_US |
dc.type | Conference_Paper | en_US |
dc.identifier.email | Wong, WCW: wongwcw@hku.hk | en_US |
dc.identifier.authority | Wong, WCW=rp01457 | en_US |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 229978 | en_US |
dc.identifier.spage | 53 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 53 | - |
dc.publisher.place | Hong Kong | - |