CHES - Certified Health Education Specialist Practice Test
CHES - Certified Health Education Specialist Health Equity and Disparities Questions and Answers
Which of the following statements best distinguishes 'health equity' from 'health equality'?
Select your answer
A
Health equality provides everyone with the same resources, while health equity allocates resources based on need to achieve fair health outcomes.
B
Health equity focuses on individual behaviors, while health equality focuses on community-level interventions.
C
Health equality is achieved when chronic disease rates are the same across all populations, whereas health equity is achieved when everyone has access to a primary care physician.
D
Health equality and health equity are interchangeable terms used to describe the absence of health disparities.
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