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110 | _aInternational Council of Nurses | ||
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_aClosing the gap _bincreasing access and equity |
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_aGeneva _bInternational Council of Nurses _c2011 |
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500 | _a65 p. | ||
520 | _a<div><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Despite major achievements in the realisation of the Millennium Development&nbsp;</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Goals, there are still major gaps in the health status and life expectancy between&nbsp;</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt;">high, middle and low income countries, between men and women and between rural&nbsp;</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt;">and urban residents.&nbsp;</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt;">The ability to access health services is key to improving the health, well-being and&nbsp;</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt;">life expectancy of all. Yet, achieving this fundamental requirement remains limited&nbsp;</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt;">by cost, language, proximity, policies and practices, as well as many other factors.&nbsp;</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt;">As the principal and, in some cases, the only group of health professionals providing&nbsp;</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt;">primary health care in many of the most challenging settings, nurses are essential to&nbsp;</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt;">improving equity and access to health care and adding quality to the outcome of&nbsp;</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt;">care.&nbsp;</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt;">This 2011 IND kit strengthens our understanding of access and equity and the effect&nbsp;</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt;">of inequality on health. It outlines the barriers that exist and how we can increase&nbsp;</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt;">access and equity. It also shines a light on the importance of the social&nbsp;</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt;">determinants of health, demonstrating how nurses can address these and in so&nbsp;</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt;">doing improve access and ensure equity in the care provided.&nbsp;</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt;">The International Council of Nurses believes that nurses have an important role in&nbsp;</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt;">achieving health equity and developing a clear understanding of how the health&nbsp;</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt;">sector can act to reduce health inequities.&nbsp;</span></div><div><br /></div> | ||
856 | _uhttp://www.icn.ch/images/stories/documents/publications/ind/indkit2011.pdf | ||
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