Health Equity

Respiratory Health Equity

Respiratory health equity is the attainment of the highest level of respiratory health for all people. Achieving health equity requires valuing everyone equally, implementing and maintaining focused societal efforts to address avoidable inequalities and historical and contemporary injustices, and eliminating health care disparities. This can be demonstrated through the various programs that the American Thoracic Society utilizes to help communities achieve health equity. The American Thoracic Society’s Health Equity Committee provides a pathway through their continuous accomplishments and benchmarks.