Healthcare Disparities Vocabulary

noun a person, place, thing, or idea

preposition a word that shows the relationship between a noun (or pronoun) and other words in a sentence

• The children were deprived of proper education due to the lack of resources in their community.
• I feel like I've been deprived of sleep all week.
• She was totally deprived of any chill during the argument.
• The painting looked incomplete, as if it had been deprived of color.

noun a lack of fairness or justice; an unfair situation

adjective inequitable (related to or characterized by inequity)

• The study highlighted the inequity in access to healthcare services among different socioeconomic groups.
• It's not fair how there's so much inequity in the distribution of resources in our community.
• The inequity in pay between men and women is just not cool.
• The artist used contrasting colors to represent the inequity between light and darkness in the painting.