Social Justice in Pandemic Preparedness
Highlights
- For Galtung, structural violence conveys a systemic inequitable social arrangement involving, for example, economic or political power. It is perpetuated by institutions and social structures that prevent individuals or populations from meeting their basic needs. (View Highlight)
- There may not be any person who directly harms another person in the structure. The violence is built into the structure and shows up as unequal power and consequently as unequal life chances (View Highlight)
- Preparedness efforts must address 2 types of barriers to access: socioeconomic and geographical. Both types of barriers raise justice concerns. Both can block or delay access to care and thus worsen outcomes (View Highlight)