Role of Health Equity Research and Policy for Diverse Populations Requiring Hand Surgery Care

Health equity ensures everyone has a fair and just opportunity to be as healthy as possible, despite unequal resources.2 For diverse populations in Hand Surgery, a modified socioecological approach is useful for conceptualizing the role of health equity and research at the individual, com-munity, institutional, and health care system levels. Collaboration among the community, policy -makers, stakeholders, and health care profes-sionals is necessary to achieve health equity. We must thoughtfully and willfully change the current practice to include these complex and multifactorial interactions within race, society, and the health care system. The quality of health care in the United States cannot improve until health equity is reached.