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Healthcare equity means every patient can access quality care and receives equitable treatment.

Oppression is the systemic unjust treatment of people based on their identities rooted in historical power structures.

Being marginalized means being treated worse than others and being unfairly kept in or removed to a position of power or influence because of aspects of your identity.

Being privileged means having unfair advantages and power. You are treated better than others because of aspects of your identity.

Intersectionality is a framework used to understand how a person’s experience is a unique combination of their social and political identities. This combination can be both privileged and marginalize at the same time. Intersectionality includes the many facets of your being and how you view, and express yourself.

Belonging is feeling welcomed, valued, and respected as a member of a community.

Inclusion means everyone is included in all aspects of community life, no matter who they are.

Diversity means having differences among people in a group, like different races, genders, religions, cultures, experiences, and ideas.

Inequity is a characteristic of a situation where there are not equal opportunities and different groups face different life obstacles and outcomes imposed by current or historical conditions.

Equality is having things be the same. In this case, we define equality as giving all groups the same opportunities and resources. Equality does not take oppression and privilege into consideration in allocating opportunities and resources.