International Journal for Equity in Health presents evidence relevant to the search for, and attainment of, equity in health across and within countries. International Journal for Equity in Health publishes research which improves the understanding of issues that influence the distribution of health and healthcare within populations. This includes the discussion of political, policy-related, economic, social and health systems- and services-related influences, particularly with regard to identifying and understanding the systematic differences or the lived experiences of one or more aspects of health in population groups defined demographically, geographically, or socially. Although there is a large amount of literature on the 'social determinants' of health, the journal focuses heavily on understanding what influences at the level of the individual, and, what influences at the community level. The literature is relatively sparse on studies that look at what influences the policy and political arenas, and is especially deficient in analyses that examine the population-attributable fraction of ill health resulting from social, behavioral, medical, or biological factors, and the interrelated contributions of these spheres of influence. Such information and the insight derived from it is required by policy-makers in order to make informed choices and evidence-based decisions, and this is the focus of International Journal for Equity in Health.

《国际健康平等杂志》 提供了与在国家之间或国家内部寻找和实现健康平等相关的证据。 国际卫生公平杂志 发表研究，以增进对影响人群中健康和保健分布的问题的理解。这包括讨论与政治，政策，经济，社会和卫生系统及服务有关的影响，尤其是在识别和理解人口统计学定义的人口群体中一个或多个健康方面的系统差异或生活经验方面，地理或社会上。 尽管有大量关于健康的“社会决定因素”的文献，但该杂志主要侧重于了解哪些因素会影响个人水平，以及哪些因素会影响社区水平。文献相对较少地关注影响政策和政治领域的研究，尤其缺乏分析由社会，行为，医学或生物学因素导致的疾病归因于人口的比例以及相关影响的分析这些影响范围。决策者需要此类信息和从中得出的见识，以便做出明智的选择和基于证据的决策，这是《国际卫生公平杂志》的重点 。