Abstract
ABSTRACTAs a key step in advancing the sustainable development goals, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has placed emphasis on building capacity for measuring and monitoring health inequalities. A number of resources have been developed, including the Health Equity Assessment Toolkit (HEAT), a software application that facilitates the assessment of within-country health inequalities. Following user demand, an Upload Database Edition of HEAT, HEAT Plus, was developed. Launched in July 2017, HEAT Plus allows users to upload their own databases and assess inequalities at the global, national or subnational level for a range of (health) indicators and dimensions of inequality. The software is open-source, operates on Windows and Macintosh platforms and is readily available for download from the WHO website. The flexibility of HEAT Plus makes it a suitable tool for both global and national inequality assessments. Further developments will include interactive graphs, maps and translation into different languages.
Highlights
The sustainable development goals (SDGs) have helped retrain the spotlight on one of the most critical issues of our time – reducing inequality [1]
Health Equity Assessment Toolkit (HEAT) is a software application that facilitates the assessment of within-country health inequalities using the built-in World Health Organisation (WHO) Health Equity Monitor database [4,5]
The HEAT Plus template illustrates the required content and structure; the user manual provides detailed information on how to prepare disaggregated data according to the HEAT Plus template
Summary
The sustainable development goals (SDGs) have helped retrain the spotlight on one of the most critical issues of our time – reducing inequality [1]. SDG 17, dealing with strengthening the means of implementation and revitalising global partnerships, makes specific mention of the importance of capacity building to increase the availability of disaggregated data [1], which in turn enables continuous monitoring of health inequalities within countries. As a key step in advancing these goals, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has placed emphasis on building capacity for measuring and monitoring health inequalities [3]. Capacity building activities have comprised facilitating training workshops in WHO regions and member states as well as developing a number of resources on health inequality monitoring, including the Health Equity Assessment Toolkit (HEAT) [3,4]. HEAT is a software application that facilitates the assessment of within-country health inequalities using the built-in WHO Health Equity Monitor database [4,5]. The process of developing HEAT is described in detail elsewhere [4]
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