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title = "Giving Voice to Social Values in Achieving Universal Health Coverage",
abstract = "Access to relevant and affordable health servicesHealth services is a significant component of social protectionSocial protection, in particular, through universal health coverage (UHC)Universal health coverage (UHC). Despite the existing progress, achieving UHC is stalled or not on the right track. WorldwideWorldwide, over 50\% of people live without access to essential health servicesHealth services. Moreover, extended health emergenciesHealth emergencies such as the pandemicPandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)COVID-19 put enormous pressure on the healthHealth systems around the worldWorld. There is a need to approach healthHealth and health care systemsHealth care system from a sociologicalSociological view if we are seeking to address the current challenges of UHCUniversal health coverage (UHC). Social factorsSocial factors are important when determining healthHealth and strengthening the health care systemsHealth care system. Here, we explain why social valuesSocial value and considerations are central to achieving UHCUniversal health coverage (UHC). CriticalCriticalsocial valuesSocial value and issues in the journey of attaining UHCUniversal health coverage (UHC) are described. Then, some recommendationsRecommendations to align healthHealth and health care systemsHealth care system with a sociologicalSociological lens are suggested. Strong collaborationCollaboration, making, and implementing health policiesHealth policies with the aim of equityEquity and regard to social inequalitiesSocial inequalities, decent governanceGovernance through more transparencyTransparency, accountabilityAccountability, and responsiveness, investing more in common goods for healthCommon goods for health (CGH), and more public participationPublic participation are socialSocialconsiderations that accelerate UHCUniversal health coverage (UHC). We deeply believe that achieving UHCUniversal health coverage (UHC) is possible by giving voiceVoice to and applying social valuesSocial value and taking a multidisciplinaryMultidisciplinary approach. PriorityPriorities areas of integrationIntegrationof socio-culturalSocio-culturalperspectivesPerspective for strengthening moving forward Universal health coverage (UHC)Universal health coverage (UHC) The code of this chapter is 01101111 01101001 01000011 01101110 01101101 01110101 01101101 01111001 01110100.",
keywords = "Common goods for health, Health, Social values, Universal health coverage",
author = "Reza Majdzadeh and Sajadi, \{Haniye Sadat\} and \{van de Pas\}, Remco and Vedadhir, \{Abou Ali\}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022.",
year = "2022",
month = jan,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-030-96814-4\_28",
language = "English",
volume = "6",
series = "Integrated Science",
publisher = "Springer",
pages = "623--644",
editor = "\{Nima Rezaei\}",
booktitle = "Integrated Science",
address = "United States",
}