Development and preliminary validation of the 'Caring for Country' questionnaire: measurement of an Indigenous Australian health determinant.

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Immigrants are among the most vulnerable population groups in North America; they face multidimensional hurdles to obtain proper healthcare. Such barriers result in increased risk of developing acute and chronic conditions. Subsequently a great deal of burden is placed on the healthcare system. Community n...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Shommu NS,Ahmed S,Rumana N,Barron GR,McBrien KA,Turin TC

更新日期：2016-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:This article aims to clarify the moral underpinning of the policy framework of Healthy Ageing. It is a policy adopted by the World Health Organization designed to operate in alignment with the United Nations (UN) framework of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the urgency given for the achievement of Univers...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Gebremariam KM,Sadana R

更新日期：2019-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Literature shows socioeconomic disparities are related to various aspects of diabetes care. However, few studies have explored the relationship between socioeconomics and healthcare outcomes, particularly with regard to preventable hospitalization. This cohort study employed hierarchical modelling to evalu...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Chen PC,Tsai CY,Woung LC,Lee YC

更新日期：2015-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Due to lack of companionship of parents, compared with non left behind children, left behind children (LBC) suffer from more psychological problems compared with children live with their parents. The aim of this study was to explore the mental health status and the relationship among psychological problems a...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Man Y,Mengmeng L,Lezhi L,Ting M,Jingping Z

更新日期：2017-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Efficiency and equity are both important policy objectives in resource allocation. The discipline of health economics has traditionally focused on maximising efficiency, however addressing inequities in health also requires consideration. Methods to incorporate equity within economic evaluation techniques ra...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Ong KS,Kelaher M,Anderson I,Carter R

更新日期：2009-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Equitable access to services that promote health and wellbeing is an important component of social justice. A community-engaged participatory qualitative study was conducted in Flint, Michigan, USA, to understand the needs of special populations (young women, perinatal women and new mothers, older women, wom...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Hailemariam M,Felton JW,Key K,Greer D,Jefferson BL,Muhammad J,Miller R,Richie F,Robinson D,Saddler S,Spencer B,Summers M,White JMC,Johnson JE

更新日期：2020-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The Brazilian Government created Participatory Health Councils (PHCs) to allow citizen participation in the public health policy process. PHCs are advisory bodies that operate at all levels of government and that bring together different societal groups to monitor Brazil's health system. Today they are pre...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Kohler JC,Martinez MG

更新日期：2015-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Opioid use is a severe problem in Iran. Despite methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) programs being one of the most important treatment strategies for reducing individual and public harms associated with opioid use, a large proportion of Iranian patients refuse to participate in such treatment programs. ME...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Khazaee-Pool M,Moeeni M,Ponnet K,Fallahi A,Jahangiri L,Pashaei T

更新日期：2018-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Around the world the life expectancy at birth has risen steadily over time. However, this increase in life years is not equally distributed among different social segments of the population. Studies have demonstrated that social groups living in deprived areas have a shorter life expectancy at birth in compa...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Belon AP,Barros MB

更新日期：2011-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although health equity issues at regional, national and international levels are receiving increasing attention, health equity issues at the local level have been virtually overlooked. Here, we describe here a comprehensive equity assessment carried out by the Hôpital Albert Schweitzer-Haiti (HAS) in 2003. H...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Perry HB,King-Schultz LW,Aftab AS,Bryant JH

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Health care financing reforms in both China and Vietnam have resulted in greater financial difficulties in accessing health care, especially for the rural poor. Both countries have been developing rural health insurance for decades. This study aims to evaluate and compare equity in access to health care in...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Liu X,Tang S,Yu B,Phuong NK,Yan F,Thien DD,Tolhurst R

更新日期：2012-02-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Healthy eating behaviour is an essential determinant of overall health. This behaviour is generally poor among people at risk of experiencing food insecurity, which may be caused by many factors including perceived higher costs of healthy foods, financial stress, inadequate nutritional knowledge, and inadequ...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： van der Velde LA,Schuilenburg LA,Thrivikraman JK,Numans ME,Kiefte-de Jong JC

更新日期：2019-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In 2007 Uruguay began a reform in the health sector towards the construction of a National Integrated Health System (SNIS), based on public insurance with private and public provision. The main objective of the reform was to universalize access to health services. METHODS:Data comes from the first National ...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： González C,Triunfo P

更新日期：2020-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Like most Central European countries Slovakia has experienced a period of socioeconomic changes and at the same time a decline in the mortality rate. Therefore, the aim is to study socioeconomic factors that changed over time and simultaneously contributed to regional differences in mortality. METHODS:The a...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Rosicova K,Bosakova L,Madarasova Geckova A,Rosic M,Andrejkovic M,Žežula I,Groothoff JW,van Dijk JP

更新日期：2016-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Inequity in use of physician services has been detected even within health care systems with universal coverage of the population through public insurance schemes. In this study we analyse and compare inequity in use of physician visits (GP and specialists) in Norway based on data from the Surveys of Living ...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Grasdal AL,Monstad K

更新日期：2011-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hearing loss is a prevalent but neglected disease, especially in low- or middle-income countries. The role of Community Health Workers (CHWs) to deliver primary ear and hearing care has been explored in several studies from a technical standpoint, but understanding perceptions, barriers, and enablers of such...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： O'Donovan J,Namanda AS,Hamala R,Winters N,Bhutta MF

更新日期：2020-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mobile Clinics represent an untapped resource for our healthcare system. The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated its limitations. Mobile health clinic programs in the US already play important, albeit under-appreciated roles in the healthcare system. They provide access to healthcare especially for displaced o...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Attipoe-Dorcoo S,Delgado R,Gupta A,Bennet J,Oriol NE,Jain SH

更新日期：2020-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dying at home is the most frequent preference of patients with advanced chronic conditions, their caregivers, and the general population. However, most deaths continue to occur in hospitals. The objective of this study was to analyse the socioeconomic inequalities in the place of death in urban areas of Medi...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Nolasco A,Fernández-Alcántara M,Pereyra-Zamora P,Cabañero-Martínez MJ,Copete JM,Oliva-Arocas A,Cabrero-García J

更新日期：2020-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although government has implemented medical-aid policy that provides assistance to the poor with almost free medical services, there are low-income people who do not receive necessary medical services in Korea. The aim of this study is to highlight the characteristics of Medical-Aid enrollees, the poor not e...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Choi JW,Park EC,Chun SY,Han KT,Han E,Kim TH

更新日期：2015-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the 2011 Rio Political Declaration on Social Determinants of Health, World Health Organization (WHO) Member States pledged action in five areas crucial for addressing health inequities. Their pledges referred to better governance for health and development, greater participation in policymaking and implem...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Working Group for Monitoring Action on the Social Determinants of Health.

更新日期：2018-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:It is well known that lower income is associated with poorer health, but poverty has several dimensions other than income. In the current study, we investigated the associations between multidimensional poverty and health variables. METHODS:Using micro data obtained from a nationwide population survey in ...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Oshio T,Kan M

更新日期：2014-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Social marginalization and criminalization create health and safety risks for sex workers and reduce their access to health promotion and prevention services compared to the general population. Community empowerment-based interventions that prioritize the engagement of sex workers show promising results. Pee...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Benoit C,Belle-Isle L,Smith M,Phillips R,Shumka L,Atchison C,Jansson M,Loppie C,Flagg J

更新日期：2017-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Financial stress is a barrier to successful smoking cessation and a key predictor of relapse. Little is known about the financial situation of low-income Australian daily smokers. This study aims to describe and investigate associations between the financial functioning, tobacco use and quitting behaviours o...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Martire KA,Clare P,Courtney RJ,Bonevski B,Boland V,Borland R,Doran CM,Farrell M,Hall W,Iredale JM,Siahpush M,Mattick RP

更新日期：2017-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:We simulate and analyze Total Health Expenditure (THE) in financial sources and other economic indicators (such as THE per capita, GDP, etc.) in a province of China from 2002 to 2012 on System Dynamics. METHODS:Based on actual data and certain mathematical methods, we use system dynamic software to constr...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Wang X,Sun Y,Mu X,Guan L,Li J

更新日期：2015-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hypertension has become a global health challenge given its high prevalence and but low awareness and detection. Whether the actual prevalence of hypertension has been estimated is important, especially for the poor. This study aimed to measure tested prevalence and self-reported prevalence of hypertension a...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Su M,Si Y,Zhou Z,Shen C,Dong W,Fan X,Wang X,Wei X

更新日期：2018-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this article is to describe an interventional project in a University Hospital. It explains the adjustments that were made to provide good care for patients with intellectual and developmental disabilities in an acute care setting in Western Switzerland. It is not the exposition of the results...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Lalive d'Epinay Raemy S,Paignon A

更新日期：2019-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Reproductive health services are crucial for maternal and child health, but universal health coverage is still not within reach in most societies. Ethiopia's goal of universal health coverage promises access to all necessary services for everyone while providing protection against financial risk. When moving towards u...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Onarheim KH,Taddesse M,Norheim OF,Abdullah M,Miljeteig I

更新日期：2015-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:An important health issue in urban areas is how changes arising from the regeneration of city-areas affect social determinants of health and equity. This paper examines the impacts attributable to a new fish market and to delays in the regeneration of a port area in a deteriorated region of the Bay of Pasaia...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Serrano E,Larrañaga I,Morteruel M,Baixas de Ros MD,Basterrechea M,Martinez D,Aldasoro E,Bacigalupe A

更新日期：2016-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Vietnam has succeeded in reducing maternal mortality in the last decades. Analysis of survey data however indicate that large inequities exist between different segments of the population. We have analyzed utilization of antenatal care and skilled birth attendance among Vietnamese women of reproductive age...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Goland E,Hoa DT,Målqvist M

更新日期：2012-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The allocation of health resources in primary health care institutions (PHCI) is crucial to health reform. China has recently implemented many reform measures emphasizing the provision of primary health care services, with equity as one of the major goals. The aim of this study was to analyze the quantity, q...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Wang S,Xu J,Jiang X,Li C,Li H,Song S,Huang E,Meng Q

更新日期：2018-12-04 00:00:00