Assessing equity of healthcare utilization in rural China: results from nationally representative surveys from 1993 to 2008.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Over the last several decades, global efforts to end female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) have intensified through combined efforts of international and non-governmental organizations, governments, and religious and civil society groups. One question asked by donors, program implementers and observers a...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Kandala NB,Shell-Duncan B

更新日期：2019-01-30 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:Effectively addressing the social determinants of health and health equity are critical yet still-emerging areas of public health practice. This is significant for contemporary practice as the egregious impacts of health inequities on health outcomes continue to be revealed. More public health organizations ...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： McPherson C,Ndumbe-Eyoh S,Betker C,Oickle D,Peroff-Johnston N

更新日期：2016-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Improving maternal and child health remains a public health priority in Ghana. Despite efforts made towards universal coverage, there are still challenges with access to and utilization of maternal health care. This study examined socioeconomic inequalities in maternal health care utilization related to preg...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Novignon J,Ofori B,Tabiri KG,Pulok MH

更新日期：2019-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Aboriginal women are frequently called upon to support their families and other community members. At times, such supporting roles can be burdensome for these women. Many Aboriginal women live with chronic conditions. We explored the ways in which the women's caring roles impacted on how they maintained thei...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Eades A,Hackett ML,Liu H,Brown A,Coffin J,Cass A

更新日期：2020-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Latin America (LA) has experienced constant economic and political crises that coincide with periods of greater inequality. Between 1996 and 2007 Ecuador went through one of the greatest political and socio-economic crises in Latin America, a product of neo-liberal economic growth strategies. Between 2007 an...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Rios Quituizaca P,Gatica-Domínguez G,Nambiar D,Ferreira Santos JL,Brück S,Vidaletti Ruas L,Barros AJD

更新日期：2021-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Implementation of known effective interventions would necessitate the reduction of malaria burden by half by the year 2010. Identifying geographical disparities of coverage of these interventions at small area level is useful to inform where greatest scaling-up efforts should be concentrated. They also provi...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Kazembe LN,Appleton CC,Kleinschmidt I

更新日期：2007-07-04 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Despite the relentless efforts to reduce infant and child mortality with the introduction of the National Expanded Programmes on Immunization (EPI) in 1974, major disparities still exist in immunizations coverage across different population sub-groups. In Kenya, for instance, while the proportion of fully ...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Egondi T,Oyolola M,Mutua MK,Elung'ata P

更新日期：2015-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Following the introduction of user fees in Cambodia, Health Equity Funds (HEF) were developed to enable poor people access to public health services by paying public health providers on their behalf, including non-medical costs for hospitalised beneficiaries (HEFB). The national scheme covers 3.1 million pre...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Jacobs B,Bajracharya A,Saha J,Chhea C,Bellows B,Flessa S,Fernandes Antunes A

更新日期：2018-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:In the debate on 'Third options' for health care delivery in low- and middle-income countries it is proposed that self-help should play a larger role. Self-help is expected to contribute towards improving population health outcomes and reducing government health care expenditure. We review scope and limitations of sel...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Nayar K,Kyobutungi C,Razum O

更新日期：2004-04-15 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：BACKGROUND:Aggregate urban health statistics mask inequalities. We described maternity care in vulnerable slum communities in Mumbai, and examined differences in care and outcomes between more and less deprived groups. METHODS:We collected information through a birth surveillance system covering a population of over 2...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： More NS,Bapat U,Das S,Barnett S,Costello A,Fernandez A,Osrin D

更新日期：2009-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Monitoring inequalities in healthcare is increasingly being recognized as a key first step in providing equitable access to quality care. However, the detailed sociodemographic data that are necessary for monitoring are currently not routinely collected from patients in many jurisdictions. We undertook a mixed methods...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Kirst M,Shankardass K,Bomze S,Lofters A,Quiñonez C

更新日期：2013-08-30 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：BACKGROUND:The actual distribution of stroke and myocardial infarction (MI) associated with social economic status (SES) among the Chinese population is unclear. We aim to understand the development of disparity in stroke and myocardial infarction (MI) across different income groups in Chinese population. METHODS:Data...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Yao Y,Liu G,Wang L,Zhao H,Zhao Z,Zhang M,Wang M,Wang L

更新日期：2019-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Effective implementation can maximise the beneficial impacts of health services. It is therefore important to review implementation in the context of Indigenous populations, who suffer some of the greatest disadvantage within developed countries. This paper analyses Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (her...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： McCalman J,Bainbridge R,Percival N,Tsey K

更新日期：2016-03-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The theory of fundamental causes explains why health disparities persist over time, even as risk factors, mechanisms, and diseases change. Using an intersectional framework, we evaluated multifactorial discrimination as a fundamental cause of mental health disparities. METHODS:Using baseline data from the P...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Khan M,Ilcisin M,Saxton K

更新日期：2017-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Everyone has the right to achieve the standard of health and well-being. Migrants are considered as vulnerable populations due to the lack of access to health services and financial protection in health. Several interventions have been developed to improve migrant population health, but little is known about...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Yadee J,Bangpan M,Thavorn K,Welch V,Tugwell P,Chaiyakunapruk N

更新日期：2019-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Many countries from the European region, which moved from a government financed and provided health system to social health insurance, would have had the risk of moving away from universal health coverage if they had followed a "traditional" approach. The Eastern European high-income countries studied in t...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Vilcu I,Mathauer I

更新日期：2016-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Older adults are more prone to various diseases. Health insurance becomes effective mechanism to relieve financial burden when the insured is sick. In China, most older adults live in the countryside, and New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme is a kind of health insurance system in rural areas. The relationsh...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Zhai S,Yuan S,Dong Q

更新日期：2021-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Disparities in prostate cancer (PCa) outcomes and their links to socioeconomic status (SES) have been intensively studied. A relatively low incidence rate and a high proportion of late-stage diagnosis have been documented in studies of Asian populations. For the past 20 years, the trend in the growth of PCa ...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Wu CC,Lin CH,Chiang HS,Tang MJ

更新日期：2018-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Breast cancer stands as the leading cause of cancer related mortality in women worldwide. Mammography screening has the potential to improve prognosis by reducing stage at diagnosis. Socioeconomic inequalities in mammography cancer screening have been widely reported. The influence of organised programs on s...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Relecom A,Arzel B,Perneger T

更新日期：2018-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The importance of culture for food consumption is widely acknowledged, as well as the fact that culture-based resources ("cultural capital") differ between educational groups. Since current explanations for educational inequalities in healthy and unhealthy food consumption (e.g. economic capital, social capi...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Kamphuis CBM,Oude Groeniger J,van Lenthe FJ

更新日期：2018-11-15 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：BACKGROUND:Residential segregation can foster health inequality mechanisms by increasing stress related to neighborhood violence and disorder. AIMS:We studied the association between neighborhood violence and disorder and inequalities in anxiety between two groups of perinatal Israeli women (Jewish, Palestinian-Arab) ...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Daoud N,Alfayumi-Zeadna S,Tur-Sinai A,Geraisy N,Talmud I

更新日期：2020-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A growing body of literature has demonstrated that higher social capital is associated with improved health conditions. However, some research indicated that the association between social capital and health was substantially attenuated after adjustment for material deprivation. Studies exploring the associa...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Sun X,Rehnberg C,Meng Q

更新日期：2009-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Family planning and maternal care services have become increasingly available in West Africa but the level of non-use remains high. This unfavorable outcome may be partly due to the unaffordability of reproductive health care services. METHODS:Using the Demographic Health Survey data from Burkina Faso, Nige...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Ogundele OJ,Pavlova M,Groot W

更新日期：2020-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Comparing the distribution of all cause or cause-specific child mortality in countries by income and its progress over time has not been rigorously monitored, and hence remains unknown. We therefore aimed to analyze child mortality disparities between countries with respect to income level and progression fo...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Cha S,Jin Y

更新日期：2019-12-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Evidence from low and middle income countries (LMICs) suggests that maternal mortality is more prevalent among the poor whereas access to maternal health services is concentrated among the rich. In Bangladesh substantial inequities exist both in the use of facility-based basic obstetric care and for home bir...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Quayyum Z,Khan MN,Quayyum T,Nasreen HE,Chowdhury M,Ensor T

更新日期：2013-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The strategy of health policy has been changed for improving the performances to meeting the increasing healthcare demands. However, limited evidences were found to prove that the bundled payment was valid for service delivering in public sector. This study was designed to evaluate the effectiveness of a bun...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Wu J,Li X,Song Y,Shao H,Shi Q,Qin D,Xie S,Shi L

更新日期：2016-03-10 00:00:00