Differential achievements in childhood immunization across geographical regions of Pakistan: analysis of wealth-related inequality.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Social isolation among older adults raises major issues for equity in healthcare in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. MAIN TEXT:This commentary describes current challenges in preventing social isolation among older adults and proposes pathways to develop inclusive approaches to intervention in this vul...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Dassieu L,Sourial N

更新日期：2021-01-08 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:Although cervical cancer is a leading cause of cancer related morbidity and mortality among women in Ethiopia, there is lack of information regarding the perception of the community about the disease. METHODS:Focus group discussions were conducted with men, women, and community leaders in the rural settings...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Birhanu Z,Abdissa A,Belachew T,Deribew A,Segni H,Tsu V,Mulholland K,Russell FM

更新日期：2012-12-29 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：:Connecting knowledge with action (KWA) for health equity involves interventions that can redistribute power and resources at local, national, and global levels. Although there is ample and compelling evidence on the nature, distribution, and impact of health inequities, advancing health equity is inhibited by policy a...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Plamondon KM,Caxaj CS,Graham ID,Bottorff JL

更新日期：2019-12-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The unifying theme of the papers in this series is a concern for understanding the everyday practice of governance in low- and middle-income country (LMIC) health systems. Rather than seeing governance as a normative health system goal addressed through the architecture and design of accountability and regulatory fram...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Gilson L,Lehmann U,Schneider H

更新日期：2017-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Health equity is a priority in the global sustainable development agenda. Available health equity indicators often focus on health outcomes, access to healthcare, risk factors and determinants such as income, education, and gender. Less attention has been given to other social determinants, including those r...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Durham J,Fa'avale N,Fa'avale A,Ziesman C,Malama E,Tafa S,Taito T,Etuale J,Yaranamua M,Utai U,Schubert L

更新日期：2019-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mexico has undertaken important efforts to decrease maternal mortality. Health authorities have introduced intercultural innovations to address barriersfaced by indigenous women accessing professional maternal and delivery services. This study examines, from the perspective of indigenous women, the barriers ...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Ibáñez-Cuevas M,Heredia-Pi IB,Meneses-Navarro S,Pelcastre-Villafuerte B,González-Block MA

更新日期：2015-12-23 00:00:00

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:Through a number of healthcare reforms, Kenya has demonstrated its intention to extend financial risk protection and service coverage for poor and vulnerable groups. These reforms include the provision of free maternity services, user-fee removal in public primary health facilities and a health insurance sub...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Kabia E,Mbau R,Oyando R,Oduor C,Bigogo G,Khagayi S,Barasa E

更新日期：2019-06-24 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: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：OBJECTIVE:To report the extent of self-reported chronic diseases, self-rated health status (SRH) and healthcare utilization among residents in 1-2 room Housing Development Board (HDB) apartments in Toa Payoh. MATERIALS & METHODS:The study population included a convenience sample of residents from 931 housing developme...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： George PP,Heng BH,De Castro Molina JA,Wong LY,Wei Lin NC,Cheah JT

更新日期：2012-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the association between multimorbidity and Preference_Weighted Health Related Quality of Life (PW_HRQoL), a score that combines physical and mental functioning, and how this varies by socioeconomic deprivation and age. DESIGN:The Scottish Health Survey (SHeS) is a cross-sectional representativ...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Lawson KD,Mercer SW,Wyke S,Grieve E,Guthrie B,Watt GC,Fenwick EA

更新日期：2013-08-20 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: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:Current evidence highlights that language discordant clinical encounters seriously compromise patient quality of care and health outcomes. We aimed to characterise patterns of interpreter service use in medical inpatient wards use and explore clinician experience of language discordance. METHODS:Participant...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： White J,Plompen T,Osadnik C,Tao L,Micallef E,Haines T

更新日期：2018-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Overcoming continuing polarization regarding judicial enforcement of health rights in Latin America requires clarifying divergent normative and political premises, addressing the lack of reliable empirical data, and establishing the conditions for fruitful inter-sectoral, inter-disciplinary dialogue. ...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Yamin AE,Pichon-Riviere A,Bergallo P

更新日期：2019-07-04 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:Despite free healthcare to pregnant women and children under the age of six, access to healthcare has failed to secure better child health outcomes amongst all children of the country. There is growing evidence of socioeconomic gradient on child health outcomes METHODS:The objectives of this study were to m...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Nkonki LL,Chopra M,Doherty TM,Jackson D,Robberstad B

更新日期：2011-04-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The purposes of this bibliography are to present an overview of the published literature on equity in health and to summarize key articles relevant to the mission of the International Society for Equity in Health (ISEqH). The intent is to show the directions being taken in health equity research including theories, me...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Macinko JA,Starfield B

更新日期：2002-04-22 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:At the beginning of 2007, health care reforms were implemented in Hungary in order to decrease public expenditure on health care. Reforms involved the increase of co-payments for pharmaceuticals and the introduction of co-payments for health care services. OBJECTIVE:The objective of this paper is to examine...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Baji P,Pavlova M,Gulácsi L,Groot W

更新日期：2012-07-24 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：UNLABELLED:BSTRACT: INTRODUCTION:Mexican-origin women in the U.S. living in colonias (new-destination Mexican-immigrant communities) along the Texas-Mexico border suffer from a high incidence of food insecurity and diet-related chronic disease. Understanding environmental factors that influence food-related behaviors ...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Dean WR,Sharkey JR,Johnson CM,St John J

更新日期：2012-05-15 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：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:In 2003, Médecins Sans Frontières, the provincial government, and the provincial health authority began a community project to guarantee financial access to primary health care in Karuzi province, Burundi. The project used a community-based assessment to provide exemption cards for indigent households and a ...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Lambert-Evans S,Ponsar F,Reid T,Bachy C,Van Herp M,Philips M

更新日期：2009-10-24 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: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