Unique challenges for health equity in Latin America: situating the roles of priority-setting and judicial enforcement.

abstract：BACKGROUND:We aimed to determine the extent to which three core variables (school environment, peer group and family affluence) were associated with unhealthy behaviours and health outcomes among Tuscan adolescents. The unhealthy behaviours considered were smoking, alcohol consumption, sedentary lifestyle and irregular...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Lazzeri G,Azzolini E,Pammolli A,Simi R,Meoni V,Giacchi MV

更新日期：2014-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic diseases are more prevalent and occur at a much younger age in Aboriginal people in Australia compared with non-Aboriginal people. Aboriginal people also have higher rates of unplanned hospital readmissions and emergency department presentations. There is a paucity of research on the effectiveness of...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Jayakody A,Passmore E,Oldmeadow C,Bryant J,Carey M,Simons E,Cashmore A,Maher L,Hennessey K,Bunfield J,Terare M,Milat A,Sanson-Fisher R

更新日期：2018-05-18 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：INTRODUCTION:Major efforts have been made to improve the health care system in Hunan province, China. The aims of this study were to assess whether and to what extent these efforts have impacted on gender and regional disparities of Tuberculosis (TB) incidence in recent years, especially for less developed areas. METH...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Chen M,Kwaku AB,Chen Y,Huang X,Tan H,Wen SW

更新日期：2014-04-27 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：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:In 2002 Afghanistan's Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) and its development partners initiated a new paradigm for the health sector by electing to Contract-Out (CO) the Basic Package of Health Services (BPHS) to non-state providers (NSPs). This model is generally regarded as successful, but literature is scar...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Salehi AS,Saljuqi ATK,Akseer N,Rao K,Coe K

更新日期：2018-10-05 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：INTRODUCTION:Conditional Cash Transfers (CCTs) have been largely used in the world during the past decades, since they are known for enhancing children's human development and promoting social inclusion for the most deprived groups. In other words, CCTs seek to create life chances for children to overcome poverty and e...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Cruz RCS,Moura LBA,Soares Neto JJ

更新日期：2017-08-31 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:The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between men who engage in carework and commitment to gender equity. The context of the study was that gender inequitable masculinities create vulnerability for men and women to HIV and other health concerns. Interventions are being developed to work w...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Morrell R,Jewkes R

更新日期：2011-05-09 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:The Kenya Partnership for Health (KPH) program began in 1999, and is currently one of the 12 field projects participating in the WHO's 'Towards Unity for Health initiative' implemented to develop partnership synergies in support of the Primary Health Care (PHC) approach 1. CONTENT:This paper illustrates how Pr...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Solomon NM

更新日期：2005-06-24 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: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: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：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

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The prevailing inequities in healthcare have been well addressed in previous research, especially screening program participation, but less attention has been paid to how to overcome these inequities. This paper explores a key factor of a successful improvement project: collaboration with local doulas to r...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Olsson E,Lau M,Lifvergren S,Chakhunashvili A

更新日期：2014-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Socio-economic inequalities in basic maternal health interventions exist in Egypt, yet little is known about health-seeking of poor households. This paper assesses levels of maternal health-seeking behaviours in women living in poor households in rural Upper Egypt, and compares these to national averages. ...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Benova L,Campbell OM,Sholkamy H,Ploubidis GB

更新日期：2014-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Regulation of the medical tourism and public health sectors overlap in many instances, raising questions of how patient safety, economic growth, and health equity can be protected. The case of Guatemala is used to explore how the regulatory challenges posed by medical tourism should be dealt with in countrie...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Labonté R,Crooks VA,Valdés AC,Runnels V,Snyder J

更新日期：2018-09-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite recent progress in improving access to maternal health services, the utilization of these services remains inequitable among women in developing countries, and rural women are particularly disadvantaged. This study sought to measure i) disparities in the rates of institutional births between rural an...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Amporfu E,Grépin KA

更新日期：2019-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Our research group advanced a health insurance theory to explain Canada's cancer care advantages over America. The late Barbara Starfield theorized that Canada's greater primary care-orientation also plays a critically protective role. We tested the resultant Starfield-Gorey theory by examining the effects o...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Gorey KM,Kanjeekal SM,Wright FC,Hamm C,Luginaah IN,Bartfay E,Zou G,Holowaty EJ,Richter NL

更新日期：2015-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Health inequalities disproportionally affect indigenous people in Guatemala. Previous studies have noted that the disadvantageous situation of indigenous people is the result of complex and structural elements such as social exclusion, racism and discrimination. These elements need to be addressed in order t...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Cerón A,Ruano AL,Sánchez S,Chew AS,Díaz D,Hernández A,Flores W

更新日期：2016-05-13 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:The inequitable allocation of health resources is a worldwide problem, and it is also one of the obstacles facing for health services utilization in China. A new round of health care reform which contains the important aspect of improving the equity in health resource allocation was released by Chinese gover...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Liu W,Liu Y,Twum P,Li S

更新日期：2016-04-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Studies from various countries have observed worse population health in geographical areas with more income inequality. The psychosocial interpretation of this association is that large income disparities are harmful to health because they generate relative deprivation and undermine social cohesion. An alter...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Elstad JI

更新日期：2011-02-03 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:While psychosocial theory claims that socioeconomic status (SES), acting through social comparisons, has an important influence on susceptibility to disease, materialistic theory says that socioeconomic position (SEP) and related access to material resources matter more. However, the relative role of SEP ver...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Axelsson Fisk S,Merlo J

更新日期：2017-05-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The promotion of patient safety and drug safety through promotion of pharmacist's drug safety practice was among the most important aims of China's health delivery system reform, but regional inequity in pharmacist's drug safety practice was still serious in China. METHODS:The 2011 national patient safety a...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Tang L

更新日期：2012-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：:BACKGROUND: The nurse-doctor relationship is historically one of female nurse deference to male physician authority. We investigated the effects of physicians' sex on female nurses' behaviour. METHODS: Nurses at an urban, university based hospital completed one of two forms of a vignette-based survey in January, 2000....

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Zelek B,Phillips SP

更新日期：2003-02-11 00:00:00

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