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：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:The phenomenon of inequitable healthcare utilization in rural China interests policymakers and researchers; however, the inequity has not been actually measured to present the magnitude and trend using nationally representative data. METHODS:Based on the National Health Service Survey (NHSS) in 1993, 1998, ...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Zhou Z,Su Y,Gao J,Campbell B,Zhu Z,Xu L,Zhang Y

更新日期：2013-05-20 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:Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women experience higher rates of obesity, chronic disease, and are less active than non-Indigenous Australian women. Lifestyle programs designed to increase physical activity and encourage healthy eating are needed to ameliorate this disparity. The aim of this study was ...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Canuto KJ,Spagnoletti B,McDermott RA,Cargo M

更新日期：2013-01-24 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：INTRODUCTION:The global scale-up of antiretroviral therapy (ART) for HIV patients has led to concerns regarding inequities in utilization of ART services in resource-limited contexts. In this paper, we describe regional and sex differentials in the distribution of ART among adult HIV patients in Ghana. We highlight the...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Dako-Gyeke P,Snow R,Yawson AE

更新日期：2012-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bariatric surgery is the most effective current treatment for severe obesity. Capacity to perform surgery within Canada's public health system is limited and potential candidates face protracted wait times. A better understanding of the gaps between demand for surgery and the capacity to provide it is requir...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Padwal RS,Chang HJ,Klarenbach S,Sharma AM,Majumdar SR

更新日期：2012-09-18 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：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: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：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：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: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: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:Despite the considerable changes in the provision of health care to prisoners in the UK there is little published literature that attempts to examine broader aspects of health and the impact of imprisonment on these, focusing instead on disease specific areas. This is surprising given that one of the main dr...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Plugge E,Douglas N,Fitzpatrick R

更新日期：2011-05-25 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：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：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：: This review investigates the health of immigrants to Canada by critically examining differences in health status between immigrants and the native-born population and by tracing how the health of immigrants changes after settling in the country. Fifty-one published empirical studies met the inclusion criteria for thi...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： De Maio FG

更新日期：2010-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The 1986 Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion coincided with a preponderance of research, worldwide, on the social determinants of health and health inequities. Despite the establishment of a 'health inequities knowledge base', the precise roles for municipal governments in reducing health inequities at the l...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Collins PA,Hayes MV

更新日期：2010-05-25 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: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:An integrated and comprehensive hospital/community based health programme is presented, aimed at reducing maternal and child mortality and morbidity. It is run as part of a general programme of health care at a rural hospital situated in northern Tanzania. The purpose was through using research and statistic...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Evjen-Olsen B,Olsen OE,Kvåle G

更新日期：2009-07-30 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：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:'Caring for Country' is defined as Indigenous participation in interrelated activities with the objective of promoting ecological and human health. Ecological services on Indigenous-owned lands are belatedly attracting some institutional investment. However, the health outcomes associated with Indigenous par...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Burgess CP,Berry HL,Gunthorpe W,Bailie RS

更新日期：2008-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Prior to 2007, forced sex with male children in South Africa did not count as rape but as "indecent assault", a much less serious offence. This study sought to document prevalence of male sexual violence among school-going youth. DESIGN:A facilitated self-administered questionnaire in nine of the 11 official...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Andersson N,Ho-Foster A

更新日期：2008-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Large inequalities of mortality by most cancers in general, by mouth and pharynx cancer in particular, have been associated to behaviour and geopolitical factors. The assessment of socioeconomic covariates of cancer mortality may be relevant to a full comprehension of distal determinants of the disease, and ...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Antunes JL,Borrell C,Pérez G,Boing AF,Wünsch-Filho V

更新日期：2008-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：: Poverty is often identified as a major barrier to human development. It is also a powerful brake on accelerated progress toward the Millennium Development Goals. Poverty is also a major cause of maternal mortality, as it prevents many women from getting proper and adequate medical attention due to their inability to ...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Lanre-Abass BA

更新日期：2008-04-30 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：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：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：:BACKGROUND: Research on health equity which mainly utilises population-based surveys, may be hampered by serious selection bias due to a considerable number of invitees declining to participate. Sufficient information from all the non-responders is rarely available to quantify this bias. Predictors of attendance, magn...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Søgaard AJ,Selmer R,Bjertness E,Thelle D

更新日期：2004-05-06 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：: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：: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