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Scoping review of the World Health Organization’s underlying equity discourses: apparent ambiguities, inadequacy, and contradictions
Since the late 1970s, equity in the context of health has become a central objective for the World Health Organization, this study aimed to map scholarly literature that critically examines the WHO’s conceptualization and interpretation of “equity” in the context of health.
Inequities in health and health systems in Latin America and the Caribbean
We are excited to announce the launch of our new collection, showcasing research on inequities in health and health systems in Latin America and the Caribbean. Through it, we seek to contribute to the understanding and development of pro-equity policies that can strengthen national health systems and improve access to quality health services for the under-served on the road to achieving universal health coverage.
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Diverse community leaders’ perspectives about quality primary healthcare and healthcare measurement: Qualitative community-based participatory research
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The relative importance of households as a source of variation in child malnutrition: a multilevel analysis in India
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Assessing demographic access to hip replacement surgery in the United Kingdom: a systematic review
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Improving access to primary health care: a cross-case comparison based on an a priori program theory
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“A Somali girl is Muslim and does not have premarital sex. Is vaccination really necessary?” A qualitative study into the perceptions of Somali women in the Netherlands about the prevention of cervical cancer
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Access to primary health care services for Indigenous peoples: A framework synthesis
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Patient-centred access to health care: conceptualising access at the interface of health systems and populations
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The burden of non communicable diseases in developing countries
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Why cultural safety rather than cultural competency is required to achieve health equity: a literature review and recommended definition
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Reproductive health and the politics of abortion in Ethiopia, Zambia, and Tanzania
Organized by Astrid Blystad, Karen Marie Moland, Haldis Haukanes, and Getnet Tadele
Moving towards UHC: engaging non-state providers
Edited by Zubin Cyrus Shroff and Krishna Dipankar Rao
Showcasing social science approaches to health systems and policy research
Edited by Stephanie M. Topp, Kerry Scott, Karen Daniels, and Ana Lorena Ruano
Practicing governance towards equity in health systems: LMIC perspectives and experience
Edited by Lucy Gilson and Ana Lorena Ruano
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Aims and scope
At a time when health inequalities across the world are widespread and often increasing, International Journal for Equity in Health provides a highly visible forum where strong evidence relevant to the search for, and attainment of, equity in health can be found. Served by a globally recognized editorial board, the journal publishes research which improves the understanding of issues that influence the health of populations and shapes evidence-based decisions by health policy-makers.
International Journal for Equity in Health focuses on disseminating influential research which examines the political, policy-related, economic, social, and health systems- and services-related influences, particularly with regard to identifying and understanding the systematic differences in distributions of one or more aspects of health in population groups defined demographically, geographically, or socially.
Editors
Editors-in-Chief
Efrat Shadmi, University of Haifa, Israel
Leiyu Shi, Johns Hopkins University, USA
Managing Editor
Ana Lorena Ruano, Bergen University, Norway
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Speed
71 days to first decision for reviewed manuscripts only
30 days to first decision for all manuscripts
138 days from submission to acceptance
29 days from acceptance to publication
Citation Impact
3.192 - 2-year Impact Factor
3.805 - 5-year Impact Factor
1.702 - Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP)
1.367 - SCImago Journal Rank (SJR)
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