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  1. Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), in combination with adverse community environments, can result in traumatic stress reactions, increasing a person’s risk for chronic physical and mental health conditions....

    Authors: Yvonne Tan, Danielle Pinder, Imaan Bayoumi, Rifaa Carter, Michele Cole, Logan Jackson, Autumn Watson, Bruce Knox, Sophy Chan-Nguyen, Meghan Ford, Colleen M. Davison, Susan A. Bartels and Eva Purkey
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2024 23:62
  2. In May 2012, the 65th World Health Assembly (WHA) approved six global nutrition targets by 2025 aimed to reduce stunting in children under five by 40%, maintain childhood wasting below 5%, halt obesity, cut an...

    Authors: Mónica Ancira-Moreno and Sonia Hernández-Cordero
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2024 23:60
  3. Partnerships between Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in the global north and south have commonly been used as a vehicle to drive global health research and initiatives. Among these initiatives, include he...

    Authors: Silondile Luthuli, Marguerite Daniel and J. Hope Corbin
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2024 23:59
  4. The Government of North Macedonia’s Primary Health Care reform is committed to leaving no one behind on the path to Universal health Coverage (UHC). During mid-2022 to March 2023, the World Health Organization...

    Authors: Theadora Swift Koller, Jelena Kjetkovikj Janeva, Elena Ognenovska, Ana Vasilevska, Simona Atanasova, Chris Brown, Antoni Dedeu and Anne Johansen
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2024 23:58
  5. The COVID-19 pandemic has had, and still has, a profound impact on national health systems, altering trajectories of care and exacerbating existing inequalities in health. Postponement of surgeries and cancell...

    Authors: Chiara Di Girolamo, Roberta Onorati, Tania Landriscina, Roberto Gnavi, Giulia Cesaroni, Enrico Calandrini, Lucia Bisceglia, Caterina Fanizza and Teresa Spadea
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2024 23:57
  6. Since its emergence, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has caused severe health, social and economic challenges. Mental healthcare has been significantly affected globally, and even ...

    Authors: Michael Zobi, Seth Kofi Abrokwa, Eugene Dordoye and Angel Phuti
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2024 23:56
  7. The construction of the ordered health delivery system in China aims to enhance equity and optimize the efficient use of medical resources by rationally allocating patients to different levels of medical insti...

    Authors: Huanyu Shi, Zhichao Cheng, Zhichao Liu, Yang Zhang and Peng Zhang
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2024 23:55
  8. The situation in Sudan have deteriorated since the ongoing war outbreak in April 2023. This article sheds light on the pharmacological status in Sudan in terms of shortage of supply, rising demands, and regula...

    Authors: Lina Hemmeda, Angad Tiwari, Barakat Olajumoke Kolawole, Fathima Shehnaz Ayoobkhan, Kainat Fatima, Moshi Moshi Shabani, Mrinmoy Kundu, NagaSpurthy Reddy Anugu, Riya Mary Richard, Danya Ibrahim and Khabab Abbasher Hussien Mohamed Ahmed
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2024 23:54
  9. China is exploring payment reform methods for patients to address the escalating issue of increasing medical costs. While most district hospitals were still in the stage of Single Disease Payment (SDP) due to ...

    Authors: Liangwen Zhang, Wanqiu Sha, Qiyu Lin and Ya Fang
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2024 23:53
  10. In the Irbid Governorate, Jordan, equitable healthcare facility distribution is vital to ensuring healthcare accessibility and improving public health outcomes. This study investigated the spatial distribution...

    Authors: Bushra Obeidat and Sally Alourd
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2024 23:52
  11. Catastrophic health expenditure (CHE) has a considerable impact on older people in later life, but little is known about the relationship between catastrophic health expenditure and health-related quality of l...

    Authors: Jiayan Li, Tingting Gao, Dan Zhao, Shujun Chai, Jingjing Luo, Xuehong Wang, Xueqing Wang, Jingjie Sun, Peilong Li and Chengchao Zhou
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2024 23:51
  12. Equity is at the core and a fundamental principle of achieving the family planning (FP) 2030 Agenda. However, the conceptualization, definition, and measurement of equity remain inconsistent and unclear in man...

    Authors: Noel Namuhani, Rhoda K. Wanyenze, Suzanne N. Kiwanuka, Joseph K. B. Matovu and Fredrick E. Makumbi
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2024 23:50
  13. Improving the accessibility of public services for migrants is an important endeavor to promote equity in economic and social development. As a response to the large-scale movement of migrants and the fragment...

    Authors: Mei Zhou, Longwei Zhang, Yunjia Liang and Yuxiao Chen
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2024 23:49
  14. Life-long health inequalities exert enduring impacts and are governed by social determinants crucial for achieving healthy aging. A fundamental aspect of healthy aging, intrinsic capacity, is the primary focus...

    Authors: Aaron Salinas-Rodríguez, Julián Alfredo Fernández-Niño, Ana Rivera-Almaraz and Betty Manrique-Espinoza
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2024 23:48
  15. Authors: Caroline A. Figueroa, Erin Manalo-Pedro, Swetha Pola, Sajia Darwish, Pratik Sachdeva, Christian Guerrero, Claudia von Vacano, Maithili Jha, Fernando De Maio and Chris J. Kennedy
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2024 23:47

    The original article was published in International Journal for Equity in Health 2023 22:265

  16. Every human being has the right to affordable, high-quality health services. However, mothers and children in wealthier households worldwide have better access to healthcare and lower mortality rates than thos...

    Authors: Joana Morrison and Sk Md Mamunur Rahman Malik
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2024 23:46
  17. In 2021, Scotland became the first UK country to launch a Women’s Health Plan. This policy signals increasing commitment to broader ambitions surrounding gender equality in health. Research shows a connection ...

    Authors: Laura Tinner and Ana Alonso Curbelo
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2024 23:45
  18. As patient-reported outcomes (PROs) gain prominence in hip and knee arthroplasty (HA and KA), studies indicate PRO variations between genders. Research on the specific health domains particularly impacted is l...

    Authors: Viktoria Steinbeck, Anja Yvonne Bischof, Lukas Schöner, Benedikt Langenberger, David Kuklinski, Alexander Geissler, Christoph Pross and Reinhard Busse
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2024 23:44
  19. Rural‒urban disparity in catastrophic healthcare expenditure (CHE) is a well-documented challenge in low- and middle-income countries, including Bangladesh, limiting financial protection and hindering the achi...

    Authors: Taslima Rahman, Dominic Gasbarro, Khorshed Alam and Khurshid Alam
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2024 23:43
  20. For more than a century, Māori have experienced poorer health than non-Māori. In 2019 an independent Tribunal found the Government had breached Te Tiriti o Waitangi by “failing to design and administer the cur...

    Authors: Nicolette Sheridan, Rawiri McKree Jansen, Matire Harwood, Tom Love and Timothy Kenealy
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2024 23:42
  21. For the fields of implementation science and health equity, understanding and being responsive to local contexts is of utmost importance to better inform the development, implementation, and evaluation of heal...

    Authors: Monica Pérez Jolles, Meredith P. Fort and Russell E. Glasgow
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2024 23:41
  22. Patient satisfaction is an important outcome domain of patient-centered care. Medical humanization follows the patient-centered principle and provides a more holistic view to treat patients. The COVID-19 pande...

    Authors: Xiaoou Bu, Yao Wang, Yawen Du, Chuanglu Mu, Wenjun Zhang and Pei Wang
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2024 23:40
  23. A high burden of physical, mental, and occupational health problems among migrant workers has been well-documented, but data on undocumented migrant workers are limited and their well-being has rarely been com...

    Authors: Sun Yeop Lee, Woong-Han Kim and Jongho Heo
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2024 23:38
  24. Besides macrolevel characteristics of a health care system, mesolevel access characteristics can exert influence on socioeconomic inequalities in healthcare use. These reflect access to healthcare, which is sh...

    Authors: Philip Bammert, Wiebke Schüttig, Anna Novelli, Iryna Iashchenko, Jacob Spallek, Miriam Blume, Katharina Diehl, Irene Moor, Nico Dragano and Leonie Sundmacher
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2024 23:37
  25. The prevalence of teenage pregnancy in Colombia is higher than the worldwide average. The identification of socio-geographical disparities might help to prioritize public health interventions.

    Authors: Hedda Mattsson, Johanna Gustafsson, Sergio Prada, Laura Jaramillo-Otoya, George Leckie, Juan Merlo and Merida Rodriguez-Lopez
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2024 23:36
  26. Maternal and child malnutrition represents a public health problem in Mexico Primary care (PC) is responsible for introducing women and children under five to the health system, detecting diseases on time, and...

    Authors: Omar Acosta Ruiz, Monica Ancira-Moreno, Isabel Omaña-Guzmán, Sonia Hernández Cordero, Arturo Cuauhtémoc Bautista Morales, Cecilia Pérez Navarro, Soraya Burrola Méndez, Eric Monterrubio Flores, Alejandra Trejo, Martha Kaufer-Horwitz, Ariana Cajero, Belén Sánchez, Constanza Bernat, Elder Salgado-Amador, Elizabeth Hoyos-Loya, Mónica Mazariegos…
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2024 23:35
  27. Sepsis is a serious and life-threatening condition caused by a dysregulated immune response to an infection. Recent guidance issued in the UK gave recommendations around recognition and antibiotic treatment of...

    Authors: Siân Bladon, Diane Ashiru-Oredope, Neil Cunningham, Alexander Pate, Glen P Martin, Xiaomin Zhong, Ellie L Gilham, Colin S Brown, Mariyam Mirfenderesky, Victoria Palin and Tjeerd P van Staa
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2024 23:34
  28. This study analyses the survival of hospitalized patients with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) due to COVID-19 and identifies the risk groups for death due to COVID-19 from the identification of poten...

    Authors: Carlos Martins Neto, Maria dos Remédios Freitas Carvalho Branco, Alcione Miranda dos Santos and Bruno Luciano Carneiro Alves de Oliveira
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2024 23:33
  29. In the Americas, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has promoted initiatives that aim at the elimination of mother-to-child transmitted diseases for over two decades. Although Guatemala has assumed th...

    Authors: Margarita Rivera Arrivillaga, Marina Gold, Elizabeth Pellecer Rivera and Jose Guillermo Juárez
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2024 23:32
  30. Migrant seasonal agricultural workers face conditions of material vulnerability such as inadequate housing difficulties prevent access to running water supplies. The purpose of this study is to explore the per...

    Authors: Luis Alejandro Rodríguez-Guerrero, Iratxe Pérez-Urdiales, Astrid Escrig-Piñol, María del Mar Jiménez-Lasserrotte, María del Mar Pastor-Bravo, José Tomás Mateos and Erica Briones-Vozmediano
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2024 23:31
  31. Significant race and sex disparities exist in the prevalence, diagnosis, and outcomes of peripheral artery disease (PAD). However, clinical trials evaluating treatments for PAD often lack representative patien...

    Authors: Chandler Long, Abimbola O. Williams, Alysha M. McGovern, Caroline M. Jacobsen, Liesl M. Hargens, Sue Duval and Michael R. Jaff
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2024 23:29
  32. Despite considerable investment in maternal-child programs in Canada, there has been little positive impact on the health of Indigenous mothers and their children. The reasons for this are unclear and there is...

    Authors: Charlene Thompson, Tara Million, Devan Tchir, Angela Bowen and Michael Szafron
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2024 23:28
  33. This paper discusses the stages of health system resilience (HSR) and the factors underlying differences in HSR during the covid-19 pandemic, especially the vaccination challenge. We studied the relationship b...

    Authors: Estefania Hernandez-Pineda, Ciro-Alberto Amaya, Catalina González-Uribe, Andrea Herrera and Nubia Velasco
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2024 23:27
  34. Patient-reported experience measures (PREMs) are used to drive and evaluate unit and organisational-level healthcare improvement, but also at a population level, these measures can be key indicators of healthc...

    Authors: Reema Harrison, Maha Pervaz Iqbal, Upma Chitkara, Corey Adams, Ashfaq Chauhan, Rebecca Mitchell, Elizabeth Manias, Megan Alston and Anne Marie Hadley
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2024 23:26
  35. A more equal allocation of healthcare funds for patients who must pay high costs of care ensures the welfare of society. This study aimed to estimate the optimal co-insurance for outpatient drug costs for heal...

    Authors: Shekoofeh Sadat Momahhed, Sara Emamgholipour Sefiddashti, Behrouz Minaei and Maryam Arab
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2024 23:25
  36. Authors: Capucine Barcellona, Yzabel Bryanna Mariñas, Si Ying Tan, Gabriel Lee, Khin Chaw Ko, Savina Chham, Chhea Chhorvann, Borwornsom Leerapan, Nam Pham Tien and Jeremy Lim
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2024 23:24

    The original article was published in International Journal for Equity in Health 2023 22:251

  37. Together with rapid urbanization, ambient nitrogen dioxide (NO2) exposure has become a growing health threat. However, little is known about the urban–rural disparities in the health implications of short-term NO

    Authors: Yike Zhang, Mengxiao Hu, Bowen Xiang, Haiyang Yu and Qing Wang
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2024 23:22
  38. In Brazil, a country of continental dimensions, the health needs of each region have an impact. In this context and the name of the principle of equity, the SUS organizes actions especially aimed at social gro...

    Authors: Luiz Oscar Machado Martins, Marcio Fernandes dos Reis, Alfredo Chaoubah and Guilhermina Rego
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2024 23:21
  39. The COVID-19 pandemic is impacting individuals and society's physical and mental health. Despite the lack of any definite and effective therapeutic regimen, public health measures such as quarantine and isolat...

    Authors: Jaime Kristoffer Punzalan, Monserrat Guingona, Elgie Gregorio, Jhufel Ferraren, Mark Anthony Sta. Elena, Marvin Valaquio, Floro Dave Arnuco, Mary Germeyn Punzalan, Rosemarie Arciaga, Torres Woolley, Afdal Kunting, Dulce Amor Miravite and Fortunato Cristobal
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2024 23:20
  40. Mental health services are scarce in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), and designing and implementing effective interventions can be difficult. The aim of this international study was to explore the ke...

    Authors: Clarissa Giebel, Mark Gabbay, Nipun Shrestha, Gabriel Saldarriaga, Siobhan Reilly, Ross White, Ginger Liu, Dawn Allen and Maria Isabel Zuluaga
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2024 23:19
  41. The prevalence of intestinal parasites is known to be high among Amerindian populations; further, there are serious problems in the healthcare of these populations in Brazil. The Maxakali, located in the north...

    Authors: Maria Beatriz Pena e Silva Leite Nacife, Liliane Maria Vidal Siqueira, Keila Furbino Barbosa, Valeska Natiely Vianna, Cássio Zumerle Masioli, Jaime Costa da Silva, Fábio Zicker, Paulo Marcos Zech Coelho, Naftale Katz and George Luiz Lins Machado-Coelho
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2024 23:18
  42. The aim of this study was to examine the Coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19) vaccine policies disparities and effectiveness in Germany, Denmark and Bulgaria, with a view to providing lessons for global vaccinat...

    Authors: Wanzhen Xie, Leiyu Shi, Meiheng Liu, Junyan Yang, Mengyuan Ma and Gang Sun
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2024 23:16
  43. Health intervention implementation in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ), as in many countries globally, usually varies by ethnicity. Māori (the Indigenous peoples of Aotearoa) and Pacific peoples are less likely to re...

    Authors: Papillon Gustafson, Michelle Lambert, Karen Bartholomew, Mihi Ratima, Yasmin Abdul Aziz, Lisa Kremer, Adam Fusheini, Peter Carswell, Rachel Brown, Patricia Priest and Sue Crengle
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2024 23:15
  44. The pandemic has put at risk the social and emotional development of children on account of the paucity of arenas for social interaction. This study from Kerala, India was conducted to assess the resilience fa...

    Authors: Jose Vincent, Resmi Madhusoodanan Santhakumari, Anjana Nalinakumari Kesavan Nair, Anisha Sharahudeen, Asvini K.P, Meenu Maheswari Suresh, Mathew J. Valamparampil, Gayathri A.V, Chintha Sujatha and Anish Thekkumkara Surendran
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2024 23:14
  45. Urinary tract cancers including bladder, kidney, ureter, and pelvis are a common malignancy worldwide with high mortality ratio. Aimed to investigate the prevalence of these cancers, we conducted this study.

    Authors: Amir-Hossein Mousavian, Gita Shafiee, Ali Sheidaei, Narges Zargar Balajam, Mehdi Ebrahimi, Fatemeh Khatami, Kimiya Gohari, Alisam Aryan, Ali Ghanbari-Motlagh, Afshin Ostovar, Seyed Mohammad Kazem Aghamir and Ramin Heshmat
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2024 23:13

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