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Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:100
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Exploring views on medical care for people with intellectual disabilities: an international concept mapping study
Medical care for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) is organized differently across the globe and interpretation of the concept of medical care for people with IDD may vary across co...
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:99 -
Migrant agricultural workers’ deaths in Ontario from January 2020 to June 2021: a qualitative descriptive study
Nine migrant agricultural workers died in Ontario, Canada, between January 2020 and June 2021.
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:98 -
Advancing behavioral interventions for African American/Black and Latino persons living with HIV using a new conceptual model that integrates critical race theory, harm reduction, and self-determination theory: a qualitative exploratory study
Rates of participation in HIV care, medication uptake, and viral suppression are improving among persons living with HIV (PLWH) in the United States. Yet, disparities among African American/Black and Latino PL...
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:97 -
Mortality and life expectancy trends in Spain by pension income level for male pensioners in the general regime retiring at the statutory age, 2005–2018
Research has generally found a significant inverse relationship in mortality risk across socioeconomic (SE) groups. This paper focuses on Spain, a country for which there continues to be very little evidence a...
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:96 -
Correction: Does social capital buffer or exacerbate mental health inequality? Evidence from the China Family Panel Study (CFPS)
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:95 -
Does the socioeconomic status predict health service utilization in persons with enhanced health care needs? Results from a population-based survey in persons with spinal cord lesions from Switzerland
Evidence suggests that the socioeconomic status (SES) affects individuals’ health service utilization. Spinal cord injury is a condition that often leads to physical impairments and enhanced health care needs....
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:94 -
Managing the medical resources of a national insurance program: lessons based on China’s NCMS
The security of medical insurance fund is very important to health equity. In China, the expenditure of medical insurance fund has increased sharply year after year, and the balance of local medical insurance ...
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:93 -
Correction: Vaccine equity in low and middle income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:92 -
The potential impact of allied health professional telehealth consultations on health inequities and the burden of treatment
The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a rapid shift to remote consultations. The study aimed to explore the prevalence of telehealth consultations amongst allied health professional (AHP) services in the UK Nation...
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:91 -
Socioeconomic disparities in healthcare utilization under universal health coverage: evidence from Dubai household health survey
In 2013, Dubai implemented the Insurance System of Advancing Health in Dubai (ISAHD) law which required mandatory health insurance for all residents of Dubai effective in 2016. This study compares the effect o...
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:90 -
Neutrality, conflict, and structural determinants of health in a Jerusalem emergency department
Medical neutrality is a normative arrangement that differentiates a zone of medical treatment disconnected from the field of politics. While medical neutrality aims to ensure impartial healthcare for all and t...
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:89 -
Adapting a South African social innovation for maternal peer support to migrant communities in Sweden: a qualitative study
Social and health disparities persist in Sweden despite a high quality and universally accessible welfare system. One way of bridging social gaps is through social innovations targeting the most vulnerable gro...
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:88 -
How does informal employment affect health and health equity? Emerging gaps in research from a scoping review and modified e-Delphi survey
This article reports on the results from a scoping review and a modified e-Delphi survey with experts which aimed to synthesize existing knowledge and identify research gaps on the health and health equity imp...
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:87 -
Identifying patterns of clinical conditions among high-cost older adult health care users using claims data: a latent class approach
To identify patterns of clinical conditions among high-cost older adults health care users and explore the associations between characteristics of high-cost older adults and patterns of clinical conditions.
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:86 -
Barriers to COVID-19 vaccination among older adults in Mexico City
Vaccines are effective to reduce COVID-19 related outcomes, but universal vaccination campaigns can reveal within-country access inequities. Mexico City has had high rates of COVID-19 related morbidity and mor...
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:85 -
Correction: Advancing urban health equity in the United States in an age of health care gentrification: a framework and research agenda
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:84 -
The Every Woman Every Child initiative: supporting countries in Latin America and the Caribbean to reduce social inequalities in health
The Every Woman Every Child Latin America and the Caribbean (EWEC-LAC) initiative was established in 2017 as a regional inter-agency mechanism. EWEC-LAC coordinates the regional implementation of the Global Strat...
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:83 -
Vaccine equity in low and middle income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Evidence to date has shown that inequality in health, and vaccination coverage in particular, can have ramifications to wider society. However, whilst individual studies have sought to characterise these heter...
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:82 -
The gap in life expectancy and lifespan inequality between Iran and neighbour countries: the contributions of avoidable causes of death
Healthcare system and intersectoral public health policies play a crucial role in improving population health and reducing health inequalities. This study aimed to quantify their impact, operationalized as avo...
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:81 -
Do changes in primary care service use over time differ by neighbourhood income? Population-based longitudinal study in British Columbia, Canada
Strong primary care systems have been associated with improved health equity. Primary care system reforms in Canada may have had equity implications, but these have not been evaluated. We sought to determine i...
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:80 -
Trajectories of socioeconomic inequality in early child development: a cohort analysis
Addressing socioeconomic inequalities in early child development (ECD) is key to reducing the intergenerational transmission of health inequalities. Yet, little is known about how socioeconomic inequalities in...
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:79 -
Correction: A policy analysis of policies and strategic plans on Maternal, Newborn and Child Health in Ethiopia
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:78 -
The unvirtuous cycle of discrimination affecting people with hepatitis B: a multi-country qualitative assessment of key-informant perspectives
An estimated 296 million individuals live with chronic hepatitis B worldwide, most have not been diagnosed and remain at risk of liver disease and cancer. People with hepatitis B often face discrimination that...
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:77 -
COVID-19 double jeopardy: the overwhelming impact of the social determinants of health
The COVID-19 pandemic has strained healthcare systems by creating a tragic imbalance between needs and resources. Governments and healthcare organizations have adapted to this pronounced scarcity by applying a...
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:76 -
Does social capital buffer or exacerbate mental health inequality? Evidence from the China Family Panel Study (CFPS)
Health inequality, including physical and mental health inequality, is an important issue. What role social capital plays in mental health inequality is still ambiguous, especially in developing countries. The...
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:75 -
Associations of the COVID-19 pandemic with social well-being indicators in Mexico
Public health measures for COVID-19 containment have implied economic and social life disruptions, which have been particularly deleterious in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) due to high rates of infor...
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:74 -
A policy analysis of policies and strategic plans on Maternal, Newborn and Child Health in Ethiopia
Significant progress has been made to advance Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (MNCH) in Ethiopia. Further, the country has enshrined equity as a core value in their strategic and development frameworks and ...
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:73 -
Qualitative modelling of social determinants of health using group model building: the case of debt, poverty, and health
Social determinants of health (SDoH) are known to have a large impact on health outcomes, but their effects are difficult to make visible. They are part of complex systems of variables largely indirect effects...
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:72 -
Rural-urban disparities in postpartum contraceptive use among women in Nigeria: a Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition analysis
Unintended pregnancies are a global public health concern that could be prevented with appropriate access to contraceptive methods. Evidence from research has indicated that avoidance of closely space birth/pr...
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:71 -
A kia ora, a wave and a smile: an urban marae-led response to COVID-19, a case study in manaakitanga
When COVID-19 emerged, there were well-founded fears that Māori (indigenous peoples of Aotearoa (New Zealand)) would be disproportionately affected, both in terms of morbidity and mortality from COVID-19 itsel...
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:70 -
Income inequality and self-rated health status in Colombia
The negative association between income inequality and health has been known in the literature as the Income Inequality Hypothesis (IIH). Despite the multiple studies examining the validity of this hypothesis,...
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:69 -
The political economy of priority-setting for health in South Sudan: a case study of the Health Pooled Fund
In fragile and conflict affected settings (FCAS) such as South Sudan, where health needs are immense, resources are scarce, health infrastructure is rudimentary or damaged, and government stewardship is weak, ...
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:68 -
COVID-19 as a social disease: qualitative analysis of COVID-19 prevention needs, impact of control measures and community responses among racialized/ethnic minorities in Antwerp, Belgium
In high income countries, racialized/ethnic minorities are disproportionally affected by COVID-19. Despite the established importance of community involvement in epidemic preparedness, we lack in-depth underst...
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:67 -
Advancing urban health equity in the United States in an age of health care gentrification: a framework and research agenda
Access to health care has traditionally been conceptualized as a function of patient socio-demographic characteristics (i.e., age, race/ethnicity, education, health insurance status, etc.) and/or the system it...
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:66 -
Correction: Building social accountability to improve reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health in Nigeria
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:65 -
Correction: Social and geographic inequalities in water, sanitation and hygiene access in 21 refugee camps and settlements in Bangladesh, Kenya, Uganda, South Sudan, and Zimbabwe
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:64 -
Interventions and policy approaches to promote equity in breastfeeding
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:63 -
The true costs of cesarean delivery for patients in rural Rwanda: Accounting for post-discharge expenses in estimated health expenditures
While it is recognized that there are costs associated with postoperative patient follow-up, risk assessments of catastrophic health expenditures (CHEs) due to surgery in sub-Saharan Africa rarely include expe...
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:62 -
Socioeconomic inequalities in stillbirth and neonatal mortality rates: evidence on Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups in eastern India
Tribal peoples are among the most marginalised groups worldwide. Evidence on birth outcomes in these groups is scant. We describe inequalities in Stillbirth Rate (SBR), Neonatal Mortality Rate (NMR), and uptak...
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:61 -
Combining photo-elicitation and discourse analysis to examine adolescents’ sexuality in rural Zambia
This article aimed to analyse constructions of adolescents’ sexualities and sexual health and the consequences of these discourses for adolescents’ exercise of their sexual reproductive health and rights (SRHR...
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:60 -
Exploring theoretical mechanisms of community-engaged research: a multilevel cross-sectional national study of structural and relational practices in community-academic partnerships
Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) is often used to address health inequities due to structural racism. However, much of the existing literature emphasizes relationships and synergy rather than stru...
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:59 -
A community-led mobile health clinic to improve structural and social determinants of health among (im)migrant workers
Community-led interventions that address structural and social determinants of health are lacking among (im)migrant workers, especially seafood workers. This lack of medical attention is especially alarming gi...
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:58 -
Strategies comparison in response to the two waves of COVID-19 in the United States and India
This study aimed to compare the prevention and control strategies adopted by the United States and India in the COVID-19 outbreak and analyze the effectiveness of their strategies, in order to provide empirica...
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:57 -
Exploring the potential for a new measure of socioeconomic deprivation status to monitor health inequality
Monitoring health inequalities is an important task for health research and policy, to uncover who is being left behind – and where – and to inform effective and equitable policies and programmes to tackle exi...
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:56 -
Identifying health care access barriers in southern rural Ecuador
Access to professional health care providers in Loja Province, Ecuador can be difficult for many citizens. The Health Care Access Barrier Model (HCAB) was established to provide a framework for classification,...
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:55 -
Identifying the vulnerable regions of emergency medical services based on the three-stage of accessibility: a case study in Xi’an, China
Emergency department crowding is an obstacle in the process of obtaining emergency care services, which will lead to the increase of time cost. Most studies focused on the direct access to emergency medical re...
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:54 -
Correction to: A social innovation model for equitable access to quality health services for rural populations: a case from Sumapaz, a rural district of Bogota, Colombia
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:53 -
An analysis of the gender and social determinants of health in urban poor areas of the most populated cities of Pakistan
Recent surveys, studies and reviews in urban areas of Pakistan have highlighted the impacts of social inequities on access of women and children to health services for women and children in Pakistan.
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:52 -
Socioeconomic inequalities in physiological risk biomarkers and the role of lifestyles among Russians aged 35-69 years
Socioeconomic inequalities in cardiovascular (CVD) health outcomes are well documented. While Russia has one of the highest levels of CVD mortality in the world, the literature on contemporary socio-economic i...
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:51
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