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  1. China uses both social health insurance (SHI) programs and a medical financial assistance (MFA) program to protect the poor from illness-induced financial risks. The MFA provides a dual benefit package targeti...

    Authors: Kai Liu, Jing Yang and Chunling Lu
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:138
  2. In 2010, the World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0 (WHODAS 2.0) was developed, based on the concept of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF). The I...

    Authors: Tzu-Ying Chiu, Chia-Feng Yen, Reuben Escorpizo, Wen-Chou Chi, Tsan-Hon Liou, Hua-Fang Liao, Cheng-Hsiu Chou and Wen-Hui Fang
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:136
  3. Obesity is a health problem in its own right and a risk factor for other conditions such as cardiovascular disease. The prevalence of overweight and obesity increased in Scotland between 1995 and 2008 with soc...

    Authors: Elaine Tod, Catherine Bromley, Andrew D. Millard, Allan Boyd, Phil Mackie and Gerry McCartney
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:135
  4. The objective of this paper is to analyse whether the recent recession has altered health care utilisation patterns of different income groups in Spain.

    Authors: Ignacio Abásolo, Marc Saez and Guillem López-Casasnovas
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:134

    The Correction to this article has been published in International Journal for Equity in Health 2019 18:66

  5. Homicide – a lethal expression of violence – has garnered little attention from public health researchers and health policy makers, despite the fact that homicides are a cause of preventable and premature deat...

    Authors: James Lachaud, Peter D. Donnelly, David Henry, Kathy Kornas, Andrew Calzavara, Catherine Bornbaum and Laura Rosella
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:133
  6. Indigenous young people are currently highly overrepresented in the HIV epidemic in Canada, especially in the Prairie Provinces, such as Manitoba. Understanding HIV-vulnerability in Indigenous peoples must beg...

    Authors: Roberta L. Woodgate, Melanie Zurba, Pauline Tennent, Carla Cochrane, Mike Payne and Javier Mignone
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:132
  7. Inequality between most Canadians and those from Inuit and First Nations communities, in terms of both access to oral health care services and related health outcomes, has been a long-standing problem. Efforts...

    Authors: Victoria Leck and Glen E. Randall
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:131
  8. Women in contact with the prison system have high health needs. Short periods in prison and serial incarcerations are common. Examination of their experiences of health care both in prison and in the community...

    Authors: Penelope Abbott, Parker Magin, Joyce Davison and Wendy Hu
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:130
  9. Uganda’s national community health worker program involves volunteer Village Health Teams (VHTs) delivering basic health services and education. Evidence demonstrates their positive impact on health outcomes, ...

    Authors: Daniel C. Mays, Edward J. O’Neil Jr, Edison A. Mworozi, Benjamin J. Lough, Zachary J. Tabb, Ashlyn E. Whitlock, Edward M. Mutimba and Zohray M. Talib
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:129
  10. In recent decades, China has experienced tremendous economic growth and also witnessed growing socioeconomic-related health inequality. The study aims to explore the potential causes of socioeconomic-related h...

    Authors: Jiaoli Cai, Peter C. Coyte and Hongzhong Zhao
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:128
  11. Despite male smokers being dominant in Vietnam, scarce evidence on trends in socioeconomics inequalities among the hardcore male smokers is available in the country. In this study, we aimed at assessing the tr...

    Authors: Vu Duy Kien, Tej Ram Jat, Kim Bao Giang, Phan Thi Hai, Doan Thi Thu Huyen, Luong Ngoc Khue, Nguyen Tuan Lam, Phan Thi Quynh Nga, Nguyen The Quan and Hoang Van Minh
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:126
  12. There is a growing concern for an increasing burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in people living with HIV. This concern is evident especially in developing countries where dietary and lifestyle risk fa...

    Authors: Pheak Chhoun, Chanrith Ngin, Sovannary Tuot, Khuondyla Pal, Martin Steel, Jennifer Dionisio, Hattie Pearson, Gitau Mburu, Carinne Brody and Siyan Yi
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:125
  13. There is limited evidence on how health care inputs are distributed from the sub-national level down to health facilities and their potential influence on promoting health equity. To address this gap, this pap...

    Authors: August Kuwawenaruwa, Josephine Borghi, Michelle Remme and Gemini Mtei
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:124
  14. There is growing consensus on the importance of identifying age-related inequities in the receipt of public health and healthcare interventions, but concerns regarding conceptual and methodological rigour in t...

    Authors: Sarah M. Salway, Nick Payne, Melanie Rimmer, Stefanie Buckner, Hannah Jordan, Jean Adams, Kate Walters, Sarah L. Sowden, Lynne Forrest, Linda Sharp, Mira Hidajat, Martin White and Yoav Ben-Shlomo
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:123
  15. Socio demographic factors besides dietary factors play important role in determining the health status of an individual. Health and nutritional Intervention programs stand a greater chance of success if planne...

    Authors: Fatima Hassan, Muhammad Asim, Shafya Salim and Ayesha Humayun
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:122
  16. Providing equitable maternal care to migrants is a seriously challenging task for hosting countries. Iran, the second-most accessed country for refugees from Afghanistan, has achieved maternal health improveme...

    Authors: Soheila Mohammadi, Aje Carlbom, Robabeh Taheripanah and Birgitta Essén
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:121
  17. China’s healthcare reform programme continues to receive much attention. Central to these discussions has been how the various financial incentives underpinning reform efforts are negatively impacting on the h...

    Authors: Ross Millar, Yaru Chen, Meng Wang, Liang Fang, Jun Liu, Zhidong Xuan and Guohong Li
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:120
  18. Rural and remote communities in Australia fare worse than their urban counterparts across major health indicators, with geographic isolation, restricted accessibility to health services, socioeconomic disadvan...

    Authors: Rosalie D Thackrah, Maeva Hall, Kathryn Fitzgerald and Sandra C Thompson
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:119
  19. Many studies have examined the association between socioeconomic status (SES) and mental stress. Uncertainty stress is a prominent aspect of mental stress. Yet no research has ever empirically analyzed the imp...

    Authors: Tingzhong Yang, Xiaozhao Y Yang, Lingwei Yu, Randall R. Cottrell and Shuhan Jiang
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:118
  20. Despite achievement of universal health coverage in Thailand, socioeconomic inequality in health has been a major policy concern. This study examined mortality patterns across different socioeconomic strata in...

    Authors: Suchunya Aungkulanon, Viroj Tangcharoensathien, Kenji Shibuya, Kanitta Bundhamcharoen and Virasakdi Chongsuvivatwong
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:117
  21. A growing body of literature highlights that racial discrimination has negative impacts on child health, although most studies have been limited to an examination of direct forms of racism using cross-sectiona...

    Authors: Carrington C.J. Shepherd, Jianghong Li, Matthew N. Cooper, Katrina D. Hopkins and Brad M. Farrant
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:116
  22. China has a high burden of diabetes mellitus (DM), and a large proportion of DM patients remain untreated for various reasons, including low availability of primary health care providers. DM patient management...

    Authors: Yinzi Jin, Weiming Zhu, Beibei Yuan and Qingyue Meng
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:80
  23. Hypertension is a common and frequently occurring chronic disease of the cardiovascular system. Besides the pathological factors, the occurrence and exacerbation of hypertension are also associated with many f...

    Authors: Chenli Wang, Juntao Lang, Lixia Xuan, Xuemei Li and Liang Zhang
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:58
  24. China has been undergoing tremendous demographic and epidemiological transitions during the past three decades and increasing burden from non-communicable diseases and an ageing population have presented great...

    Authors: Yafei Si, Zhongliang Zhou, Min Su, Meng Ma, Yongjian Xu and Jesse Heitner
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:27
  25. Immunization is the most cost-effective method to prevent and control vaccine-preventable diseases. Migrant population in China has been rising rapidly, and their immunization status is poor. China has tried v...

    Authors: Hai Fang, Li Yang, Huyang Zhang, Chenyang Li, Liankui Wen, Li Sun, Kara Hanson and Qingyue Meng
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:19
  26. Since 1968, China has trained about 1.5 million barefoot doctors in a few years’ time to provide basic health services to 0.8 billion rural population. China’s Ministry of Health stopped using the term of bare...

    Authors: Dan Hu, Weiming Zhu, Yaqun Fu, Minmin Zhang, Yang Zhao, Kara Hanson, Melisa Martinez-Alvarez and Xiaoyun Liu
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:9
  27. Despite the centrality of health personnel to the health of the population, the planning, production and management of human resources for health remains underdeveloped in many low- and middle-income countries...

    Authors: Virginia Wiseman, Mylene Lagarde, Neha Batura, Sophia Lin, Wayne Irava and Graham Roberts
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:115
  28. Individuals living in lower-income areas face an increased prevalence of chronic disease and, oftentimes, greater barriers to optimal self-management. Disparities in disease management are seen across the life...

    Authors: Lindsey N. Horrell, Shawn M. Kneipp, SangNam Ahn, Samuel D. Towne Jr, Chivon A. Mingo, Marcia G. Ory and Matthew Lee Smith
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:114
  29. Malnutrition remains one of the most common causes of morbidity and mortality among children throughout the world. This study aimed to assess prevalence of malnutrition and associated factors among children ag...

    Authors: Lamirot Abera, Tariku Dejene and Tariku Laelago
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:111
  30. Studies have shown that social capital is positively associated with health, and the association is context-based. Indigenous populations with poor access to health care largely depend on social capital for th...

    Authors: Bharathi Palanisamy, Kalpana Kosalram and Vijayaprasad Gopichandran
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:109
  31. In spite of bearing a heavier burden of death, disease and disability, there is mixed evidence as to whether Indigenous Australians utilise more or less healthcare services than other Australians given their e...

    Authors: Blake Angell, Tracey-Lea Laba, Tom Lung, Alex Brown, Sandra Eades, Tim Usherwood, David Peiris, Laurent Billot, Graham Hillis, Ruth Webster, Andrew Tonkin, Christopher Reid, Barbara Molanus, Natasha Rafter, Alan Cass, Anushka Patel…
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:108
  32. Nutrition interventions, often delivered at the household level, could increase their efficiency by channelling resources towards pregnant or lactating women, instead of leaving resources to be disproportionat...

    Authors: Helen Harris-Fry, Niva Shrestha, Anthony Costello and Naomi M. Saville
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:107
  33. The tribal population of Telangana, India, lives in remote and difficult conditions. This study was carried out to find out estimate, the prevalence and progression of disability in elderly population among tr...

    Authors: Ajitha Katta, Anil Kumar Indira Krishna, Bagavandas M, Tomofumi Anegawa and Suresh Munuswamy
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:104
  34. Many low- and middle-income countries are experiencing an epidemiological transition from communicable to non-communicable diseases. This has negative consequences for their human capital development, and impo...

    Authors: Alfred Kechia Mukong, Corne Van Walbeek and Hana Ross
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:103
  35. Since the 1970s, Singapore has turned into one of the major receiving countries of foreign workers in Southeast Asia. Over the years, challenges surrounding access to healthcare by Chinese migrant workers have...

    Authors: Wai Jia Tam, Wei Leong Goh, Jeffrey Chua and Helena Legido-Quigley
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:102
  36. Evidence suggests that Greece is among the European countries with increased trend in HCV prevalence among injecting drug users (IDUs) from 2008 to 2014. Nonetheless, the access of IDUs to treatment for Hepati...

    Authors: Kyriakos Souliotis, Eirini Agapidaki, Manto Papageorgiou, Niki Voudouri and Xenophon Contiades
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:101
  37. The socioeconomically disadvantaged populations are more likely to suffer from hypertension, and few have effectively treated and controlled their hypertension. Research on socioeconomic disparities in prevale...

    Authors: Fan Yang, Dongfu Qian and Xueyi Liu
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:100
  38. Although some articles have analysed the definitions of health and health promotion from the perspective of health-care users and health care professionals, no published studies include the simultaneous partic...

    Authors: Mariona Pons-Vigués, Anna Berenguera, Núria Coma-Auli, Haizea Pombo-Ramos, Sebastià March, Angela Asensio-Martínez, Patricia Moreno-Peral, Sara Mora-Simón, Maria Martínez-Andrés and Enriqueta Pujol-Ribera
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:99
  39. The effects of the recent global economic and financial crisis especially affected the most vulnerable social groups. Objective of the study was to investigate variation of self-perceived health status in Ital...

    Authors: Alessio Petrelli, Anteo Di Napoli, Alessandra Rossi, Gianfranco Costanzo, Concetta Mirisola and Lidia Gargiulo
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:98
  40. It is widely accepted that a healthy lifestyle may decrease the probability of developing cancer. This study aimed to describe a study protocol that makes it possible to explore preventive health lifestyles of...

    Authors: Maryam Khazaee-Pool, Tahereh Pashaei, Leila Jahangiry, Koen Ponnet and Ali Gholami
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:97
  41. With an explicit focus on Roma women in Spain (Kale/Spanish Gypsies), this study aims to integrate key informants’ opinions about the main actions needed to improve primary health care services’ and professionals...

    Authors: Carmen Vives-Cases, Isabel Goicolea, Alison Hernández, Belen Sanz-Barbero, MCarmen Davó-Blanes and Daniel La Parra-Casado
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:96
  42. Equity remains a priority in the international health development agenda. However, major inequities in vaccination coverage jeopardise the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. We aim at comprehens...

    Authors: Xavier Bosch-Capblanch, Meike-Kathrin Zuske and Christian Auer
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:95
  43. Perceived health status indicates people’s overall perception of their health, including both physical and psychological dimensions. The aim of this study was to examine the determinants of self-perceived heal...

    Authors: William Ian Andrew Bonner, Robert Weiler, Rotimi Orisatoki, Xinya Lu, Mustafa Andkhoie, Dana Ramsay, Mohsen Yaghoubi, Megan Steeves, Michael Szafron and Marwa Farag
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:94
  44. Health research has documented disparities in health and health outcomes within and between populations. When these disparities are unfair and avoidable they may be referred to as health inequities. Few trials...

    Authors: Lawrence Mbuagbaw, Theresa Aves, Beverley Shea, Janet Jull, Vivian Welch, Monica Taljaard, Manosila Yoganathan, Regina Greer-Smith, George Wells and Peter Tugwell
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:93
  45. Contextual factors shape the risk of acquiring human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and syphilis. We estimated the prevalence of both infections among indigenous people in nine indigenous health districts of the...

    Authors: Adele Schwartz Benzaken, Meritxell Sabidó, Ivo Brito, Ximena Pamela Díaz Bermúdez, Nina Schwartz Benzaken, Enrique Galbán, Rosanna W Peeling and David Mabey
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:92

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