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  1. Since our launch in 2002, the International Journal for Equity in Health (IJEqH) has furthered our collective understanding of equity in health and health services by providing a platform on which academics an...

    Authors: Ana Lorena Ruano, Efrat Shadmi, John Furler, Krishna Rao, Miguel San Sebastián, Manuela Villar Uribe and Leiyu Shi
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:35
  2. The 400 million indigenous people worldwide represent a wealth of linguistic and cultural diversity, as well as traditional knowledge and sustainable practices that are invaluable resources for human developme...

    Authors: Alison Hernández, Ana Lorena Ruano, Bruno Marchal, Miguel San Sebastián and Walter Flores
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:26
  3. The paper examines the role of community-based participatory research (CBPR) within the context of social justice literature and practice.

    Authors: Carlos Devia, Elizabeth A. Baker, Shannon Sanchez-Youngman, Ellen Barnidge, Maxine Golub, Freda Motton, Michael Muhammad, Charmaine Ruddock, Belinda Vicuña and Nina Wallerstein
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:17
  4. Under the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), United Nations (UN) Member States reported progress on the targets toward their general citizenry. This focus repeatedly excluded marginalized ethnic and linguist...

    Authors: Claire E. Brolan, Lisa Forman, Stéphanie Dagron, Rachel Hammonds, Attiya Waris, Lyla Latif and Ana Lorena Ruano
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:14
  5. The role of competition and cooperation in relation to the goal of health equity is examined in this paper. The authors explain why the win-lose mentality associated with avoidable competition is ethically que...

    Authors: Wei-Ching Chang and Joy H. Fraser
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:12
  6. Resources for coronary revascularisations have increased substantially since the early 1990s in Finland. At the same time, ischaemic heart disease (IHD) mortality has decreased markedly. This study aims to exa...

    Authors: Sonja Lumme, Kristiina Manderbacka and Ilmo Keskimäki
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:37
  7. The goal of this analysis was to describe socioeconomic inequalities in dental health among Spanish middle-aged adults, and the role of behavioral and psychosocial factors in explaining these inequalities.

    Authors: Diego Alberto Capurro and Michael Davidsen
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:34
  8. Studies have suggested that social inequalities in chronic disease outcomes differ between industrialized and developing countries, but few have directly compared these effects. We explored inequalities in hyp...

    Authors: Aurelian Bidulescu, Trevor S. Ferguson, Ian Hambleton, Novie Younger-Coleman, Damian Francis, Nadia Bennett, Michael Griswold, Ervin Fox, Marlene MacLeish, Rainford Wilks, E. Nigel Harris and Louis W. Sullivan
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:33
  9. Cross-cultural communication in primary care is often difficult, leading to unsatisfactory, substandard care. Supportive evidence-based guidelines and training initiatives (G/TIs) exist to enhance cross cultur...

    Authors: E. Teunissen, K. Gravenhorst, C. Dowrick, E. Van Weel-Baumgarten, F. Van den Driessen Mareeuw, T. de Brún, N. Burns, C. Lionis, F. S. Mair, C. O’Donnell, M. O’Reilly-de Brún, M. Papadakaki, A. Saridaki, W. Spiegel, C. Van Weel, M. Van den Muijsenbergh…
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:32
  10. Monitoring the incidence and intensity of catastrophic health expenditure, as well as the impoverishing effects of out of pocket costs to access healthcare, is a key part of benchmarking Kenya’s progress towar...

    Authors: Edwine W. Barasa, Thomas Maina and Nirmala Ravishankar
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:31
  11. Inequalities in demographic, socio-economic and health status for China labor force place them at greater health risks, and marginalized them in the utilization of healthcare services. This paper identifies th...

    Authors: Liming Lu, Jingchun Zeng and Zhi Zeng
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:30
  12. Good health and equal health care are the cornerstones of the Swedish Health and Medical Service Act. Recent studies show that the average level of health, measured as longevity, improves in Sweden, however, s...

    Authors: Bo Burström, Kristina Burström, Gunnar Nilsson, Göran Tomson, Margaret Whitehead and Ulrika Winblad
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:29
  13. Bicycle injuries are a leading cause of accidental death among children in the world, and bicycle-related injuries are also very common in China, thus to find out bicycle injury risk factors is imperative. Thi...

    Authors: Zhen-bin Lin, Yan-hu Ji, Qing-yu Xiao, Li-bo Luo, Li-ping Li and Bernard Choi
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:28
  14. Out of pocket (OOP) health spending can potentially expose households to risk of incurring large medical bills, and this may impact on their welfare. This work investigates the effect of catastrophic OOP on th...

    Authors: Martina Mchenga, Gowokani Chijere Chirwa and Levison S. Chiwaula
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:25
  15. Prenatal care coverage is still not universal or adequately provided in many low and middle income countries. One of the main barriers regards the presence of socioeconomic inequalities in prenatal care utiliz...

    Authors: Mônica Viegas Andrade, Kenya Valéria Micaela de Souza Noronha, Allan Claudius Queiroz Barbosa, Michelle Nepomuceno Souza, Júlia Almeida Calazans, Lucas Resende de Carvalho, Thiago Augusto Hernandes Rocha and Núbia Cristina Silva
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:24
  16. This paper studies the socioeconomic disparities in self-perceived oral health among Chilean adults and in the perceived physical, functional, psychological and social consequences of oral health.

    Authors: Francisco Gallego, Cristián Larroulet, Leonor Palomer, Andrea Repetto and Diego Verdugo
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:23
  17. Studies from Sweden and abroad have established health inequalities between heterosexual and non-heterosexual people. Few studies have examined the underpinnings of such sexual orientation inequalities in heal...

    Authors: Per E Gustafsson, Ida Linander and Paola A Mosquera
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:22
  18. Economic burden to households due to out-of-pocket expenditure (OOPE) is large in many Asian countries. Though studies suggest increasing household poverty due to high OOPE in developing countries, studies on ...

    Authors: Sanjay K. Mohanty, Nand Kishor Agrawal, Bidhubhusan Mahapatra, Dhrupad Choudhury, Sabarnee Tuladhar and E Valdemar Holmgren
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:21
  19. Despite the goal of the Swedish health system to offer health care according to the principle of horizontal equity, little is known about the equality in access to health care use among young people. To explor...

    Authors: Paola A. Mosquera, Anna-Karin Waenerlund, Isabel Goicolea and Per E. Gustafsson
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:20
  20. Health systems in low and lower-middle income countries, particularly in sub-Sahara Africa, often lack the specialized personnel and infrastructure to provide comprehensive care for elderly/ageing populations....

    Authors: Stephen Tettey Nortey, Genevieve Cecilia Aryeetey, Moses Aikins, Djesika Amendah and Justice Nonvignon
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:16
  21. Equity and justice in healthcare payment form an integral part of health policy and planning. In the majority of low and middle-income countries (LMICs), healthcare inequalities are further aggravated by Out o...

    Authors: Rinshu Dwivedi and Jalandhar Pradhan
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:15
  22. Authors: Rosemary J. Korda, Kay Soga, Grace Joshy, Bianca Calabria, John Attia, Deborah Wong and Emily Banks
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:11

    The original article was published in International Journal for Equity in Health 2016 15:189

  23. With the depth development of health care system reform in China, emergency medical services (EMS) is confronted with challenges as well as opportunities. This study aimed to analyze the equity of China’s EMS ...

    Authors: Ke Yan, Yi Jiang, Jingfu Qiu, Xiaoni Zhong, Yang Wang, Jing Deng, Jingxi Lian, Tingting Wang and Cheng Cao
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:10
  24. Monitoring the equity of government healthcare subsidies (GHS) is critical for evaluating the performance of health policy decisions. China’s low-income population encounters barriers in accessing benefits fro...

    Authors: Lei Si, Mingsheng Chen and Andrew J. Palmer
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:6
  25. Immigrant and refugee families form a growing proportion of the Canadian population and experience barriers in accessing primary health care services. The aim of this study was to examine the experiences of ac...

    Authors: Roberta Lynn Woodgate, David Shiyokha Busolo, Maryanne Crockett, Ruth Anne Dean, Miriam R. Amaladas and Pierre J. Plourde
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:5
  26. Though poorly known, relationships between disability, need of help (dependency) and use of social services are crucial aspects of public health. The objective of this study was to describe the links between d...

    Authors: J. Almazán-Isla, M. Comín-Comín, E. Alcalde-Cabero, C. Ruiz, E. Franco, R. Magallón, J. Damián, J. de Pedro-Cuesta and L. A. Larrosa-Montañes
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:4

    The Erratum to this article has been published in International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:91

  27. People who have been in custody are more likely to experience multiple, long standing health issues. They are at high risk of illness and injury post release and experience poor access to health services both ...

    Authors: Jane E. Lloyd, Elizabeth McEntyre, Eileen Baldry, Julian Trofimovos, Devon Indig, Penelope Abbott, Jennifer Reath, Kathy Malera-Bandjalan and Mark F. Harris
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:3
  28. Research indicate that social class mobility could be potentially important for health, but whether this is due to the movement itself or a result of people having been integrated in different class contexts i...

    Authors: Frida Jonsson, Miguel San Sebastian, Anne Hammarström and Per E. Gustafsson
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:1
  29. Diet is a major risk factor for non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and is also strongly patterned by socioeconomic factors. Whether interventions promoting healthy eating reduce social inequalities in diet in lo...

    Authors: Ana-Lucia Mayén, Carlos de Mestral, Gerardo Zamora, Fred Paccaud, Pedro Marques-Vidal, Pascal Bovet and Silvia Stringhini
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2016 15:205
  30. Despite the recognition of power as being central to health research collaborations between high income countries and low and middle income countries, there has been insufficient detailed analysis of power wit...

    Authors: Aisling Walsh, Ruairi Brugha and Elaine Byrne
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2016 15:204
  31. The concept of social capital has been extensively used to explain the relationship between socioeconomic status (SES) and adolescent health and well-being. Much less is known about the specific mechanism thro...

    Authors: Thomas Buijs, Lea Maes, Ferdinand Salonna, Joris Van Damme, Anne Hublet, Vladimir Kebza, Caroline Costongs, Candace Currie and Bart De Clercq
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2016 15:203
  32. The number of racial/ethnic minority children will exceed the number of white children in the USA by 2018. Although 38% of Americans are minorities, only 12% of pediatricians, 5% of medical-school faculty, and...

    Authors: Glenn Flores, Fernando S. Mendoza, Elena Fuentes-Afflick, Jason A. Mendoza, Lee Pachter, Juan Espinoza, Cristina R. Fernandez, Danielle D. P. Arnold, Nicole M. Brown, Kymberly M. Gonzalez, Cynthia Lopez, Mikah C. Owen, Kenya M. Parks, Kimberly L. Reynolds and Christopher J. Russell
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2016 15:201
  33. Effective policies to control hypertension require an understanding of its distribution in the population and the barriers people face along the pathway from detection through to treatment and control. One key...

    Authors: Benjamin Palafox, Martin McKee, Dina Balabanova, Khalid F. AlHabib, Alvaro Jr Avezum, Ahmad Bahonar, Noorhassim Ismail, Jephat Chifamba, Clara K. Chow, Daniel J. Corsi, Gilles R. Dagenais, Rafael Diaz, Rajeev Gupta, Romaina Iqbal, Manmeet Kaur, Rasha Khatib…
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2016 15:199
  34. Child undernutrition showed geographical inequalities due to variations in contextual determinants from area to area which indicates that location is an important factor in child undernutrition. However, there...

    Authors: Zewdie Aderaw Alemu, Ahmed Ali Ahmed, Alemayehu Worku Yalew and Belay Simanie Birhanu
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2016 15:198
  35. The involvement of patients and the public in healthcare has grown significantly in recent decades and is documented in health policy documents internationally. Many benefits of involving these groups in prima...

    Authors: Patrick O’Donnell, Edel Tierney, Austin O’Carroll, Diane Nurse and Anne MacFarlane
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2016 15:197
  36. The vulnerability approach suggests that disasters such as epidemics have different effects according not only to physical vulnerability but also to economic class (status). This paper examines the effect of t...

    Authors: Ayoung Lee and Joonmo Cho
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2016 15:196
  37. Modification of known risk factors has been the most tested strategy for dealing with non-communicable diseases (NCDs). The cumulative number of NCD risk factors exhibited by an individual depicts a disease bu...

    Authors: Ronald Wesonga, David Guwatudde, Silver K. Bahendeka, Gerald Mutungi, Fabian Nabugoomu and James Muwonge
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2016 15:195
  38. In 2009, China launched a health reform to promote the equalization of national essential public health services package (NEPHSP). The present study aimed to describe the financing strategies and mechanisms to...

    Authors: Li Yang, Li Sun, Liankui Wen, Huyang Zhang, Chenyang Li, Kara Hanson and Hai Fang
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2016 15:194
  39. Policy makers require information regarding performance of different primary care delivery models in managing hypertension, which can be helpful for better hypertension management. This study aims to compare c...

    Authors: Haitao Li, Ying Sun and Dongfu Qian
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2016 15:193
  40. Building highly qualified General Practitioners (GPs) is key to the development of primary health care. It’s therefore urgent to ensure the GPs’ quality service under the background of the new round of health ...

    Authors: Ming Li, Zhiqun Shu, Xuan Huang, Zhaohui Du, Jun Wu, Qingshi Xia, Kun Liu, Jiquan Lou and Limei Jing
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2016 15:192
  41. There is strong research evidence on the importance of health equity and equality for wellbeing in societies. As chronic non-communicable diseases are widespread, the positive impact of physical activity (PA) ...

    Authors: Riitta-Maija Hämäläinen, Petru Sandu, Ahmed M. Syed and Mette W. Jakobsen
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2016 15:191
  42. Thailand has achieved remarkable improvement in health status since the achievement of universal health coverage in 2002. Health equity has improved significantly. However, challenges on health inequity still ...

    Authors: Suchunya Aungkulanon, Viroj Tangcharoensathien, Kenji Shibuya, Kanitta Bundhamcharoen and Virasakdi Chongsuvivatwong
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2016 15:190
  43. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) disproportionately affects disadvantaged people, but reliable quantitative evidence on socioeconomic variation in CVD incidence in Australia is lacking. This study aimed to quantif...

    Authors: Rosemary J. Korda, Kay Soga, Grace Joshy, Bianca Calabria, John Attia, Deborah Wong and Emily Banks
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2016 15:189

    The Erratum to this article has been published in International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:11

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