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  1. Minority children have the highest US uninsurance rates; Latino and African-American children account for 53 % of uninsured American children, despite comprising only 48 % of the total US child population. The...

    Authors: Glenn Flores, Hua Lin, Candy Walker, Michael Lee, Alberto Portillo, Monica Henry, Marco Fierro and Kenneth Massey
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2016 15:44
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  3. Racism and associated discrimination are pervasive and persistent challenges with multiple cumulative deleterious effects contributing to inequities in various health outcomes. Globally, research over the past...

    Authors: Kaine Grigg and Lenore Manderson
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2016 15:49
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  4. Using the nexus between food consumption, food security and obesity, this paper addresses the complexity of health behavior decision-making moments that reflect relational social dynamics in context-specific d...

    Authors: Robert V. H. Dover and Estelle V. Lambert
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2016 15:48
    Content type: Review Published on:

  5. Effective implementation can maximise the beneficial impacts of health services. It is therefore important to review implementation in the context of Indigenous populations, who suffer some of the greatest dis...

    Authors: Janya McCalman, Roxanne Bainbridge, Nikki Percival and Komla Tsey
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2016 15:47
    Content type: Systematic review Published on:

  6. The strategy of health policy has been changed for improving the performances to meeting the increasing healthcare demands. However, limited evidences were found to prove that the bundled payment was valid for...

    Authors: Jian Wu, Xiaofang Li, Yao Song, Hui Shao, Qian Shi, Doudou Qin, Shuangbao Xie and Lizheng Shi
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2016 15:46
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  7. Influenza continues to have a major impact on vulnerable populations worldwide, particularly among the elderly (≥60 years of age). Vaccination for targeted groups is recommended by the WHO as the most effectiv...

    Authors: Tongtong Li, Min Lv, Trudy Lei, Jiang Wu, Xinghuo Pang, Ying Deng and Zheng Xie
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2016 15:45
    Content type: Research Published on:

  8. Authors: World Health Organization, Ileana Vilcu and Inke Mathauer
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2016 15:43
    Content type: Erratum Published on:

    The original article was published in International Journal for Equity in Health 2016 15:7

  10. The article explores in how far financial accessibility of healthcare (FAH) is restricted for low-income groups and identifies social protection policies that can supplement health policies in guaranteeing uni...

    Authors: Sabine Israel
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2016 15:41
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  11. A little-studied issue in the provision of care at home by informal caregivers is the increase in older adult patients with chronic illness, and more specifically, multiple chronic conditions (MCC). We know li...

    Authors: Allison Williams, Bharati Sethi, Wendy Duggleby, Jenny Ploeg, Maureen Markle-Reid, Shelley Peacock and Sunita Ghosh
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2016 15:40
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  13. In general, vulnerable populations experience more problems in accessing health care. This also applies to the Roma-population. In the City of Ghent, Belgium, a relativly large group of Roma resides more or le...

    Authors: Lise G. M. Hanssens, Ignaas Devisch, Janique Lobbestael, Barbara Cottenie and Sara Willems
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2016 15:38
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  14. To examine urban–rural differences in the severity of non-fatal disease and injury using the latest household interview survey data of Hunan Province, China.

    Authors: Danping Tian, Li Sun, Lingling Zhang, Lin Zhang, Wei Zhang, Li Li, Xin Deng, Peishan Ning, Xunjie Cheng, Jing Deng and Guoqing Hu
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2016 15:37
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  15. To assess and quantify the magnitude of health inequalities ascribed to socioeconomic strata from 1994 to 2013 in the Russian Federation.

    Authors: Pavitra Paul and Hannu Valtonen
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2016 15:36
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    The Erratum to this article has been published in International Journal for Equity in Health 2016 15:50

  16. Factors associated with violence and the abuse of older adults are understudied and its prevalence in Mexico has not been reported. The aim of this study was to identify the prevalence and factors associated w...

    Authors: Maria Guadalupe Ruelas-González, María Beatriz Duarte-Gómez, Sergio Flores-Hernández, Doris Veronica Ortega-Altamirano, Jesus David Cortés-Gil, Arianna Taboada and Ana Lorena Ruano
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2016 15:35
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  17. The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) was introduced in Ghana to ensure equity in healthcare access. Presently, some low and middle income countries including Ghana are using social health insurance sche...

    Authors: Agnes Millicent Kotoh and Sjaak Van der Geest
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2016 15:34
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  19. Although equity in health care is theoretically a cornerstone in Western societies, several studies show that services do not always provide equitable care for immigrants. Differences in pharmaceutical consump...

    Authors: Luis Andres Gimeno-Feliu, Amaia Calderón-Larrañaga, Alexandra Prados-Torres, Concha Revilla-López and Esperanza Diaz
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2016 15:32
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  20. Over the past few decades Egypt has attempted to limit and control female genital mutilation (FGM). However, these efforts have not succeeded in curbing the practice, which maintains wide popular support and i...

    Authors: Ronan Van Rossem, Dominique Meekers and Anastasia J. Gage
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2016 15:31
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  22. Cigarette smoking is the leading cause of preventable death worldwide. Tobacco use and secondhand-tobacco smoke (SHS) exposure are classified as a pediatric disease. In Mexico, the prevalence of smoking has de...

    Authors: Yelena Bird, Hugo Staines-Orozco and John Moraros
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2016 15:29
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  23. Health promotion and prevention activities should tackle health inequalities to reduce disparities in health among disadvantaged populations. This study aimed to assess the extent to which the Italian Regions ...

    Authors: Corrado De Vito, Azzurra Massimi, Domitilla Di Thiene, Annalisa Rosso, Elvira D’Andrea, Maria Rosaria Vacchio, Paolo Villari and Carolina Marzuillo
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2016 15:28
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  24. Maternal healthcare utilization is a major determinant of maternal mortality. Bangladesh is experiencing a rapid pace of urbanization with all future growth in population expected to be in urban areas. Health ...

    Authors: Nahid Kamal, Sian Curtis, Mohammad S. Hasan and Kanta Jamil
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2016 15:27
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  25. Health inequalities are recognised as a public health issue worldwide, but only a few countries have developed national strategies to monitor and reduce them. Despite its considerable health inequalities, Port...

    Authors: Inês Campos-Matos, Giuliano Russo and Julian Perelman
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2016 15:26
    Content type: Systematic review Published on:

  26. In each society, the health of women in different periods may be endangered by an unequal distribution of resources, facilities, and gender prejudices. The present study evaluated the time trend of Iranian wom...

    Authors: Hassan Joulaei, Najmeh Maharlouei, Kamran Bagheri lankarani, Alireza Razzaghi and Maryam Akbari
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2016 15:25
    Content type: Review Published on:

  27. One of the main arguments made in favor of community water fluoridation is that it is equitable in its impact on dental caries (i.e., helps to offset inequities in dental caries). Although an equitable effect ...

    Authors: Lindsay McLaren, Deborah A. McNeil, Melissa Potestio, Steve Patterson, Salima Thawer, Peter Faris, Congshi Shi and Luke Shwart
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2016 15:24
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  28. Tanzania’s socio-economic development is challenged by sharp inequities between and within urban and rural areas, and among different socio-economic groups. This paper discusses the importance of strengthening...

    Authors: Sally Mtenga, Irene M. Masanja and Masuma Mamdani
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2016 15:23
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  29. Māori (indigenous peoples of New Zealand) men have a disproportionate prevalence of lifestyle-related illnesses and are targeted for national physical activity initiatives. While physical activity impacts on p...

    Authors: Isaac Warbrick, Denise Wilson and Amohia Boulton
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2016 15:22
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  30. Identifying mechanisms that generate and sustain health inequalities is a prerequisite for developing effective policy response, but little is known about factors contributing to health inequalities in older p...

    Authors: Zuzanna Drożdżak and Konrad Turek
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2016 15:21
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  32. Over the last two decades, Moroccan authorities launched a number of actions and strategies to enhance access to health services and improve health outcomes for the whole population in general and for mother a...

    Authors: Wiam Boutayeb, Mohamed Lamlili, Abdellatif Maamri, Souad Ben El Mostafa and Abdesslam Boutayeb
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2016 15:19
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  33. Monitoring inequalities based on subnational regions is a useful practice to unmask geographical differences in health, and deploy targeted, equity-oriented interventions. Our objective is to describe, compare...

    Authors: Ahmad Reza Hosseinpoor, Nicole Bergen, Aluisio J. D. Barros, Kerry L. M. Wong, Ties Boerma and Cesar G. Victora
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2016 15:18
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  34. Numerous studies have shown that macroeconomic changes have a great influence on health, prompting different concerns in recent literature about the effects of the current recession. The objetive of the study ...

    Authors: Amaia Bacigalupe, Santiago Esnaola and Unai Martín
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2016 15:17
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  35. Sexual and gender minorities (SGM) include individuals with a wide range of sexual orientations, physical characteristics, and gender identities and expressions. Data suggest that people in this group face a s...

    Authors: Karel Blondeel, Lale Say, Doris Chou, Igor Toskin, Rajat Khosla, Elisa Scolaro and Marleen Temmerman
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2016 15:16
    Content type: Review Published on:

  36. Improving the equitable benefit distribution of government health subsidies, particularly among the country’s poorer socioeconomic groups, is a major goal of China’s healthcare sector reform.

    Authors: Mingsheng Chen, Andrew J. Palmer and Lei Si
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2016 15:15
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  37. Earlier research shows that there is an association between unemployment and poor mental health, and that recovery from the damages to mental health obtained during unemployment remains incomplete over a long ...

    Authors: Pekka Virtanen, Anne Hammarström and Urban Janlert
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2016 15:14
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  38. NHS Health Checks is a national risk assessment prevention programme for all individuals aged 40-74 that reside in England. Through the systematic assessment of an individual’s ten year disease risk, this prog...

    Authors: Erica J. Cook, Chloe Sharp, Gurch Randhawa, Andy Guppy, Raj Gangotra and Jonathon Cox
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2016 15:13
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  39. The relationship between people’s perception and utilization of public health serviceswas investigated.

    Authors: Nkechi G. Onyeneho, Uche V. Amazigo, Ngozi A. Njepuome, Obioma C. Nwaorgu and Joseph C. Okeibunor
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2016 15:12
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  40. Adults with intellectual disability have poorer health than their non-disabled peers. However, little is known about the health of the ‘hidden majority’ of adults with primarily mild intellectual disability wh...

    Authors: Eric Emerson, Chris Hatton, Susannah Baines and Janet Robertson
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2016 15:11
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  41. Swedish Health and Medical Services act states that good care should be given to the entire population on equal terms. Still studies show that access to care in Sweden differ related to for example gender and ...

    Authors: Goldina Smirthwaite, Mats Lundström, Barbro Wijma, Nina Lykke and Katarina Swahnberg
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2016 15:10
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    The Erratum to this article has been published in International Journal for Equity in Health 2016 15:63

  42. Almost seven years after the publication of the final report of the World Health Organization’s Commission on Social Determinants of Health (CSDH), its third recommendation has not been attended to properly. M...

    Authors: German Guerra, Elis Borde and V. Nelly Salgado de Snyder
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2016 15:9
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  43. It is important for researchers to understand the motivations and decision-making processes of participants who take part in their research. This enables robust informed consent and promotes research that meet...

    Authors: Marilys Guillemin, Lynn Gillam, Emma Barnard, Paul Stewart, Hannah Walker and Doreen Rosenthal
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2016 15:8
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  44. Many countries from the European region, which moved from a government financed and provided health system to social health insurance, would have had the risk of moving away from universal health coverage if t...

    Authors: Ileana Vilcu and Inke Mathauer
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2016 15:7
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    The Erratum to this article has been published in International Journal for Equity in Health 2016 15:43

  45. Immigrants are among the most vulnerable population groups in North America; they face multidimensional hurdles to obtain proper healthcare. Such barriers result in increased risk of developing acute and chron...

    Authors: Nusrat Sharmeen Shommu, Salim Ahmed, Nahid Rumana, Gary R. S. Barron, Kerry Alison McBrien and Tanvir Chowdhury Turin
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2016 15:6
    Content type: Systematic review Published on:

  46. Despite global scale up of interventions for Preventing Mother to child HIV Transmissions (PMTCT), there still remain high pediatric HIV infections, which result from unequal access in resource-constrained set...

    Authors: P. Dako-Gyeke, B. Dornoo, S. Ayisi Addo, M. Atuahene, N. A. Addo and A. E. Yawson
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2016 15:5
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  47. Improving oral health for Aboriginal Australians has been slow. Despite dental disease being largely preventable, Aboriginal Australians have worse periodontal disease, more decayed teeth and untreated dental ...

    Authors: Angela Durey, Dan McAullay, Barry Gibson and Linda Slack-Smith
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2016 15:4
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  48. Previous studies have shown that contextual factors and individual socioeconomic status (SES) were associated with mortality in Western developed countries. In Korea, there are few empirical studies that have ...

    Authors: Kyoung Hee Cho, Sang Gyu Lee, Chung Mo Nam, Eun Jung Lee, Suk-Yong Jang, Seon-Heui Lee and Eun-Cheol Park
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2016 15:3
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  49. Health care is generally considered to be more highly valued in urban areas than in rural areas. However, studies have reported that there is no difference in the health care values of urban and rural areas in...

    Authors: Tomoki Ikai, Saowalak Yamtree, Takuji Takemoto, Taro Tamura, Hitomi Kanayama, Kazuhiro Sato, Yukinori Kusaka, Hiroyuki Hayashi and Hidekazu Terasawa
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2016 15:2
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  50. Changes over time in self-rated health (SRH) are increasingly documented during the current economic crisis, though whether these are due to selection, causation, or methodological artefacts is unclear. This s...

    Authors: Dawit Shawel Abebe, Anne Grete Tøge and Espen Dahl
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2016 15:1
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    The Erratum to this article has been published in International Journal for Equity in Health 2016 15:52

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