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  1. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in Australia experience a higher prevalence of disability and socio-economic disadvantage than other Australian children. Early intervention is vital for improved...

    Authors: Anna Green, Michelle DiGiacomo, Tim Luckett, Penelope Abbott, Patricia Mary Davidson, Joanne Delaney and Patricia Delaney
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2014 13:126
  2. According to the inverse care law, there is a mismatch between patients’ medical needs and medical care supply. As an example, the number of doctors is often lower in areas with high deprivation compared to ar...

    Authors: Anette Fischer Pedersen and Peter Vedsted
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2014 13:121
  3. Considerations of how gender-related factors influence smoking first appeared over 20 years ago in the work of critical and feminist scholars. This scholarship highlighted the need to consider the social and c...

    Authors: Joan L Bottorff, Rebecca Haines-Saah, Mary T Kelly, John L Oliffe, Iris Torchalla, Nancy Poole, Lorraine Greaves, Carole A Robinson, Mary HH Ensom, Chizimuzo TC Okoli and J Craig Phillips
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2014 13:114
  4. Developing countries with high maternal mortality need to invest in indicators that not only provide information about how many women are dying, but also where, and what can be done to prevent these deaths. Th...

    Authors: Elizabeth Echoka, Dominique Dubourg, Anselimo Makokha, Yeri Kombe, Øystein Evjen Olsen, Moses Mwangi, Bjorg Evjen-Olsen and Jens Byskov
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2014 13:112
  5. Notwithstanding the significant progress in reducing maternal mortality in recent years, social inequalities in the utilization of maternal care continue to be a challenge in Bangladesh. In this study, we aim ...

    Authors: Mohammad Hajizadeh, Nazmul Alam and Arijit Nandi
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2014 13:120
  6. In the field of health, numerous frameworks have emerged that advance understandings of the differential impacts of health policies to produce inclusive and socially just health outcomes. In this paper, we pre...

    Authors: Olena Hankivsky, Daniel Grace, Gemma Hunting, Melissa Giesbrecht, Alycia Fridkin, Sarah Rudrum, Olivier Ferlatte and Natalie Clark
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2014 13:119
  7. Since the late 1990s, the Chinese government has carried out several reforms on the primary health care, which is greatly improved but still left much to be desired, especially for the health workforces. The a...

    Authors: Kang Xu, Kaijin Zhang, Dan Wang and Ling Zhou
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2014 13:117
  8. Vaccines are very important to reduce morbidity and mortality by preventable infectious diseases, especially during childhood. Optimal coverage is not always achieved, for several reasons. Here we assessed vac...

    Authors: Fernando Luiz Cunha Castelo Branco, Thasciany Moraes Pereira, Breno Matos Delfino, Athos Muniz Braña, Humberto Oliart-Guzmán, Saulo Augusto Silva Mantovani, Antonio Camargo Martins, Cristieli Sérgio de Menezes Oliveira, Alanderson Alves Ramalho, Claudia Torres Codeço and Mônica da Silva-Nunes
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2014 13:118
  9. Since no hospital-based, nationwide study has been yet conducted on the association between risk factors and in-hospital mortality due to myocardial infarction (MI) by educational level in Iran, the present st...

    Authors: Ali Ahmadi, Arsalan Khaledifar, Homeira Sajjadi and Hamid Soori
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2014 13:116
  10. Measuring inequality in access to safe drinking-water and sanitation is proposed as a component of international monitoring following the expiry of the Millennium Development Goals. This study aims to evaluate...

    Authors: Weiyu Yu, Robert ES Bain, Shawky Mansour and Jim A Wright
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2014 13:113
  11. Socio-economic inequalities in basic maternal health interventions exist in Egypt, yet little is known about health-seeking of poor households. This paper assesses levels of maternal health-seeking behaviours ...

    Authors: Lenka Benova, Oona MR Campbell, Hania Sholkamy and George B Ploubidis
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2014 13:111
  12. Ethiopia records high levels of inequity in skilled birth care (SBC), where the gaps are much wider among urban migrant women. An intervention project has been conducted in Addis Ababa, intending to improve qu...

    Authors: Alemnesh H Mirkuzie
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2014 13:110
  13. While the prevalence of metabolic syndrome is increasing, little is presently known about this syndrome in Korean elderly. This study aimed to group metabolic risk factors and to examine the associations betwe...

    Authors: Hak-Seon Kim
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2014 13:463
  14. What is the factor that affects healthy life expectancy? Healthy life expectancy (HLE) at birth may be influenced by components of the gender inequality index (GII). Notably, this claim is not tested on the be...

    Authors: Jong In Kim and Gukbin Kim
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2014 13:106
  15. Understanding sex differences in willingness to test and testing experience could aid the design of focus interventions to enhance uptake and engagement with care, treatment and support services. This study de...

    Authors: Alfred E Yawson, Labi K Appiah, Anita O Yawson, George Bonsu, Simon Aluze-Ele, Nana AK Owusu Amanhyia, Margaret Lartey, Andrew A Adjei, Aaron L Lawson, Curt Beckwith, Awewura Kwara and Timothy Flanigan
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2014 13:109
  16. A longstanding and widely held assumption is that immigrants suffer from ill health and adaptation problems. Yet recent studies show that immigrants report the same or better state of health compared to their ...

    Authors: Kyunghwa Kwak and Floyd Rudmin
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2014 13:103
  17. In Sweden, self-reported depressive symptoms have increased among young people of both genders, but little is known about social differences in the risk of depressive symptoms among adolescents in welfare stat...

    Authors: Therese Wirback, Jette Möller, Jan-Olov Larsson, Maria Rosaria Galanti and Karin Engström
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2014 13:96
  18. The provision of insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) is widely accepted in Burkina Faso thanks to large-scale national distribution campaigns. However, household also use other methods of prevention. Thus far, the...

    Authors: Fadima Yaya Bocoum, Danielle Belemsaga, Alex Adjagba, Damian Walker, Seni Kouanda and Halidou Tinto
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2014 13:108
  19. Non-communicable diseases (NCDs), while traditionally considered a "rich world"-problem, have been spreading fast in low and middle income countries and by now account for a large share of mortality and ill-he...

    Authors: Yevgeniy Goryakin and Marc Suhrcke
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2014 13:107
  20. Research consistently shows that gaps in health and health care persist, and are even widening. While the strength of a country´s primary health care system and its primary care attributes significantly improv...

    Authors: Efrat Shadmi, William CW Wong, Karen Kinder, Iona Heath and Michael Kidd
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2014 13:104
  21. NHS Direct, a leading telephone healthcare provider worldwide, provided 24/7 health care advice and information to the public in England and Wales (1998-2014). The fundamental aim of this service was to increa...

    Authors: Erica J Cook, Gurch Randhawa, Shirley Large, Andy Guppy, Angel M Chater and Dong Pang
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2014 13:99
  22. This study analyzes the factors that influence the turnover intention of village doctors by investigating village clinic workers in rural areas, particularly in Xiangyang City, Hubei Province.

    Authors: Pengqian Fang, Xiangli Liu, Lingxiao Huang, Xiaoyan Zhang and Zi Fang
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2014 13:84
  23. Measurement of health inequities is fundamental to all health equity initiatives. It is complex because it requires considerations of ethics, methods, and policy. Drawing upon the recent developments in relate...

    Authors: Yukiko Asada, Jeremiah Hurley, Ole Frithjof Norheim and Mira Johri
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2014 13:98
  24. Inequities in accessibility to, and utilisation of maternal healthcare services impede progress towards attainment of the maternal health-related Millennium Development Goals. The objective of this study is to...

    Authors: John K Ganle, Michael Parker, Raymond Fitzpatrick and Easmon Otupiri
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2014 13:89
  25. According to several empirical studies, mental well-being is significant in adolescence; adolescent´s social network is undergoing radical changes while at the same time depression is increasing. The primary g...

    Authors: Szabolcs Varga, Bettina F Piko and Kevin M Fitzpatrick
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2014 13:100
  26. There is the tendency in occupational health research of approximating the `changed world of work´ with a sole focus on the intrinsic characteristics of the work task, encompassing the job content and working ...

    Authors: Deborah De Moortel, Hadewijch Vandenheede and Christophe Vanroelen
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2014 13:90
  27. Inequalities in health attributable to inequalities in society have long been recognized. Typically, those most privileged experience better health, regardless of universal access to health care. Associations ...

    Authors: Nathalie Saint-Jacques, Ron Dewar, Yunsong Cui, Louise Parker and Trevor JB Dummer
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2014 13:94
  28. Aboriginal Australians have a substantially higher frequency of ischaemic heart disease (IHD) events than their non-Aboriginal counterparts, together with a higher prevalence of comorbidities. The pattern of h...

    Authors: Derrick Lopez, Judith M Katzenellenbogen, Frank M Sanfilippo, John A Woods, Michael S T Hobbs, Matthew W Knuiman, Tom G Briffa, Peter L Thompson and Sandra C Thompson
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2014 13:93
  29. We used an exploratory sequential mixed methods approach to study the association between cultural continuity, self-determination, and diabetes prevalence in First Nations in Alberta, Canada.

    Authors: Richard T Oster, Angela Grier, Rick Lightning, Maria J Mayan and Ellen L Toth
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2014 13:92
  30. Neighbourhood level deprivation has been shown to influence adverse perinatal outcomes independent of individual level socioeconomic status (SES) in countries with high income inequality, such as the United St...

    Authors: Sari Räisänen, Michael R Kramer, Mika Gissler, Juho Saari and Seppo Heinonen
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2014 13:95
  31. Aboriginal Australians are a culturally, linguistically and experientially diverse population, for whom national statistics may mask important geographic differences in their health and the determinants of the...

    Authors: Alison Markwick, Zahid Ansari, Mary Sullivan, Lorraine Parsons and John McNeil
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2014 13:91
  32. Caesarean section (CS) can prevent maternal or fetal complications. Sub-Saharan Africa has the lowest CS levels in the world but large variations are seen between and within countries. The tertiary hospital, K...

    Authors: Cecilie Nilsen, Truls Østbye, Anne Kjersti Daltveit, Blandina Theophil Mmbaga and Ingvild Fossgard Sandøy
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2014 13:87
  33. In September 2012 the United Nations (UN) initiated a process that would extend and enhance the unfinished agenda of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), integrating a new vision for sustainable developmen...

    Authors: Ana Lorena Ruano, Eric A Friedman and Peter S Hill
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2014 13:82
  34. Progress towards achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) amongst Pacific island countries (PICs) has seen mixed results. As focus shifts to formulation of new health-related development goals be...

    Authors: Simon A Sheridan, Claire E Brolan, Lisa Fitzgerald, John Tasserei, Marie-France Maleb, Jean-Jacques Rory and Peter S Hill
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2014 13:80
  35. Equity should be implicit within universal health coverage (UHC) however, emerging evidence is showing that without adequate focus on measurement of equity, vulnerable populations may continue to receive inade...

    Authors: Anna M Rodney and Peter S Hill
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2014 13:72
  36. If human rights are “inalienable rights of all members of the human family”, as is enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, then no government should be allowed to deny people of them. When some...

    Authors: Gorik Ooms and Rachel Hammonds
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2014 13:68
  37. Global discussion on the post-2015 development goals, to replace the Millennium Development Goals when they expire on 31 December 2015, is well underway. While the Millennium Development Goals focused on redre...

    Authors: Claire E Brolan, Sameera Hussain, Eric A Friedman, Ana Lorena Ruano, Moses Mulumba, Itai Rusike, Claudia Beiersmann and Peter S Hill
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2014 13:66
  38. The United Nations presented a set of Millennium Development Goals that aimed to improve social and economic development and eradicate poverty by 2015. Most low and middle-income countries will not meet these ...

    Authors: Ana Lorena Ruano, Silvia Sánchez, Fernando José Jerez and Walter Flores
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2014 13:57
  39. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders persistently experience a significantly lower standard of health in comparison to non-Indigenous Australians. The factors contributing to this disparity are complex and e...

    Authors: Josifini T Baba, Claire E Brolan and Peter S Hill
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2014 13:56
  40. Addressing inequities is a key role for international non-governmental organizations (INGOs) working in health and development. Yet, putting equity principles into practice can prove challenging. In-depth empi...

    Authors: Elizabeth Dyke, Nancy Edwards, Ian McDowell, Richard Muga and Stephen Brown
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2014 13:86
  41. In the year 2000, a set of eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were presented as a way to channel global efforts into the reduction of poverty and the promotion of social development. A global discussion...

    Authors: Moses Mulumba, Juliana Nantaba, Claire E Brolan, Ana Lorena Ruano, Katie Brooker and Rachel Hammonds
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2014 13:76
  42. Financial stress is an important source of distress and is related to poor mental and physical health outcomes. The present study investigated whether tangible social support could buffer the effect of financi...

    Authors: Cecilia Åslund, Peter Larm, Bengt Starrin and Kent W Nilsson
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2014 13:85
  43. Transgender (TG) women in many settings continue to contend with barriers to healthcare, including experiences of stigma and discrimination. Argentina has a universal health care system and laws designed to pr...

    Authors: María Eugenia Socías, Brandon DL Marshall, Inès Arístegui, Marcela Romero, Pedro Cahn, Thomas Kerr and Omar Sued
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2014 13:81
  44. We aimed to determine the extent to which three core variables (school environment, peer group and family affluence) were associated with unhealthy behaviours and health outcomes among Tuscan adolescents. The ...

    Authors: Giacomo Lazzeri, Elena Azzolini, Andrea Pammolli, Rita Simi, Veronica Meoni and Mariano Vincenzo Giacchi
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2014 13:83

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