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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...
International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:135
Published on: 27 July 2017
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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...
International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:133
Published on: 24 July 2017
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The objective of this paper is to analyse whether the recent recession has altered health care utilisation patterns of different income groups in Spain.
International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:134
Published on: 24 July 2017
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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...
International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:132
Published on: 21 July 2017
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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...
International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:130
Published on: 20 July 2017
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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...
International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:131
Published on: 20 July 2017
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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, ...
International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:129
Published on: 20 July 2017
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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...
International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:128
Published on: 18 July 2017
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China is faced with a daunting challenge to equality and efficiency in health resources allocation and health services utilization in the context of rapid economic growth. This study sought to evaluate the equ...
International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:127
Published on: 14 July 2017
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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...
International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:126
Published on: 14 July 2017
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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...
International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:125
Published on: 14 July 2017
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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...
International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:122
Published on: 11 July 2017
Systematic review
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...
International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:123
Published on: 11 July 2017
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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...
International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:124
Published on: 11 July 2017
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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...
International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:120
Published on: 7 July 2017
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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...
International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:121
Published on: 7 July 2017
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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...
International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:119
Published on: 6 July 2017
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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...
International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:118
Published on: 5 July 2017
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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...
International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:116
Published on: 3 July 2017
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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...
International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:117
Published on: 3 July 2017
Systematic review
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...
International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:9
Published on: 1 July 2017
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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...
International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:58
Published on: 1 July 2017
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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...
International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:80
Published on: 1 July 2017
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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...
International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:27
Published on: 1 July 2017
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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...
International Journal for Equity in Health 2017 16:19
Published on: 1 July 2017
