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Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:117
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Social determinants of mental health in Italy: the role of education in the comparison of migrant and Italian residents
Mental health is impacted by social, economic, and environmental factors, the Social Determinants of Health (SDH). Migrants experiencing precarious living and working conditions may be more at risk of poor men...
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Critical policies disparity of the first and second waves of COVID-19 in the United Kingdom
This study aims to compare the differences in COVID-19 prevention and control policies adopted by the United Kingdom (UK) during the first wave (31 January 2020 to 6 September 2020) and the second wave (7 Sept...
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:115 -
Disease-specific distress healthcare financing and catastrophic out-of-pocket expenditure for hospitalization in Bangladesh
Financial risk protection and equity are two fundamental components of the global commitment to achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC), which mandates health system reform based on population needs, disease i...
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:114 -
Centering equity and lived experience: implementing a community-based research grant on cannabis and mental health
Mental health research in Canada is not only underfunded but there remains an inequitable distribution of funding to address unmet needs especially in clinical and applied research. In 2018, the legalization o...
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:113 -
Judicialization of health: profile of demands for oncological medicines in a state in the central region of Brazil
The significant increase in access to oncological medicines through court cases suggests that constitutional guarantees of integral and universal care in the Brazilian public health system are uncertain.
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:112 -
“We should be at the table together from the beginning”: perspectives on partnership from stakeholders at four research institutions in sub-Saharan Africa
Global health research partnerships have been scrutinised for how they operate and criticised for perpetuating inequities. Guidance to inform fair partnership practice has proliferated and the movement to deco...
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:111 -
Correction: Advancing behavioral interventions for African American/Black and Latino persons living with HIV using a new conceptual model that integrates critical race theory, harm reduction, and self-determination theory: a qualitative exploratory study
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:110 -
Developing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural indicators: an overview from Mayi Kuwayu, the National Study of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Wellbeing
For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, culture is foundational to health and wellbeing. However, its inherent conceptual complexity and diversity across and within different Aboriginal and Torres S...
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:109 -
How and why buy-in for health in all policies was facilitated in Ecuador: a realist case study of Plan Nacional para el Buen Vivir
In 2008, Ecuador introduced Plan Nacional para el Buen Vivir (PNBV; National Plan for Good Living), which was widely recognized as a promising example of Health in All Policies (HiAP) due to the integration of po...
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:108 -
Coupling analysis of population aging and economic growth with spatial-temporal variation: a case study in China
China now faces an increasingly aging society which may exert economic pressure in the long run. This study illustrates the spatial pattern and evolution of population aging and economic development in China. ...
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:107 -
Region of birth differences in healthcare navigation and optimisation: the interplay of racial discrimination and socioeconomic position
While a large body of research has documented socioeconomic and migrant inequities in the effective use of healthcare services, the reasons underlying such inequities are yet to be fully understood. This study...
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:106 -
On the frontlines
Recent literature has suggested a link between poor air quality and worse COVID-19 outcomes. In the United States, this link is particularly noteworthy because of residential sorting along ethnic lines within ...
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:105 -
Community engagement to improve access to healthcare: a comparative case study to advance implementation science for transgender health equity
Recent calls to action have been made for Implementation Science to attend to health inequities at the intersections of race, gender, and social injustice in the United States. Transgender people, particularly...
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:104 -
Experiences of living with type 2 diabetes in Pakistan: the role of culture and family in physical activity
Diabetes-related guidelines recommend lifestyle changes for people living with type 2 diabetes (PLwD). In South Asian (SA) families, cultural and contextual expectations often influence people’s decisions. How...
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:103 -
Black nurses in the nursing profession in Canada: a scoping review
With migration occurring over a series of centuries, dating back to the 1600’s, the circumstance regarding Black people in Canada is a complex account. A plethora of social issues and the failure to adequately...
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:102 -
Co-designing an intervention to prevent rheumatic fever in Pacific People in South Auckland: a study protocol
Rheumatic fever is an autoimmune condition that occurs in response to an untreated Group A Streptococcus throat or skin infection. Recurrent episodes of rheumatic fever can cause permanent damage to heart valv...
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:101 -
Correction: Exploring the potential for a new measure of socioeconomic deprivation status to monitor health inequality
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:100 -
Exploring views on medical care for people with intellectual disabilities: an international concept mapping study
Medical care for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) is organized differently across the globe and interpretation of the concept of medical care for people with IDD may vary across co...
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:99 -
Migrant agricultural workers’ deaths in Ontario from January 2020 to June 2021: a qualitative descriptive study
Nine migrant agricultural workers died in Ontario, Canada, between January 2020 and June 2021.
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:98 -
Advancing behavioral interventions for African American/Black and Latino persons living with HIV using a new conceptual model that integrates critical race theory, harm reduction, and self-determination theory: a qualitative exploratory study
Rates of participation in HIV care, medication uptake, and viral suppression are improving among persons living with HIV (PLWH) in the United States. Yet, disparities among African American/Black and Latino PL...
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:97 -
Mortality and life expectancy trends in Spain by pension income level for male pensioners in the general regime retiring at the statutory age, 2005–2018
Research has generally found a significant inverse relationship in mortality risk across socioeconomic (SE) groups. This paper focuses on Spain, a country for which there continues to be very little evidence a...
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:96 -
Correction: Does social capital buffer or exacerbate mental health inequality? Evidence from the China Family Panel Study (CFPS)
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:95 -
Does the socioeconomic status predict health service utilization in persons with enhanced health care needs? Results from a population-based survey in persons with spinal cord lesions from Switzerland
Evidence suggests that the socioeconomic status (SES) affects individuals’ health service utilization. Spinal cord injury is a condition that often leads to physical impairments and enhanced health care needs....
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:94 -
Managing the medical resources of a national insurance program: lessons based on China’s NCMS
The security of medical insurance fund is very important to health equity. In China, the expenditure of medical insurance fund has increased sharply year after year, and the balance of local medical insurance ...
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:93 -
Correction: Vaccine equity in low and middle income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:92 -
The potential impact of allied health professional telehealth consultations on health inequities and the burden of treatment
The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a rapid shift to remote consultations. The study aimed to explore the prevalence of telehealth consultations amongst allied health professional (AHP) services in the UK Nation...
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:91 -
Socioeconomic disparities in healthcare utilization under universal health coverage: evidence from Dubai household health survey
In 2013, Dubai implemented the Insurance System of Advancing Health in Dubai (ISAHD) law which required mandatory health insurance for all residents of Dubai effective in 2016. This study compares the effect o...
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:90 -
Neutrality, conflict, and structural determinants of health in a Jerusalem emergency department
Medical neutrality is a normative arrangement that differentiates a zone of medical treatment disconnected from the field of politics. While medical neutrality aims to ensure impartial healthcare for all and t...
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:89 -
Adapting a South African social innovation for maternal peer support to migrant communities in Sweden: a qualitative study
Social and health disparities persist in Sweden despite a high quality and universally accessible welfare system. One way of bridging social gaps is through social innovations targeting the most vulnerable gro...
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:88 -
How does informal employment affect health and health equity? Emerging gaps in research from a scoping review and modified e-Delphi survey
This article reports on the results from a scoping review and a modified e-Delphi survey with experts which aimed to synthesize existing knowledge and identify research gaps on the health and health equity imp...
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:87 -
Identifying patterns of clinical conditions among high-cost older adult health care users using claims data: a latent class approach
To identify patterns of clinical conditions among high-cost older adults health care users and explore the associations between characteristics of high-cost older adults and patterns of clinical conditions.
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:86 -
Barriers to COVID-19 vaccination among older adults in Mexico City
Vaccines are effective to reduce COVID-19 related outcomes, but universal vaccination campaigns can reveal within-country access inequities. Mexico City has had high rates of COVID-19 related morbidity and mor...
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:85 -
Correction: Advancing urban health equity in the United States in an age of health care gentrification: a framework and research agenda
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:84 -
The Every Woman Every Child initiative: supporting countries in Latin America and the Caribbean to reduce social inequalities in health
The Every Woman Every Child Latin America and the Caribbean (EWEC-LAC) initiative was established in 2017 as a regional inter-agency mechanism. EWEC-LAC coordinates the regional implementation of the Global Strat...
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:83 -
Vaccine equity in low and middle income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Evidence to date has shown that inequality in health, and vaccination coverage in particular, can have ramifications to wider society. However, whilst individual studies have sought to characterise these heter...
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:82 -
The gap in life expectancy and lifespan inequality between Iran and neighbour countries: the contributions of avoidable causes of death
Healthcare system and intersectoral public health policies play a crucial role in improving population health and reducing health inequalities. This study aimed to quantify their impact, operationalized as avo...
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:81 -
Do changes in primary care service use over time differ by neighbourhood income? Population-based longitudinal study in British Columbia, Canada
Strong primary care systems have been associated with improved health equity. Primary care system reforms in Canada may have had equity implications, but these have not been evaluated. We sought to determine i...
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:80 -
Trajectories of socioeconomic inequality in early child development: a cohort analysis
Addressing socioeconomic inequalities in early child development (ECD) is key to reducing the intergenerational transmission of health inequalities. Yet, little is known about how socioeconomic inequalities in...
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:79 -
Correction: A policy analysis of policies and strategic plans on Maternal, Newborn and Child Health in Ethiopia
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:78 -
The unvirtuous cycle of discrimination affecting people with hepatitis B: a multi-country qualitative assessment of key-informant perspectives
An estimated 296 million individuals live with chronic hepatitis B worldwide, most have not been diagnosed and remain at risk of liver disease and cancer. People with hepatitis B often face discrimination that...
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:77 -
COVID-19 double jeopardy: the overwhelming impact of the social determinants of health
The COVID-19 pandemic has strained healthcare systems by creating a tragic imbalance between needs and resources. Governments and healthcare organizations have adapted to this pronounced scarcity by applying a...
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:76 -
Does social capital buffer or exacerbate mental health inequality? Evidence from the China Family Panel Study (CFPS)
Health inequality, including physical and mental health inequality, is an important issue. What role social capital plays in mental health inequality is still ambiguous, especially in developing countries. The...
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:75 -
Associations of the COVID-19 pandemic with social well-being indicators in Mexico
Public health measures for COVID-19 containment have implied economic and social life disruptions, which have been particularly deleterious in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) due to high rates of infor...
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:74 -
A policy analysis of policies and strategic plans on Maternal, Newborn and Child Health in Ethiopia
Significant progress has been made to advance Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (MNCH) in Ethiopia. Further, the country has enshrined equity as a core value in their strategic and development frameworks and ...
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:73 -
Qualitative modelling of social determinants of health using group model building: the case of debt, poverty, and health
Social determinants of health (SDoH) are known to have a large impact on health outcomes, but their effects are difficult to make visible. They are part of complex systems of variables largely indirect effects...
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:72 -
Rural-urban disparities in postpartum contraceptive use among women in Nigeria: a Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition analysis
Unintended pregnancies are a global public health concern that could be prevented with appropriate access to contraceptive methods. Evidence from research has indicated that avoidance of closely space birth/pr...
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:71 -
A kia ora, a wave and a smile: an urban marae-led response to COVID-19, a case study in manaakitanga
When COVID-19 emerged, there were well-founded fears that Māori (indigenous peoples of Aotearoa (New Zealand)) would be disproportionately affected, both in terms of morbidity and mortality from COVID-19 itsel...
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:70 -
The political economy of priority-setting for health in South Sudan: a case study of the Health Pooled Fund
In fragile and conflict affected settings (FCAS) such as South Sudan, where health needs are immense, resources are scarce, health infrastructure is rudimentary or damaged, and government stewardship is weak, ...
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:68 -
COVID-19 as a social disease: qualitative analysis of COVID-19 prevention needs, impact of control measures and community responses among racialized/ethnic minorities in Antwerp, Belgium
In high income countries, racialized/ethnic minorities are disproportionally affected by COVID-19. Despite the established importance of community involvement in epidemic preparedness, we lack in-depth underst...
Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2022 21:67
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