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International Journal for Equity in Health

Ausgabe 1/2023

Inhalt (265 Artikel)

Open Access Research

Why are they “unreached”? Macro and Meso determinants of health care access in hard to reach areas of Odisha, India

Srinivas Nallala, Upasona Ghosh, Shyama Sundari Desaraju, Shridhar Kadam, Rahul Reddy Kadarpeta, Sara Van Belle

Open Access Review

A scoping review on the impact of austerity on healthcare access in the European Union: rethinking austerity for the most vulnerable

Julia Nadine Doetsch, Clara Schlösser, Henrique Barros, David Shaw, Thomas Krafft, Eva Pilot

Open Access Research

Regional disparities and influencing factors of high quality medical resources distribution in China

Lei Yuan, Jing Cao, Dong Wang, Dan Yu, Ge Liu, Zhaoxin Qian

Open Access Correction

Correction: Opening the door to university health research: recommendations for increasing accessibility for individuals with intellectual disability

Brittany M. St. John, Emily Hickey, Edward Kastern, Chad Russell, Tina Russell, Ashley Mathy, Brogan Peterson, Don Wigington, Casey Pellien, Allison Caudill, Libby Hladik, Karla K. Ausderau

Open Access COVID-19 Correction

Correction: Knowledge of COVID-19 and the impact on indigents’ access to healthcare in Burkina Faso

E. Bonnet, Y. Beaugé, M. F. Ba, S. Sidibé, M. De Allegri, V. Ridde

Open Access Review

Challenges and recommendations to increasing the use of exome sequencing and whole genome sequencing for diagnosing rare diseases in Brazil: an expert perspective

Têmis Maria Félix, Carolina Fischinger Moura de Souza, João Bosco Oliveira, Mariana Rico-Restrepo, Edmar Zanoteli, Mayana Zatz, Roberto Giugliani

Open Access Research

Determinants of ethnic differences in the uptake of child healthcare services in New Zealand: a decomposition analysis

Sonia Lewycka, Kabir Dasgupta, Alexander Plum, Terryann Clark, Mary Hedges, Gail Pacheco

Open Access Research

Ultra-processed food consumption and metabolic syndrome: a cross-sectional study in Quilombola communities of Alagoas, Brazil

Lídia Bezerra Barbosa, Nancy Borges Rodrigues Vasconcelos, Ewerton Amorim dos Santos, Tamara Rodrigues dos Santos, Thays Ataide-Silva, Haroldo da Silva Ferreira

Open Access Systematic Review

Health condition of Afghan refugees residing in Iran in comparison to Germany: a systematic review of empirical studies

Parisa Rahimitabar, Alexander Kraemer, Kayvan Bozorgmehr, Fatemeh Ebrahimi, Amirhossein Takian

Open Access Review

How do we best engage young people in decision-making about their health? A scoping review of deliberative priority setting methods

Daniella Watson, Mimi Mhlaba, Gontse Molelekeng, Thulani Andrew Chauke, Sara Correia Simao, Sarah Jenner, Lisa J. Ware, Mary Barker

Open Access Review

Population-based physical activity promotion with a focus on health equity: a review of reviews

Simone Kohler, Lea Dippon, Natalie Helsper, Alfred Rütten, Karim Abu-Omar, Leonie Birkholz, Klaus Pfeifer, Philipp Weber, Jana Semrau

Open Access Research

Interventions to reduce cancer screening inequities: the perspective and role of patients, advocacy groups, and empowerment organizations

Afua Richardson-Parry, Carole Baas, Shaantanu Donde, Bianca Ferraiolo, Maimah Karmo, Zorana Maravic, Lars Münter, Ignacio Ricci-Cabello, Mitchell Silva, Stacey Tinianov, Jose M. Valderas, Seth Woodruff, Joris van Vugt

Open Access Review

Health and healthcare equity within the Canadian cancer care sector: a rapid scoping review

Leah K. Lambert, Tara C. Horrill, Scott M. Beck, Amber Bourgeois, Annette J. Browne, Shannon Cheng, A. Fuchsia Howard, Jagbir Kaur, Michael McKenzie, Kelli I. Stajduhar, Sally Thorne

Open Access Research

Exploring behavioral intervention components for African American/Black and Latino persons living with HIV with non-suppressed HIV viral load in the United States: a qualitative study

Sabrina R. Cluesman, Marya Gwadz, Robin Freeman, Linda M. Collins, Charles M. Cleland, Leo Wilton, Robert L. Hawkins, Noelle R. Leonard, Elizabeth Silverman, Carey B. Maslow, Khadija Israel, Amanda Ritchie, Sarah Ory

Open Access Research

Investigating people’s attitudes towards participating in longitudinal health research: an intersectionality-informed perspective

Sibille Merz, Philipp Jaehn, Tobias Pischon, Beate Fischer, Kerstin Wirkner, Stefan Rach, Kathrin Guenther, Nadia Obi, Christine Holmberg, Gabriele Bolte, Emily Mena, Alexander Rommel, Anke-Christine Saß, Kathleen Pöge, Sarah Strasser

Open Access Research

The role of consumer choice in out-of-pocket spending on health

Laura Nübler, Reinhard Busse, Martin Siegel

Open Access Research

Persistent inequalities in health care services utilisation in Brazil (1998–2019)

Maíra Coube, Zlatko Nikoloski, Matías Mrejen, Elias Mossialos

Open Access Research

“It is like an umbrella covering you, yet it does not protect you from the rain”: a mixed methods study of insurance affordability, coverage, and financial protection in rural western Kenya

Beryl Maritim, Adam D. Koon, Allan Kimaina, Cornelius Lagat, Elvira Riungu, Jeremiah Laktabai, Laura J. Ruhl, Michael Kibiwot, Michael L. Scanlon, Jane Goudge

Open Access Systematic Review

Characterization of the population affiliated to the subsidized health insurance scheme in Colombia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Laura Mora-Moreo, Kelly Estrada-Orozco, Oscar Espinosa, Lorena Mesa Melgarejo

Open Access Research

Perceived barriers, benefits, facilitators, and attitudes of health professionals towards type 2 diabetes management in Oujda, Morocco: a qualitative focus group study

Usman Sani Dankoly, Dirk Vissers, Souad Ben El Mostafa, Abderrahim Ziyyat, Bart Van Rompaey, Paul Van Royen, Abdellatif Maamri

Open Access Research

Rates and correlates of psychological distress and PTSD among persons with physical disabilities in Cambodia

Alan Maddock, Paul Best, Nil Ean, Cherie Armour, Nerrolyn Ramstrand

Open Access Research

Healthcare discrimination and factors associated with gender-affirming healthcare avoidance by transgender women and transgender men in Thailand: findings from a cross-sectional online-survey study

Nachale Boonyapisomparn, Natthaporn Manojai, Pimwarat Srikummoon, Walaithip Bunyatisai, Patrinee Traisathit, Nontiya Homkham

Open Access Research

Structural violence and the uncertainty of viral undetectability for African, Caribbean and Black people living with HIV in Canada: an institutional ethnography

Apondi J. Odhiambo, Patricia O’Campo, La Ron E. Nelson, Lisa Forman, Daniel Grace

Open Access COVID-19 Review

Hot fomentation of newborn fontanelles as an indigenous practice in Ghana: implications for policy and integrated community-based health care in Covid-19 pandemic and beyond

Mary Ani-Amponsah, Solina Richter, Mariam Al-Hassan Adam, Evans Appiah Osei, Mahama Mustapha, Ezekiel Oti-Boadi

Open Access Research

Social capital and women’s narratives of homelessness and multiple exclusion in northern England

Joanne McGrath, Stephen Crossley, Monique Lhussier, Natalie Forster

Open Access Research

Emerging professional practices focusing on reducing inequity in speech-language therapy and audiology: a scoping review

Kristen Abrahams, Rizwana Mallick, Ameer S-J Hohlfeld, Thiani Pillay, Tamzyn Suliaman, Harsha Kathard

Open Access Research

Health equity related challenges and experiences during the rapid implementation of virtual care during COVID-19: a multiple case study

Simone Shahid, Sophie Hogeveen, Philina Sky, Shivani Chandra, Suman Budhwani, Ryan de Silva, R. Sacha Bhatia, Emily Seto, James Shaw

Open Access Research

Centering and collaborating with community knowledge systems: piloting a novel participatory modeling approach

Yahya Shaikh, Muzamillah Jeelani, Michael Christopher Gibbons, Denisa Livingston, David Rudyard Williams, Sanith Wijesinghe, Jenine Patterson, Sybil Russell

Open Access Research

“It’s like asking for a necktie when you don’t have underwear”: Discourses on patient rights in southern Karnataka, India

Meena Putturaj, Sara Van Belle, Anja Krumeich, Prashanth NS, Nora Engel

Open Access Research

Analysis of intermunicipal journeys for cardiac surgery in Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS): an approach based on network theory

Ludmilla Monfort Oliveira Sousa, Hernane Borges de Barros Pereira, Edna Maria de Araújo, José Garcia Vivas Miranda

Open Access Review

Strengthening and expanding health inequality monitoring for the advancement of health equity: a review of WHO resources and contributions

Ahmad Reza Hosseinpoor, Nicole Bergen, Katherine Kirkby, Anne Schlotheuber

Open Access Research

Equity in the public social healthcare protection in Tanzania: does it matter on household healthcare financing?

Felician Andrew Kitole, Robert Michael Lihawa, Eliaza Mkuna

Open Access Research

Changes in socioeconomic resources and mental health after the second COVID-19 wave (2020–2021): a longitudinal study in Switzerland

Stefano Tancredi, Agnė Ulytė, Cornelia Wagner, Dirk Keidel, Melissa Witzig, Medea Imboden, Nicole Probst-Hensch, Rebecca Amati, Emiliano Albanese, Sara Levati, Luca Crivelli, Philipp Kohler, Alexia Cusini, Christian Kahlert, Erika Harju, Gisela Michel, Chantal Lüdi, Natalia Ortega, Stéphanie Baggio, Patricia Chocano-Bedoya, Nicolas Rodondi, Tala Ballouz, Anja Frei, Marco Kaufmann, Viktor Von Wyl, Elsa Lorthe, Hélène Baysson, Silvia Stringhini, Valentine Schneider, Laurent Kaufmann, Frank Wieber, Thomas Volken, Annina Zysset, Julia Dratva, Stéphane Cullati, Antonio Amendola, Alexia Anagnostopoulos, Daniela Anker, Anna Maria Annoni, Hélène Aschmann, Andrew Azman, Antoine Bal, Kleona Bezani, Annette Blattmann , Patrick Bleich, Murielle Bochud, Patrick Bodenmann, Gaëlle Bryand Rumley, Peter Buttaroni, Audrey Butty, Anne Linda Camerini, Arnaud Chiolero, Patricia Orializ Chocano-Bedoya, Prune Collombet, Laurie Corna, Valérie D’Acremont, Diana Sofia Da Costa Santos, Agathe Deschamps , Anja Domenghino, Richard Dubos, Roxane Dumont, Olivier Duperrex, Julien Dupraz, Malik Egger, Emna El-May, Nacira El Merjani, Nathalie Engler, Adina Mihaela Epure, Lukas Erksam, Sandrine Estoppey , Marta Fadda, Vincent Faivre, Jan Fehr, Andrea Felappi, Maddalena Fiordelli, Antoine Flahault, Luc Fornerod, Cristina Fragoso Corti, Natalie Francioli , Marion Frangville, Irène Frank, Giovanni Franscella, Marco Geigges, Semira Gonseth Nusslé, Clément Graindorge, Idris Guessous, Séverine Harnal, Emilie Jendly, Ayoung Jeong, Christian R Kahlert, Laurent Kaiser, Simone Kessler, Christine Krähenbühl, Susi Kriemler, Julien Lamour, Pierre Lescuyer, Andrea Loizeau, Chantal Luedi, Jean-Luc Magnin, Chantal Martinez, Eric Masserey, Dominik Menges, Rosalba Morese, Nicolai Mösli, Natacha Noël, Daniel Henry Paris, Jérôme Pasquier, Francesco Pennacchio, Stefan Pfister, Giovanni Piumatti, Géraldine Poulain, Caroline Pugin, Milo Puhan, Nick Pullen, Thomas Radtke, Manuela Rasi, Aude Richard, Viviane Richard, Claude-François Robert, Pierre-Yves Rodondi, Serena Sabatini, Khadija Samir, Javier Sanchis Zozaya, Virginie Schlüter, Alexia Schmid, Maria Schüpbach, Nathalie Schwab, Claire Semaani, Alexandre Speierer, Amélie Steiner-Dubuis, Stéphanie Testini, Julien Thabard , Mauro Tonolla, Nicolas Troillet, Agne Ulyte, Sophie Vassaux , Thomas Vermes, Jennifer Villers, Rylana Wenger, Erin West, Ania Wisniak, María-Eugenia Zaballa, Kyra Zens, Claire Zuppinger

Open Access Review

Rethinking solidarity towards equity in global health: African views

Caesar Alimsinya Atuire, Nicole Hassoun

Open Access Research

Sub-Saharan African communities’ experiences and engagement with COVID-19 and the related control strategies in Antwerp, Belgium

Charles Ddungu, Lazare Manirankunda, Marie Meudec, Ella Van Landeghem, Jef Vanhamel, Deogratias Katsuva, Christiana Nöstlinger

Open Access Research

Inequality and private health insurance in Zimbabwe: history, politics and performance

Alison T. Mhazo, Charles C. Maponga, Elias Mossialos

Open Access Study Protocol

Improving social justice in observational studies: protocol for the development of a global and Indigenous STROBE-equity reporting guideline

Sarah Funnell, Janet Jull, Lawrence Mbuagbaw, Vivian Welch, Omar Dewidar, Xiaoqin Wang, Miranda Lesperance, Elizabeth Ghogomu, Anita Rizvi, Elie A. Akl, Marc T. Avey, Alba Antequera, Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, Catherine Chamberlain, Peter Craig, Luis Gabriel Cuervo, Alassane Dicko, Holly Ellingwood, Cindy Feng, Damian Francis, Regina Greer-Smith, Billie-Jo Hardy, Matire Harwood, Janet Hatcher-Roberts, Tanya Horsley, Clara Juando-Prats, Mwenya Kasonde, Michelle Kennedy, Tamara Kredo, Alison Krentel, Elizabeth Kristjansson, Laurenz Langer, Julian Little, Elizabeth Loder, Olivia Magwood, Michael Johnson Mahande, G. J. Melendez-Torres, Ainsley Moore, Loveline Lum Niba, Stuart G. Nicholls, Miriam Nguilefem Nkangu, Daeria O. Lawson, Ekwaro Obuku, Patrick Okwen, Tomas Pantoja, Jennifer Petkovic, Mark Petticrew, Kevin Pottie, Tamara Rader, Jacqueline Ramke, Alison Riddle, Larissa Shamseer, Melissa Sharp, Bev Shea, Peter Tanuseputro, Peter Tugwell, Janice Tufte, Erik Von Elm, Hugh Sharma Waddington, Harry Wang, Laura Weeks, George Wells, Howard White, Charles Shey Wiysonge, Luke Wolfenden, Taryn Young

Open Access Research

Unmet healthcare needs and health inequalities in people with spinal cord injury: a direct regression inequality decomposition

Ana Oña, Kyriakides Athanasios, Piotr Tederko, Reuben Escorpizo, Mohit Arora, Christian Sturm, Shujuan Yang, Diana Pacheco Barzallo

Open Access Research

Barriers to cancer treatment and care for people experiencing structural vulnerability: a secondary analysis of ethnographic data

Amber Bourgeois, Tara C. Horrill, Ashley Mollison, Leah K. Lambert, Kelli I. Stajduhar

Open Access Correction

Correction: Preventing early childhood transmission of hepatitis B in remote Aboriginal communities in northern Australia

Richard P. Sullivan, Jane Davies, Paula Binks, Melita McKinnon, Roslyn Gundjirryiir Dhurrkay, Kelly Hosking, Sarah Mariyalawuy Bukulatjpi, Stephen Locarnini, Margaret Littlejohn, Kathy Jackson, Steven Y. C. Tong, Joshua S. Davis

Open Access Research

Evaluation of effective coverage for type 2 diabetes in Mexican primary care health information systems: a retrospective registry analysis

Héctor Gallardo-Rincón, María Jesús Ríos-Blancas, Alejandra Montoya, Rodrigo Saucedo-Martínez, Linda Morales-Juárez, Ricardo Mujica, Alejandra Cantoral, Lorena Suarez Idueta, Rafael Lozano, Roberto Tapia-Conyer

Open Access Research

To what extent has the Iranian Health Transformation Plan addressed inequality in healthcare financing in Iran?

Maryam Moeeni, Shirin Nosratnejad, Manizhe Rostampour, Koen Ponnet

Open Access Research

Factors influencing treatment status of syphilis among pregnant women: a retrospective cohort study in Guangzhou, China

Huihui Liu, Niannian Chen, Weiming Tang, Songying Shen, Jia Yu, Huiyun Xiao, Xingwen Zou, Jianrong He, Joseph D. Tucker, Xiu Qiu

Open Access Research

Family and domestic violence policy discourses and narratives: implications for Emergency Departments and communities in rural Australia

Sheree Moore, Rachael Fox, Bróna Nic Giolla Easpaig, Linda Deravin

Open Access Research

An action-oriented public health framework to reduce financial strain and promote financial wellbeing in high-income countries

Candace I. J. Nykiforuk, Ana Paula Belon, Evelyne de Leeuw, Patrick Harris, Lisa Allen-Scott, Kayla Atkey, Nicole M. Glenn, Elaine Hyshka, Karla Jaques, Krystyna Kongats, Stephanie Montesanti, Laura M. Nieuwendyk, Roman Pabayo, Jane Springett, Aryati Yashadhana

Open Access Research

A study on the current state and equity level of the health promotion service demands among older adults in China

Weicun Ren, Xiwang Ma, Clifford Silver Tarimo, Yiqing Xing, Xinyuan Lv, Zhang Liang

Open Access Research

Exploring the complexity and spectrum of racial/ethnic disparities in colon cancer management

Anya L. Greenberg, Nathan R. Brand, Alan Zambeli-Ljepović, Katherine E. Barnes, Sy Han Chiou, Kim F. Rhoads, Mohamed A. Adam, Ankit Sarin

Open Access Research

Healthcare cost and race: analysis of young women with stroke

Molly Jacobs, Charles Ellis

Open Access Research

People powered research: what do communities identify as important for happy and healthy children and young people? A multi-disciplinary community research priority setting exercise in the City of Bradford, United Kingdom (UK)

Christopher Cartwright, Aamnah Rahman, Shahid Islam, Bridget Lockyer, Euroline Roper, Meegan Worcester, Melany Zarate, Rosemary McEachan, Nadera Amini, Ruby Hammard, Peter Horner, Halima Iqbal

Open Access Research

A study on the equity of self-rated health of older adults at the family level

Weicun Ren, Yiqing Xing, Clifford Silver Tarimo, Ruibo He, Zhang Liang

Open Access Research

Dental health status, dentist visiting, and dental insurance of Asian immigrants in Canada

Qianqian Li, Yu Wang, John C. Knight, Yanqing Yi, Sara Ozbek, Matin Shariati, Peizhong Peter Wang, Yun Zhu

Open Access Review

Social inequality, social networks, and health: a scoping review of research on health inequalities from a social network perspective

Sylvia Keim-Klärner, Philip Adebahr, Stefan Brandt, Markus Gamper, Andreas Klärner, André Knabe, Annett Kupfer, Britta Müller, Olaf Reis, Nico Vonneilich, Maxi A. Ganser, Charlotte de Bruyn, Holger von der Lippe

Open Access Research

The association of intimate partner violence and contraceptive use: a multi-country analysis of demographic and health surveys

Muluken Dessalegn Muluneh, Lyn Francis, Kingsley Agho, Virginia Stulz

Open Access Research

Time trends in ethnic inequalities in child health and nutrition: analysis of 59 low and middle-income countries

Luis Paulo Vidaletti, Bianca O. Cata-Preta, David E. Phillips, Sonya Shekhar, Aluísio J.D. Barros, Cesar G. Victora

Open Access Research

Cost of bladder cancer in Lebanon before and after the economic collapse: a probabilistic modeling study

Elie Raad, Samar Helou, Karl Hage, Melissa Daou, Elie El Helou

Open Access Research

Is there equity of patient health outcomes across models of general practice in Aotearoa New Zealand? A national cross-sectional study

Nicolette Sheridan, Tom Love, Timothy Kenealy, Nelson Aguirre-Duarte, Bruce Arroll, Carol Atmore, Jenny Carryer, Peter Crampton, Anthony Dowell, Tana Fishman, Robin Gauld, Matire Harwood, Karen Hoare, Gary Jackson, Rawiri McKree Jansen, Ngaire Kerse, Debra Lampshire, Lynn McBain, Jayden MacRae, Jane Mills, John Øvretveit, Teuila Percival, Roshan Perera, Martin Roland, Debbie Ryan, Jacqueline Schmidt-Busby, Tim Stokes, Maria Stubbe, Sarah Hewitt, Daniel Watt, Chris Peck

Open Access Research

Addressing the needs of Ethiopia’s street homeless women of reproductive age in the health and social protection policy: a qualitative study

Kalkidan Yohannes, Mats Målqvist, Hannah Bradby, Yemane Berhane, Sibylle Herzig van Wees

Open Access Research

Prioritising Cochrane reviews to be updated with health equity focus

Eve Tomlinson, Jordi Pardo Pardo, Torunn Sivesind, Mindy D Szeto, Melissa Laughter, Ruth Foxlee, Michael Brown, Nicole Skoetz, Robert P Dellavalle, Juan VA Franco, Mike Clarke, Alison Krentel, Ludovic Reveiz, Ashrita Saran, Frances Tse, George A Wells, Robert Boyle, Jennifer Hilgart, Euphrasia Ebai-Atuh Ndi, Vivian Welch, Jennifer Petkovic, Peter Tugwell

Open Access Review

An analysis of migration and implications for health in government policy of South Africa

Karima Manji, Shehani Perera, Johanna Hanefeld, Jo Vearey, Jill Olivier, Lucy Gilson, Helen Walls

Open Access Research

Experiences of Assyrian refugee women seeking care for chronic pain: a qualitative study

Areni Altun, Helen Brown, Elizabeth Sturgiss, Grant Russell

Open Access Review

Maternal and congenital syphilis in Indigenous Peoples: a scoping review of the worldwide literature

Andrey Moreira Cardoso, Aline Diniz Rodrigues Caldas, Evelin Santos Oliveira, Enny Santos Paixão, Maria Auxiliadora Santos Soares, Idália Oliveira dos Santos, Maurício Lima Barreto, Maria Yury Travassos Ichihara

Open Access Research

Income-related equity in inpatient care utilization and unmet needs between 2013 and 2018 in Tibet, China

Cidan Zhuoga, Zhaxi Cuomu, Shunping Li, Lei Dou, Chaofan Li, Zhaxi Dawa

Open Access Research

Spatial effects of public health laboratory emergency testing institutions under COVID-19 in China

Baoguo Shi, Yanjie Wang, Xiaodan Bai, Yongqiang Lai, Wenjing Xiang, Bing Wu, Qi Xia, Xinwei Liu, Ye Li

Open Access Research

Horizontal inequity trends of health care utilization in rural China after the medicine and healthcare system reform: based on longitudinal data from 2010 to 2018

Jinpeng Xu, Guomei Tian, Jiale Sun, Jian Liu, Fangting Chen, Qi Shi, Ting Zhang, Hongyu Zhang, Jingran He, Fangmin Deng, Bokai Zhang, Haixin Wang, Qunhong Wu, Zheng Kang

Open Access Research

Prioritizing rehabilitation in low- and middle-income country national health systems: a qualitative thematic synthesis and development of a policy framework

Rachel Neill, Yusra Ribhi Shawar, Lamisa Ashraf, Priyanka Das, Sarah N. Champagne, Hunied Kautsar, Nukhba Zia, Georgia J. Michlig, Abdulgafoor M. Bachani

Open Access Research

Menstruation and social inequities in Spain: a cross-sectional online survey-based study

Laura Medina-Perucha, Tomàs López-Jiménez, Constanza Jacques-Aviñó, Anna Sofie Holst, Carme Valls-Llobet, Jordina Munrós-Feliu, Cristina Martínez-Bueno, Diana Pinzón-Sanabria, Mª Mercedes Vicente-Hernández, Anna Berenguera

Open Access Research

Realising radical potential: building community power in primary health care through Participatory Action Research

Denny Mabetha, Temitope Ojewola, Maria van der Merwe, Reflect Mabika, Gerhard Goosen, Jerry Sigudla, Jennifer Hove, Sophie Witter, Lucia D’Ambruoso

Open Access Correction

Correction to: The World Health Organization COVID-19 surveillance database

Maya Allan, Maja Lièvre, Henry Laurenson-Schafer, Stéphane de Barros, Yuka Jinnai, Sophie Andrews, Thomas Stricker, Jesus Perez Formigo, Craig Schultz, Anne Perrocheau, Julia Fitzner

Open Access Research

Gender inequalities in violence victimization and depression in Brazil: results from the 2019 national health survey

Matías Mrejen, Leonardo Rosa, Dayana Rosa, Thomas Hone

Open Access Correction

Correction to: Emerging professional practices focusing on reducing inequity in speech-language therapy and audiology: a scoping review

Kristen Abrahams, Rizwana Mallick, Ameer S-J Hohlfeld, Thiani Pillay, Tamzyn Suliaman, Harsha Kathard

Open Access Research

Social determinants influencing cervical cancer diagnosis: an ecological study

Juan Fernando Galindo, Giovana Moura Formigari, Luiz Carlos Zeferino, Carla Fabrine Carvalho, Edson Luiz Ursini, Diama Bhadra Vale

Open Access Research

Racial microaggressions and interculturality in remote Central Australian Aboriginal healthcare

Mary Wicks, Christine Hampshire, Jeannie Campbell, Louise Maple-Brown, Renae Kirkham

Open Access Research

Spatial differentiation and driving factors of the high-quality development of undertakings for the aged of China

Rong Peng, Jianhang Huang, Xueqin Deng, Yingying Wang

Open Access Research

Can payment by results ensure equitable access to contraceptive services? a qualitative case study

Victoria Boydell, Joseph Holden, Ginny Robins, Joyce Mumah, Barnabas Abok, Sandra Mudhune, Caroline Guinard, Heidi Quinn, Meghan Bishop

Open Access Research

Evaluating the effectiveness of the National Health Insurance Fund in providing financial protection to households with hypertension and diabetes patients in Kenya

Robinson Oyando, Vincent Were, Hillary Koros, Richard Mugo, Jemima Kamano, Anthony Etyang, Adrianna Murphy, Kara Hanson, Pablo Perel, Edwine Barasa

Open Access Research

Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WaSH) insecurity in unhoused communities of Los Angeles, California

Lourdes Johanna Avelar Portillo, Georgia L. Kayser, Charlene Ko, Angelica Vasquez, Jimena Gonzalez, Diego Jose Avelar, Nayib Alvarenga, Meredith Franklin, Yao-Yi Chiang

Open Access Research

Going deeper with health equity measurement: how much more can surveys reveal about inequalities in health intervention coverage and mortality in Zambia?

Andrea K. Blanchard, Choolwe Jacobs, Mwiche Musukuma, Ovost Chooye, Brivine Sikapande, Charles Michelo, Ties Boerma, Fernando C. Wehrmeister

Open Access Research

Experience of South and Southeast Asian minority women in Hong Kong during COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study

Roger Yat-Nork Chung, Tobey Tsz-Yan Lee, Siu-Ming Chan, Gary Ka-Ki Chung, Yat-Hang Chan, Samuel Yeung-Shan Wong, Eric Lai, Hung Wong, Eng Kiong Yeoh, Michael Marmot, Jean Woo

Open Access Research

Infection prevention and control for COVID-19 response in the Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh: an intra-action review

Rebecca Racheal Apolot, Simon Ssentamu Kaddu, Egmond Samir Evers, Paul Debashish, S. M. Niaz Mowla, Sabbir Ahmed, Aritra Das, Abu Toha M. R. H. Bhuiyan, Md Mahbubur Rahman, Anupam Barua, Allen Gidraf Kahindo Maina, Murad Sultan, Marsela Nyawara, Victoria Willet, Kai Von Harbou

Open Access Research

Accessing hepatitis C direct acting antivirals among people living with hepatitis C: a qualitative study

Tony Antoniou, Cheryl Pritlove, Dana Shearer, Mina Tadrous, Hemant Shah, Tara Gomes

Open Access Comment

Improvement studies for equitable and evidence-based innovation: an overview of the ‘IM-SEEN’ model

Luke N. Allen, Oathokwa Nkomazana, Sailesh Kumar Mishra, Michael Gichangi, David Macleod, Jacqueline Ramke, Nigel Bolster, Ana Patricia Marques, Hilary Rono, Matthew Burton, Min Kim, Bakgaki Ratshaa, Sarah Karanja, Ari Ho-Foster, Andrew Bastawrous

Open Access Research

A genderful research world: rapid review, design, and pilot study of an interactive platform for curated sex and gender health research resources

Irene Göttgens, Jasmijn A.M. Sleutjes, Katelynn E. Boerner, Lena D. Sialino, Natália Valdrighi

Open Access Research

Strengthening local government policies to address health inequities: perspectives from Australian local government stakeholders

Sally Schultz, Christina Zorbas, Anna Peeters, Serene Yoong, Kathryn Backholer

Open Access Research

Scenarios of maternal mortality reduction by 2030 in the Americas: insights from its tempo

Antonio Sanhueza, Oscar J. Mujica, Patricia N. Soliz, Adrienne L. Cox, Bremen de Mucio

Open Access Research

Better cardiac care – the patient experience – a qualitative study

Warren Jennings, Sonya Egert, Celestine Fisher, Sonia Renouf, Vivian Bryce, Sean Grugan, William Wang, Deborah Askew

Open Access Research

Prevalence and gender disparities of type 2 diabetes mellitus and obesity in Esmeraldas, Ecuador: a population-based survey in a hard-to-reach setting

Marta Puig-García, Cintia Caicedo-Montaño, Mónica Márquez-Figueroa, Elisa Chilet-Rosell, Gregorio Montalvo-Villacis, Ikram Benazizi-Dahbi, Andrés Peralta, Ana Lucía Torres-Castillo, Lucy Anne Parker

Open Access Research

Recent trends in maternal and child health inequalities in Latin America and the Caribbean: analysis of repeated national surveys

Oscar J. Mujica, Antonio Sanhueza, Liliana Carvajal-Velez, Luis Paulo Vidaletti, Janaína C. Costa, Aluísio J. D. Barros, Cesar G. Victora

Open Access Research

Addressing health disparities using multiply imputed injury surveillance data

Yang Liu, Amy F. Wolkin, Marcie-jo Kresnow, Thomas Schroeder

Open Access Research

Relative contributions of pre-pandemic factors and intra-pandemic activities to differential COVID-19 risk among migrant and non-migrant populations in the Netherlands: lessons for future pandemic preparedness

Felix P. Chilunga, Sophie Campman, Henrike Galenkamp, Anders Boyd, Renee Bolijn, Tjalling Leenstra, Charles Agyemang, Ellen Uiters, Maria Prins, Karien Stronks

Open Access Research

Two sides of the same coin? Absolute income and perceived income inadequacy as social determinants of health

Rachelle Meisters, Polina Putrik, Daan Westra, Hans Bosma, Dirk Ruwaard, Maria Jansen

Open Access Review

Does breast cancer policy meet the needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women in Australia? a review

Vita Christie, Lynette Riley, Deb Green, Kylie Snook, Mandy Henningham, Boe Rambaldini, Janaki Amin, Chris Pyke, Megan Varlow, Sally Goss, John Skinner, Ross O’Shea, Deb McCowen, Kylie Gwynne

Open Access Research

Information and support to patients when the waiting time guarantee cannot be fulfilled: a qualitative study

Belén Casales Morici, Hanna Augustsson, Henna Hasson, David Ebbevi

Open Access Review

Targeted health and social care interventions for women and infants who are disproportionately impacted by health inequalities in high-income countries: a systematic review

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Age-period-cohort analysis of lung cancer mortality inequalities in Southern Spain: missed opportunities for implementing equitable tobacco control policies

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The role of community health workers in primary healthcare in the WHO-EU region: a scoping review

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Vulnerability of migrant women during disasters: a scoping review of the literature

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Social inequalities in mental and physical health derived from the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain beyond SARS-CoV-2 infection

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20-year trends in multimorbidity by race/ethnicity among hospitalized patient populations in the United States

Mursal A. Mohamud, David J.T. Campbell, James Wick, Alexander A. Leung, Gabriel E. Fabreau, Marcello Tonelli, Paul E. Ronksley

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Operationalising masculinities in theories and practices of gender-transformative health interventions: a scoping review

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Inequalities in the burden of non-communicable diseases across European countries: a systematic analysis of the Global Burden of Disease 2019 study

Carlos Alexandre Soares Andrade, Nour Mahrouseh, Jonila Gabrani, Periklis Charalampous, Sarah Cuschieri, Diana Alecsandra Grad, Brigid Unim, Enkeleint A. Mechili, José Chen-Xu, Brecht Devleesschauwer, Gaetano Isola, Elena von der Lippe, Carl Michael Baravelli, Florian Fischer, Nanna Weye, Mirza Balaj, Romana Haneef, Mary Economou, Juanita A. Haagsma, Orsolya Varga

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Implementing and monitoring the right to health in breast cancer: selection of indicators using a Delphi process

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Expenditure projections for community home-based care services for older adults with functional decline in China

Ying Han, Chuanhai Xu, Liangwen Zhang, Yafei Wu, Ya Fang

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Socioeconomic inequalities in health outcomes among Thai older population in the era of Universal Health Coverage: trends and decomposition analysis

Sirinya Kaikeaw, Sureeporn Punpuing, Chalermpol Chamchan, Pramote Prasartkul

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Socio-economic inequalities in lung cancer mortality in Spain: a nation-wide study using area-based deprivation

Daniel Redondo-Sánchez, Pablo Fernández-Navarro, Miguel Rodríguez-Barranco, Olivier Nuñez, Dafina Petrova, Juan Manuel García-Torrecillas, Jose Juan Jiménez-Moleón, María-José Sánchez

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Implementing community based inclusive development for people with disability in Latin America: a mixed methods perspective on prioritized needs and lessons learned

Andreas Bachfischer, Martha Cecilia Barbosa, Angel Alberto Riveras Rojas, Reinaldo Bechler, Eva-Maria Schwienhorst-Stich, Christa Kasang, Anne Simmenroth, Sandra Parisi

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Food insecurity and unmet healthcare needs in South Korea

Hwi Choe, Tae-Young Pak

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Inequity of maternal-child health services in ASEAN member states from 1993 to 2021

Yikai Feng, Mailikezhati Maimaitiming, Junyi Shi, Minmin Wang, Na Li, Yinzi Jin, Zhi-Jie Zheng

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The pathways from disadvantaged socioeconomic status in childhood to edentulism in mid-to-late adulthood over the life-course

Xiaoning Zhang, Shuping Dai, Xue Jiang, Wenhao Huang, Qiong Zhou, Sheng Wang

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Health needs of migrant female head porters in Ghana: evidence from the Greater Accra and Greater Kumasi Metropolitan areas

Rhanda Kyerewaa Opuni, Dina Adei, Anthony Acquah Mensah, Ronald Adamtey, Williams Agyemang-Duah

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Unpacking racism during COVID-19: narratives from racialized Canadian gay, bisexual, and queer men

Cornel Grey, Ian Liujia Tian, Shayna Skakoon-Sparling, Emerich Daroya, Ben Klassen, David Lessard, Mark Gaspar, Jad Sinno, Jordan M. Sang, Amaya Perez-Brumer, Nathan J. Lachowsky, David M. Moore, Jody Jollimore, Trevor A. Hart, Joseph Cox, Daniel Grace

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Inequality of opportunity in outpatient expenditure among the elderly with multimorbidity: evidence from China

Kangkang Zhang, Hua You, Linxiang Yu, Qifeng Wu, Xinpeng Xu

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Looking at maternal health of Asháninka communities from the conceptual framework of the accessibility of care

Angel Oswaldo Lazo-Gonzales, Tania Sarmiento-Casavilca, Olga Elena Espinosa-Henao, Maria Guadalupe Ruelas-González, Jacqueline Elizabeth Alcalde-Rabanal

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The mediating role of job satisfaction and presenteeism on the relationship between job stress and turnover intention among primary health care workers

Liangwen Ning, Huanhuan Jia, Shang Gao, Minghui Liu, Jiaying Xu, Sangyangji Ge, Ming Li, Xihe Yu

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Disparities in cervical cancer screening programs in Cameroon: a scoping review of facilitators and barriers to implementation and uptake of screening

Namanou Ines Emma Woks, Musi Merveille Anwi, Taal Bernard Kefiye, Dohbit Julius Sama, Angel Phuti

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Explaining gender inequalities in overweight people: a Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition analysis in northern Sweden

Fethi Mohammed Yusuf, Miguel San Sebastián, Masoud Vaezghasemi

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The socioeconomic distribution of life expectancy and healthy life expectancy in Chile

Manuel Antonio Espinoza, Rodrigo Severino, Carlos Balmaceda, Tomas Abbott, Baltica Cabieses

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Years of life lost due to deaths of despair and COVID-19 in the United States in 2020: patterns of excess mortality by gender, race and ethnicity

Parker Entrup, Leon Brodsky, Candice Trimble, Stephanie Garcia, Nasra Mohamed, Megan Deaner, J. P. Martell, Julie Teater, Ayana Jordan, Jeanette M. Tetrault, O. Trent Hall

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Societal stigma and mistreatment in healthcare among gender minority people: a cross-sectional study

Kristen D. Clark, Mitchell R. Lunn, Jordon D. Bosse, Jae M. Sevelius, Carol Dawson-Rose, Sandra J. Weiss, Micah E. Lubensky, Juno Obedin-Maliver, Annesa Flentje

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Voices of those living with type 2 diabetes in Belize: barriers to care before and during the COVID-19 pandemic

Lindsay P. Allen, Lucia Ellis, Christophe Engleton, Valerie Lynette Valerio, Andrew R. Hatala

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Temporal trends in inequalities of the burden of cardiovascular disease across 186 countries and territories

Penghong Deng, Yu Fu, Mingsheng Chen, Dong Wang, Lei Si

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Impact of pension income on healthcare utilization of older adults in rural China

Peizhe Yan, Fenghang Li, Stephen Nicholas, Elizabeth Maitland, Jialong Tan, Chen Chen, Jian Wang

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The impact of community and provider-driven social accountability interventions on contraceptive use: findings from a cohort study of new users in Ghana and Tanzania

Petrus S. Steyn, Joanna Paula Cordero, Dela Nai, Donat Shamba, Kamil Fuseini, Sigilbert Mrema, Ndema Habib, My Huong Nguyen, James Kiarie

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Understanding why racial/ethnic inequities along the HIV care continuum persist in the United States: a qualitative exploration of systemic barriers from the perspectives of African American/Black and Latino persons living with HIV

Prema Filippone, Samantha Serrano, Stephanie Campos, Robin Freeman, Sabrina R. Cluesman, Khadija Israel, Brianna Amos, Charles M. Cleland, Marya Gwadz

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Patient-centeredness—a cultural targeted survey among junior medical managers

Orna Tal, Royi Barnea, Aviad Tur-Sinai

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Addressing health inequity during the COVID-19 pandemic through primary health care and public health collaboration: a multiple case study analysis in eight high-income countries

Dorien Vanden Bossche, Q. Jane Zhao, Sara Ares-Blanco, Maria Pilar Astier Peña, Peter Decat, Naoki Kondo, Madelon Kroneman, Daisuke Nishioka, Ferdinando Petrazzuoli, Guri Rortveit, Emmily Schaubroeck, Stefanie Stark, Andrew D. Pinto, Sara Willems

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Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on access to healthcare among people with disabilities: evidence from six low- and middle-income countries

Xanthe Hunt, Shaffa Hameed, Shailaja Tetali, Luong Anh Ngoc, John Ganle, Lopita Huq, Tom Shakespeare, Tracey Smythe, Zeynep Ilkkursun, Hannah Kuper, Ceren Acarturk, Nanda Kishore Kannuri, Vu Quynh Mai, Rifat Shahpar Khan, Lena Morgon Banks

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Health care leaders’ perspectives on the business impact of mobile health clinics

Mollie M. Williams, Sarah T. Bui, Josephina S. Lin, Gregory H. Fan, Nancy E. Oriol

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From trauma to transmission: exploring the intersection of adversity, substance use, and HIV risk in women’s life histories

Nora S. West, Frank Kussaga, Alex Rittenhouse, Brenice Duroseau, Deja Knight, Jessie Mbwambo, Samuel Likindikoki, Haneefa T. Saleem

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Food insecurity and levels of marginalization: food accessibility, consumption and concern in Mexico

Oscar A. Martínez-Martínez, Karol Gil-Vasquez, María Beatriz Romero-González

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Association between gene methylation and experiences of historical trauma in Alaska Native peoples

Mary P. Rogers-LaVanne, Alyssa C. Bader, Alida de Flamingh, Sana Saboowala, Chuck Smythe, Bernadine Atchison, Nathan Moulton, Amelia Wilson, Derek E. Wildman, Alan Boraas, Monica Uddin, Rosita Worl, Ripan S. Malhi

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A holistic model of health inequalities for health policy and state administration: a case study in the regions of the Czech Republic

Dana Hübelová, Jan Caha, Lenka Janošíková, Alice Kozumplíková

Open Access Comment

A declaration on the value of experiential measures of food and water insecurity to improve science and policies in Latin America and the Caribbean

Hugo Melgar-Quiñonez, Pablo Gaitán-Rossi, Rafael Pérez-Escamilla, Teresa Shamah-Levy, Graciela Teruel-Belismelis, Sera L. Young, Monica Ancira-Moreno, Antonio Barbosa-Gomes, Hilary Bethancourt, Mauro Brero, Soraya Burrola, Alejandra Cantoral, Haydee Cárdenas-Quintana, Julio Casas-Toledo, Sara Eloisa Del Castillo, Marti Del Monte-Vega, Mauro Del Grossi, Claire Dooley, Olga Espinal-Gomez, Gabriela Fajardo, Adriana Flores-Díaz, Edward A. Frongillo, Olga García, Erika Garcia-Alberto, María Girona, Daniela Godoy-Gabler, Mauricio Hernández-Fernández, Gonzalo Hernandez-Licona, Sonia Hernandez-Cordero, Alan Hernandez-Solano, Martha Patricia Herrera-González, Vania Lara-Mejia, Gerardo Leyva-Parra, Charlotte MacAlister, Édgar Martínez-Mendoza, Carla Mejia, Joshua Miller, Rebeca Monroy-Torres, Verónica Mundo-Rosas, Alicia Muñoz-Espinosa, Sara Nava-Garcia y Rodriguez, Lynnette Neufeld, Juan Nuñez, Poliana Palmeira- de Araújo, Israel Rios-Castillo, Alberto Rodríguez-Abad, Rosana Salles-Costa, Daniela Serrano-Campos, Isidro Soloaga, Brenda Tapia-Hernandez, Jefferson Valencia, Mireya Vilar-Compte, Paloma Villagómez-Ornelas

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Incidence of catastrophic health spending in Indonesia: insights from a Household Panel Study 2018–2019

Rifqi Abdul Fattah, Qinglu Cheng, Hasbullah Thabrany, Dwidjo Susilo, Aryana Satrya, Manon Haemmerli, Soewarta Kosen, Danty Novitasari, Gemala Chairunnisa Puteri, Eviati Adawiyah, Andrew Hayen, Lucy Gilson, Anne Mills, Viroj Tangcharoensathien, Stephen Jan, Augustine Asante, Virginia Wiseman

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Current evidence for designing self-management support for underserved populations: an integrative review using the example of diabetes

Ian Litchfield, Tim Barrett, Julian Hamilton-Shield, Theresa Moore, Parth Narendran, Sabi Redwood, Aidan Searle, Suma Uday, Jess Wheeler, Sheila Greenfield

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Addressing cancer care inequities in sub-Saharan Africa: current challenges and proposed solutions

Olabode Omotoso, John Oluwafemi Teibo, Festus Adebayo Atiba, Tolulope Oladimeji, Oluwatomiwa Kehinde Paimo, Farid S. Ataya, Gaber El-Saber Batiha, Athanasios Alexiou

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“Asthma is a very bully disease” – patient experiences of living with chronic respiratory diseases in Cape Town, South Africa

Marie Stolbrink, Chantel Streicher, Khanyisa Mcimeli, Brian Allwood, Kevin Mortimer, Martha Chinouya

Open Access Correction

Correction: Social inequalities in mental and physical health derived from the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain beyond SARS-CoV-2 infection

Isabel Moreira, Montse Ferrer, Gemma Vilagut, Philippe Mortier, Mireia Felez-Nobrega, Joan Domènech-Abella, Josep-Maria Haro, Jordi Alonso

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Factors associated with mobile medical clinic use: a retrospective cohort study

Angela Coaston, Soo-Jeong Lee, Julene K. Johnson, Sandra Weiss, Thomas Hoffmann, Caroline Stephens

Open Access Systematic Review

Barriers and facilitators to seeking and accessing mental health support in primary care and the community among female migrants in Europe: a “feminisms” systematic review

Patrick Nyikavaranda, Marija Pantelic, Christina J Jones, Priyamvada Paudyal, Alice Tunks, Carrie D Llewellyn

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Social inequalities and COVID-19 mortality between neighborhoods of Bariloche city, Argentina

Mónica Serena Perner, Andrés Trotta, Usama Bilal, Binod Acharya, Harrison Quick, Natalia Pacífico, Romina Berazategui, Marcio Alazraqui, Ana V. Diez Roux

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Assessment of immigration law enforcement presence in a teaching hospital along the US/Mexico border

Claire Lamneck, Alexander Alvarez, Cazandra Zaragoza, Rombod Rahimian, Mario Jesus Trejo, Patricia Lebensohn

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The impact of the national volume-based procurement policy on the use of policy-related drugs in Nanjing: an interrupted time-series analysis

Xiao Wang, Xuan He, Pei Zhang, Mengdie Zhang, Rui Ma, Rouli Dai, Xin Li

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Racism against racialized migrants in healthcare in Europe: a scoping review

Mia Pattillo, Sigsten Stieglitz, Konstantinos Angoumis, Nora Gottlieb

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Spatiotemporal change in socioeconomic inequality in hygienic menstrual product use among adolescent girls in India during 2015–2019

Mahashweta Chakrabarty, Aditya Singh, Shivani Singh, Pooja Tripathi

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Wealth-based inequality in the continuum of maternal health service utilisation in 16 sub-Saharan African countries

Anteneh Asefa, Samson Gebremedhin, Tiara Marthias, Herfina Nababan, Aliki Christou, Aline Semaan, Aduragbemi Banke-Thomas, Hanani Tabana, Fadhlun M. Alwy Al-beity, Jean-Paul Dossou, Keneni Gutema, Thérèse Delvaux, Catherine Birabwa, Mardieh Dennis, Fassou Mathias Grovogui, Barbara McPake, Lenka Beňová

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Assessing essential service provision for prevention and management of violence against women in a remote indigenous community in Amantaní, Peru

Maria Calderon, Carla Cortez-Vergara, Laura Brown, Hattie Lowe, Blenda Abarca, Marta Rondon, Jenevieve Mannell

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Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) indicators as predictors of mortality among patients hospitalised with COVID-19 disease in the Lothian Region, Scotland during the first wave: a cohort study

Marcello S. Scopazzini, Roo Nicola Rose Cave, Callum P. Mutch, Daniella A. Ross, Anda Bularga, Margo Chase-Topping, Mark Woolhouse, Oliver Koch, Atul Anand, Kathy Harrison, Ally Hume, Catriona Waugh, Catherine Stables, Chloe Brook, Chris Duncan, David Homan, Erin Cadger, Ioanna Lampaki, Jennifer Daub, Jilly McKay, Neil Murray, Ronnie Harkess, Shedrack Ezu, Sophie McCall, Stela McLachlan, Alastair Thomson, Alistair Stewart, Daniella Ene, Hazel Neilson, Juergen Caris, Maria McMenemy, Nazir Lone, Nicola Rigglesford, Paul Schofield, Sophie David, Stephen Young, Tracey McKinley, Tracey Rapson, Anna K. Jamieson, Arjuna A. Sivakumaran, Arun Parajuli, Ed Whittaker, Emma K. Watson, Ha Bao Trung Le, Hannah M. M. Preston, Jason Yang, John P. Kelly, Jonathan Wubetu, Julia Guerrero Enriquez, Kathryn A. W. Knight, Louisa R. Cary, Oscar C. N. Maltby, Rosie Callender, Sarah H. Goodwin, Thomas H. Clouston, Thomas J. McCormick, XinYi Ng, Zaina Sharif, Anoop Shah, Colan Mehaffey, Ken Lee, Laura Woods-Dunlop, Michael Gray, Nicholas Mills, Pamela Linksted, Peter Cairns, Rob Baxter, Stephen Lavenberg, Susan Buckingham, Meghan R. Perry, Claire L. Mackintosh

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Barriers and facilitators to health care access for people experiencing homelessness in four European countries: an exploratory qualitative study

Christina Carmichael, Tobias Schiffler, Lee Smith, Maria Moudatsou, Ioanna Tabaki, Ascensión Doñate-Martínez, Tamara Alhambra-Borrás, Matina Kouvari, Pania Karnaki, Alejandro Gil-Salmeron, Igor Grabovac

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Multi-level strategies to improve equitable timely person-centred osteoarthritis care for diverse women: qualitative interviews with women and healthcare professionals

Anna R. Gagliardi, Angelina Abbaticchio, Madeline Theodorlis, Deborah Marshall, Crystal MacKay, Cornelia M. Borkhoff, Glen Stewart Hazlewood, Marisa Battistella, Aisha Lofters, Vandana Ahluwalia

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Hardship financing, productivity loss, and the economic cost of illness and injury in Cambodia

Robert John Kolesar, Guido Erreygers, Wim Van Damme, Vanara Chea, Theany Choeurng, Soklong Leng

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Informing efforts beyond tailored promotional campaigns by understanding contextual factors shaping vaccine hesitancy among equity-deserving populations in Canada: an exploratory qualitative study

Lena G. Nascimento, Ève Dubé, Kathleen E. Burns, Patrick Brown, Michael Calnan, Paul R. Ward, Eric Filice, Hoda Herati, Nnenna A. U. Ike, Bobbi Rotolo, Samantha B. Meyer

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Awareness of the public charge, confidence in knowledge, and the use of public healthcare programs among Mexican-origin Oregon Latino/as

Edlyn Wolwowicz-Lopez, Emily Boniface, Sara Díaz-Anaya, Yareli Cornejo-Torres, Blair G. Darney

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Correction: Accessing hepatitis C direct acting antivirals among people living with hepatitis C: a qualitative study

Tony Antoniou, Cheryl Pritlove, Dana Shearer, Mina Tadrous, Hemant Shah, Tara Gomes

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Accessibility crisis of essential medicines at Sudanese primary healthcare facilities: a cross-sectional drugs’ dispensaries assessment and patients’ perspectives

Lina Hemmeda, Abubaker E. A. Koko, Radia F. Mohamed, Yousra Ibrahim Abdallah Mohammed, Abeer Osman Mukhtar Elabid, Alaa T. Omer, Amna Abdel Rafea Al Hashemi Hamida, Aya M. Haiba, Eithar M. Ali, Istabraq I. Abdelgadir, Reem M. Al Fanob, Saja S. Mohamed Almahadi, Sara Ali, Suzan A. A Mahgoub

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How do health system factors (funding and performance) impact on access to healthcare for populations experiencing homelessness: a realist evaluation

Rikke Siersbaek, John Ford, Clíona Ní Cheallaigh, Steve Thomas, Sara Burke

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Income loss and subsequent poor psychological well-being among the Chinese population during the early COVID-19 pandemic

Sha Lai, Li Lu, Chi Shen, Alice Yan, Yanjun Lei, Zhongliang Zhou, Youfa Wang

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Factors affecting T2DM patients’ behaviors associated with integrated treatment and prevention services in China

Ran Zhao, Xia Zhang, Sizhe Wang, Nan Zhao, Dianjiang Li, Hong Fan

Open Access Research

Comparison of COVID-19 vaccine policies and their effectiveness in Korea, Japan, and Singapore

Mengyuan Ma, Leiyu Shi, Meiheng Liu, Junyan Yang, Wanzhen Xie, Gang Sun

Open Access Research

From disease- to people-centred pandemic management: organized communities, community-oriented primary care and health information systems

Christine Leyns, Sara Willems, Richard A. Powell, Vivian Camacho, Ricardo Fabrega, Jan De Maeseneer, Salman Rawaf, Punam Mangtani, Austen El-Osta

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In-hospital outcomes by insurance type among patients undergoing percutaneous coronary interventions for acute myocardial infarction in New South Wales public hospitals

Juliana de Oliveira Costa, Sallie-Anne Pearson, David Brieger, Sanja Lujic, Md Shajedur Rahman Shawon, Louisa R. Jorm, Kees van Gool, Michael O. Falster

Open Access Systematic Review

Negative consequences of conflict-related sexual violence on survivors: a systematic review of qualitative evidence

Elena Rubini, Martina Valente, Monica Trentin, Giulia Facci, Luca Ragazzoni, Sarah Gino

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Geographical challenges and inequity of healthcare access for high-risk paediatric heart disease

Benjamin C. Auld, Bridget Abell, Prem S. Venugopal, Steven McPhail

Open Access Research

Equity trends for the UHC service coverage sub-index for reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health in Pakistan: evidence from demographic health surveys

Nabila Zaka, Maida Umar, Ahsan Maqbool Ahmad, Ikhlaq Ahmad, Tahira Ezra Reza, Mariyam Sarfraz, Faran Emmanuel

Open Access Research

Optimal allocation of physicians improves accessibility and workload disparities in stroke care

Kazuki Ohashi, Toshiya Osanai, Kyohei Bando, Kensuke Fujiwara, Takumi Tanikawa, Yuji Tani, Soichiro Takamiya, Hirotaka Sato, Yasuhiro Morii, Tomoki Ishikawa, Katsuhiko Ogasawara

Open Access Comment

Ensuring Indigenous co-leadership in health research: a Can-SOLVE CKD case example

Cathy Woods, Craig Settee, Mary Beaucage, Helen Robinson-Settee, Arlene Desjarlais, Evan Adams, Catherine Turner, Malcolm King, Letitia Pokiak, Mary Wilson, Evelyn Voyageur, Chantel Large, Jonathan McGavock, Joanne Kappel, Helen Chiu, Tamara Beardy, Isabelle Flett, James Scholey, Heather Harris, Jocelyn Jones, Latash Maurice Nahanee, Delhia Nahanee, Mary Beaucage, Arlene Desjarlais, Cathy Woods, George Fontaine, Malcolm King, Evelyn Voyageur, Jonathan McGavock, Tamara Beardy, Donna Saucier, Isabelle Flett, Darrell Ross, Tannyce Cook, Letitia Pokiak, Latash Maurice Nahanee, Delhia Nahanee, Joanne Kappel, Allison Dart

Open Access Review

Health equity for persons with disabilities: a global scoping review on barriers and interventions in healthcare services

Mélanie Gréaux, Maria Francesca Moro, Kaloyan Kamenov, Amy M. Russell, Darryl Barrett, Alarcos Cieza

Open Access Research

COVID-19 inpatient mortality in Brazil from 2020 to 2022: a cross-sectional overview study based on secondary data

Margareth Crisóstomo Portela, Mônica Martins, Sheyla Maria Lemos Lima, Carla Lourenço Tavares de Andrade, Claudia Cristina de Aguiar Pereira

Open Access Research

Evaluating equity across the continuum of care for maternal health services: analysis of national health surveys from 25 sub-Saharan African countries

Firew Tekle Bobo, Augustine Asante, Mirkuzie Woldie, Angela Dawson, Andrew Hayen

Open Access Review

Assessing the interactions of people and policy-makers in social participation for health: an inventory of participatory governance measures from a rapid systematic literature review

Prateek Gupta, Benjamin Rouffy-Ly, Katja Rohrer-Herold, Kira Koch, Neethi Rao, Charlotte Poulussen, Lara Brearley, Hala Abou-Taleb, Dheepa Rajan

Open Access Research

Health Equity Impact Assessment (HEIA) reporting tool: developing a checklist for policymakers

Alireza Olyaeemanesh, Amirhossein Takian, Hakimeh Mostafavi, Mohammadreza Mobinizadeh, Ahad Bakhtiari, Fateme Yaftian, Abbass Vosoogh-Moghaddam, Efat Mohamadi

Open Access Review

A scoping review exploring oral health inequalities in India: a call for action to reform policy, practice and research

Parul Dasson Bajaj, Ramya Shenoy, Latha Sanjay Davda, Kundabala Mala, Gagan Bajaj, Ashwini Rao, Aparna K.S., Mithun Pai, Praveen Jodalli, Avinash B.R.

Open Access Review

What is available to support pain management in Parkinson’s: a scoping review protocol

Mark Parkinson, Cormac Ryan, Leah Avery, Annette Hand, Bhanu Ramaswamy, Julie Jones, Fiona Lindop, Monty Silverdale, Katherine Baker, Jenni Naisby

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A socio-political history of South Africa’s National Health Insurance

Eleanor Beth Whyle, Jill Olivier

Open Access Research

Emergency department care experiences among people who use substances: a qualitative study

Dana Rajab, Jamie K. Fujioka, Melanie Walker, Susan A. Bartels, Meredith MacKenzie, Eva Purkey

Open Access Comment

Reducing intervention- and research-induced inequalities to tackle the digital divide in health promotion

Laura M. König, Rebecca A. Krukowski, Emmanuel Kuntsche, Heide Busse, Laura Gumbert, Kathrin Gemesi, Efrat Neter, Nor Firdous Mohamed, Kathryn M. Ross, Yetunde O. John-Akinola, Rosie Cooper, Anila Allmeta, Anabelle Macedo Silva, Cynthia C. Forbes, Max J. Western

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Trends in child marriage, sexual violence, early sexual intercourse and the challenges for policy interventions to meet the sustainable development goals

Kathya Lorena Cordova-Pozo, Sujata Santosh Anishettar, Manish Kumar, Praveen Kailash Chokhandre

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Measuring health equity in the ASEAN region: conceptual framework and assessment of data availability

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Open Access Research

We’re here too: child health information-seeking experiences and preferences of Red River Métis families – a qualitative study

Lisa Knisley, S. Michelle Driedger, Lisa Hartling, Frances Chartrand, Julianne Sanguins, Shannon D. Scott

Open Access Research

Perceived barriers of migrants and refugees to vaccinate their children against Measles and polio: a study in Iran

Amir Nasiri, Hossein Farshidi, Farshid Rezaei, Tahereh Dehdari, Afrouzeh Kazemi, Hamid Rezapour, Massomeh Goshtaei

Open Access Review

A critical review and analysis of the context, current burden, and application of policy to improve cancer equity in Ghana

Chloe Zabrina Tuck, Richard Cooper, Richmond Aryeetey, Laura A Gray, Robert Akparibo

Open Access Research

Socioeconomic inequality in unmet outpatient healthcare needs among people living in urban informal settlements in Sanandaj city, Iran

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Open Access Research

Trend and disparities in authorship of healthcare-related publications on the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war

Habib Olatunji Alagbo, Saloni Mitra, Karen Madueke, Uchechi Blessing Azuwike, Samantha Dos Santos Rocha Ferreira, Alimat Temitope Ademuyiwa, Oluwaseun Adeleke, Chigozirim Ejinkeonye, David Izuchukwu Onyebuchi, Inioluwa Atowoju, Faith Inioluwa Odelola, Jyoti Kumari, Marvellous Sowunmi, Yana Al-Inaya, Toufik Abdul-Rahman, Nathan A. Shlobin

Open Access Comment

Precision health equity for racialized communities

Arafaat A. Valiani, David Anderson, Angela Gonzales, Mandi Gray, Lorian Hardcastle, Tanvir C. Turin

Open Access Research

Race and ethnicity in the COVID-19 Critical Care Consortium: demographics, treatments, and outcomes, an international observational registry study

Matthew J. Griffee, David A. Thomson, Jonathon Fanning, Dorothea Rosenberger, Adrian Barnett, Nicole M. White, Jacky Suen, John F. Fraser, Gianluigi Li Bassi, Sung-Min Cho, Heidi J. Dalton, John Laffey, Daniel Brodie, Eddy Fan, Antoni Torres, Davide Chiumello, Alyaa Elhazmi, Carol Hodgson, Shingo Ichiba, Carlos Luna, Srinivas Murthy, Alistair Nichol, Pauline Yeung Ng, Mark Ogino, Eva Marwali, Giacomo Grasselli, Robert Bartlett, Aidan Burrell, Muhammed Elhadi, Anna Motos, Ferran Barbé, Alberto Zanella

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An intersectional analysis of long COVID prevalence

Jennifer Cohen, Yana van der Meulen Rodgers

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Is intimate partner violence vertically transmitted among women in sub-Saharan Africa? Evidence from demographic health surveys between 2010 and 2019

Oluwatobi Abel Alawode, Obasanjo Afolabi Bolarinwa, Julia Marie Hajjar, Stephen Okechukwu Chukwudeh, Sanni Yaya

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The stories about racism and health: the development of a framework for racism narratives in medical literature using a computational grounded theory approach

Caroline A. Figueroa, Erin Manalo-Pedro, Swetha Pola, Sajia Darwish, Pratik Sachdeva, Christian Guerrero, Claudia von Vacano, Maithili Jha, Fernando De Maio, Chris J. Kennedy