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International Journal for Equity in Health

Ausgabe 1/2012

Inhalt (83 Artikel)

Open Access Research

Advancing primary care to promote equitable health: implications for China

Li-Mei Hung, Sarika Rane, Jenna Tsai, Leiyu Shi

Open Access Research

Gender (in)equality among employees in elder care: implications for health

Sofia Elwér, Lena Aléx, Anne Hammarström

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Febrile illness experience among Nigerian nomads

Oladele B Akogun, Minnakur A Gundiri, Jacqueline A Badaki, Sani Y Njobdi, Adedoyin O Adesina, Olumide T Ogundahunsi

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Equity of inpatient health care in rural Tanzania: a population- and facility-based survey

Grace A Ferry, Sean R Dickson, Godfrey Mbaruku, Lynn P Freedman, Margaret E Kruk

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Income and economic exclusion: do they measure the same concept?

Emilie Renahy, Beatriz Alvarado-Llano, Maria Koh, Amélie Quesnel-Vallée

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Addressing poverty through disease control programmes: examples from Tuberculosis control in India

Vishnu Vardhan Kamineni, Nevin Wilson, Anand Das, Srinath Satyanarayana, Sarabjit Chadha, Kuldeep Singh Sachdeva, Lakbir Singh Chauhan

Open Access Annotated bibliography

The social gradient in doctor-patient communication

Evelyn Verlinde, Nele De Laender, Stéphanie De Maesschalck, Myriam Deveugele, Sara Willems

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Can rural health insurance improve equity in health care utilization? a comparison between China and Vietnam

Xiaoyun Liu, Shenglan Tang, Baorong Yu, Nguyen Khanh Phuong, Fei Yan, Duong Duc Thien, Rachel Tolhurst

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Understanding determinants of socioeconomic inequality in mental health in Iran's capital, Tehran: a concentration index decomposition approach

Esmaeil Khedmati Morasae, Ameneh Setareh Forouzan, Reza Majdzadeh, Mohsen Asadi-Lari, Ahmad Ali Noorbala, Ahmad Reza Hosseinpoor

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Taking action on the social determinants of health: improving health access for the urban poor in Mongolia

Khandsuren Lhamsuren, Tserendolgor Choijiljav, Enkhtuya Budbazar, Surenchimeg Vanchinkhuu, Diana Chang Blanc, John Grundy

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Comprehensive determinants of health service utilisation for mental health reasons in a canadian catchment area

Marie-Josée Fleury, Guy Grenier, Jean-Marie Bamvita, Michel Perreault, Yan Kestens, Jean Caron

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Participant demographics reported in "Table 1" of randomised controlled trials: a case of "inverse evidence"?

John Furler, Parker Magin, Marie Pirotta, Mieke van Driel

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Persistent disparities in cholesterol screening among immigrants to the United States

Jim P Stimpson, Fernando A Wilson, Rosenda Murillo, Jose A Pagan

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Increasing access to modern contraceptives: the potential role of community solidarity through altruistic contributions

Obinna E Onwujekwe, Chinwe Ogbonna, Nkoli Uguru, Benjamin SC Uzochukwu, Agathe Lawson, Bannet Ndyanabangi

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Healthcare access and mammography screening in Michigan: a multilevel cross-sectional study

Tomi F Akinyemiju, Amr S Soliman, May Yassine, Mousumi Banerjee, Kendra Schwartz, Sofia Merajver

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Differences in health care seeking behaviour between rural and urban communities in South Africa

Marinka van der Hoeven, Annamarie Kruger, Minrie Greeff

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Informal politics and inequity of access to health care in Lebanon

Bradley Chen, Melani Cammett

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Public awareness of income-related health inequalities in Ontario, Canada

Ketan Shankardass, Aisha Lofters, Maritt Kirst, Carlos Quiñonez

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“Health inequalities in Armenia - analysis of survey results”

Tamara Tonoyan, Lusine Muradyan

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Challenges to fair decision-making processes in the context of health care services: a qualitative assessment from Tanzania

Elizabeth H Shayo, Ole F Norheim, Leonard E G Mboera, Jens Byskov, Stephen Maluka, Peter Kamuzora, Astrid Blystad

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Factors determining family planning in Catalonia. Sources of inequity

Carme Saurina, Laura Vall-llosera, Marc Saez

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Changes in Equity in Out-of-pocket Payments during the Period of Health Care Reforms: Evidence from Hungary

Petra Baji, Milena Pavlova, László Gulácsi, Wim Groot

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“Makes you proud to be black eh?”: Reflections on meaningful Indigenous research participation

Jenny Kelly, Sherry Saggers, Kylie Taylor, Glenn Pearce, Peter Massey, Jennifer Bull, Travis Odo, John Thomas, Rosita Billycan, Jenni Judd, Susan Reilly, Shayne Ahboo

Open Access Research

Can financial insecurity and condescending treatment explain the higher prevalence of poor self-rated health in women than in men? A population-based cross-sectional study in Sweden

Anu Molarius, Fredrik Granström, Inna Feldman, Marina Kalander Blomqvist, Helena Pettersson, Sirkka Elo

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Cultural repertoires and food-related household technology within colonia households under conditions of material hardship

Wesley R Dean, Joseph R Sharkey, Cassandra M Johnson, Julie St John

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Horizontal equity in health care utilization in Brazil, 1998–2008

James Macinko, Maria Fernanda Lima-Costa

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Social determinants of sex differences in disability among older adults: a multi-country decomposition analysis using the World Health Survey

Ahmad Reza Hosseinpoor, Jennifer Stewart Williams, Ben Jann, Paul Kowal, Alana Officer, Aleksandra Posarac, Somnath Chatterji

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Who is utilizing anti-retroviral therapy in Ghana: An analysis of ART service utilization

Phyllis Dako-Gyeke, Rachel Snow, Alfred E Yawson

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Inequity in maternal health care utilization in Vietnam

Emilia Goland, Dinh Thi Phuong Hoa, Mats Målqvist

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Aboriginal Health Workers experience multilevel barriers to quitting smoking: a qualitative study

Anna P Dawson, Margaret Cargo, Harold Stewart, Alwin Chong, Mark Daniel

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Equity in public health standards: a qualitative document analysis of policies from two Canadian provinces

Andrew D Pinto, Heather Manson, Bernadette Pauly, Joanne Thanos, Amanda Parks, Amy Cox

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Socio-economic determinants of household out-of-pocket payments on healthcare in Pakistan

Ashar Muhammad Malik, Shah Iqbal Azam Syed

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User fee exemptions and equity in access to caesarean sections: an analysis of patient survey data in Mali

Marianne El-Khoury, Laurel Hatt, Timothee Gandaho

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Progress towards millennium development goal 1 in northern rural Nicaragua: Findings from a health and demographic surveillance site

Wilton Pérez, Elmer Zelaya Blandón, Lars-Åke Persson, Rodolfo Peña, Carina Källestål

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Socio-economic factors associated with infant mortality in Italy: an ecological study

Laura Dallolio, Valentina Di Gregori, Jacopo Lenzi, Giuseppe Franchino, Simona Calugi, Gianfranco Domenighetti, Maria Pia Fantini

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Privatisation & marketisation of post-birth care: the hidden costs for new mothers

Cecilia Benoit, Camille Stengel, Rachel Phillips, Maria Zadoroznyj, Sarah Berry

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Self-reported chronic diseases and health status and health service utilization - Results from a community health survey in Singapore

Pradeep Paul George, Bee Hoon Heng, Joseph Antonio De Castro Molina, Lai Yin Wong, Ng Charis Wei Lin, Jason Tian Seng Cheah

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The social determinants of health and health service access: an in depth study in four poor communities in Phnom Penh Cambodia

Sann Chan Soeung, John Grundy, Hean Sokhom, Diana Chang Blanc, Rasoka Thor

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Socioeconomic inequalities in health care utilisation in Norway: the population-based HUNT3 survey

Eirik Vikum, Steinar Krokstad, Steinar Westin

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Public preferences for government spending in Canada

Sabrina Ramji, Carlos Quiñonez

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Characteristics of the population eligible for and receiving publicly funded bariatric surgery in Canada

Raj S Padwal, Hsui-Ju Chang, Scott Klarenbach, Arya M Sharma, Sumit R Majumdar

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Dimensions of gender relations and reproductive health inequity perceived by female undergraduate students in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam: a qualitative exploration

Thanh Cong Bui, Christine M Markham, Michael W Ross, Mark L Williams, R Palmer Beasley, Ly TH Tran, Huong TH Nguyen, Thach Ngoc Le

Open Access Erratum

Erratum to: Progress towards millennium development goal 1 in northern rural Nicaragua: Findings from a health and demographic surveillance site

Wilton Pérez, Elmer Zelaya Blandón, Lars-Åke Persson, Rodolfo Peña, Carina Källestål

Open Access Research

Determinants of delayed detection of cancers in Texas Counties in the United States of America

Gordon Gong, Eric Belasco, Kristopher A Hargrave, Conrad P Lyford, Billy U Philips Jr

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Social inequalities in life expectancy and mortality during the transition period of economic crisis (1993–2010) in Korea

Mia Son, Youngtae Cho, Juhwan Oh, Ichiro Kawachi, Junhyeok Yi, Soonman Kwon

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Gender differential on characteristics and outcome of leprosy patients admitted to a long-term care rural hospital in South-Eastern Ethiopia

José M Ramos, Miguel Martínez-Martín, Francisco Reyes, Deriba Lemma, Isabel Belinchón, Félix Gutiérrez

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Health service utilization by indigenous cancer patients in Queensland: a descriptive study

Christina M Bernardes, Lisa J Whop, Gail Garvey, Patricia C Valery

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The impact of primary healthcare in reducing inequalities in child health outcomes, Bogotá – Colombia: an ecological analysis

Paola A Mosquera, Jinneth Hernández, Román Vega, Jorge Martínez, Ronald Labonte, David Sanders, Miguel San Sebastián

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Gender differences in predictors of self-rated health in Armenia: a population-based study of an economy in transition

Anahit Demirchyan, Varduhi Petrosyan, Michael E Thompson

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Decomposing socioeconomic inequalities in self assessed health in Turkey

Kaan Sözmen, Hakan Baydur, Hatice Simsek, Belgin Ünal

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Mapping of initiatives to increase membership in mutual health organizations in Benin

Anne-Marie Turcotte-Tremblay, Slim Haddad, Ismaïlou Yacoubou, Pierre Fournier

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Analyzing the equity of public primary care provision in Kenya: variation in facility characteristics by local poverty level

Mitsuru Toda, Antony Opwora, Evelyn Waweru, Abdisalan Noor, Tansy Edwards, Greg Fegan, Catherine Molyneux, Catherine Goodman

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Social, cultural and economical determinants of diabetes mellitus in Kalutara district, Sri Lanka: a cross sectional descriptive study

Ambepitiyawaduge Pubudu De Silva, Sudirikku Hennadige Padmal De Silva, Isurujith Kongala Liyanage, Lalini Chandika Rajapakse, Kosala Saroj Amarasiri Jayasinghe, Prasad Katulanda, Chandrika Neelakanthi Wijeratne, Sumedha Wijeratne

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Longitudinal changes in functional capacity: effects of socio-economic position among ageing adults

Tommi Sulander, Heikki Heinonen, Tuuli Pajunen, Antti Karisto, Pertti Pohjolainen, Mikael Fogelholm

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Who experiences discrimination in Brazil? Evidence from a large metropolitan region

James Macinko, Pricila Mullachery, Fernando A Proietti, Maria Fernanda Lima-Costa

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Health equity in an unequal country: the use of medical services in Chile

Guillermo Paraje, Felipe Vásquez

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Health seeking behavior for cervical cancer in Ethiopia: a qualitative study

Zewdie Birhanu, Alemseged Abdissa, Tefera Belachew, Amare Deribew, Hailemariam Segni, Vivien Tsu, Kim Mulholland, Fiona M Russell

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A retrospective study of demographic parameters and major health referrals among Afghan refugees in Iran

Salman Otoukesh, Mona Mojtahedzadeh, Dean Sherzai, Arash Behazin, Shahrzad Bazargan-Hejazi, Mohsen Bazargan

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Mutual research capacity strengthening: a qualitative study of two-way partnerships in public health research

Michelle Redman-MacLaren, David J MacLaren, Humpress Harrington, Rowena Asugeni, Relmah Timothy-Harrington, Esau Kekeubata, Richard Speare

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Closing the health equity gap: evidence-based strategies for primary health care organizations

Annette J Browne, Colleen M Varcoe, Sabrina T Wong, Victoria L Smye, Josée Lavoie, Doreen Littlejohn, David Tu, Olive Godwin, Murry Krause, Koushambhi B Khan, Alycia Fridkin, Patricia Rodney, John O’Neil, Scott Lennox