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International Journal for Equity in Health

Ausgabe 1/2019

Inhalt (203 Artikel)

Open Access Research

The social determinants of chronic disease management: perspectives of elderly patients with hypertension from low socio-economic background in Singapore

Sok Teng Tan, Rina Yu Chin Quek, Victoria Haldane, Joel Jun Kai Koh, Emeline Kai Lin Han, Suan Ee Ong, Fiona Leh Hoon Chuah, Helena Legido-Quigley

Open Access Systematic review

Urban-rural inequalities in suicide among elderly people in China: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Meizhi Li, Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi

Open Access Research

He Pikinga Waiora: supporting Māori health organisations to respond to pre-diabetes

Angela Beaton, Carey Manuel, Jade Tapsell, Jeff Foote, John G. Oetzel, Maui Hudson

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Measurement and decomposition of income-related inequality in self-rated health among the elderly in China

Hai Gu, Yun Kou, Hua You, Xinpeng Xu, Nichao Yang, Jing Liu, Xiyan Liu, Jinghong Gu, Xiaolu Li

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Is there a fair distribution of the structure of dental services in the capitals of the Brazilian Federative Units?

Rejane Christine de Sousa Queiroz, Ana Graziela Araújo Ribeiro, Aline Sampieri Tonello, Ana Carolina Mendes Pinheiro, José Aquino Júnior, Thiago Augusto Hernandes Rocha, Núbia Cristina da Silva, Elisa Miranda Costa, João Ricardo Nickenig Vissoci, Catherine Staton, Luiz Augusto Facchini, Erika Bárbara Abreu Fonseca Thomaz

Open Access Research

Decomposition of socioeconomic inequalities in cigarette smoking: the case of Namibia

Zunda Chisha, Chijioke O. Nwosu, John Ele-Ojo Ataguba

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How does whole of government action address inequities in obesity? A case study from Australia

Melanie Pescud, Ginny Sargent, Paul Kelly, Sharon Friel

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(Un)Equitable distribution of health resources and the judicialization of healthcare: 10 years of experience in Brazil

Luciana de Melo Nunes Lopes, Francisco de Assis Acurcio, Semíramis Domingues Diniz, Tiago Lopes Coelho, Eli Iola Gurgel Andrade

Open Access Research

Confidentiality agreements: a challenge in market regulation

Roberto F. Iunes, Manuela Villar Uribe, Janet Bonilla Torres, Marina Morgado Garcia, Carolina Zampirolli Dias, Juliana Alvares-Teodoro, Francisco de Assis Acurcio, Augusto Afonso Guerra-Junior

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Can social network analysis help to include marginalised young women in structural support programmes in Botswana? A mixed methods study

David Loutfi, Neil Andersson, Susan Law, Jon Salsberg, Jeannie Haggerty, Leagajang Kgakole, Anne Cockcroft

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Benefit incidence analysis in public health facilities in India: utilization and benefits at the national and state levels

Diana Bowser, Bryan Patenaude, Manjiri Bhawalkar, Denizhan Duran, Peter Berman

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Socioeconomic inequalities in low back pain among older people: the JAGES cross-sectional study

Takaaki Ikeda, Kemmyo Sugiyama, Jun Aida, Toru Tsuboya, Nanae Watabiki, Katsunori Kondo, Ken Osaka

Open Access Research

Sociodemographic patterns of health insurance coverage in Namibia

Sophie H. Allcock, Elizabeth H. Young, Manjinder S. Sandhu

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Experiences with rehabilitation and impact on community participation among adults with physical disability in Colombia: perspectives from stakeholders using a community based research approach

María Luisa Toro-Hernández, Alejandra Mondragón-Barrera, Sara Múnera-Orozco, Laura Villa-Torres, Wendy Camelo-Castillo

Open Access Research

Shaping the abortion policy – competing discourses on the Zambian termination of pregnancy act

Marte E. S. Haaland, Haldis Haukanes, Joseph Mumba Zulu, Karen Marie Moland, Charles Michelo, Margarate Nzala Munakampe, Astrid Blystad

Open Access Research

Applying an intersectionality lens to examine health for vulnerable individuals following devolution in Kenya

Rosalind McCollum, Miriam Taegtmeyer, Lilian Otiso, Rachel Tolhurst, Maryline Mireku, Tim Martineau, Robinson Karuga, Sally Theobald

Open Access Research

Who should pay for the continuity of post-trial health care treatments?

Roberto Iunes, Manuela Villar Uribe, Janet Bonilla Torres, Marina Morgado Garcia, Juliana Alvares-Teodoro, Francisco de Assis Acurcio, Augusto Afonso Guerra Junior

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The effect of China’s new cooperative medical scheme on health expenditures among the rural elderly

Yanbing Zeng, Jiajing Li, Zhipeng Yuan, Ya Fang

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Vulnerable populations and the right to health: lessons from the Peruvian Amazon around tuberculosis control

Camila Gianella, M. Amalia Pesantes, Cesar Ugarte-Gil, David A.J. Moore, Claudia Lema

Open Access Commentary

Health reform in Mexico: governance and potential outcomes

Jorge L. León-Cortés, Gustavo Leal Fernández, Héctor J. Sánchez-Pérez

Open Access Research

Long-term out of pocket expenditure of people with cancer: comparing health service cost and use for indigenous and non-indigenous people with cancer in Australia

Emily Callander, Nicole Bates, Daniel Lindsay, Sarah Larkins, Stephanie M. Topp, Joan Cunningham, Sabe Sabesan, Gail Garvey

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Inequalities in the prevalence of undiagnosed hypertension among Bangladeshi adults: evidence from a nationwide survey

Sayem Ahmed, Md. Tariqujjaman, Md. Arafat Rahman, Md. Zahid Hasan, Md. Mehedi Hasan

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Impact of oral health on Australian urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families: a qualitative study

Kaley Butten, Newell W. Johnson, Kerry K. Hall, Maree Toombs, Neil King, Kerry-Ann F. O’Grady

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Trends in mortality inequalities in an urban area: the influence of immigration

Maica Rodríguez-Sanz, Mercè Gotsens, Marc Marí dell’Olmo, Carme Borrell

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Challenges to hypertension and diabetes management in rural Uganda: a qualitative study with patients, village health team members, and health care professionals

Haeyoon Chang, Nicola L. Hawley, Robert Kalyesubula, Trishul Siddharthan, William Checkley, Felix Knauf, Tracy L. Rabin

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Realizing the right to health in Brazil’s Unified Health System through the lens of breast and cervical cancer

Fabiana da Mota Almeida Peroni, Magnus Lindelow, David Oliveira De Souza, Mirja Sjoblom

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Socioeconomic inequalities in survival of children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia insured by social security in Mexico: a study of the 2007–2009 cohorts

Angélica Castro-Ríos, Hortensia Reyes-Morales, Blanca E. Pelcastre-Villafuerte , Mario E. Rendón-Macías, Arturo Fajardo-Gutiérrez

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Health care equity and access for marginalised young people: a longitudinal qualitative study exploring health system navigation in Australia

Fiona Robards, Melissa Kang, Katharine Steinbeck, Catherine Hawke, Stephen Jan, Lena Sanci, Ying Ying Liew, Marlene Kong, Tim Usherwood

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Trends and predictors of inequality in childhood stunting in Nepal from 1996 to 2016

Mirak Raj Angdembe, Bishnu Prasad Dulal, Kreepa Bhattarai, Sumit Karn

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Maternal and newborn health needs for women with walking disabilities; “the twists and turns”: a case study in Kibuku District Uganda

Rebecca R. Apolot, Elizabeth Ekirapa, Linda Waldman, Rosemary Morgan, Christine Aanyu, Aloysius Mutebi, Evelyne B. Nyachwo, Gloria Seruwagi, Suzanne N. Kiwanuka

Open Access Correction

Correction to: Benefit incidence analysis in public health facilities in India: utilization and benefits at the national and state levels

Diana Bowser, Bryan Patenaude, Manjiri Bhawalkar, Denizhan Duran, Peter Berman

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Social inequality in sexual and reproductive health in Ecuador: an analysis of gaps by levels of provincial poverty 2009–2015

Juan Pablo Gutiérrez, René Leyva Flores, Belkis Aracena Genao

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Determinants of paying national health insurance premium with mobile phone in Ghana: a cross-sectional prospective study

Joseph Marfo Boaheng, Eugenia Amporfu, Daniel Ansong, Anthony Kofi Osei-Fosu

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Our lives in boxes: perceived community mediators between housing insecurity and health using a PHOTOVOICE approach

Hugo Vásquez-Vera, Ana Fernández, Ana M. Novoa, Lucía Delgado, Joaquín Barcala, Carlos Macías, Carme Borrell

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A qualitative study of the dissemination and diffusion of innovations: bottom up experiences of senior managers in three health districts in South Africa

Marsha Orgill, Lucy Gilson, Wezile Chitha, Janet Michel, Ermin Erasmus, Bruno Marchal, Bronwyn Harris

Open Access Correction

Correction to: Socioeconomic inequalities in survival of children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia insured by social security in Mexico: a study of the 2007-2009 cohorts

Angélica Castro-Ríos, Hortensia Reyes-Morales, Blanca E. Pelcastre-Villafuerte, Mario E. Rendón-Macías, Arturo Fajardo-Gutiérrez

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Exploring the equity impact of a maternal and newborn health intervention: a qualitative study of participatory women’s groups in rural South Asia and Africa

Joanna Morrison, David Osrin, Glyn Alcock, Kishwar Azad, Jyoti Bamjan, Bharat Budhathoki, Abdul Kuddus, Mahfuza Akter Mala, Dharma Manandhar, Albert Nkhata, Shrijana Pathak, Tambosi Phiri, Shibanand Rath, Prasanta Tripathy, Anthony Costello, Tanja A. J. Houweling

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The impact of Medicare part D on income-related inequality in pharmaceutical expenditure

Natalie Carvalho, Dennis Petrie, Linkun Chen, Joshua A. Salomon, Philip Clarke

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Sub-Saharan African immigrant women's experiences of (lack of) access to appropriate healthcare in the public health system in the Basque Country, Spain

Iratxe Pérez-Urdiales, Isabel Goicolea, Miguel San Sebastián, Amaia Irazusta, Ida Linander

Open Access Review

Is the judicialization of health care bad for equity? A scoping review

Tatiana S. Andia, Everaldo Lamprea

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Health care utilization and affordability among older people following China’s 2009 health reform -- evidence from CHARLS pilot study

Jiajia Li, Leiyu Shi, Hailun Liang, Chao Ma, Lingzhong Xu, Wen Qin

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Impact of out of pocket payments on financial risk protection indicators in a setting with no user fees: the case of Mauritius

Ajoy Nundoochan, Yusuf Thorabally, Sooneeraz Monohur, Justine Hsu

Open Access Systematic review

Assessing evidence of interventions addressing inequity among migrant populations: a two-stage systematic review

Jirawit Yadee, Mukdarut Bangpan, Kednapa Thavorn, Vivian Welch, Peter Tugwell, Nathorn Chaiyakunapruk

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Healthcare equity analysis: applying the Tanahashi model of health service coverage to community health systems following devolution in Kenya

Rosalind McCollum, Miriam Taegtmeyer, Lilian Otiso, Maryline Mireku, Nelly Muturi, Tim Martineau, Sally Theobald

Open Access Research

Judicialization of access to medicines in four Latin American countries: a comparative qualitative analysis

Claudia Marcela Vargas-Pelaez, Marina Raijche Mattozo Rover, Luciano Soares, Carine Raquel Blatt, Aukje K. Mantel-Teeuwisse, Francisco Augusto Rossi, Luis Guillermo Restrepo, María Cristina Latorre, José Julián López, María Teresa Bürgin, Consuelo Silva, Silvana Nair Leite, Mareni Rocha Farias

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Primary non-communicable disease prevention and communication barriers of deaf sign language users: a qualitative study

Severin Pinilla, Sebastian Walther, Arnd Hofmeister, Soeren Huwendiek

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Access to community-based HIV services among transgender women in Cambodia: findings from a national survey

Siyan Yi, Say Sok, Srean Chhim, Pheak Chhoun, Navy Chann, Sovannary Tuot, Phalkun Mun, Marija Pantelic

Open Access Systematic review

Understanding the experiences, perspectives and values of indigenous women around smoking cessation in pregnancy: systematic review and thematic synthesis of qualitative studies

Rachael C. Walker, Aria Graham, Suetonia C. Palmer, Anita Jagroop, David C. Tipene-Leach

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Spatial accessibility to pediatric primary care in Philadelphia: an area-level cross sectional analysis

Abigail E. Mudd, Yvonne L. Michael, Steven Melly, Kari Moore, Ana Diez-Roux, Christopher B. Forrest

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Equitable realization of the right to health in Haiti: how household data inform health seeking behavior and financial risk protection

Marion Cros, Eleonora Cavagnero, Jean Patrick Alfred, Mirja Sjoblom, Nicolas Collin, Tania Mathurin

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Equity in household spending on alcoholic beverages in South Africa: assessing changes between 1995 and 2011

Mayara Fontes Marx, Leslie London, Nadine Harker, John E. Ataguba

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Conceptual framework of equity-focused implementation research for health programs (EquIR)

J. Eslava-Schmalbach, N. Garzón-Orjuela, V. Elias, L. Reveiz, N. Tran, E. V. Langlois

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The impact and importance of place on health for young people of Pasifika descent in Queensland, Australia: a qualitative study towards developing meaningful health equity indicators

Jo Durham, Nicola Fa’avale, Andrew Fa’avale, Catrina Ziesman, Eden Malama, Sarai Tafa, Tamaika Taito, Jori Etuale, Mitieli Yaranamua, Ueta Utai, Lisa Schubert

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Solidarity against healthcare access restrictions on undocumented immigrants in Spain: the REDER case study

Maider Urtaran-Laresgoiti, Janire Fonseca Peso, Roberto Nuño-Solinís

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Providers and women’s perspectives on person-centered maternity care: a mixed methods study in Kenya

May Sudhinaraset, Katie Giessler, Ginger Golub, Patience Afulani

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Disease and disparity in China: a view from stroke and MI disease

Yao Yao, Gordon Liu, Linhong Wang, Hanqing Zhao, Zhenping Zhao, Mei Zhang, Meijiao Wang, Limin Wang

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Subjective social status and inequalities in depressive symptoms: a gender-specific decomposition analysis for South Africa

Chipo Mutyambizi, Frederik Booysen, Per Stornes, Terje A. Eikemo

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Inequality in breast cancer care in a Brazilian capital city: a comparative analysis of narratives

Ana Lúcia Lobo Vianna Cabral, Luana Giatti, Ángel Martínez-Hernáez, Mariângela Leal Cherchiglia

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The comparison of healthcare utilization inequity between URRBMI and NCMS in rural China

Zengwen Wang, Yucheng Chen, Tianyi Pan, Xiaodi Liu, Hongwei Hu

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Equity in healthcare financing: a case of Iran

Faride Sadat Jalali, Abdosaleh Jafari, Mohsen Bayati, Peivand Bastani, Ramin Ravangard

Open Access Review

Keys to academic success for under-represented minority young investigators: recommendations from the Research in Academic Pediatrics Initiative on Diversity (RAPID) National Advisory Committee

Glenn Flores, Fernando S. Mendoza, Michael R. DeBaun, Elena Fuentes-Afflick, V. Faye Jones, Jason A. Mendoza, Jean L. Raphael, C. Jason Wang

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Health need assessment in an indigenous high-altitude population living on an island in Lake Titicaca, Perú

María Calderón, Rosa Alvarado-Villacorta, Miguel Barrios, Devy Quiroz-Robladillo, Doris Rocío Guzmán Naupay, Ana Obregon, Sthefanny Calderón Chávez, Lisa Glaser, Andres M. Carnero, Carla Cortez-Vergara, David Iglesias Quilca, Jose Colque Gonzales, David Moore

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Gender and health social enterprises in Africa: a research agenda

Kevin McKague, Sarah Harrison

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Informing the American Academy of family Physician’s Health Equity strategy – an environmental scan using the Delphi technique

Kevin A. Kovach, Cory B. Lutgen, Elisabeth F. Callen, Christina M. Hester

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“We are called the et cetera”: experiences of the poor with health financing reforms that target them in Kenya

Evelyn Kabia, Rahab Mbau, Robinson Oyando, Clement Oduor, Godfrey Bigogo, Sammy Khagayi, Edwine Barasa

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Out-of-pocket expenditure and distress financing on institutional delivery in India

Suyash Mishra, Sanjay K. Mohanty

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Scenarios for population health inequalities in 2030 in Europe: the EURO-HEALTHY project experience

António Alvarenga, Carlos A. Bana e Costa, Carme Borrell, Pedro Lopes Ferreira, Ângela Freitas, Liliana Freitas, Mónica D. Oliveira, Teresa C. Rodrigues, Paula Santana, Maria Lopes Santos, Ana C. L. Vieira

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The prevalence of Epilepsy and its co-occurrence with alcohol dependence among polish prisoners

Barbara Stawińska-Witoszyńska, Katarzyna Czechowska, Barbara Więckowska

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Short relative leg length is associated with overweight and obesity in Mexican immigrant women

Mireya Vilar-Compte, James Macinko, Beth C. Weitzman, Carlos M. Avendaño-Villela

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Age and regional disparity in HIV education among migrants in China: migrants population dynamic monitoring survey, 2014–2015

Zheng Zhu, Mengdi Guo, Darina V. Petrovsky, Tingyue Dong, Yan Hu, Bei Wu

Open Access Commentary

Unique challenges for health equity in Latin America: situating the roles of priority-setting and judicial enforcement

Alicia Ely Yamin, Andrés Pichon-Riviere, Paola Bergallo

Open Access Research

The mismeasurement of complexity: provider narratives of patients with complex needs in primary care settings

Fiona Webster, Kathleen Rice, Onil Bhattacharyya, Joel Katz, Eric Oosenbrug, Ross Upshur

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The impact of financial crisis and austerity policies in Andalusia, Spain: disentangling the mechanisms of social inequalities in health through the perceptions and experiences of experts and the general population

Javier Alvarez-Galvez, Victor Suarez-Lledo, Gloria Martinez-Cousinou, Eider Muniategui-Azkona, Auxiliadora Gonzalez-Portillo

Open Access Systematic review

A systematic review of reasons for and against asking patients about their socioeconomic contexts

Andrew Moscrop, Sue Ziebland, Nia Roberts, Andrew Papanikitas

Open Access Review

Languishing in the crossroad? A scoping review of intersectional inequalities in mental health

Nadja Fagrell Trygg, Per E. Gustafsson, Anna Månsdotter

Open Access Research

Why teach sexuality education in school? Teacher discretion in implementing comprehensive sexuality education in rural Zambia

Joseph Mumba Zulu, Astrid Blystad, Marte E. S. Haaland, Charles Michelo, Haldis Haukanes, Karen Marie Moland

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Through health workers’ eyes: a qualitative study of health service provision for migrants at Schengen border

Mateja Žagar, Danica Rotar Pavlič, Igor Švab, Alem Maksuti, Boris Ilić, Martina Smrekar, Irena Kovačević

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Recognition: key to the entrepreneurial strategies of rural coalitions in advancing access to health care

Kathy L. Rush, Mike Chiasson, Mary Butterfield, Silvia Straka, Barbara Jean Buckley

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Social and emotional developmental vulnerability at age five in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children in New South Wales: a population data linkage study

Anna Williamson, Alison Gibberd, Mark J. Hanly, Emily Banks, Sandra Eades, Kathleen Clapham, Kathleen Falster

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Mental health problems and socioeconomic disadvantage: a controlled household study in rural Ethiopia

Yohannes Hailemichael, Charlotte Hanlon, Kebede Tirfessa, Sumaiyah Docrat, Atalay Alem, Girmay Medhin, Abebaw Fekadu, Crick Lund, Dan Chisholm, Damen Hailemariam

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Access to Norwegian healthcare system – challenges for sub-Saharan African immigrants

Vivian N. Mbanya, Laura Terragni, Abdi A. Gele, Esperanza Diaz, Bernadette N. Kumar

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The access paradox: abortion law, policy and practice in Ethiopia, Tanzania and Zambia

Astrid Blystad, Haldis Haukanes, Getnet Tadele, Marte E. S. Haaland, Richard Sambaiga, Joseph Mumba Zulu, Karen Marie Moland

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Socioeconomic inequalities in post-natal health checks for the newborn in Vietnam

Nguyen Duc Lam, Nguyen Duy Anh, Nguyen Thi Thu Ha, Truong Quang Vinh, Vu Thi Mai Anh, Vu Duy Kien

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Healthcare-seeking behavior among pregnant women in the Chinese hierarchical medical system: a cross-sectional study

Guihao Liu, Yunlian Xue, Zhenzhu Qian, Liuna Yang, Yunbin Yang, Qingshan Geng, Xin Wang

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Effects of racism on the socio-emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal Australian children

D. M. Macedo, L. G. Smithers, R. M. Roberts, Y. Paradies, L. M. Jamieson

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Challenges to diabetes self-management for adults with type 2 diabetes in low-resource settings in Mexico City: a qualitative descriptive study

Robin Whittemore, Mireya Vilar-Compte, Selene De La Cerda, Denise Marron, Rosabelle Conover, Roberta Delvy, Annel Lozano-Marrufo, Rafael Pérez-Escamilla

Open Access Systematic review

Leaving no one behind? Social inclusion of health insurance in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review

Suzanne G. M. van Hees, Timothy O’Fallon, Miranda Hofker, Marleen Dekker, Sarah Polack, Lena Morgon Banks, Ernst J. A. M. Spaan

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Health, life and rights: a discourse analysis of a hybrid abortion regime in Tanzania

Richard Sambaiga, Haldis Haukanes, Karen Marie Moland, Astrid Blystad

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Prevalence and determinants of pre-adolescent (5–14 years) acute and chronic undernutrition in Lay Armachiho District, Ethiopia

Eleni Belay, Simegnew Handebo, Terefe Derso, Amare Tariku, Mekonnen Sisay

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‘An uneasy compromise’: strategies and dilemmas in realizing a permissive abortion law in Ethiopia

Getnet Tadele, Haldis Haukanes, Astrid Blystad, Karen Marie Moland

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Salutogenic health promotion program for migrant women at risk of social exclusion

A. Bonmatí-Tomas, M. C. Malagón-Aguilera, S. Gelabert-Vilella, C. Bosch-Farré, L. Vaandrager, M. M. García-Gil, D. Juvinyà-Canal

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Socioeconomic inequalities in maternal health care utilization in Ghana

Jacob Novignon, Bernice Ofori, Kwasi Gyabaa Tabiri, Mohammad Habibullah Pulok

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Nutrition among children of migrant construction workers in Ahmedabad, India

Divya Ravindranath, Jean-Francois Trani, Lora Iannotti

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Ethics, health policy-making and the economic crisis: a qualitative interview study with European policy-makers

Caroline Brall, Peter Schröder-Bäck, Rouven Porz, Farhang Tahzib, Helmut Brand

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Enhancing the value of women’s reproductive rights through community based interventions in upper Egypt governorates: a randomized interventional study

Ammal M. Metwally, Rehan M. Saleh, Lobna A. El-Etreby, Somia I. Salama, Ahmed Aboulghate, Hala A. Amer, Asmaa M. Fathy, Reham Yousry, Sherif E. El-Deeb, Ghada A. Abdel-Latif, Dalia M. Elmosalami, Nihad A. Ibrahim, Osama M. Azmy, Tamer Taha, Hanaa M. Imam, Mohamed Abdel Rahman, Samia A. R. Hemeda

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Social and cultural construction processes involved in HPV vaccine hesitancy among Chinese women: a qualitative study

Judy Yuen-man Siu, Timothy K. F. Fung, Leo Ho-man Leung

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Long-term trends in smoking prevalence and its socioeconomic inequalities in Korea, 1992–2016

Youngs Chang, Hee-Yeon Kang, Dohee Lim, Hong-Jun Cho, Young-Ho Khang

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Effects of an empowerment program for survivors of sexual violence on attitudes and beliefs: evidence from the Democratic Republic of Congo

John Quattrochi, Rosalie Biaba, Ragnhild Nordås, Gudrun Østby, Susanne Alldén, Aline Cikara, Esther Namegabe, Christina Amisi

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Towards equity: a qualitative exploration of the implementation and impact of a digital educational intervention for pharmacy professionals in England

Asam Latif, Justin Waring, Kristian Pollock, Josie Solomon, Nargis Gulzar, Shahida Choudhary, Claire Anderson

Open Access Research

The historical roots and seminal research on health equity: a referenced publication year spectroscopy (RPYS) analysis

Qiang Yao, Xin Li, Fei Luo, Lianping Yang, Chaojie Liu, Ju Sun

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Underpinnings of entangled ethnical and gender inequalities in obesity in Cochabamba-Bolivia: an intersectional approach

Yercin Mamani Ortiz, Per E. Gustafsson, Miguel San Sebastián Chasco, Ada Ximena Armaza Céspedes, Jenny Marcela Luizaga López, Daniel Elving Illanes Velarde, Paola A. Mosquera Méndez

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Assessing changes in costs of maternal postpartum services between 2013 and 2014 in Burkina Faso

Danielle Yugbaré Belemsaga, Anne Goujon, Olivier Degomme, Tchichihouenichidah Nassa, Els Duysburgh, Seni Kouanda, Marleen Temmerman

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Trends in socioeconomic inequalities in stunting prevalence in Latin America and the Caribbean countries: differences between quintiles and deciles

Maria del Pilar Flores-Quispe, María Clara Restrepo-Méndez, Maria Fátima S. Maia, Leonardo Z. Ferreira, Fernando C. Wehrmeister

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Antidepressant medication use among working age first-generation migrants resident in Finland: an administrative data linkage study

Tania Bosqui, Ari Väänänen, Andre Buscariolli, Aki Koskinen, Dermot O’Reilly, Auli Airila, Anne Kouvonen

Open Access Research

Does public service motivation matter in Moroccan public hospitals? A multiple embedded case study

Zakaria Belrhiti, Wim Van Damme, Abdelmounim Belalia, Bruno Marchal

Open Access Research

Socioeconomic inequality in dental care utilization in Iran: a decomposition approach

Satar Rezaei, Mohammad Hajizadeh, Seyed Fahim Irandoost, Yahya Salimi

Open Access Research

Socioeconomic inequalities in the use of caesarean section delivery in Ghana: a cross-sectional study using nationally representative data

Emmanuel Dankwah, Shelley Kirychuk, Wu Zeng, Cindy Feng, Marwa Farag

Open Access Research

Reported Māori consumer experiences of health systems and programs in qualitative research: a systematic review with meta-synthesis

Suetonia C. Palmer, Harriet Gray, Tania Huria, Cameron Lacey, Lutz Beckert, Suzanne G. Pitama

Open Access Research

Educational inequalities in all-cause and cause-specific mortality among people with gout: a register-based matched cohort study in southern Sweden

Ali Kiadaliri, Margarita Moreno-Betancur, Aleksandra Turkiewicz, Martin Englund

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Predicting poverty. Data mining approaches to the health and demographic surveillance system in Cuatro Santos, Nicaragua

C. Källestål, E. Blandón Zelaya, R. Peña, W. Peréz, M. Contreras, L. Å. Persson, O. Sysoev, K. Ekholm Selling

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HIV prevalence in South Africa through gender and racial lenses: results from the 2012 population-based national household survey

M. Mabaso, L. Makola, I. Naidoo, L. L. Mlangeni, S. Jooste, L. Simbayi

Open Access Review

Barriers to equitable maternal health in Aotearoa New Zealand: an integrative review

Pauline Dawson, Chrys Jaye, Robin Gauld, Jean Hay-Smith

Open Access Research

Personalisation schemes in social care and inequality: review of the evidence and early theorising

Gemma Carey, Brad Crammond, Eleanor Malbon

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Defining ‘actionable’ high- costhealth care use: results using the Canadian Institute for Health Information population grouping methodology

Maureen Anderson, Crawford W. Revie, Henrik Stryhn, Cordell Neudorf, Yvonne Rosehart, Wenbin Li, Meriç Osman, David L. Buckeridge, Laura C. Rosella, Walter P. Wodchis

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Geographic differences in maternal and child health care utilization in four Ethiopian regions; a cross-sectional study

Atkure Defar, Yemisrach B. Okwaraji, Zemene Tigabu, Lars Åke Persson, Kassahun Alemu

Open Access Research

Why cultural safety rather than cultural competency is required to achieve health equity: a literature review and recommended definition

Elana Curtis, Rhys Jones, David Tipene-Leach, Curtis Walker, Belinda Loring, Sarah-Jane Paine, Papaarangi Reid

Open Access Research

Explaining income-related inequalities in cardiovascular risk factors in Tunisian adults during the last decade: comparison of sensitivity analysis of logistic regression and Wagstaff decomposition analysis

Olfa Saidi, Nada Zoghlami, Kathleen E. Bennett, Paola Andrea Mosquera, Dhafer Malouche, Simon Capewell, Habiba Ben Romdhane, Martin O’Flaherty

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Residential exposure to natural outdoor environments and general health among older adults in Shanghai, China

Baishi Huang, Ye Liu, Zhiqiang Feng, Jamie R. Pearce, Ruoyu Wang, Yina Zhang, Jie Chen

Open Access Research

Ongoing challenges in access to diabetes care among the indigenous population: perspectives of individuals living in rural Guatemala

Edwin Nieblas-Bedolla, Kent D. W. Bream, Allison Rollins, Frances K. Barg

Open Access Review

What constitutes patient-centred care for women: a theoretical rapid review

Jessica U. Ramlakhan, Angel M. Foster, Sherry L. Grace, Courtney R. Green, Donna E. Stewart, Anna R. Gagliardi

Open Access Research

Integrating community health representatives with health care systems: clinical outcomes among individuals with diabetes in Navajo Nation

Letizia Trevisi, John E. Orav, Sidney Atwood, Christian Brown, Cameron Curley, Caroline King, Olivia Muskett, Hannah Sehn, Katrina A. Nelson, Mae-Gilene Begay, Sonya S. Shin

Open Access Research

Needs and perceptions regarding healthy eating among people at risk of food insecurity: a qualitative analysis

Laura A. van der Velde, Linde A. Schuilenburg, Jyothi K. Thrivikraman, Mattijs E. Numans, Jessica C. Kiefte-de Jong

Open Access Research

Inequality of health stock and the relation to national wealth

Isma Addi Jumbri, Shinya Ikeda, Masayuki Jimichi, Chika Saka, Shunsuke Managi

Open Access Research

The respective parts of incidence and lethality in socioeconomic differences in cancer mortality. An analysis of the French network Cancer registries (FRANCIM) data

Joséphine Bryere, Laure Tron, Gwenn Menvielle, Guy Launoy, Françoise Galateau-Salle, Anne-Marie Bouvier, Simona Bara, Clarisse Joachim-Contaret, Olivier Ganry, Claire Schvartz, Sandrine Plouvier, Guy Launoy, Emilie Marrer, Patrick Arveux, Pascale Grosclaude, Xavier Troussard, Marc Maynadie, Alain Monnereau, Jean Pierre Daures, Florence Molinie, Anne-Sophie Woronoff, Isabelle Baldi, Jean-Baptiste Nousbbaum, Gaëlle Coureau, Jacqueline Deloumeaux, Marc Colonna, Michel Velten, Tania D’Almeida, Anne-Valérie Guizard, Jacqueline Clavel, Brigitte Lacour, Pierre Ingrand, Sylvie Laumod, Emmanuel Chirpaz, Laure-Manuella Desroziers-Imounga

Open Access Letter to the Editor

Hepatitis C drug prescriptions and Medicaid policies--four states, Indian health care system, USA 2018

Brigg Reilley, Matt Miller, Matt Hudson, Rick Haverkate, Jessica Leston

Open Access Research

What is the role of cultural competence in ethnic minority consumer engagement? An analysis in community healthcare

Reema Harrison, Merrilyn Walton, Ashfaq Chauhan, Elizabeth Manias, Upma Chitkara, Monika Latanik, Desiree Leone

Open Access Research

How is equity approached in universal health coverage? An analysis of global and country policy documents in Benin and Senegal

Elisabeth Paul, Céline Deville, Oriane Bodson, N’koué Emmanuel Sambiéni, Ibrahima Thiam, Marc Bourgeois, Valéry Ridde, Fabienne Fecher

Open Access Research

Widespread and widely widening? Examining absolute socioeconomic health inequalities in northern Sweden across twelve health indicators

Kinza Degerlund Maldi, Miguel San Sebastian, Per E. Gustafsson, Frida Jonsson

Open Access Research

Pooling arrangements in health financing systems: a proposed classification

Inke Mathauer, Priyanka Saksena, Joe Kutzin

Open Access Review

Intersectionality-based quantitative health research and sex/gender sensitivity: a scoping review

Emily Mena, Gabriele Bolte, Gabriele Bolte, Emily Mena, Alexander Rommel, Anke-Christine Saß, Kathleen Pöge, Sarah Strasser, Christine Holmberg, Sibille Merz, Philipp Jaehn

Open Access Research

Wealth-based equity in maternal, neonatal, and child health services utilization: a cross-sectional study from Ethiopia

Alem Desta Wuneh, Araya Abrha Medhanyie, Afework Mulugeta Bezabih, Lars Åke Persson, Joanna Schellenberg, Yemisrach Behailu Okwaraji

Open Access Review

Connecting knowledge with action for health equity: a critical interpretive synthesis of promising practices

Katrina M. Plamondon, C. Susana Caxaj, Ian D. Graham, Joan L. Bottorff

Open Access Systematic review

Experiences, perspectives and values of Indigenous peoples regarding kidney transplantation: systematic review and thematic synthesis of qualitative studies

Rachael C. Walker, Sally Abel, Annie Reynolds, Suetonia C. Palmer, Curtis Walker, David C. Tipene-Leach

Open Access Research

Exploring patient experiences with and attitudes towards hypertension at a private hospital in Uganda: a qualitative study

Hayley M. Lynch, Aliza S. Green, Rose Clarke Nanyonga, Darinka D. Gadikota-Klumpers, Allison Squires, Jeremy I. Schwartz, David J. Heller