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International Journal for Equity in Health

Ausgabe 1/2021

Inhalt (264 Artikel)

Open Access Research

Assessing burden, risk factors, and perceived impact of uterine fibroids on women’s lives in rural Haiti: implications for advancing a health equity agenda, a mixed methods study

Christophe Millien, Anatole Manzi, Arlene M. Katz, Hannah Gilbert, Mary C. Smith Fawzi, Paul E. Farmer, Joia Mukherjee

Open Access Research

Estimating the cost of implementing a facility and community score card for maternal and newborn care service delivery in a rural district in Uganda

Anthony Ssebagereka, Rebecca Racheal Apolot, Evelyne Baelvina Nyachwo, Elizabeth Ekirapa-Kiracho

Open Access Commentary

Invited commentary: The Covid-19 pandemic in the United States

Neil A. (Tony) Holtzman

Open Access Commentary

Addressing cancer prevention and control in Armenia: tobacco control and mHealth as key strategies

Carla J. Berg, Arusyak Harutyunyan, Nino Paichadze, Adnan A. Hyder, Varduhi Petrosyan

Open Access Research

Infant mortality inequities for Māori in New Zealand: a tale of three policies

Christopher Rutter, Simon Walker

Open Access Research

Developing and validating measures of self-reported everyday and healthcare discrimination for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults

Katherine A. Thurber, Jennie Walker, Philip J. Batterham, Gilbert C. Gee, Jan Chapman, Naomi Priest, Rubijayne Cohen, Roxanne Jones, Alice Richardson, Alison L. Calear, David R. Williams, Raymond Lovett

Open Access Research

The effects of family physician-contracted service on health-related quality of life and equity in health in China

Sha Lai, Li Lu, Zhongliang Zhou, Chi Shen, Xiaowei Yang, Yaxin Zhao, Xiaolong Zhang

Open Access Research

Achieving equitable uptake of handwashing and sanitation by addressing both supply and demand-based constraints: findings from a randomized controlled trial in rural Bangladesh

Sarker Masud Parvez, Musarrat Jabeen Rahman, Rashidul Azad, Mahbubur Rahman, Leanne Unicomb, Sania Ashraf, Momenul Haque Mondol, Farjana Jahan, Peter J. Winch, Stephen P. Luby

Open Access Research

Applying a gender lens to understand pathways through care for acutely ill young children in Kenyan urban informal settlements

Kui Muraya, Michael Ogutu, Mercy Mwadhi, Jennifer Mikusa, Maureen Okinyi, Charity Magawi, Scholastica Zakayo, Rita Njeru, Sarma Haribondhu, Md. Fakhar Uddin, Vicki Marsh, Judd L. Walson, James Berkley, Sassy Molyneux

Open Access Research

Exploring equity and inclusion in Malawi’s National Disability Mainstreaming Strategy and Implementation Plan

Ikenna D. Ebuenyi, Emma M. Smith, Alister Munthali, Steven W. Msowoya, Juba Kafumba, Monica Z. Jamali, Malcolm MacLachlan

Open Access Research

Pharmacist led homeless outreach engagement and non-medical independent prescribing (Rx) (PHOENIx) intervention for people experiencing homelessness: a non- randomised feasibility study

Richard Lowrie, Kate Stock, Sharon Lucey, Megan Knapp, Andrea Williamson, Margaret Montgomery, Cian Lombard, Donogh Maguire, Rachael Allan, Rebecca Blair, Vibhu Paudyal, Frances S. Mair

Open Access Research

Maternal education and equity in breastfeeding: trends and patterns in 81 low- and middle-income countries between 2000 and 2019

Paulo A. R. Neves, Aluisio J. D. Barros, Giovanna Gatica-Domínguez, Juliana S. Vaz, Phillip Baker, Chessa K. Lutter

Open Access Research

Social value of maintaining baby-friendly hospital initiative accreditation in Australia: case study

Andini Pramono, Julie Smith, Jane Desborough, Siobhan Bourke

Open Access Research

Catastrophic health expenditure among single empty-nest elderly with multimorbidity in rural Shandong, China: the effect of co-occurrence of frailty

Zhengyue Jing, Jie Li, Pei Pei Fu, Yi Wang, Yemin Yuan, Dan Zhao, Wenting Hao, Caiting Yu, Chengchao Zhou

Open Access Research

Validation of the patient-reported experience measure for care in Chinese hospitals (PREM-CCH)

Xuanxuan Wang, Jiaying Chen, Yaling Yang, Bo Burström, Kristina Burström

Open Access Research

Regional inequality in the Janani Suraksha Yojana coverage in India: a geo-spatial analysis

Prem Shankar Mishra, Pradeep Kumar, Shobhit Srivastava

Open Access Research

Are associations between home environment and preschool children’s sedentary time influenced by parental educational level in a cross-sectional survey?

Elviira Lehto, Reetta Lehto, Carola Ray, Riikka Pajulahti, Nina Sajaniemi, Maijaliisa Erkkola, Eva Roos

Open Access Research

Mapping experiences and perspectives of equity in international health collaborations: a scoping review

Marlyn C. Faure, Nchangwi S. Munung, Ntobeko A. B. Ntusi, Bridget Pratt, Jantina de Vries

Open Access COVID-19 Study protocol

Exploring the experiences of changes to support access to primary health care services and the impact on the quality and safety of care for homeless people during the COVID-19 pandemic: a study protocol for a qualitative mixed methods approach

Kelly Howells, Martin Burrows, Mat Amp, Rachel Brennan, Wan-Ley Yeung, Shaun Jackson, Joanne Dickinson, Julie Draper, Stephen Campbell, Darren Ashcroft, Tom Blakeman, Caroline Sanders

Open Access Research

Designing for Scale and taking scale to account: lessons from a community score card project in Uganda

Elizabeth Ekirapa Kiracho, Christine Aanyu, Rebecca Racheal Apolot, Suzanne Namusoke Kiwanuka, Ligia Paina

Open Access Research

Instructive roles and supportive relationships: client perspectives of their engagement with community health workers in a rural South African home visiting program

Christina A. Laurenzi, Sarah Skeen, Bronwynè J. Coetzee, Vuyolwethu Notholi, Sarah Gordon, Emma Chademana, Julia Bishop, Mark Tomlinson

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Policy disparities in fighting COVID-19 among Japan, Italy, Singapore and China

Xiaohan Wang, Leiyu Shi, Yuyao Zhang, Haiqian Chen, Gang Sun

Open Access Commentary

Realizing the right to health in Latin America, equitably

Manuela Villar Uribe, Maria-Luisa Escobar, Ana Lorena Ruano, Roberto F. Iunes

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Tracking the effects of COVID-19 in rural China over time

Huan Wang, Markus Zhang, Robin Li, Oliver Zhong, Hannah Johnstone, Huan Zhou, Hao Xue, Sean Sylvia, Matthew Boswell, Prashant Loyalka, Scott Rozelle

Open Access Research

A qualitative study of barriers to employment experienced by people living with HIV in Toronto and Ottawa

Melissa Perri, Amy Craig-Neil, Mark Gaspar, Charlotte Hunter, Claire Kendall, Ower Alexander, Andrew D. Pinto

Open Access Review

Iran health insurance system in transition: equity concerns and steps to achieve universal health coverage

Leila Doshmangir, Mohammad Bazyar, Arash Rashidian, Vladimir Sergeevich Gordeev

Open Access Research

A light of hope? Inequalities in mental health before and after the peace agreement in Colombia: a decomposition analysis

Sebastián León-Giraldo, Germán Casas, Juan Sebastián Cuervo-Sánchez, Catalina González-Uribe, Antonio Olmos, Noemi Kreif, Marc Suhrcke, Oscar Bernal, Rodrigo Moreno-Serra

Open Access Systematic review

Urban poverty and nutrition challenges associated with accessibility to a healthy diet: a global systematic literature review

Mireya Vilar-Compte, Soraya Burrola-Méndez, Annel Lozano-Marrufo, Isabel Ferré-Eguiluz, Diana Flores, Pablo Gaitán-Rossi, Graciela Teruel, Rafael Pérez-Escamilla

Open Access Research

Overuse or underuse? Use of healthcare services among irregular migrants in a north-eastern Spanish region

Luis Andrés Gimeno-Feliu, Marta Pastor-Sanz, Beatriz Poblador-Plou, Amaia Calderón-Larrañaga, Esperanza Díaz, Alexandra Prados-Torres

Open Access COVID-19 Commentary

A hidden side of the COVID-19 pandemic in children: the double burden of undernutrition and overnutrition

Boutaina Zemrani, Mario Gehri, Eric Masserey, Cyril Knob, Rachel Pellaton

Open Access Review

Promoting the health of refugee women: a scoping literature review incorporating the social ecological model

Maren M. Hawkins, Marin E. Schmitt, Comfort Tosin Adebayo, Jennifer Weitzel, Oluwatoyin Olukotun, Anastassia M. Christensen, Ashley M. Ruiz, Kelsey Gilman, Kyla Quigley, Anne Dressel, Lucy Mkandawire-Valhmu

Open Access Research

Inequalities in stunting among under-five children in Tanzania: decomposing the concentration indexes using demographic health surveys from 2004/5 to 2015/6

Edwin Musheiguza, Michael J. Mahande, Elias Malamala, Sia E. Msuya, Festo Charles, Rune Philemon, Melina Mgongo

Open Access Research

National and subnational coverage and inequalities in reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and sanitary health interventions in Ecuador: a comparative study between 1994 and 2012

Paulina Rios Quituizaca, Giovanna Gatica-Domínguez, Devaki Nambiar, Jair Licio Ferreira Santos, Stefan Brück, Luis Vidaletti Ruas, Aluisio J.D. Barros

Open Access COVID-19 Commentary

High prevalence of anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody in the Xikrin of Bacajá (Kayapó) indigenous population in the brazilian Amazon

Eliene Putira Sacuema Rodrigues, Isabella Nogueira Abreu, Carlos Neandro Cordeiro Lima, Dennyson Leandro Mathias da Fonseca, Sávio Felipe Gomes Pereira, Laena Costa dos Reis, Izaura Maria Vieira Cayres Vallinoto, João Farias Guerreiro, Antonio Carlos Rosário Vallinoto

Open Access Research

Gender differences in health insurance coverage in China

Mei Zhou, Shaoyang Zhao, Zhi Zhao

Open Access Research

Towards health equity for people experiencing chronic pain and social marginalization

Bruce Wallace, Colleen Varcoe, Cindy Holmes, Mehmoona Moosa-Mitha, Gregg Moor, Maria Hudspith, Kenneth D. Craig

Open Access Research

An intersectional analysis providing more precise information on inequities in self-rated health

Maria Wemrell, Nadja Karlsson, Raquel Perez Vicente, Juan Merlo

Open Access Research

Adolescent, caregiver and community experiences with a gender transformative, social emotional learning intervention

Megan Cherewick, Sarah Lebu, Christine Su, Lisa Richards, Prosper F. Njau, Ronald E. Dahl

Open Access Commentary

Unpacking power dynamics in research and evaluation on social accountability for sexual and reproductive health and rights

Marta Schaaf, Suzanne Cant, Joanna Cordero, Sana Contractor, Etobssie Wako, Cicely Marston

Open Access Systematic review

Socioeconomic inequalities in primary-care and specialist physician visits: a systematic review

Sara Lena Lueckmann, Jens Hoebel, Julia Roick, Jenny Markert, Jacob Spallek, Olaf von dem Knesebeck, Matthias Richter

Open Access Research

How to improve access to health care for Roma living in social exclusion: a concept mapping study

Ivana Svobodova, Daniela Filakovska Bobakova, Lucia Bosakova, Zuzana Dankulincova Veselska

Open Access Research

Understanding the roles of community health workers in improving perinatal health equity in rural Uttar Pradesh, India: a qualitative study

Andrea K. Blanchard, Shahnaz Ansari, Rajni Rajput, Tim Colbourn, Tanja A. J. Houweling, Shajy Isac, John Anthony, Audrey Prost

Open Access Research

Gender-related influences on adherence to advice and treatment-seeking guidance for infants and young children post-hospital discharge in Bangladesh

Md. Fakhar Uddin, Sassy Molyneux, Kui Muraya, Md. Alamgir Hossain, Md. Aminul Islam, Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayeem Bin Shahid, Scholastica M. Zakayo, Rita Wanjuki Njeru, Julie Jemutai, James A. Berkley, Judd L. Walson, Tahmeed Ahmed, Haribondhu Sarma, Mohammod Jobayer Chisti

Open Access Research

Disparity in physician-patient communication by ethnicity: evidence from Bangladesh

Muhammad Zakaria, Rezaul Karim, Murshida Rahman, Feng Cheng, Junfang Xu

Open Access Review

The experiences of merging health insurance funds in South Korea, Turkey, Thailand, and Indonesia: a cross-country comparative study

Mohammad Bazyar, Vahid Yazdi-Feyzabadi, Arash Rashidian, Anahita Behzadi

Open Access Research

Culturally competent communication in Indigenous disability assessment: a qualitative study

Angeline Ferdinand, Libby Massey, Jennifer Cullen, Jeromey Temple, Kristy Meiselbach, Yin Paradies, Gareth Baynam, Ravi Savarirayan, Margaret Kelaher

Open Access Review

The integration of sex and gender considerations in health policymaking: a scoping review

Allison Williams, Joonsoo Sean Lyeo, Sophie Geffros, Alexander Mouriopoulos

Open Access Review

Scoping review of the World Health Organization’s underlying equity discourses: apparent ambiguities, inadequacy, and contradictions

Michelle M. Amri, Geneviève Jessiman-Perreault, Arjumand Siddiqi, Patricia O’Campo, Theresa Enright, Erica Di Ruggiero

Open Access Research

Breastfeeding rates are high in a prenatal community support program targeting vulnerable women and offering enhanced postnatal lactation support: a prospective cohort study

Jane Francis, Alison Mildon, Stacia Stewart, Bronwyn Underhill, Samantha Ismail, Erica Di Ruggiero, Valerie Tarasuk, Daniel W. Sellen, Deborah L. O’Connor

Open Access Systematic review

Impact of breastfeeding interventions among United States minority women on breastfeeding outcomes: a systematic review

Sofia Segura-Pérez, Amber Hromi-Fiedler, Misikir Adnew, Kate Nyhan, Rafael Pérez-Escamilla

Open Access Review

Measuring health inequalities: a systematic review of widely used indicators and topics

Sergi Albert-Ballestar, Anna García-Altés

Open Access Research

Experiences of everyday racism in Toronto’s health care system: a concept mapping study

Deb Finn Mahabir, Patricia O’Campo, Aisha Lofters, Ketan Shankardass, Christina Salmon, Carles Muntaner

Open Access Research

A longitudinal analysis of violence and healthcare service utilization in Mexico

Laura X. Vargas, Therese S. Richmond, Heidi L. Allen, Zachary F. Meisel

Open Access COVID-19 Research

“A piece of paper is not the same as having someone to talk to”: accessing post-diagnostic dementia care before and since COVID-19 and associated inequalities

Clarissa Giebel, Kerry Hanna, Hilary Tetlow, Kym Ward, Justine Shenton, Jacqueline Cannon, Sarah Butchard, Aravind Komuravelli, Anna Gaughan, Ruth Eley, Carol Rogers, Manoj Rajagopal, Stan Limbert, Steve Callaghan, Rosie Whittington, Lisa Shaw, Mark Gabbay

Open Access COVID-19 Commentary

The effect of COVID-19 on maternal newborn and child health (MNCH) services in Bangladesh, Nigeria and South Africa: call for a contextualised pandemic response in LMICs

Tanvir Ahmed, Ahmed Ehsanur Rahman, Taiwo Gboluwaga Amole, Hadiza Galadanci, Mushi Matjila, Priya Soma-Pillay, Bronwen M. Gillespie, Shams El Arifeen, Dilly O. C. Anumba

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Understanding how communities respond to COVID-19: experiences from the Orthodox Jewish communities of Antwerp city

Jef Vanhamel, Marie Meudec, Ella Van Landeghem, Maya Ronse, Charlotte Gryseels, Thijs Reyniers, Anke Rotsaert, Charles Ddungu, Lazare Manirankunda, Deogratias Katsuva, Koen Peeters Grietens, Christiana Nöstlinger

Open Access Research

The unequal effects of austerity measures between income-groups on the access to healthcare: a quasi-experimental approach

Lore Torfs, Stef Adriaenssens, Susan Lagaert, Sara Willems

Open Access Research

Variation in the use of percutaneous coronary interventions among older patients with acute coronary syndromes: a multilevel study in Fukuoka, Japan

Yunfei Li, Akira Babazono, Aziz Jamal, Takako Fujita, Shinichiro Yoshida, Sung-A Kim

Open Access Research

“I want to get better, but…”: identifying the perceptions and experiences of people who inject drugs with respect to evolving hepatitis C virus treatments

Trevor Goodyear, Helen Brown, Annette J. Browne, Peter Hoong, Lianping Ti, Rod Knight

Open Access Research

Adapting breastfeeding support in areas of socio-economic deprivation: a case study approach

Louise Hunt, Gill Thomson, Karen Whittaker, Fiona Dykes

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Policy disparities in response to the first wave of COVID-19 between China and Germany

Yuyao Zhang, Leiyu Shi, Haiqian Chen, Xiaohan Wang, Gang Sun

Open Access Research

Private health care market shaping and changes in inequities in childhood diarrhoea treatment coverage: evidence from the analysis of baseline and endline surveys of an ORS and zinc scale-up program in Nigeria

Tiwadayo Braimoh, Isaac Danat, Mohammed Abubakar, Obinna Ajeroh, Melinda Stanley, Owens Wiwa, Marta Rose Prescott, Felix Lam

Open Access Research

Using a biopsychosocial approach to examine differences in post-traumatic stress symptoms between Arab and Jewish Israeli mothers following a child’s traumatic medical event

Sewar Hussein, Yaara Sadeh, Rachel Dekel, Efrat Shadmi, Amichai Brezner, Jana Landa, Tamar Silberg

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Gender-based disparities on health indices during COVID-19 crisis: a nationwide cross-sectional study in Jordan

Mohammad Abufaraj, Zaid Eyadat, Mohammed Qussay Al-sabbagh, Abdullah Nimer, Immanuel Azaad Moonesar, Lin Yang, Walid Al Khatib, Ra’eda Al-Qutob

Open Access Research

Improving support for breastfeeding mothers: a qualitative study on the experiences of breastfeeding among mothers who reside in a deprived and culturally diverse community

Erica Jane Cook, Faye Powell, Nasreen Ali, Catrin Penn-Jones, Bertha Ochieng, Gurch Randhawa

Open Access Editorial

Understanding inequities in health and health systems in Latin America and the Caribbean: a thematic series

Ana Lorena Ruano, Daniela Rodríguez, Pablo Gaitán Rossi, Daniel Maceira

Open Access Research

The financing need of equitable provision of paid maternal leave in the informal sector in Indonesia: a comparison of estimation methods

Adiatma Y. M. Siregar, Pipit Pitriyan, Donny Hardiawan, Paul Zambrano, Roger Mathisen

Open Access Correction

Correction to: A qualitative study of barriers to employment experienced by people living with HIV in Toronto and Ottawa

Melissa Perri, Amy Craig-Neil, Mark Gaspar, Charlotte Hunter, Claire Kendall, Ower Alexander, Andrew D. Pinto

Open Access Research

Predictors of death at home among cancer patients in Israel: a population-based study

Yakir Rottenberg, Gil Goldzweig, Adir Shaulov

Open Access Research

Measuring health care experiences that matter to Indigenous people in Australia with cancer: identifying critical gaps in existing tools

Monica Green, Joan Cunningham, Kate Anderson, Kalinda Griffiths, Gail Garvey

Open Access Review

Analysis of equity and social inclusiveness of national urban development policies and strategies through the lenses of health and nutrition

Obinna Onwujekwe, Chinyere Ojiugo Mbachu, Chukwuedozie Ajaero, Benjamin Uzochukwu, Prince Agwu, Juliana Onuh, Charles Tochukwu Orjiakor, Aloysius Odii, Tolib Mirzoev

Open Access Research

“This is my boy’s health! Talk straight to me!” perspectives on accessible and culturally safe care among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients of clinical genetics services

Philippa Dalach, Ravi Savarirayan, Gareth Baynam, Julie McGaughran, Emma Kowal, Libby Massey, Misty Jenkins, Yin Paradies, Margaret Kelaher

Open Access Research

Needs and resources of people with type 2 diabetes in peri-urban Cochabamba, Bolivia: a people-centred perspective

Christine Cécile Leyns, Niek Couvreur, Sara Willems, Ann Van Hecke

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Income-related health inequality among Chinese adults during the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence based on an online survey

Peng Nie, Lanlin Ding, Zhuo Chen, Shiyong Liu, Qi Zhang, Zumin Shi, Lu Wang, Hong Xue, Gordon G. Liu, Youfa Wang

Open Access COVID-19 Commentary

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the food rations of refugees in Rwanda

Emery Manirambona, Theogene Uwizeyimana, Emmanuel Uwiringiyimana, Henna Reddy

Open Access Systematic review

Breastfeeding at the workplace: a systematic review of interventions to improve workplace environments to facilitate breastfeeding among working women

Mireya Vilar-Compte, Sonia Hernández-Cordero, Mónica Ancira-Moreno, Soraya Burrola-Méndez, Isabel Ferre-Eguiluz, Isabel Omaña, Cecilia Pérez Navarro

Open Access Study protocol

A multi-center longitudinal study on responsive breastfeeding in China from the perspective of health equity: research protocol

Wen Shu, Menglong Li, Nubiya Amaerjiang, Xin Fan, Shunna Lin, Sofia Segura-Pérez, Rafael Pérez-Escamilla, Yifei Hu

Open Access Review

Health system responsiveness: a systematic evidence mapping review of the global literature

Gadija Khan, Nancy Kagwanja, Eleanor Whyle, Lucy Gilson, Sassy Molyneux, Nikki Schaay, Benjamin Tsofa, Edwine Barasa, Jill Olivier

Open Access Systematic review

Breastfeeding inequities in South Africa: Can enforcement of the WHO Code help address them? – A systematic scoping review

Debbie Vitalis, Mireya Vilar-Compte, Kate Nyhan, Rafael Pérez-Escamilla

Open Access Research

“The devil is in the detail”: geographical inequalities of femicides in Ecuador

Osvaldo Fonseca-Rodríguez, Miguel San Sebastián

Open Access Review

Assessing healthcare access using the Levesque’s conceptual framework– a scoping review

Anthony Cu, Sofia Meister, Bertrand Lefebvre, Valéry Ridde

Open Access Research

Trends and equity in the use of health services in Spain and Germany around austerity in Europe

Almudena Moreno, Lourdes Lostao, Johannes Beller, Stefanie Sperlich, Elena Ronda, Siegfried Geyer, José Pulido, Enrique Regidor

Open Access Research

Community support model on breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices in remote areas in Vietnam: implementation, cost, and effectiveness

Tuan T. Nguyen, Nemat Hajeebhoy, Jia Li, Chung T. Do, Roger Mathisen, Edward A. Frongillo

Open Access Research

Socioeconomic inequalities in curative healthcare-seeking for children under five before and after the free healthcare initiative in Sierra Leone: analysis of population-based survey data

Joel D. Bognini, Sekou Samadoulougou, Mady Ouedraogo, Tiga David Kangoye, Carine Van Malderen, Halidou Tinto, Fati Kirakoya-Samadoulougou

Open Access Systematic review

Cultural adaptation of health interventions including a nutrition component in Indigenous peoples: a systematic scoping review

Lisa Vincze, Katelyn Barnes, Mari Somerville, Robyn Littlewood, Heidi Atkins, Ayala Rogany, Lauren T. Williams

Open Access Research

Promoting equity in breastfeeding through peer counseling: the US Breastfeeding Heritage and Pride program

Elizabeth C Rhodes, Grace Damio, Helen Wilde LaPlant, Walter Trymbulak, Carrianne Crummett, Rebecca Surprenant, Rafael Pérez-Escamilla

Open Access Research

Trajectories of antidepressant use before and after a suicide attempt among refugees and Swedish-born individuals: a cohort study

Ridwanul Amin, Syed Rahman, Magnus Helgesson, Emma Björkenstam, Bo Runeson, Petter Tinghög, Lars Mehlum, Ping Qin, Ellenor Mittendorfer-Rutz

Open Access Research

Equity in newborn care, evidence from national surveys in low- and middle-income countries

Kimberly Peven, Lindsay Mallick, Cath Taylor, Debra Bick, Louise T. Day, Lionel Kadzem, Edward Purssell

Open Access Research

Inequalities in access to safe drinking water in Peruvian households according to city size: an analysis from 2008 to 2018

Akram Hernández-Vasquéz, Carlos Rojas-Roque, Denise Marques Sales, Marilina Santero, Guido Bendezu-Quispe, Tonatiuh Barrientos-Gutiérrez, J. Jaime Miranda

Open Access Research

First Nations and Metis peoples’ access and equity challenges with early childhood oral health: a qualitative study

Grace Kyoon-Achan, Robert J. Schroth, Daniella DeMaré, Melina Sturym, Jeannette M. Edwards, Julianne Sanguins, Rhonda Campbell, Frances Chartrand, Mary Bertone, Michael E. K. Moffatt

Open Access Research

Experts prioritize osteoarthritis non-surgical interventions from Cochrane systematic reviews for translation into “Evidence4Equity” summaries

Elizabeth Houlding-Braunberger, Jennifer Petkovic, Nicholas Lebel, Peter Tugwell

Open Access Review

Transnational social networks, health, and care: a systematic narrative literature review

Inez Roosen, Sarah Salway, Hibbah Araba Osei-Kwasi

Open Access Review

Exploring different methods to evaluate the impact of basic income interventions: a systematic review

Andrew D. Pinto, Melissa Perri, Cheryl L. Pedersen, Tatiana Aratangy, Ayu Pinky Hapsari, Stephen W. Hwang

Open Access Research

Temporal trends and variation in out-of-pocket expenditures and patient cost sharing: evidence from a Chinese national survey 2011–2015

Vicky Mengqi Qin, Yuting Zhang, Kee Seng Chia, Barbara McPake, Yang Zhao, Emily S. G. Hulse, Helena Legido-Quigley, John Tayu Lee

Open Access Research

Inequities in the delivery of mental health care: a grounded theory study of the policy context of primary care

Rachelle Ashcroft, Matthew Menear, Jose Silveira, Simone Dahrouge, Monica Emode, Jocelyn Booton, Kwame McKenzie

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Chronic pain experience and health inequities during the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada: qualitative findings from the chronic pain & COVID-19 pan-Canadian study

Lise Dassieu, M. Gabrielle Pagé, Anaïs Lacasse, Maude Laflamme, Vickie Perron, Audrée Janelle-Montcalm, Maria Hudspith, Gregg Moor, Kathryn Sutton, James M Thompson, Manon Choinière

Open Access Systematic review

How do breastfeeding workplace interventions work?: a realist review

Kathrin Litwan, Victoria Tran, Kate Nyhan, Rafael Pérez-Escamilla

Open Access Research

Recruiting people facing social disadvantage: the experience of the Free Meds study

Pauline Norris, Kimberly Cousins, Marianna Churchward, Shirley Keown, Mariana Hudson, Leina Isno, Leilani Pereira, Jacques Klavs, Lucy Linqing Tang, Hanne Roberti, Alesha Smith

Open Access Research

Pride Camp: Pilot study of an intervention to develop resilience and self-esteem among LGBTQ youth

Lance S. Weinhardt, Linda M. Wesp, Hui Xie, Jennifer (Jen) Murray, Jeanette Martín, Sarah DeGeorge, Caleb B. Weinhardt, Maren Hawkins, Patricia Stevens

Open Access Research

Does low income effects 5-year mortality of hepatocellular carcinoma patients?

Dong Jun Kim, Ji Won Yoo, Jong Wha Chang, Takashi Yamashita, Eun-Cheol Park, Kyu-Tae Han, Seung Ju Kim, Sun Jung Kim

Open Access Research

An intersectional analysis of the composite index of anthropometric failures in India

Sabu Ulahannan Kochupurackal, Yogish Channa Basappa, Sangeetha Joice Vazhamplackal, Prashanth N Srinivas

Open Access Research

Are Nepal’s water, sanitation and hygiene and menstrual hygiene policies and supporting documents inclusive of disability? A policy analysis

Jane Wilbur, Nathaniel Scherer, Islay Mactaggart, Govind Shrestha, Thérèse Mahon, Belen Torondel, Shaffa Hameed, Hannah Kuper

Open Access Research

Using concept mapping to prioritize barriers to diabetes care and self-management for those who experience homelessness

Eshleen K. Grewal, Rachel B. Campbell, Gillian L. Booth, Kerry A. McBrien, Stephen W. Hwang, Patricia O’Campo, David J. T. Campbell

Open Access Research

Did the poor gain from India’s health policy interventions? Evidence from benefit-incidence analysis, 2004–2018

Sakthivel Selvaraj, Anup K. Karan, Wenhui Mao, Habib Hasan, Ipchita Bharali, Preeti Kumar, Osondu Ogbuoji, Chetana Chaudhuri

Open Access Research

Participatory Action Research-Dadirri-Ganma, using Yarning: methodology co-design with Aboriginal community members

Hepsibah Sharmil, Janet Kelly, Margaret Bowden, Cherrie Galletly, Imelda Cairney, Coral Wilson, Lisa Hahn, Dennis Liu, Paul Elliot, Joanne Else, Trevor Warrior, Trevor Wanganeen, Robert Taylor, Frank Wanganeen, Jodus Madrid, Lisa Warner, Mandy Brown, Charlotte de Crespigny

Open Access COVID-19 Review

Needs, gaps and opportunities for standard and e-mental health care among at-risk populations in the Asia Pacific in the context of COVID-19: a rapid scoping review

Jill K. Murphy, Amna Khan, Qiumeng Sun, Harry Minas, Simon Hatcher, Chee H. Ng, Mellissa Withers, Andrew Greenshaw, Erin E. Michalak, Promit Ananyo Chakraborty, Karen Sharmini Sandanasamy, Nurashikin Ibrahim, Arun Ravindran, Jun Chen, Vu Cong Nguyen, Raymond W. Lam

Open Access Research

Physician distribution across China’s cities: regional variations

Xuexin Yu, Wei Zhang, Jersey Liang

Open Access Research

Health disparities in Russia at the regional and global scales

Natalia Shartova, Vladimir Tikunov, Olga Chereshnya

Open Access Commentary

Dissecting systemic racism: policies, practices and epistemologies creating racialized systems of care for Indigenous peoples

Sarah Louise Fraser, Dominique Gaulin, William Daibhid Fraser

Open Access Research

Socio-cultural factors for breastfeeding cessation and their relationship with child diarrhoea in the rural high-altitude Peruvian Andes – a qualitative study

Néstor Nuño Martínez, Jordyn Wallenborn, Daniel Mäusezahl, Stella M. Hartinger, Joan Muela Ribera

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Examining the role of government in shaping disability inclusiveness around COVID-19: a framework analysis of Australian guidelines

David Colon-Cabrera, Shivika Sharma, Narelle Warren, Dikaios Sakellariou

Open Access Research

Social inequalities in the surrounding areas of food deserts and food swamps in a Brazilian metropolis

Olivia Souza Honório, Milene Cristine Pessoa, Lucia Helena Almeida Gratão, Luana Lara Rocha, Inês Rugani Ribeiro de Castro, Daniela Silva Canella, Paula Martins Horta, Larissa Loures Mendes

Open Access Research

“The talking bit of medicine, that’s the most important bit”: doctors and Aboriginal interpreters collaborate to transform culturally competent hospital care

Vicki Kerrigan, Stuart Yiwarr McGrath, Sandawana William Majoni, Michelle Walker, Mandy Ahmat, Bilawara Lee, Alan Cass, Marita Hefler, Anna P. Ralph

Open Access Research

Effects of medicaid expansion on poverty disparities in health insurance coverage

Yilu Lin, Alisha Monnette, Lizheng Shi

Open Access Research

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