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The association between social integration and utilization of primary health care among migrants in China: a nationwide cross-sectional study
Migrants is a large population in China. To improve the health and wellbeing of migrants is a critical policy and social issue in China, and to enhance the utilization of primary health care by migrants is one... (Source: International Journal for Equity in Health)
Source: International Journal for Equity in Health - October 9, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Xueyao Wang, Jue Liu, Jingmin Zhu, Yang Bai and Jun Wang Tags: Research Source Type: research

Multi-level strategies to improve equitable timely person-centred osteoarthritis care for diverse women: qualitative interviews with women and healthcare professionals
Women are more likely to develop osteoarthritis (OA), and have greater OA pain and disability compared with men, but are less likely to receive guideline-recommended management, particularly racialized women. ... (Source: International Journal for Equity in Health)
Source: International Journal for Equity in Health - October 7, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Anna R. Gagliardi, Angelina Abbaticchio, Madeline Theodorlis, Deborah Marshall, Crystal MacKay, Cornelia M. Borkhoff, Glen Stewart Hazlewood, Marisa Battistella, Aisha Lofters and Vandana Ahluwalia Tags: Research Source Type: research

Hardship financing, productivity loss, and the economic cost of illness and injury in Cambodia
Financial risk protection is a core dimension of universal health coverage. Hardship financing, defined as borrowing and selling land or assets to pay for healthcare, is a measure of last recourse. Increasing ... (Source: International Journal for Equity in Health)
Source: International Journal for Equity in Health - October 7, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Robert John Kolesar, Guido Erreygers, Wim Van Damme, Vanara Chea, Theany Choeurng and Soklong Leng Tags: Research Source Type: research

Informing efforts beyond tailored promotional campaigns by understanding contextual factors shaping vaccine hesitancy among equity-deserving populations in Canada: an exploratory qualitative study
Vaccine hesitancy exists on a continuum ranging between complete adherence and complete refusal due to doubts or concerns within a heterogeneous group of individuals. Despite widespread acknowledgement of the ... (Source: International Journal for Equity in Health)
Source: International Journal for Equity in Health - October 7, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: 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 and Samantha B. Meyer Tags: Research Source Type: research

Barriers and facilitators to health care access for people experiencing homelessness in four European countries: an exploratory qualitative study
People experiencing homelessness (PEH) are known to be at higher risk of adverse health outcomes and premature mortality when compared to the housed population and often face significant barriers when attempti... (Source: International Journal for Equity in Health)
Source: International Journal for Equity in Health - October 6, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Christina Carmichael, Tobias Schiffler, Lee Smith, Maria Moudatsou, Ioanna Tabaki, Ascensi ón Doñate-Martínez, Tamara Alhambra-Borrás, Matina Kouvari, Pania Karnaki, Alejandro Gil-Salmeron and Igor Grabovac Tags: Research Source Type: research

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
This study aimed to i... (Source: International Journal for Equity in Health)
Source: International Journal for Equity in Health - October 5, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Marcello S. Scopazzini, Roo Nicola Rose Cave, Callum P. Mutch, Daniella A. Ross, Anda Bularga, Margo Chase-Topping, Mark Woolhouse, Oliver Koch, Meghan R. Perry and Claire L. Mackintosh Tags: Research Source Type: research

Assessing essential service provision for prevention and management of violence against women in a remote indigenous community in Amantan í, Peru
Women living in indigenous communities in Peru currently experience extremely high rates of intimate partner violence (IPV). Over the past 10 years, there has been a large multi-sectoral initiative to establis... (Source: International Journal for Equity in Health)
Source: International Journal for Equity in Health - October 3, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Maria Calderon, Carla Cortez-Vergara, Laura Brown, Hattie Lowe, Blenda Abarca, Marta Rondon and Jenevieve Mannell Tags: Research Source Type: research

Wealth-based inequality in the continuum of maternal health service utilisation in 16 sub-Saharan African countries
Persistent inequalities in coverage of maternal health services in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), a region home to two-thirds of global maternal deaths in 2017, poses a challenge for countries to achieve the Sustai... (Source: International Journal for Equity in Health)
Source: International Journal for Equity in Health - October 2, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: 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, Th érèse Delvaux, Catherine Birabwa, Mardieh Dennis, Fas Tags: Research Source Type: research

Racism against racialized migrants in healthcare in Europe: a scoping review
Racism is frequently mentioned as a social determinant of migrants ’ health and a barrier to health services. However, in the European context, racism and its impact on racialized migrants’ access to healthcare... (Source: International Journal for Equity in Health)
Source: International Journal for Equity in Health - September 29, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Mia Pattillo, Sigsten Stieglitz, Konstantinos Angoumis and Nora Gottlieb Tags: Research Source Type: research

Spatiotemporal change in socioeconomic inequality in hygienic menstrual product use among adolescent girls in India during 2015 –2019
The use of hygienic products, such as sanitary napkins, tampons, and menstrual cups, to absorb menstrual blood is vital for the health and well-being of adolescent girls in India. However, the degree of inequi... (Source: International Journal for Equity in Health)
Source: International Journal for Equity in Health - September 29, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Mahashweta Chakrabarty, Aditya Singh, Shivani Singh and Pooja Tripathi Tags: Research Source Type: research

Social inequalities and COVID-19 mortality between neighborhoods of Bariloche city, Argentina
The COVID-19 pandemic has shown how intraurban inequalities are likely to reinforce health and social inequalities. Studies at small area level help to visualize social inequialities hidden in large areas as c... (Source: International Journal for Equity in Health)
Source: International Journal for Equity in Health - September 28, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: M ónica Serena Perner, Andrés Trotta, Usama Bilal, Binod Acharya, Harrison Quick, Natalia Pacífico, Romina Berazategui, Marcio Alazraqui and Ana V. Diez Roux Tags: Research Source Type: research

Assessment of immigration law enforcement presence in a teaching hospital along the US/Mexico border
Over the past decade, the United States (US) has seen a spike in migration across the US-Mexico border with an increase in hospital admissions of migrants and asylum-seekers under the custody of immigration la... (Source: International Journal for Equity in Health)
Source: International Journal for Equity in Health - September 28, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Claire Lamneck, Alexander Alvarez, Cazandra Zaragoza, Rombod Rahimian, Mario Jesus Trejo and Patricia Lebensohn Tags: Research Source Type: research

The impact of the national volume-based procurement policy on the use of policy-related drugs in Nanjing: an interrupted time-series analysis
In September 2019, the “4 + 7” centralized procurement pilot program was expanded nationwide aiming at reducing drug prices by means of volume-based procurement and using accredited generic drugs for branded d... (Source: International Journal for Equity in Health)
Source: International Journal for Equity in Health - September 28, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Xiao Wang, Xuan He, Pei Zhang, Mengdie Zhang, Rui Ma, Rouli Dai and Xin Li Tags: Research Source Type: research

Assessing inequalities in publicly funded health insurance scheme coverage and out-of-pocket expenditure for hospitalization: findings from a household survey in Kerala
Increasing financial risk protection is a key feature of Universal Health Coverage and the path towards health for all. Publicly Funded Health Insurance Schemes (PFHIS) have been considered as one of the pathw... (Source: International Journal for Equity in Health)
Source: International Journal for Equity in Health - September 27, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Santosh Kumar Sharma, Jaison Joseph, Hari Sankar D and Devaki Nambiar Tags: Research Source Type: research

Factors associated with mobile medical clinic use: a retrospective cohort study
Mobile medical clinics have been used for decades to provide primary and preventive care to underserved populations. While several studies have examined their return on investment and impact on chronic disease... (Source: International Journal for Equity in Health)
Source: International Journal for Equity in Health - September 26, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Angela Coaston, Soo-Jeong Lee, Julene K. Johnson, Sandra Weiss, Thomas Hoffmann and Caroline Stephens Tags: Research Source Type: research