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Low quality of maternal and child nutritional care at the primary care in Mexico: an urgent call to action for policymakers and stakeholders
Maternal and child malnutrition represents a public health problem in Mexico Primary care (PC) is responsible for introducing women and children under five to the health system, detecting diseases on time, and... (Source: International Journal for Equity in Health)
Source: International Journal for Equity in Health - February 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Omar Acosta Ruiz, Monica Ancira-Moreno, Isabel Oma ña-Guzmán, Sonia Hernández Cordero, Arturo Cuauhtémoc Bautista Morales, Cecilia Pérez Navarro, Soraya Burrola Méndez, Eric Monterrubio Flores, Alejandra Trejo, Martha Kaufer-Horwitz, Ariana Cajero, Tags: Research Source Type: research

Rapid systematic review on risks and outcomes of sepsis: the influence of risk factors associated with health inequalities
Sepsis is a serious and life-threatening condition caused by a dysregulated immune response to an infection. Recent guidance issued in the UK gave recommendations around recognition and antibiotic treatment of... (Source: International Journal for Equity in Health)
Source: International Journal for Equity in Health - February 21, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Si ân Bladon, Diane Ashiru-Oredope, Neil Cunningham, Alexander Pate, Glen P Martin, Xiaomin Zhong, Ellie L Gilham, Colin S Brown, Mariyam Mirfenderesky, Victoria Palin and Tjeerd P van Staa Tags: Systematic Review Source Type: research

Incorporating an intersectional gender approach to improve access to maternal and child health screening services
In the Americas, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has promoted initiatives that aim at the elimination of mother-to-child transmitted diseases for over two decades. Although Guatemala has assumed th... (Source: International Journal for Equity in Health)
Source: International Journal for Equity in Health - February 20, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Margarita Rivera Arrivillaga, Marina Gold, Elizabeth Pellecer Rivera and Jose Guillermo Ju árez Tags: Research Source Type: research

COVID-19 death risk predictors in Brazil using survival tree analysis: a retrospective cohort from 2020 to 2022
This study analyses the survival of hospitalized patients with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) due to COVID-19 and identifies the risk groups for death due to COVID-19 from the identification of poten... (Source: International Journal for Equity in Health)
Source: International Journal for Equity in Health - February 20, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Carlos Martins Neto, Maria dos Rem édios Freitas Carvalho Branco, Alcione Miranda dos Santos and Bruno Luciano Carneiro Alves de Oliveira Tags: Research Source Type: research

COVID-19 induced shocks and its implications for human capital development
COVID-19 has delivered an enormous shock to the global economy, triggering the deepest recession in eight decades, almost three times as deep as the 2009 global recession. Of all the nations in Africa, Nigeria... (Source: International Journal for Equity in Health)
Source: International Journal for Equity in Health - February 16, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Abiodun Olusola Omotayo and Adebayo Isaiah Ogunniyi Tags: Research Source Type: research

Water insecurity among seasonal agriculture workers: perspectives from Spanish professionals
Migrant seasonal agricultural workers face conditions of material vulnerability such as inadequate housing difficulties prevent access to running water supplies. The purpose of this study is to explore the per... (Source: International Journal for Equity in Health)
Source: International Journal for Equity in Health - February 16, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Luis Alejandro Rodr íguez-Guerrero, Iratxe Pérez-Urdiales, Astrid Escrig-Piñol, María del Mar Jiménez-Lasserrotte, María del Mar Pastor-Bravo, José Tomás Mateos and Erica Briones-Vozmediano Tags: Research Source Type: research

Factors of success, barriers, and the role of frontline workers in Indigenous maternal-child health programs: a scoping review
Despite considerable investment in maternal-child programs in Canada, there has been little positive impact on the health of Indigenous mothers and their children. The reasons for this are unclear and there is... (Source: International Journal for Equity in Health)
Source: International Journal for Equity in Health - February 13, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Charlene Thompson, Tara Million, Devan Tchir, Angela Bowen and Michael Szafron Tags: Research Source Type: research

Diversity in randomized clinical trials for peripheral artery disease: a systematic review
Significant race and sex disparities exist in the prevalence, diagnosis, and outcomes of peripheral artery disease (PAD). However, clinical trials evaluating treatments for PAD often lack representative patien... (Source: International Journal for Equity in Health)
Source: International Journal for Equity in Health - February 13, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Chandler Long, Abimbola O. Williams, Alysha M. McGovern, Caroline M. Jacobsen, Liesl M. Hargens, Sue Duval and Michael R. Jaff Tags: Systematic Review Source Type: research

Approaches for enhancing patient-reported experience measurement with ethnically diverse communities: a rapid evidence synthesis
Patient-reported experience measures (PREMs) are used to drive and evaluate unit and organisational-level healthcare improvement, but also at a population level, these measures can be key indicators of healthc... (Source: International Journal for Equity in Health)
Source: International Journal for Equity in Health - February 12, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Reema Harrison, Maha Pervaz Iqbal, Upma Chitkara, Corey Adams, Ashfaq Chauhan, Rebecca Mitchell, Elizabeth Manias, Megan Alston and Anne Marie Hadley Tags: Review Source Type: research

Covid-19 vaccination: a mixed methods analysis of health system resilience in Latin America
This paper discusses the stages of health system resilience (HSR) and the factors underlying differences in HSR during the covid-19 pandemic, especially the vaccination challenge. We studied the relationship b... (Source: International Journal for Equity in Health)
Source: International Journal for Equity in Health - February 12, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Estefania Hernandez-Pineda, Ciro-Alberto Amaya, Catalina Gonz ález-Uribe, Andrea Herrera and Nubia Velasco Tags: Research Source Type: research

Correction: Measuring health equity in the ASEAN region: conceptual framework and assessment of data availability
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Source: International Journal for Equity in Health - February 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Capucine Barcellona, Yzabel Bryanna Mari ñas, Si Ying Tan, Gabriel Lee, Khin Chaw Ko, Savina Chham, Chhea Chhorvann, Borwornsom Leerapan, Nam Pham Tien and Jeremy Lim Tags: Correction Source Type: research

The optimal co-insurance rate for outpatient drug expenses of Iranian health insured based on the data mining method
This study aimed to estimate the optimal co-insurance for outpatient drug costs for heal... (Source: International Journal for Equity in Health)
Source: International Journal for Equity in Health - February 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Shekoofeh Sadat Momahhed, Sara Emamgholipour Sefiddashti, Behrouz Minaei and Maryam Arab Tags: Research Source Type: research

Urban –rural disparities in the association of nitrogen dioxide exposure with cardiovascular disease risk in China: effect size and economic burden
Together with rapid urbanization, ambient nitrogen dioxide (NO2) exposure has become a growing health threat. However, little is known about the urban –rural disparities in the health implications of short-term NO (Source: International Journal for Equity in Health)
Source: International Journal for Equity in Health - February 6, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Yike Zhang, Mengxiao Hu, Bowen Xiang, Haiyang Yu and Qing Wang Tags: Research Source Type: research

Repurposing phone booths into COVID-19 sampling stations: medical operator experiences
This study investigated the repurposing of phone booths into COVID-19 sampling stations and assessed medical operator experiences in twelve healthcare facilities in Thailand. Amidst the pandemic, these facilit... (Source: International Journal for Equity in Health)
Source: International Journal for Equity in Health - February 6, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Martin Schoch and Sunaree Lawanyawatna Tags: Research Source Type: research

Distributive justice and equity in resource allocation: a temporal analysis of hospitalization costs in indigenous populations in Brazil
In Brazil, a country of continental dimensions, the health needs of each region have an impact. In this context and the name of the principle of equity, the SUS organizes actions especially aimed at social gro... (Source: International Journal for Equity in Health)
Source: International Journal for Equity in Health - February 5, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Luiz Oscar Machado Martins, Marcio Fernandes dos Reis, Alfredo Chaoubah and Guilhermina Rego Tags: Research Source Type: research