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International Journal for Equity in Health

Issue 1/2024

Content (274 Articles)

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Mapping a research-advocacy-policy agenda on human rights and albinism: a mixed methods project

Sheryl Reimer-Kirkham, Barbara Astle, Ikponwosa Ero, Lori Beaman, Bonny Ibhawoh, Elvis Imafidon, Richard Sawatzky, Wisdom Tettey, Meghann Buyco, Emma Strobell

Socioeconomic inequalities in uptake of HIV testing during antenatal care: evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa

Louis Kobina Dadzie, Aster Ferede Gebremedhin, Tarif Salihu, Bright Opoku Ahinkorah, Sanni Yaya

Group-based trajectory models of integrated vaccine delivery and equity in low- and middle-income countries

Sanjana J. Ravi, Andrés I. Vecino-Ortiz, Christina M. Potter, Maria W. Merritt, Bryan N. Patenaude

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Whoever wants better healthcare simply pays more: citizens' perception about voluntary private health insurance in Colombia

Daniel Felipe Patiño-Lugo, Claudia Marcela Vélez, Diana Patricia Díaz-Hernández, Olga Francisca Salazar-Blanco, Juan Esteban González-Arango, Juan Carlos Velásquez-Correa, Leydi Camila Rodríguez-Corredor, Viviana María Vélez-Marín, Pamela Velásquez-Salazar

Employment conditions and mental health of overseas female migrant domestic workers in Hong Kong: a parallel mediation analysis

Timothy S. Sumerlin, Jean H. Kim, Alvin Yik-Kiu Hui, Dicken Chan, Tim Liao, Sabu Padmadas, Eric Fong, Roger Y. Chung

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A district-level geospatial analysis of anaemia prevalence among rural men in India, 2019-21

Aditya Singh, Sumit Ram, Rakesh Chandra, Arabindo Tanti, Shivani Singh, Ananya Kundu

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Socioeconomic inequalities in the use of medical consultation services in Peru, 2019

Renato Díaz-Ruiz, Rodrigo Vargas-Fernández, Carlos Rojas-Roque, Akram Hernández-Vásquez

Racial and ethnic disparities in the association between financial hardship and self-reported weight change during the first year of the pandemic in the U.S.

Izabelle Mendez, Paula D Strassle, Erik J. Rodriquez, Stephanie Ponce, Randy Le, Alexis Green, Emma Martinez, Eliseo J Pérez-Stable, Anna M Nápoles

The 15-year national trends of urinary cancers incidence among Iranian men and women; 2005–2020

Amir-Hossein Mousavian, Gita Shafiee, Ali Sheidaei, Narges Zargar Balajam, Mehdi Ebrahimi, Fatemeh Khatami, Kimiya Gohari, Alisam Aryan, Ali Ghanbari-Motlagh, Afshin Ostovar, Seyed Mohammad Kazem Aghamir, Ramin Heshmat

What our children lost and gained at the time of school closure during the Covid-19 pandemic: a study on psychological distress, behavioural concerns and protective factors of resilience among preschool children in Kerala, India

Jose Vincent, Resmi Madhusoodanan Santhakumari, Anjana Nalinakumari Kesavan Nair, Anisha Sharahudeen, Asvini K.P, Meenu Maheswari Suresh, Mathew J. Valamparampil, Gayathri A.V, Chintha Sujatha, Anish Thekkumkara Surendran

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Adapting an equity-focused implementation process framework with a focus on ethnic health inequities in the Aotearoa New Zealand context

Papillon Gustafson, Michelle Lambert, Karen Bartholomew, Mihi Ratima, Yasmin Abdul Aziz, Lisa Kremer, Adam Fusheini, Peter Carswell, Rachel Brown, Patricia Priest, Sue Crengle

Disparities and effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccine policies in three representative European countries

Wanzhen Xie, Leiyu Shi, Meiheng Liu, Junyan Yang, Mengyuan Ma, Gang Sun

Prevalence of helmintic infections in Brazilian Maxakali indigenous: a repeated cross-sectional design

Maria Beatriz Pena e Silva Leite Nacife, Liliane Maria Vidal Siqueira, Keila Furbino Barbosa, Valeska Natiely Vianna, Cássio Zumerle Masioli, Jaime Costa da Silva, Fábio Zicker, Paulo Marcos Zech Coelho, Naftale Katz, George Luiz Lins Machado-Coelho

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Community-based mental health interventions in low- and middle-income countries: a qualitative study with international experts

Clarissa Giebel, Mark Gabbay, Nipun Shrestha, Gabriel Saldarriaga, Siobhan Reilly, Ross White, Ginger Liu, Dawn Allen, Maria Isabel Zuluaga

Telehealth program for symptomatic COVID-19 patients in Mindanao, Philippines: a whole-of-system, pragmatic interventional study on patient monitoring from isolation facilities to community reintegration

Jaime Kristoffer Punzalan, Monserrat Guingona, Elgie Gregorio, Jhufel Ferraren, Mark Anthony Sta. Elena, Marvin Valaquio, Floro Dave Arnuco, Mary Germeyn Punzalan, Rosemarie Arciaga, Torres Woolley, Afdal Kunting, Dulce Amor Miravite, Fortunato Cristobal

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Distributive justice and equity in resource allocation: a temporal analysis of hospitalization costs in indigenous populations in Brazil

Luiz Oscar Machado Martins, Marcio Fernandes dos Reis, Alfredo Chaoubah, Guilhermina Rego

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Correction: Measuring health equity in the ASEAN region: conceptual framework and assessment of data availability

Capucine Barcellona, Yzabel Bryanna Mariñas, Si Ying Tan, Gabriel Lee, Khin Chaw Ko, Savina Chham, Chhea Chhorvann, Borwornsom Leerapan, Nam Pham Tien, Jeremy Lim

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The optimal co-insurance rate for outpatient drug expenses of Iranian health insured based on the data mining method

Shekoofeh Sadat Momahhed, Sara Emamgholipour Sefiddashti, Behrouz Minaei, Maryam Arab

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Approaches for enhancing patient-reported experience measurement with ethnically diverse communities: a rapid evidence synthesis

Reema Harrison, Maha Pervaz Iqbal, Upma Chitkara, Corey Adams, Ashfaq Chauhan, Rebecca Mitchell, Elizabeth Manias, Megan Alston, Anne Marie Hadley

Covid-19 vaccination: a mixed methods analysis of health system resilience in Latin America

Estefania Hernandez-Pineda, Ciro-Alberto Amaya, Catalina González-Uribe, Andrea Herrera, Nubia Velasco

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Factors of success, barriers, and the role of frontline workers in Indigenous maternal-child health programs: a scoping review

Charlene Thompson, Tara Million, Devan Tchir, Angela Bowen, Michael Szafron

Diversity in randomized clinical trials for peripheral artery disease: a systematic review

Chandler Long, Abimbola O. Williams, Alysha M. McGovern, Caroline M. Jacobsen, Liesl M. Hargens, Sue Duval, Michael R. Jaff

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COVID-19 induced shocks and its implications for human capital development

Abiodun Olusola Omotayo, Adebayo Isaiah Ogunniyi

Water insecurity among seasonal agriculture workers: perspectives from Spanish professionals

Luis Alejandro Rodríguez-Guerrero, Iratxe Pérez-Urdiales, Astrid Escrig-Piñol, María del Mar Jiménez-Lasserrotte, María del Mar Pastor-Bravo, José Tomás Mateos, Erica Briones-Vozmediano

Incorporating an intersectional gender approach to improve access to maternal and child health screening services

Margarita Rivera Arrivillaga, Marina Gold, Elizabeth Pellecer Rivera, Jose Guillermo Juárez

COVID-19 death risk predictors in Brazil using survival tree analysis: a retrospective cohort from 2020 to 2022

Carlos Martins Neto, Maria dos Remédios Freitas Carvalho Branco, Alcione Miranda dos Santos, Bruno Luciano Carneiro Alves de Oliveira

Rapid systematic review on risks and outcomes of sepsis: the influence of risk factors associated with health inequalities

Siân Bladon, Diane Ashiru-Oredope, Neil Cunningham, Alexander Pate, Glen P Martin, Xiaomin Zhong, Ellie L Gilham, Colin S Brown, Mariyam Mirfenderesky, Victoria Palin, Tjeerd P van Staa

Low quality of maternal and child nutritional care at the primary care in Mexico: an urgent call to action for policymakers and stakeholders

Omar Acosta Ruiz, Monica Ancira-Moreno, Isabel Omaña-Guzmán, Sonia Hernández Cordero, Arturo Cuauhtémoc Bautista Morales, Cecilia Pérez Navarro, Soraya Burrola Méndez, Eric Monterrubio Flores, Alejandra Trejo, Martha Kaufer-Horwitz, Ariana Cajero, Belén Sánchez, Constanza Bernat, Elder Salgado-Amador, Elizabeth Hoyos-Loya, Mónica Mazariegos, Cinthya Muñoz Manrique, Royer Pacheco Cruz, Elvia Mendoza, Mauro Brero, Matthias Sachse, Fernanda Cobo Armijo

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Mapping socio-geographical disparities in the occurrence of teenage maternity in Colombia using multilevel analysis of individual heterogeneity and discriminatory accuracy (MAIHDA)

Hedda Mattsson, Johanna Gustafsson, Sergio Prada, Laura Jaramillo-Otoya, George Leckie, Juan Merlo, Merida Rodriguez-Lopez

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The role of mesolevel characteristics of the health care system and socioeconomic factors on health care use – results of a scoping review

Philip Bammert, Wiebke Schüttig, Anna Novelli, Iryna Iashchenko, Jacob Spallek, Miriam Blume, Katharina Diehl, Irene Moor, Nico Dragano, Leonie Sundmacher

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Hauora Māori – Māori health: a right to equal outcomes in primary care

Nicolette Sheridan, Rawiri McKree Jansen, Matire Harwood, Tom Love, Timothy Kenealy, Nelson Aguirre-Duarte, Bruce Arroll, Carol Atmore, Jenny Carryer, Peter Crampton, Anthony Dowell, Tana Fishman, Robin Gauld, Karen Hoare, Gary Jackson, Ngaire Kerse, Debra Lampshire, Lynn McBain, Jayden MacRae, Jane Mills, John Øvretveit, Teuila Percival, Roshan Perera, Martin Roland, Debbie Ryan, Jacqueline Schmidt-Busby, Tim Stokes, Maria Stubbe

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Rural‒urban disparities in household catastrophic health expenditure in Bangladesh: a multivariate decomposition analysis

Taslima Rahman, Dominic Gasbarro, Khorshed Alam, Khurshid Alam

Gender health gap pre- and post-joint arthroplasty: identifying affected patient-reported health domains

Viktoria Steinbeck, Anja Yvonne Bischof, Lukas Schöner, Benedikt Langenberger, David Kuklinski, Alexander Geissler, Christoph Pross, Reinhard Busse

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Correction: The stories about racism and health: the development of a framework for racism narratives in medical literature using a computational grounded theory approach

Caroline A. Figueroa, Erin Manalo-Pedro, Swetha Pola, Sajia Darwish, Pratik Sachdeva, Christian Guerrero, Claudia von Vacano, Maithili Jha, Fernando De Maio, Chris J. Kennedy

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Intrinsic capacity trajectories and socioeconomic inequalities in health: the contributions of wealth, education, gender, and ethnicity

Aaron Salinas-Rodríguez, Julián Alfredo Fernández-Niño, Ana Rivera-Almaraz, Betty Manrique-Espinoza

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Equity in family planning policies and programs in Uganda: conceptualization, dimensions and implementation constraints

Noel Namuhani, Rhoda K. Wanyenze, Suzanne N. Kiwanuka, Joseph K. B. Matovu, Fredrick E. Makumbi

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Catastrophic health expenditure and health-related quality of life among older adults in Shandong, China: the moderation effect of daily care by adult children

Jiayan Li, Tingting Gao, Dan Zhao, Shujun Chai, Jingjing Luo, Xuehong Wang, Xueqing Wang, Jingjie Sun, Peilong Li, Chengchao Zhou

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The critical pharmaceutical situation in Sudan 2023: A humanitarian catastrophe of civil war

Lina Hemmeda, Angad Tiwari, Barakat Olajumoke Kolawole, Fathima Shehnaz Ayoobkhan, Kainat Fatima, Moshi Moshi Shabani, Mrinmoy Kundu, NagaSpurthy Reddy Anugu, Riya Mary Richard, Danya Ibrahim, Khabab Abbasher Hussien Mohamed Ahmed

A mixed method study on the impact of COVID-19 on mental healthcare in Ghana: rethinking mental health service delivery

Michael Zobi, Seth Kofi Abrokwa, Eugene Dordoye, Angel Phuti

Equity in the recovery of elective and oncological surgery volumes after the COVID-19 lockdown: a multicentre cohort study in Italy

Chiara Di Girolamo, Roberta Onorati, Tania Landriscina, Roberto Gnavi, Giulia Cesaroni, Enrico Calandrini, Lucia Bisceglia, Caterina Fanizza, Teresa Spadea

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Towards leaving no one behind in North Macedonia: a mixed methods assessment of barriers to effective coverage with health services

Theadora Swift Koller, Jelena Kjetkovikj Janeva, Elena Ognenovska, Ana Vasilevska, Simona Atanasova, Chris Brown, Antoni Dedeu, Anne Johansen

Reaching the unheard: overcoming challenges in health research with hard-to-reach populations

Venera Bekteshi, Munjireen Sifat, Darla E. Kendzor

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Family and community resilience: a Photovoice study

Yvonne Tan, Danielle Pinder, Imaan Bayoumi, Rifaa Carter, Michele Cole, Logan Jackson, Autumn Watson, Bruce Knox, Sophy Chan-Nguyen, Meghan Ford, Colleen M. Davison, Susan A. Bartels, Eva Purkey

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Impact of an oral care subsidization reform on intersectional inequities in self-rated oral health in Sweden

Cynthia Anticona, Anna Liisa Suominen, Pernilla Lif Holgerson, Per E Gustafsson

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The chronically ill in the labour market – are they hierarchically sorted by education?

M. Kamrul Islam, Egil Kjerstad, Håvard Thorsen Rydland

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Rural–urban inequalities in health care utilization in Bhutan: a decomposition analysis

Jayendra Sharma, Milena Pavlova, Wim Groot

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An anthropological history of Nepal’s Female Community Health Volunteer program: gender, policy, and social change

Roosa Sofia Tikkanen, Svea Closser, Justine Prince, Priyankar Chand, Judith Justice

Advancing the concept of global oral health to strengthen actions for planetary health and One Health

Julian Fisher, Christian Splieth, Cleopatra Matanhire-Zihanzu, Michael Glick

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Inequity in access to digital public primary healthcare in Sweden: a cross-sectional study of the effects of urbanicity and socioeconomic status on utilization

Jon Eriksson, Susanna Calling, Ulf Jakobsson, Moa Wolff, Beata Borgström Bolmsjö, Veronica Milos Nymberg

Female genital mutilation: trends, economic burden of delay and basis for public health interventions

Kathya Cordova-Pozo, Hisham Hussein Imam Abdalla, Ann-Beth Moller

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Adverse childhood experiences among black sexually minoritized men and Black transgender women in Chicago

Christoffer Dharma, Katherine M. Keyes, Kara E. Rudolph, Cho-Hee Shrader, Yen-Tyng Chen, John Schneider, Dustin T. Duncan

Considering inequities in national dementia strategies: breadth, depth, and scope

Claire Godard-Sebillotte, Sanjna Navani, Georgia Hacker, Isabelle Vedel

Equity in blood transfusion precision services

Georgina Jacko, Rachel Thorpe, James Daly

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Examining inequalities in spatial access to national health insurance fund contracted facilities in Kenya

Jacob Kazungu, Angela K. Moturi, Samson Kuhora, Julia Ouko, Matthew Quaife, Justice Nonvignon, Edwine Barasa

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Water, sanitation, and hygiene access among people who inject drugs in Tijuana and San Diego in 2020–2021: a cross-sectional study

Alhelí Calderón-Villarreal, Lourdes Johanna Avelar Portillo, Daniela Abramovitz, Shira Goldenberg, Shawn Flanigan, Penelope J. E. Quintana, Alicia Harvey-Vera, Carlos F. Vera, Gudelia Rangel, Steffanie A. Strathdee, Georgia L. Kayser

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Inequities in access to palliative and end-of-life care in the black population in Canada: a scoping review

Nahyeni Bassah, Julia Beranek, Megan Kennedy, Juliet Onabadejo, Anna Santos Salas

Ethnic discrimination, asking for fair treatment, and poor self-rated health: a gender stratified analysis of 13,443 Korean Chinese waged workers in South Korea

Hayoung Lee, Ji-Hwan Kim, Garin Lee, Hyelin Lee, Mita Huq, Delanjathan Devakumar, Seung-Sup Kim

Barriers to accessing care for cardiometabolic disorders in Malawi: partners as a source of resilience for people living with HIV

Everlyne G. Ogugu, Julie T. Bidwell, Allison Ruark, Rita M. Butterfield, Sheri D. Weiser, Torsten B. Neilands, Nancy Mulauzi, Ethel Rambiki, James Mkandawire, Amy A. Conroy

High prevalence of diabetes among young First Nations Peoples with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease: a population-based study in Australia

Patricia C. Valery, Shruti Roche, Catherine Brown, James O’Beirne, Gunter Hartel, Barbara Leggett, Richard Skoien, Elizabeth E. Powell

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Health care: life stories by trans women in Colombia

Juan Carlos Zapata Mayor, Paula Andrea Hoyos Hernández

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Quantifying reciprocal relationships between poverty and health: combining a causal loop diagram with longitudinal structural equation modelling

Laurens Reumers, Niels Hameleers, Henk Hilderink, Marleen Bekker, Maria Jansen, Dirk Ruwaard

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Assessing the mental health needs of Yazidi adolescents and young adults in an Iraqi Kurdi IDP Camp: a focus group study

Roberto Benoni, Chiara Giacomelli, Giuditta Vegro, Faroq Hamo, Riccardo Avesani, Pietro Albi, Michela Gatta, Francesca Moretti

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Racism against healthcare users in inpatient care: a scoping review

Sibille Merz, Tuğba Aksakal, Ariam Hibtay, Hilâl Yücesoy, Jana Fieselmann, Kübra Annaç, Yüce Yılmaz-Aslan, Patrick Brzoska, Hürrem Tezcan-Güntekin

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Examining global Indigenous community wellness worker models: a rapid review

Kayla M. Fitzpatrick, Erynne Sjoblom, Giulia Puinean, Heath Robson, Sandra M. Campbell, Bryan Fayant, Stephanie Montesanti

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Primary health care as a tool to promote equity and sustainability; a review of Latin American and Caribbean literature

Daniel Maceira, Rolando Enrique Peñaloza Quintero, Patricia Suarez, Laura Vanessa Peña Peña

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Development and validation of the Trust in Multidimensional Healthcare Systems Scale (TIMHSS)

Samantha B. Meyer, Patrick Brown, Michael Calnan, Paul R. Ward, Jerrica Little, Gustavo S. Betini, Christopher M. Perlman, Kathleen E. Burns, Eric Filice

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Profile, reasons for hospitalization and nursing diagnoses of refugee-native patients admitted to internal medicine clinic-an evaluation from nursing perspective

Neşe Kıskaç, Mahruk Rashidi, Gülay Yıldırım, Abdulkadir Çelik, Burcu Hacıoğlu, Aslı Genç, Sultan Çakmak, Buse Saygın Şahin

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Persistent inequities in maternal mortality in Latin America and the Caribbean, 1990–2019

Rocío Sáenz, Gustavo Nigenda, Ingrid Gómez-Duarte, Karol Rojas, Arachu Castro, Edson Serván-Mori

Body map stories from Colombia: experiences of people affected by leprosy and the influence of peers during diagnosis and treatment

Martha Cecilia Barbosa Ladino, Camila Jiménez Betancourth, Lucrecia Vásquez Acevedo, Melanie Haag, Janina Zirkel, Eva-Maria Schwienhorst-Stich, Miriam Navarro, Christa Kasang, Ildikó Gágyor, Sandra Parisi

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Correction: Incorporating an intersectional gender approach to improve access to maternal and child health screening services

Margarita Rivera Arrivillaga, Marina Gold, Elizabeth Pellecer Rivera, Jose Guillermo Juárez

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Intersectionality analysis of young people’s experiences and perceptions of discrimination in primary health centers in Ebonyi State, Southeast Nigeria

Chibuike Innocent Agu, Ozioma Nwankpa, Chinazom N. Ekwueme, Ifunanya Clara Agu, Chinyere Ojiugo Mbachu, Nkoli Ezumah, Obinna Onwujekwe

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Frontline perspectives on barriers to care for patients with California Medicaid: a qualitative study

Jessica Faiz, Mariah Blegen, Vanessa Nuñez, Daniel Gonzalez, Daniel C. Stokes, Kevin Truong, Gery Ryan, Medell Briggs-Malonson, Katherine L. Kahn

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Inequity in clinical research access for service users presenting comorbidity within alcohol treatment settings: findings from a focused ethnographic study

Sofia Hemrage, Stephen Parkin, Nicola J. Kalk, Naina Shah, Paolo Deluca, Colin Drummond

Rabies death in an adolescent tribal girl diagnosed postmortem, in Kerala - the precious life, preventable loss and equity concerns

Zinia T. Nujum, Pillaveetil Sathyadas Indu, Jeena Ramesh, Rekha Rachel Philip, Smitha S., Seena. A. R., Laila Raji N., N. A. Balaram

Discrimination, disadvantage and disempowerment during COVID-19: a qualitative intrasectional analysis of the lived experiences of an ethnically diverse healthcare workforce in the United Kingdom

Mayuri Gogoi, Irtiza Qureshi, Jonathan Chaloner, Amani Al-Oraibi, Holly Reilly, Fatimah Wobi, Joy Oghogho Agbonmwandolor, Winifred Ekezie, Osama Hassan, Zainab Lal, Anuj Kapilashrami, Laura Nellums, Manish Pareek, Laura Gray, Anna L Guyatt, Catherine Johns, Chris I McManus, Katherine Woolf, Ibrahim Abubakar, Amit Gupta, Keith R Abrams, Martin D Tobin, Louise Wain, Sue Carr, Edward Dove, Kamlesh Khunti, David Ford, Robert Free

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Knowledge of gendered needs among the planners and policy makers for prevention of NCDs in Bangladesh: a qualitative exploration

Sadika Akhter, Mohammed Kamruzzaman, Iqbal Anwar, Mahmuda Shaila Banu, Daniel D Reidpath, Adrian J Cameron

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Ageism and lookism as stereotypes of health disparity in intensive care units in Iran: a critical ethnography

Sajad Yarahmadi, Mohsen Soleimani, Mohammad Gholami, Ali Fakhr-Movahedi, Seyed Mohsen Saeidi Madani

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The patient perspective on diversity-sensitive care: a systematic review

Ewout Daniël Lieven Lauwers, Robin Vandecasteele, Michael McMahon, Stéphanie De Maesschalck, Sara Willems

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“Trying to write a story together”: general practitioners’ perspectives on culturally sensitive care

Robin Vandecasteele, Lenzo Robijn, Peter A. J. Stevens, Sara Willems, Stéphanie De Maesschalck

Perspectives on the essential skills of healthcare decision making in children and adolescents with intellectual disability

Jenny Downs, Jessica Keeley, Rachel Skoss, Jaquie Mills, Thom Nevill, Alice Schippers, Olivia Lindly, Sandra Thompson

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Racial inequalities in the development of multimorbidity of chronic conditions: results from a Brazilian prospective cohort

Fernanda Esthefane Garrides Oliveira, Rosane Härter Griep, Dora Chor, Sandhi Maria Barreto, Maria del Carmen Bisi Molina, Luciana A. C. Machado, Maria de Jesus Mendes da Fonseca, Leonardo Soares Bastos

Struggling to resume childhood vaccination during war in Myanmar: evaluation of a pilot program

April Poe, Emily, Aurora, Hein Thura Aung, Alfred Saw Ei Reh, Brianna Grissom, Cynthie Tinoo, Daniel B. Fishbein

Spatial accessibility and inequality analysis of rabies-exposed patients to rabies post-exposure prophylaxis clinics in Guangzhou City, China

Jianguo Zhao, Min Luo, Xiaohua Tan, Zhihua Zhu, Meng Zhang, Jun Liu, Wenqing Lin, Yuwei Yang, Xing Li, Weilin Zeng, Dexin Gong, Zuhua Rong, Zitong Huang, Wenyuan Zheng, Huijie Guo, Siqing Zeng, Limei Sun, Jianpeng Xiao

Using an intersectionality lens to explore barriers and enablers to hepatitis C point-of-care testing: a qualitative study among people who inject drugs and service providers

Guillaume Fontaine, Justin Presseau, Julie Bruneau, Cole Etherington, Isabella M. Thomas, Jui-Hsia Cleo Hung, Zack van Allen, Andrea M. Patey, Ayesha Kareem, Sameh Mortazhejri, Stine Bordier Høj, Geneviève Boyer-Legault, Jeremy M. Grimshaw

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The impact of the expanded health insurance coverage policy on healthcare spending: evidence from Korea

Seokmin Ji, Munjae Lee, Mankyu Choi, Sewon Park

Addressing anti-Black racism within public health in North America: a scoping review

Lucina Rakotovao, Michelle Simeoni, Caroline Bennett-AbuAyyash, Taheera Walji, Samiya Abdi

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Leaving no one behind: addressing the sexuality of people with disabilities

Obasanjo Afolabi Bolarinwa, Clifford Odimegwu, Yusuff Adebayo Adebisi

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Neighbourhood effect and inequality in access to essential health services among mother–child paired samples: a decomposition analysis of data from 58 low- and middle-income countries

Seun Anjorin, Elvis Anyaehiechukwu Okolie, Chinwe Onuegbu, Mukhtar Ijaiya, Abimbola Ayorinde, Oyinlola Oyebode, Olalekan Uthman

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Using community-based participatory research methods to build the foundation for an equitable integrated health data system within a Canadian urban context

Dianne Fierheller, Casey Chu, Chelsea D’Silva, Arvind Krishendeholl, Abdul Arham, Angela Carter, Keddone Dias, Isaac Francis, Marcia Glasgow, Gurpreet Malhotra, Ian Zenlea, Laura C. Rosella

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Reflexivity and positionality applied to medical practice: a study on implicit gender bias with medical students in a Swiss university

Francesca Arena, Elisa Geiser, Silva Auer, Carole Clair, Joëlle Schwarz

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Correction: Knowledge of gendered needs among the planners and policy makers for prevention of NCDs in Bangladesh: a qualitative exploration

Sadika Akhter, Mohammed Kamruzzaman, Iqbal Anwar, Mahmuda Shaila Banu, Daniel D Reidpath, Adrian J Cameron

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Socioeconomic differences in limited lung function: a cross-sectional study of middle-aged and older adults in Germany

Johannes Beller, Batoul Safieddine, Stefanie Sperlich, Juliane Tetzlaff, Siegfried Geyer

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Examining the experiences of vulnerably housed patients visiting Kingston, Ontario’s emergency departments: a qualitative analysis

Lezhanska Anastasiya, Walker Melanie, Susan Bartels A, Fyfe Judy, Purkey Eva

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Multigenerational inequalities of opportunity in health outcomes

Namal N. Balasooriya, Jayatilleke S. Bandara, Nicholas Rohde

Breastfeeding among women employed in Mexico’s informal sector: strategies to overcome key barriers

Julia M. Goodman, Vania Lara-Mejía, Sonia Hernández-Cordero, Mireya Vilar-Compte

Catastrophic health expenditure and distress financing of breast cancer treatment in India: evidence from a longitudinal cohort study

Sanjay K. Mohanty, Tabassum Wadasadawala, Soumendu Sen, Suraj Maiti, Jishna E

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Gender inequalities in secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease: a scoping review

Irene López Ferreruela, Blanca Obón Azuara, Sara Malo Fumanal, María José Rabanaque Hernández, Isabel Aguilar-Palacio

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Coupling coordination degree of healthcare resource supply, demand and elderly population change in China

Mengyuan Ma, Leiyu Shi, Wanzhen Xie, Qiuli Zhu, Junqing Luo, Shengwu Liao, Oudong Xia, Gang Sun

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“Our program manager is a woman for the first time”: perceptions of health managers on what workplace policies and practices exist to advance women’s career progression in the health sector in Kenya

Sally Atieno Odunga, Henry Owoko Odero, Jackline Syonguvi, Michelle Mbuthia, Sonja Tanaka, Sylvia Kiwuwa-Muyingo, Damazo T. Kadengye

Socioeconomic inequality in child health outcomes in India: analyzing trends between 1993 and 2021

Anoop Jain, Rockli Kim, Soumya Swaminathan, SV Subramanian

Different trends in suicide rates among foreign residents in Japan and Japanese citizens during the COVID-19 pandemic

Yuta Taniguchi, Nanako Tamiya, Masao Iwagami, Kazumasa Yamagishi, Atsushi Miyawaki, Rie Masuda, Tomomi Kihara, Jun Komiyama, Hirokazu Tachikawa, Hideto Takahashi, Hiroyasu Iso

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Kerala’s progress towards universal health coverage: the road travelled and beyond

G.S. Adithyan, Alok Ranjan, V. R. Muraleedharan, T. Sundararaman

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Multilevel medical insurance mitigate health cost inequality due to air pollution: Evidence from China

Ennan Wang, Minglai Zhu, Yisha Lin, Xiaoyu Xi

Intersectoral collaboration in the COVID-19 response in Latin America and the Caribbean

Donald T. Simeon, Victor Cuba, Shelly-Ann Hunte, Kershelle Barker, Midori de Habich

Composition and influencing factors of hospitalization expenses for epilepsy patients based on path analysis

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Myanmar immigrant women’s perceptions, beliefs, and information-seeking behaviors with nutrition and food practices during pregnancy in Thailand: a qualitative study

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The impact of health disparities on peripheral vascular access outcomes in hospitalized patients: an observational study

Nicholas Mielke, Charlotte O’Sullivan, Yuying Xing, Amit Bahl

Improving accessibility to radiotherapy services in Cali, Colombia: cross-sectional equity analyses using open data and big data travel times from 2020

Luis Gabriel Cuervo, Carmen Juliana Villamizar, Daniel Cuervo, Pablo Zapata, Maria B. Ospina, Sara Marcela Valencia, Alfredo Polo, Ángela Suárez, Maria O. Bula, J. Jaime Miranda, Gynna Millan, Diana Elizabeth Cuervo, Nancy J. Owens, Felipe Piquero, Janet Hatcher-Roberts, Gabriel Dario Paredes, María Fernanda Navarro, Ingrid Liliana Minotta, Carmen Palta, Eliana Martínez-Herrera, Ciro Jaramillo, Freddy Enrique Agredo Lemos, Juan Camilo Arboleda, German Avila Rodriguez, Alberto Concha-Eastman, Ingrid Faber, Oscar H. Franco, Crhistian Camilo Garcia Altamirano, Rodrigo Guerrero Velasco, Déborah Itriago, Edith Alejandra Martin, Fernando Rafael Martinez Arambula, Maria Fernanda Merino Juarez, Jackeline Murillo-Hoyos, Ana Ortigoza, Lyda Osorio, David Paredes-Zapata, Luis Fernando Pinilla, Oscar Rojas Rentería, Myriam Rosero Hernández, María Fernanda Tobar-Blandón

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Pakistan’s path to universal health coverage: national and regional insights

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Mental health stigma and health-seeking behaviors amongst pregnant women in Vietnam: a mixed-method realist study

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Through the eyes of Spanish-speaking patients, caregivers, and community leaders: a qualitative study on the in-patient hospital experience

Nicholas V. Nguyen, Andres H. Guillen Lozoya, Maria A. Caruso, Maria Graciela D. Capetillo Porraz, Laura M. Pacheco-Spann, Megan A. Allyse, Amelia K. Barwise

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Navigating the cultural adaptation of a US-based online mental health and social support program for use with young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander males in the Northern Territory, Australia: Processes, outcomes, and lessons

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Operationalisation of health equity principles in physiotherapy hospital triage policies

Lisa Pagano, Nick Glenn, Karen Hutchinson, Janet C. Long, Jeffrey Braithwaite, Mitchell N. Sarkies

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A scoping review of costing methodologies used to assess interventions for underserved pregnant people and new parents

Elizabeth K. Darling, Aisha Jansen, Bismah Jameel, Jean-Éric Tarride

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Prevalence and factors associated with undocumented children under-five in Haiti

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Access to community-based eye services in Meru, Kenya: a cross-sectional equity analysis

Luke N Allen, Sarah Karanja, Michael Gichangi, Cosmas Bunywera, Hillary Rono, David Macleod, Min Jung Kim, Malebogo Tlhajoane, Matthew J. Burton, Jacqueline Ramke, Nigel M. Bolster, Andrew Bastawrous

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Exploring health equity integration among health service and delivery systems in Nova Scotia: perspectives of health system partners

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Skin diseases among the tribal population of Kerala: the challenges and way forward

Surendran Maheswari Simi, Regi Jose, Thekkumkara Surendran Anish

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Inclusion of people with disabilities in Chilean health policy: a policy analysis

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Power and positionality in the practice of health system responsiveness at sub-national level: insights from the Kenyan coast

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Temporal trends in lower extremity amputation in Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region: analysis of the GBD dataset 1990–2019

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A realist impact evaluation of a tool to strengthen equity in local government policy-making

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Consideration of inequalities in effectiveness trials of mHealth applications – a systematic assessment of studies from an umbrella review

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Equity considerations for the implementation of health insurance benefit package in Ethiopia: result of expert Delphi exercise

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Social cure model: testing the link between identity centrality and body appreciation in diverse sexual orientation and gender identity groups

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Aboriginal families living with MJD in remote Australia: questions of access and equity

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Challenges and strategies for navigating Australian healthcare access: experience from Chinese international students

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Un/met: a mixed-methods study on primary healthcare needs of the poorest population in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan

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Correction: A realist impact evaluation of a tool to strengthen equity in local government policy-making

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“Nothing about us, without us”: stakeholders perceptions on strategies to improve persons with disabilities’ sexual and reproductive health outcomes in Ghana

Abdul-Aziz Seidu, Bunmi S. Malau-Aduli, Kristin McBain-Rigg, Aduli E. O. Malau-Aduli, Theophilus I. Emeto

The equity road ahead for financing non-national immunization program vaccines in China: challenges and opportunities from a qualitative study

Mingzhu Jiang, Weixi Jiang, Xuanxuan Yan, Haifeng Ma, Sijuan Zhou, Xiaohua Ying

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Correction: Measuring health equity in the ASEAN region: conceptual framework and assessment of data availability

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Revisiting a decade of inequality in healthcare financial burden in Cambodia, 2009–19: trends, determinants and decomposition

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Nurses’ work in relation to patient health outcomes: an observational study comparing models of primary care

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Perceived discrimination and refraining from seeking physician’s care in Sweden: an intersectional analysis of individual heterogeneity and discriminatory accuracy (AIHDA)

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Biological and contextual determinants of early development in marginalized Roma communities: A research protocol of the RomaREACH study

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Disparities in healthcare-seeking behaviors and associated costs between Venezuelan migrants and Colombians residing in Colombia

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Process evaluation of a breastfeeding support intervention to promote exclusive breastfeeding and reduce social inequity: a mixed-methods study in a cluster-randomised trial

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Making health inequality analysis accessible: WHO tools and resources using Microsoft Excel

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Exploring cultural competence barriers in the primary care sexual and reproductive health centres in Catalonia, Spain: perspectives from immigrant women and healthcare providers

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Gender sensitivity of the COVID-19 mental health research in Europe: a scoping review

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Gender disparity in prevalence of mental health issues in Kerala: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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The impact of long-term care insurance on healthcare utilization and expenditures among middle-aged and older Chinese adults: a quasi-experiment study

Mengdie Li, Xiaoru Fan, Jushuang Li, Jun Wang, Ping Yin, Ruifei Zuo, Yao Jie Xie, Chun Hao

Social epidemiology of urban COVID-19 inequalities in Latin America and Canada

Mathieu JP Poirier, Andrea Morales Caceres, Tieneke E Dykstra, Aline Dayrell Ferreira Sales, Waleska Teixeira Caiaffa

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Profiling patterns of patient experiences of access and continuity at team-based primary healthcare clinics (Canada): a latent class analysis

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Correction: Improving accessibility to radiotherapy services in Cali, Colombia: cross-sectional equity analyses using open data and big data travel times from 2020

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Brena Barreto Barbosa, Greyceanne Cecília Dutra Brito, Larissa Loures Mendes, Lia Silveira Adriano, Aline Martins de Carvalho, Antonio Augusto Ferreira Carioca

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Investigating the availability, affordability, and market dynamics of innovative oncology drugs in Morocco: an original report

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Sociodemographic disparities in antibiotic-resistant outpatient urine cultures in a Boston hospital, 2015–2020: a cross-sectional analysis

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Barriers and facilitators of healthcare access for long COVID-19 patients in a universal healthcare system: qualitative evidence from Austria

Peter Gamillscheg, Agata Łaszewska, Stefanie Kirchner, Kathryn Hoffmann, Judit Simon, Susanne Mayer

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Assessing the role of non-state actors in health service delivery and health system resilience in Myanmar

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Refraining from seeking dental care among the Sámi in Sweden: a cross-sectional study

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Determinants of COVID-19 vaccination acceptance based on the novel Omale INDEPT FORCIS Framework and recommendations for subsequent pandemics: a qualitative study among community members in Ebonyi state, Nigeria

Ugwu I. Omale, Azuka S. Adeke, Onyinyechukwu U. Oka, Cordis O. Ikegwuonu, Osarhiemen Iyare, Olaedo O. Nnachi, Victor U. Uduma, Chidinma I. Amuzie, Glory E. Nkwo, Ugochi I. A. Nwali, Okechukwu O. Ukpabi, Ifeyinwa M. Okeke, Richard L. Ewah

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The community food environment as an effect modifier of the relationship between racial discrimination and food insecurity among adults in Southern Brazil

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Measuring attitudes towards ethnic minority patients: the revalidated REMP-3 instrument for graduate healthcare practitioners

Stijn Schelfhout, Robin Vandecasteele, Sara Willems, Eva Derous, Stéphanie De Maesschalck

Community-based participatory research (CBPR) approaches in vaccination promotion: a scoping review

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The politics of health systems policies during COVID-19: reflections on experiences from Latin America and the Caribbean

Walter Flores, Alexis Sullivan, Fernando Jerez, Daniela C. Rodríguez

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Lived experiences of palliative care physicians on the impacts of language and cultural discordance on end-of-life care across Ontario, Canada: a qualitative study using the intersectionality-based policy framework

Seung Heyck Lee, Maya Gibb, Sathya Karunananthan, Margaret Cody, Peter Tanuseputro, Claire E. Kendall, Daniel Bédard, Stephanie Collin, Krystal Kehoe MacLeod

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Trends and inequalities in anaemia prevalence among children aged 6–59 months in Ghana, 2003–2022

Augustus Osborne, Khadijat Adeleye, Camilla Bangura, Florence Gyembuzie Wongnaah

Economic evaluations of eye care services for Indigenous populations in high-income countries: a scoping review

Marcel Maziyar Nejatian, Andrei Sincari, Khyber Alam, Ian Li, Hessom Razavi

Strategies to optimise the health equity impact of digital pain self-reporting tools: a series of multi-stakeholder focus groups

Syed Mustafa Ali, Amanda Gambin, Helen Chadwick, William G. Dixon, Allison Crawford, Sabine N. Van der Veer

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An innovative gamification tool to enhance intercultural competence and self-efficacy among healthcare professionals caring for vulnerable migrants and refugees

Ruben Moreno-Comellas, Adria Murias-Closas, Stella Evangelidou, Lloy Wylie, Núria Serre-Delcor

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Mobile outreach clinics for improving health care services accessibility in vulnerable populations of the Diffa Region in Niger: a descriptive study

Lawali Mahaman Rabiou, Batoure Oumarou, Diaw Mor, Maman Abdou, Camara Ibrahim, Jacques Lukenze Tamuzi, Patrick D. M. C. Katoto, Charles S. Wiysonge, Blanche-Philomene Melanga Anya, Tshikolasoni Casimir Manengu

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Adapting and pilot testing a tool to assess the accessibility of primary health facilities for people with disabilities in Luuka District, Uganda

Islay Mactaggart, Andrew Sentoogo Ssemata, Abdmagidu Menya, Tracey Smythe, Sara Rotenberg, Sarah Marks, Femke Bannink Mbazzi, Hannah Kuper

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Correction: Refraining from seeking dental care among the Sámi in Sweden: a cross-sectional study

Negin Yekkalam, Christina Storm Mienna, Jon Petter Anders Stoor, Miguel San Sebastian

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Unpacking occupational and sex divides to understand the moderate progress in life expectancy in recent years (France, 2010’s)

Ophélie Merville, Florian Bonnet, Guy Launoy, Carlo Giovanni Camarda, Emmanuelle Cambois

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Correction: Making health inequality analysis accessible: WHO tools and resources using Microsoft Excel

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A hill tribe community advisory board in Northern Thailand: lessons learned one year on

Carlo Perrone, Nipaphan Kanthawang, Phaik Yeong Cheah

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Medicare policy changes to primary health care funding for Australia’s indigenous Peoples 1996–2023: a scoping review

Helen Kehoe, Heike Schütze, Geoffrey Spurling, Raymond Lovett

Gender disparities in physical, psychological, and cognitive multimorbidity among elderly hypertensive populations in rural regions

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Equity of access to palliative care: a scoping review

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Trends and inequalities in health system satisfaction: results from the latest nationally representative surveys in Qatar

Faleh Mohamed Hussain Ali, Zlatko Nikoloski, Orsida Gjebrea, Elias Mossialos

Intersectional inequalities in mental health by education, income, gender, and age before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands: a longitudinal study

Sanne E. Verra, Clare Evans, Joost Oude Groeniger, John de Wit, Maartje P. Poelman, Carlijn B. M. Kamphuis

Is the diagnosis and treatment of depression gender-biased? Evidence from a population-based aging cohort in Sweden

Amaia Bacigalupe, Unai Martín, Federico Triolo, Linnea Sjöberg, Therese Rydberg Sterner, Serhiy Dekhtyar, Laura Fratiglioni, Amaia Calderón-Larrañaga

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Facilitators and challenges in collaboration between public health units and faith-based organizations to promote COVID-19 vaccine confidence in Ontario

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Correction: Revisiting a decade of inequality in healthcare financial burden in Cambodia, 2009–19: trends, determinants and decomposition

Adelio Fernandes Antunes, Theepakorn Jithitikulchai, Juergen Hohmann, Steffen Flessa

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Retention in primary care among unstably housed residents of a low-income, inner-city neighborhood with a high prevalence of substance use and related disorders

M. Gumprich, W. Zhang, J. Li, K. Salters, R. Barrios, P. Sereda, C. Stanley, R. Joe, D. Hall, V. Lima, G. Sincraian, A. Marante Changir, R. Parry, C. Fulton, T. Wesseling, J. Montaner, S. Parashar, David M. Moore

Determinants of depression and anxiety in informal waste pickers: a cross-sectional study of informal waste pickers in Hong Kong

Siu-Ming Chan, Heng Xu, Yuen-Ki Tang, Jasmine Zhang, Kim Kwok, Bess Yin-Hung Lam, Wing-Him Tang, Ka-Chun Lui

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The impact of economic sanctions on cancer diagnosis and treatment in Iran: a qualitative study

Leila Haghjou, Leila Mounesan, Aziz Shamsi, Maryam Nazari, Najmeh Bahmanziari, Mohammad Shirkhoda, Saeid Amanpour, Alireza Abdollahi, Kazem Zendehdel, Hamideh Rashidian

Navigating the divide: inequalities in household experiences of healthcare disruption in Latin American and the Caribbean countries amidst COVID-19

Cristian A. Herrera, Amanda C. Kerr, Julia Dayton Eberwein, Paula Bedregal, Dionne Kringos, Niek Klazinga

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Green space visits among Turkish and South Asian Surinamese women with a high cardiometabolic risk living in disadvantaged neighborhoods in the Netherlands: motives, means and prerequisites

Lieke van den Brekel, Helene R. Voogdt-Pruis, Lian Wispelweij, Laxmie Jawalapershad, Soerinder Narain, Kerstin Klipstein-Grobusch, Diederick E. Grobbee, Virissa Lenters, Joreintje D. Mackenbach, Ilonca Vaartjes

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Every bite counts to achieve oral health: a scoping review on diet and oral health preventive practices

Steffany Chamut, Mona Alhassan, Alhassan Hameedaldeen, Shivangi Kaplish, Adam H. Yang, Carrie G. Wade, Sondos Alghamdi, Denisse Chamut, Brian B. Novy, Tejasvita Chandel

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Correction: Improving accessibility to radiotherapy services in Cali, Colombia: cross-sectional equity analyses using open data and big data travel times from 2020

Luis Gabriel Cuervo, Carmen Juliana Villamizar, Daniel Cuervo, Pablo Zapata, Maria B. Ospina, Sara Marcela Valencia, Alfredo Polo, Angela Suarez, Maria O. Bula, J. Jaime Miranda, Gynna Millan, Diana Elizabeth Cuervo, Nancy J. Owens, Felipe Piquero, Janet Hatcher‑Roberts, Gabriel Dario Paredes, Maria Fernanda Navarro, Ingrid Liliana Minotta, Carmen Palta, Eliana Martinez-Herrera, Ciro Jaramillo

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Confirmatory validation of the transgender health care humanization scale

Liliane Lins-Kusterer, Nicolle Melo Vieira, Carlos Brites

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Physical-medical integration policies and health equity promotion in China: a text analysis based on policy instruments

Mingyuan Zhao, Lishu Yang, Baoshan Qian, Yun Yang, Gongbo Wei, Chen Li

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Challenges in accessing health care services for women and girls with disabilities using a humanitarian physical rehabilitation program in Lebanon: a mixed method study

Linda Abou-Abbas, Diana Sabbagh, Rodolfo Rossi, Lavanya Vijayasingham, Maria Rita Lteif, Haya Rawi, Rouba Mitri, Hala Al Sultan, Aicha Benyaich, Ahmad AL-MOSA, Claudia Truppa

Public perceptions of HIV/AIDS awareness in the Gulf Council Cooperation countries: a qualitative study

Samah Alageel, Norah M. Alsadhan, Ghadah Alkhaldi, Rawan Alkasabi, Noura Alomair

The relationship between neighbourhood income and youth mental health service use differs by immigration experience: analysis of population-based data in British Columbia, Canada

Ridhwana Kaoser, Padmini Thakore, Sandra Peterson, Mei-ling Wiedmeyer, Cecilia Sierra-Heredia, Shira Goldenberg, Stefanie Machado, Selamawit Hagos, Elmira Tayyar, Yasmin Bozorgi, M. Ruth Lavergne

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Barriers and supports for Indigenous youth and young adults with childhood- onset chronic health conditions transitioning from pediatric to adult healthcare: a qualitative study

Andrew S. Mackie, Mandi Gray, Alyssa Chappell, Kira Dlusskaya, Rick Lightning, Larry Listener, Arrol Crier, Barbara Dumigan-Jackson, Audrey Thomas, Bonny Graham, Randy Littlechild, Joshua Lightning, Azure Johnson, Patricia Rain, Maxine Cutarm, Richard T. Oster

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Social and programmatic vulnerability in the context of transgender people’s health: a scoping review of scientific evidence from Brazil

Francisca Lidiane Sampaio Freitas, Ximena Pamela Claudia Díaz Bermúdez, Edgar Merchán-Hamann, Adriano Santiago Dias dos Santos, Victor Fonseca Vieira

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Socioeconomic inequality in physical activity among adults in western Iran: a cross-sectional study

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Social and economic impacts of non-communicable diseases by gender and its correlates: a literature review

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