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Raising awareness about dementia risk reduction is particularly important for ethno-culturally diverse or immigrant women, who have greater risk of dementia compared with men due to multiple interacting factor...
Health-related conspiracy theories undermine trust in healthcare, exacerbate health inequities, and contribute to harmful health behaviors such as vaccine hesitancy and reliance on unproven treatments. These t...
Human mobility in the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region has increased in the last decade, as well as the proportion of women within this population. The difficulties they experience in the country of o...
This study aims to explore the views of Pacific people on how to improve the management of urate-lowering therapy among Pacific gout patients in South Auckland.
Considerations of equity in funding and conduct of medical research are receiving greater attention. However, perspectives of diverse stakeholder groups on this topic are poorly characterized. Our study aimed ...
The southern Indian state of Kerala is often regarded as a global model for its impressive health outcomes at a low cost. While the state consistently invests in healthcare and showcases remarkable health indi...
Health policymakers can leverage change to improve equity in access to care, patient experiences and clinical outcomes. Despite legal progress to reduce health inequalities, social and systemic injustices pers...
Access to quality essential healthcare services is a fundamental right for all residents. However, the unequal allocation of healthcare resources affects patients' accessibility to care, thereby influencing th...
Young migrants are increasingly recognised as being particularly vulnerable to sexual violence. This vulnerability is largely structural, due to the different laws and policies impacting their access to rights...
Digestive diseases (DD) pose a significant global health burden, with the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region providing a unique landscape to study the impact of socioeconomic disparities on DD incidenc...
Achieving equity in access to care is a priority at both national and provincial levels in Canada to address health disparities. However, equitable access remains a challenge due to significantly higher rheuma...
Frequent hospital readmissions place a significant burden on patients, families, and society. Many high-income countries have implemented financial incentives to reduce readmissions. In China, readmission metr...
This paper aims to shed light on routine communication practices between all types of hospital workers– medical, administrative and psycho-social -, and patients using a language other than French.
From a biocultural perspective, health is a multifaceted concept shaped not only by biomedical factors but also by social, cultural, political, and economic forces. In Indigenous contexts, health is particular...
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Since October 2023, the humanitarian crisis in Gaza has dramatically escalated and food insecurity (FI) has rapidly deteriorated. In the face of such situation, it has been recommended that accurate informatio...
Health behavior theories are scientific frameworks used to inform health behavior interventions to address health-related issues, given their use in understanding and modifying behavior change.
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Variations in hospital costs often indicate deficiency in efficient and standardised care. Case-based provider payment systems are utilised globally to address these issues. In China, an innovative case-based ...
The implementation of Spain’s Dependency Law aimed to enhance care for those with dependency needs. However, its focus on privatized service provision has raised concerns about potential inequalities in workin...
This study investigates whether healthcare utilisation among older Australians is equitable, particularly focusing on people with cognitive decline from age 50. It investigates the economic concept of horizont...
Pediatric leukemia is the most prevalent childhood cancer in China, exerting a considerable financial impact on affected families. Despite the mandatory participation of all Chinese children in the Resident Ba...
The limited allocation of resources to rural and regional communities is a major contributor to healthcare inequities in Australia. Distribution of health service resources between metropolitan and rural commu...
Social and structural determinants of health (SDoH) are associated with tuberculosis (TB) outcomes but often unaddressed in TB care programs. We sought to describe the mechanism by which SDoH impact completion...
The aim of this study was to analyse the different barriers to accessing healthcare, social services and long-term care among older adults.
With the rapid digitalization of healthcare and an aging population, understanding the factors influencing older adults' sustained adoption of Internet medical services is critical. However, existing research ...
Research highlights that participation of ethnic minority individuals in research is low when compared to white counterparts. This poses challenges for healthcare planning and delivery, as lack of representati...
A rapid and equitable response is paramount to mitigating the spread and impact of an infectious disease public health emergency. Unfortunately, public health responses often integrate equity as a secondary co...
Health equity is a commonly asserted goal of health systems. However, there is a limited understanding on how best to promote equity as a part of health system reform initiatives. We conducted a scoping review...
There is a growing global burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), including diabetes, hypertension and cardiovascular diseases. NCDs constitute a growing public health concern in the Low and Middle Income ...
ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) is a critical condition, especially in the older population, who are at increased risk due to comorbidities and delayed diagnosis. This study aimed to investigate the...
Health Sector Reform (HSR) in Iran was implemented in two phases, in 2005 and 2014, financed through a governmental health insurance model managed by the Iranian Health Insurance Organization (IHIO). This stud...
On October 29, 2024, the DANA (Depresión Aislada en Niveles Altos) floods devastated the Spanish region of Valencia, resulting in 224 fatalities, extensive infrastructural destruction, and profound physical and m...
Many Indigenous youth and young adults in Canada, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand have reported low vaccine confidence, which has been linked to lower vaccination rates for COVID-19, MMR, HPV, DT...
Migrants and displaced persons are ubiquitously present, yet there is insufficient evidence and strategies to provide sustainable, equitable healthcare to these populations globally. Migration and health resea...
The Indonesian National AIDS report reveals that the percentage of HIV cases in the country is significantly higher in men compared to women, which is contrary to global AIDS data. Using a conceptual model of ...
In Central America, Honduras experienced a significant increase in SARS-CoV-2 infections between March 11, 2020, and January 26, 2022. Although limited research has been conducted on the impact of the COVID-19...
Universal health coverage (UHC) is a key health policy priority to guarantee access to high-quality healthcare without causing undue financial hardship. After many attempts for health reform, Egypt has adopted...
There is increasing evidence to support the effectiveness of interventions involving community health workers (CHWs) in improving patient health outcomes, which reinforces their growing integration in healthca...
Large language models are increasingly evaluated for use in healthcare. However, concerns about their impact on disparities persist. This study reviews current research on demographic biases in large language ...
Rare diseases, defined variably by global regions, collectively impact approximately 300 million individuals despite affecting small population segments individually. Historically there were no treatments deve...
Leave No One Behind (LNOB) is a central, transformative promise of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals. To attain LNOB, systematic analysis of patterns and distributions of inequalities in covera...
Health systems face competing demands when implementing health sector reforms. While health equity principles are generally promoted during reform discussions, they are often deprioritised during implementatio...
Sweden has a longstanding history of promoting sexual reproductive health and rights. Reproductive decision-making is a fundamental right, but an individual’s decision-making power differs across contexts. We ...
The number of people living with dementia is expected to rise to 153 million cases globally by 2050. This will come at a high economic and human cost to societies with disproportionate effects on socioeconomic...
Opioid users across federal poverty levels have varying healthcare consumption, which could influence public health policies to address the opioid crisis. To better understand this relationship, we evaluated t...
Previous studies predominantly focused on single types of congenital birth defects (CBDs) or specific national prevalence. This study adopts a holistic perspective to assess current trends and health inequalit...
The increasing use of anxiolytics, hypnotics, and sedatives (AHS) among adolescents is a growing public health concern. Social determinants such as gender or socioeconomic status have a significant influence o...
The concept of People-Centered Care (PCC) is a prominent concept around the world, which is considered as an important concept and practice to promote health equity especially in China. Nevertheless, the assoc...
Lymphatic filariasis (LF), a neglected tropical disease (NTD), affects tropical regions marked by poor socioeconomic conditions and often results in non-curable filarial lymphedema. The impact of LF is often d...
The escalating prevalence of dementia in India highlights the need for effective dementia care, particularly in a context marked by limited specialized services and resources. In response to this growing chall...
Implementing health financing equity plays a determining role in achieving Universal Health Coverage. For this reason, the global health community stated multiple political declarations to guide health financi...
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