Volume 11, issue 1, December 2012
83 articles in this issue
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A retrospective study of demographic parameters and major health referrals among Afghan refugees in Iran
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Salman Otoukesh
- Mona Mojtahedzadeh
- Mohsen Bazargan
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 20 December 2012
- Article: 82
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Health equity in an unequal country: the use of medical services in Chile
Authors
- Guillermo Paraje
- Felipe Vásquez
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 18 December 2012
- Article: 81
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Who experiences discrimination in Brazil? Evidence from a large metropolitan region
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- James Macinko
- Pricila Mullachery
- Maria Fernanda Lima-Costa
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 18 December 2012
- Article: 80
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Mutual research capacity strengthening: a qualitative study of two-way partnerships in public health research
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Michelle Redman-MacLaren
- David J MacLaren
- Richard Speare
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 18 December 2012
- Article: 79
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Longitudinal changes in functional capacity: effects of socio-economic position among ageing adults
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Tommi Sulander
- Heikki Heinonen
- Mikael Fogelholm
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 15 December 2012
- Article: 78
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Social inequalities in health: measuring the contribution of housing deprivation and social interactions for Spain
Authors
- Rosa M Urbanos-Garrido
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 14 December 2012
- Article: 77
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Social, cultural and economical determinants of diabetes mellitus in Kalutara district, Sri Lanka: a cross sectional descriptive study
Authors (first, second and last of 8)
- Ambepitiyawaduge Pubudu De Silva
- Sudirikku Hennadige Padmal De Silva
- Sumedha Wijeratne
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 13 December 2012
- Article: 76
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Analyzing the equity of public primary care provision in Kenya: variation in facility characteristics by local poverty level
Authors (first, second and last of 8)
- Mitsuru Toda
- Antony Opwora
- Catherine Goodman
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 13 December 2012
- Article: 75
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Mapping of initiatives to increase membership in mutual health organizations in Benin
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Anne-Marie Turcotte-Tremblay
- Slim Haddad
- Pierre Fournier
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 05 December 2012
- Article: 74
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Decomposing socioeconomic inequalities in self assessed health in Turkey
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Kaan Sözmen
- Hakan Baydur
- Belgin Ünal
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 05 December 2012
- Article: 73
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Erratum to: Progress towards millennium development goal 1 in northern rural Nicaragua: Findings from a health and demographic surveillance site
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Wilton Pérez
- Elmer Zelaya Blandón
- Carina Källestål
- Content type: Erratum
- Open Access
- Published: 23 November 2012
- Article: 72
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Social inequalities in life expectancy and mortality during the transition period of economic crisis (1993–2010) in Korea
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Mia Son
- Youngtae Cho
- Soonman Kwon
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 21 November 2012
- Article: 71
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Are the poor differentially benefiting from provision of priority public health services? A benefit incidence analysis in Nigeria
Authors
- Obinna Onwujekwe
- Kara Hanson
- Benjamin Uzochukwu
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 16 November 2012
- Article: 70
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Individual and community level socioeconomic inequalities in contraceptive use in 10 Newly Independent States: a multilevel cross-sectional analysis
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Teresa Janevic
- Pallas W Sarah
- Bradley H Elizabeth
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 16 November 2012
- Article: 69
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Understanding differences in access and use of healthcare between international immigrants to Chile and the Chilean-born: a repeated cross-sectional population-based study in Chile
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Baltica Cabieses
- Helena Tunstall
- Jasmine Gideon
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 16 November 2012
- Article: 68
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Gender differences in predictors of self-rated health in Armenia: a population-based study of an economy in transition
Authors
- Anahit Demirchyan
- Varduhi Petrosyan
- Michael E Thompson
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 14 November 2012
- Article: 67
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The impact of primary healthcare in reducing inequalities in child health outcomes, Bogotá – Colombia: an ecological analysis
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Paola A Mosquera
- Jinneth Hernández
- Miguel San Sebastián
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 13 November 2012
- Article: 66
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Critically examining diversity in end-of-life family caregiving: implications for equitable caregiver support and Canada’s Compassionate Care Benefit
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Melissa Giesbrecht
- Valorie A Crooks
- Olena Hankivsky
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 01 November 2012
- Article: 65
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Public preferences for government spending in Canada
Authors
- Sabrina Ramji
- Carlos Quiñonez
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 30 October 2012
- Article: 64
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Dimensions of gender relations and reproductive health inequity perceived by female undergraduate students in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam: a qualitative exploration
Authors (first, second and last of 8)
- Thanh Cong Bui
- Christine M Markham
- Thach Ngoc Le
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 24 October 2012
- Article: 63
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Who is utilizing anti-retroviral therapy in Ghana: An analysis of ART service utilization
Authors
- Phyllis Dako-Gyeke
- Rachel Snow
- Alfred E Yawson
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 16 October 2012
- Article: 62
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Privatisation & marketisation of post-birth care: the hidden costs for new mothers
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Cecilia Benoit
- Camille Stengel
- Sarah Berry
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 15 October 2012
- Article: 61
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The financial burden of cancer: Estimates from patients undergoing cancer care in a tertiary care hospital
Authors
- Adnan A Zaidi
- Tayyaba Z Ansari
- Aziz Khan
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 15 October 2012
- Article: 60
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Closing the health equity gap: evidence-based strategies for primary health care organizations
Authors (first, second and last of 14)
- Annette J Browne
- Colleen M Varcoe
- Scott Lennox
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 13 October 2012
- Article: 59
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Expressed racial identity and hypertension in a telephone survey sample from Toronto and Vancouver, Canada: do socioeconomic status, perceived discrimination and psychosocial stress explain the relatively high risk of hypertension for Black Canadians?
Authors
- Gerry Veenstra
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 12 October 2012
- Article: 58
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Health service utilization by indigenous cancer patients in Queensland: a descriptive study
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Christina M Bernardes
- Lisa J Whop
- Patricia C Valery
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 10 October 2012
- Article: 57
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Gender differential on characteristics and outcome of leprosy patients admitted to a long-term care rural hospital in South-Eastern Ethiopia
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- José M Ramos
- Miguel Martínez-Martín
- Félix Gutiérrez
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 04 October 2012
- Article: 56
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A study of Iranian immigrants’ experiences of accessing Canadian health care services: a grounded theory
Authors
- Mahdieh Dastjerdi
- Karin Olson
- Linda Ogilvie
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 29 September 2012
- Article: 55
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Characteristics of the population eligible for and receiving publicly funded bariatric surgery in Canada
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Raj S Padwal
- Hsui-Ju Chang
- Sumit R Majumdar
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 18 September 2012
- Article: 54
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Is self-rated health a valid measure to use in social inequities and health research? Evidence from the PAPFAM women’s data in six Arab countries
Authors
- Sawsan Abdulrahim
- Khalil El Asmar
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 17 September 2012
- Article: 53
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Social determinants of sex differences in disability among older adults: a multi-country decomposition analysis using the World Health Survey
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Ahmad Reza Hosseinpoor
- Jennifer Stewart Williams
- Somnath Chatterji
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 08 September 2012
- Article: 52
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Socio-economic determinants of household out-of-pocket payments on healthcare in Pakistan
Authors
- Ashar Muhammad Malik
- Shah Iqbal Azam Syed
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 04 September 2012
- Article: 51
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Can financial insecurity and condescending treatment explain the higher prevalence of poor self-rated health in women than in men? A population-based cross-sectional study in Sweden
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Anu Molarius
- Fredrik Granström
- Sirkka Elo
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 01 September 2012
- Article: 50
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User fee exemptions and equity in access to caesarean sections: an analysis of patient survey data in Mali
Authors
- Marianne El-Khoury
- Laurel Hatt
- Timothee Gandaho
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 29 August 2012
- Article: 49
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Socioeconomic inequalities in health care utilisation in Norway: the population-based HUNT3 survey
Authors
- Eirik Vikum
- Steinar Krokstad
- Steinar Westin
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 22 August 2012
- Article: 48
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Midwives’ views on factors that contribute to health care inequalities among immigrants in Sweden: a qualitative study
Authors
- Sharareh Akhavan
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 18 August 2012
- Article: 47
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The social determinants of health and health service access: an in depth study in four poor communities in Phnom Penh Cambodia
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Sann Chan Soeung
- John Grundy
- Rasoka Thor
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 17 August 2012
- Article: 46
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Socio-economic factors associated with infant mortality in Italy: an ecological study
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Laura Dallolio
- Valentina Di Gregori
- Maria Pia Fantini
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 16 August 2012
- Article: 45
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Self-reported chronic diseases and health status and health service utilization - Results from a community health survey in Singapore
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Pradeep Paul George
- Bee Hoon Heng
- Jason Tian Seng Cheah
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 16 August 2012
- Article: 44
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Progress towards millennium development goal 1 in northern rural Nicaragua: Findings from a health and demographic surveillance site
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Wilton Pérez
- Elmer Zelaya Blandón
- Carina Källestål
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 15 August 2012
- Article: 43
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Income-related inequality in health insurance coverage: analysis of China Health and Nutrition Survey of 2006 and 2009
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Jinan Liu
- Lizheng Shi
- M Mahmud Khan
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 14 August 2012
- Article: 42
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Social determinants of health in Canada: Are healthy living initiatives there yet? A policy analysis
Authors
- Dana Gore
- Anita Kothari
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 14 August 2012
- Article: 41
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“Makes you proud to be black eh?”: Reflections on meaningful Indigenous research participation
Authors (first, second and last of 12)
- Jenny Kelly
- Sherry Saggers
- Shayne Ahboo
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 08 August 2012
- Article: 40
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A hospital-based estimate of major causes of death among under-five children from a health facility in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria: possible indicators of health inequality
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Bamgboye M Afolabi
- Cecilia O Clement
- Duro Dolapo
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 08 August 2012
- Article: 39
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China’s regional inequity in pharmacist’s drug safety practice
Authors
- Liyang Tang
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 06 August 2012
- Article: 38
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A comparative analysis of predictors of teenage pregnancy and its prevention in a rural town in Western Nigeria
Authors
- Olorunfemi E Amoran
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 30 July 2012
- Article: 37
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Changes in Equity in Out-of-pocket Payments during the Period of Health Care Reforms: Evidence from Hungary
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Petra Baji
- Milena Pavlova
- Wim Groot
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 24 July 2012
- Article: 36
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Factors determining family planning in Catalonia. Sources of inequity
Authors
- Carme Saurina
- Laura Vall-llosera
- Marc Saez
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 20 July 2012
- Article: 35
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Increasing access to modern contraceptives: the potential role of community solidarity through altruistic contributions
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Obinna E Onwujekwe
- Chinwe Ogbonna
- Bannet Ndyanabangi
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 06 July 2012
- Article: 34