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Health and access to health services of rural-to-urban migrant populations in Viet Nam [PDF]

, 2013
Viet Nam has increasing internal migration since the Renovation (Doi Moi) in 1986. Migration flows – particularly rural-to-urban migration – have positive and negative effects to migrants, their family, and socio-economics in their places of origin and ...
Le, Anh Thi-Kim
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Financial Barriers to Access to Health Services for Adult People with Disability in Iran: The Challenges for Universal Health Coverage

Iranian Journal of Public Health, 2019
Background: Reducing inequities in access to healthcare is one of the most important goals for all health systems. Financial barriers play a fundamental role here.
Shahin Soltani, A. Takian, A. Akbari Sari, R. Majdzadeh, Mohammad Kamali   +4 more
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Factors influencing access to and utilisation of youth-friendly sexual and reproductive health services in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review

Reproductive Health, 2021
Background Despite the global agreements on adolescents’ sexual and reproductive health and rights, access to and utilisation of these services among the youth/adolescents remain unsatisfactory in low- and middle-income countries which are a significant ...
L. R. Ninsiima, I. Chiumia, R. Ndejjo
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Access to health services by lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons: systematic literature review

BMC International Health and Human Rights, 2016
BackgroundThe relationship between users and health services is considered essential to strengthen the quality of care. However, the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender population suffer from prejudice and discrimination in access and use of these ...
Grayce Alencar Albuquerque, Cintia de Lima Garcia, Glauberto Da Silva Quirino, Maria Juscinaide Henrique Alves, Jameson Moreira Belém, Francisco Winter dos Santos Figueiredo, L. da Silva Paiva, V. B. do Nascimento, Erika Da Silva Maciel, V. Valenti, L. D. de Abreu, F. Adami   +11 more
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Access to health care in contexts of livelihood insecurity: a framework for analysis and action. [PDF]

, 2007
Access to health care is a major health and development issue. Most governments declare that their citizens should enjoy universal and equitable access to good quality care. However, even within the developed world, this goal is difficult to achieve, and
Alexander Schulze, Nathan Rose, Makemba, Ahmed, Dillip Angel, Hetzel, Manuel W, Christian Lengeler, Mayumana Iddy, Dillip, Angel, Manuel W Hetzel, Nathan, Rose, Hassan Mshinda, Lengeler Christian, Brigit Obrist, Mshinda Hassan, Iddy Mayumana, Alba, Sandra, Mayumana, Iddy, Iteba Nelly, Makemba Ahmed, Rose Nathan, Mshana Christopher, Iteba, Nelly, Christopher Mshana, Angel Dillip, Mshinda, Hassan, Ahmed Makemba, Lengeler, Christian, Hetzel Manuel W, Obrist Brigit, Alba Sandra, Obrist, Brigit, Sandra Alba, Nelly Iteba, Schulze, Alexander, Schulze Alexander, Hetzel, Manuel W., Mshana, Christopher   +36 more
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[Inequality in access to health services between urban and rural areas in Brazil: a disaggregation of factors from 1998 to 2008].

Cadernos de Saúde Pública, 2018
Access to healthcare is an important dimension of inequalities between urban and rural areas. Access is lower in rural areas due to the population's greater social vulnerability and greater difficulties in access among its social groups.
Natália Martins Arruda, A. Maia, L. Alves   +2 more
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Use of and access to health services in Brazil, 2013 National Health Survey

Revista de Saúde Pública, 2017
OBJECTIVE To analyze the use of health services in the Brazilian population by sociodemographic factors, according to data from the 2013 Brazilian National Health Survey.
Sheila Rizzato Stopa, D. Malta, Camila Nascimento Monteiro, C. Szwarcwald, M. Goldbaum, Chester Luis Galvão Cesar   +5 more
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A systematic review of strategies to increase access to health services among children in low and middle income countries

BMC Health Services Research, 2017
BackgroundUniversal Health Coverage is widely endorsed as the pivotal goal in global health, however substantial barriers to accessing health services for children in low and middle-income countries (LMIC) exist.
T. Bright, L. Felix, H. Kuper, S. Polack
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Investigating geographical variation in the use of mental health services by area of England: a cross-sectional ecological study

BMC Health Services Research, 2021
Background There is evidence of geographical variation in the use of mental health services in the UK and in international settings. It is important to understand whether this variation reflects differences in the prevalence of mental disorders, or if ...
Lucy Maconick, Luke Sheridan Rains, Rebecca Jones, Brynmor Lloyd-Evans, Sonia Johnson   +4 more
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Factors associated with recent and regular non-use of dental services by students from a university in southeastern Brazil: a cross-sectional study

BMC Oral Health, 2022
Background Lack of use of dental services can be a risk factor for oral health. In addition to recent visits to dental services, it is important to assess the regularity of use of these services, as well as the motivations for visiting the dentist. There
Rafaela de Oliveira Cunha, Isabel Cristina Gonçalves Leite   +1 more
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