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Gender and racial inequalities in the access to and the use of Brazilian health services.

open access: yesCiência & Saúde Coletiva, 2021
This paper aims to evaluate gender and racial inequalities in the access and use of health services in Brazil Based on the 2019 National Health Survey (PNS).
Barbara Cobo, C. Cruz, Paulo Dick
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Clinical peripherality: development of a peripherality index for rural health services. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
BACKGROUND: The configuration of rural health services is influenced by geography. Rural health practitioners provide a broader range of services to smaller populations scattered over wider areas or more difficult terrain than their urban counterparts ...
Selvaraj, Sivasubramaniam   +8 more
core   +1 more source

Health System Factors Constrain HIV Care Providers in Delivering High-Quality Care: Perceptions from a Qualitative Study of Providers in Western Kenya

open access: yesJournal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care, 2019
The burden on health systems due to increased volume of patients with HIV continues to rapidly increase. The goal of this study was to examine the experiences of HIV care providers in a high patient volume HIV treatment and care program in eastern Africa.
Becky Genberg PhD, MPH   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Immigration Policy and Access to Health Services [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 2013
Section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), added in 1996, authorizes the U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE) to enter into agreements with state and local law enforcement agencies to enforce federal immigration law during their regular, daily law-enforcement activity (www.ice.gov/287g). The original intent was to “target and
openaire   +2 more sources

Changing access to health services in urban China: implications for equity.

open access: yesHealth Policy and Planning, 2001
The ongoing reform of public institutions and state-owned enterprises in urban China has had a profound impact on the financing, organization and provision of health services. Access to health care by the urban population has become more inequitable. One
J. Gao   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Measuring adherence to antiretroviral therapy in children and adolescents in western Kenya

open access: yesJournal of the International AIDS Society, 2014
Introduction High levels of adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) are central to HIV management. The objective of this study was to compare multiple measures of adherence and investigate factors associated with adherence among HIV‐infected children ...
Rachel C Vreeman   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Automated Detection of the Competency of Delivering Guided Self-Help for Anxiety via Speech and Language Processing

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2022
Speech and language play an essential role in automatically assessing several psychotherapeutic qualities. These automation procedures require translating the manual rating qualities to speech and language features that accurately capture the assessed ...
Dalia Attas   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Accessibility of adolescent health services

open access: yesCurationis, 2000
Adolescents represent a large proportion of the population. As they mature and become sexually active, they face more serious health risks. Most face these risks with too little factual information, too little guidance about sexual responsibility and multiple barriers to accessing health care.
openaire   +5 more sources

Spatial distribution of specialized cardiac care units in the state of Santa Catarina

open access: yesRevista de Saúde Pública, 2014
OBJECTIVE To analyze the methodology used for assessing the spatial distribution of specialized cardiac care units. METHODS A modeling and simulation method was adopted for the practical application of cardiac care service in the state of Santa Catarina,
Silviana Cirino   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Digital Health Interventions to Improve Access to and Quality of Primary Health Care Services: A Scoping Review

open access: yesInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2023
Global digital technology advances offer the potential to enhance primary health care (PHC) quality, reach, and efficiency, driving toward universal health coverage (UHC). This scoping review explored how digital health solutions aid PHC delivery and UHC
D. Erku   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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