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COVID-19 vaccine intercountry distribution inequality and its underlying factors: a combined concentration index analysis and multiple linear regression analysis [PDF]
Frontiers in Public HealthIntroductionInequitable access to COVID-19 vaccines among countries is a pressing global health issue. Factors such as economic power, political power, political stability, and health system strength contribute to disparities in vaccine distribution ...
Wafa Abu El Kheir-Mataria +4 more
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Inequality atop excess: a nonlinear decomposition of wealth-related inequality in caesarean section delivery in Punjab, Pakistan [PDF]
Frontiers in Public HealthBackgroundCaesarean section (CS) rates are rising rapidly across South Asia, and Pakistan combines over-use among advantaged groups with historically limited access among the poor.
Muhammad Nadeem +6 more
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Socioeconomic inequality in the completion of the continuum of care for maternal, newborn, and child health in Malawi [PDF]
Frontiers in Reproductive HealthBackgroundDespite improvements in maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH) service coverage in Malawi, completion of the continuum of care (CoC) remains low and unequally distributed across socioeconomic groups.
Redson Mwandama, Spy Munthali
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Global Health Action, 2022 Background Over the last two decades, Indonesia has experienced remarkable economic growth. However, the percentage of infants and young children meeting the minimum dietary diversity (MDD) criteria has stagnated.
Bunga A. Paramashanti +3 more
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Child Health Outcome Inequalities in Low and Middle Income Countries
Health Systems & Reform, 2021 Prior to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) era, considerable progress was made toward the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) health indicators.
Patrick Hoang-Vu Eozenou +2 more
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Indian Journal of Community Medicine, 2022 Background: Despite concentrated global efforts to bring about reduction in malnutrition among children, it continues to remain a public health concern, especially in developing countries such as India.
Deboshree Das
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A Generalized Index of Concentration [PDF]
Sociological Methods & Research, 1977 A generalized nth power index of concentration is defined; for n = 1 it yields the entropy-based "relative redundancy, " and for n = 2 it yields the Ray and Singer (1973) concentration coefficient. Relations are established with a dozen other indices of concentration, diversity, fragmentation, differentiation, and inequality used in social science ...
Taagepera, Rein, Ray, James Lee
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Assessing Intertemporal Socioeconomic Inequalities in Alcohol Consumption in South Africa
Frontiers in Public Health, 2021 Background: This paper assesses changes in the socioeconomic inequality in alcohol consumption by exploring whether alcohol consumption (current and binge drinkers) is more prevalent among the wealthier (pro-rich) or poorer (pro-poor) group over time ...
Mayara Fontes Marx +3 more
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Atmosphere, 2022 Precipitation, as an important part of the hydrological cycle, is often related to flood and drought. In this study, we collected daily rainfall data from 21 rainfall stations in Shaanxi Province from 1961 to 2017, and calculated eight extreme climate ...
Shuangtao Wang +3 more
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Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 2022 BackgroundTo explore the prevalence and inequality of cognitive impairment among older adults in Macau and the contributions of influencing factors to inequality in cognitive impairment.MethodsThe Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) was used to measure ...
Zhuo Zhang +3 more
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