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Financial protection and equity of access to health services with the free maternal and child health initiative in Lao PDR. [PDF]

Health Policy Plan, 2019
Nagpal S, Masaki E, Pambudi ES, Jacobs B.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Implementing Indigenous Data Sovereignty in Australia: A Five‐Phase Framework for Indigenous Data Governance

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article presents the development of a five‐phase Indigenous Data Governance (IDGov) Framework in Australia, focusing on partnerships between the Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (ACCHO) sector and non‐Indigenous health entities.
Jacob Prehn, Michael A. Guerzoni, Maggie Walter, Gawaian Bodkin‐Andrews, Bobby Maher   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring Access and Equity in Malaysia’s Private Higher Education [PDF]

Private higher education institutions (PrHEIs) are utilized to complement public provision due to financial constraints faced in public provision. However, increasing private provision has raised interesting questions as to who gets educated in these ...
Tham, Siew Yean
core  

Whoever wants better healthcare simply pays more: citizens' perception about voluntary private health insurance in Colombia

International Journal for Equity in Health
Objectives To explore the perceptions that Colombians have about voluntary private health insurance plans (VPHI) in the health system to identify the tensions that exist between the public and private systems.
Daniel Felipe Patiño-Lugo, Claudia Marcela Vélez, Diana Patricia Díaz-Hernández, Olga Francisca Salazar-Blanco, Juan Esteban González-Arango, Juan Carlos Velásquez-Correa, Leydi Camila Rodríguez-Corredor, Viviana María Vélez-Marín, Pamela Velásquez-Salazar   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Workforce in Early Childhood Education: Findings From a National Survey of Australian Centre‐Based Services

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Culturally responsive early childhood education (ECE) environments can increase child and family participation, enhance service quality, and improve developmental outcomes for children. Educators from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds contribute to inclusive ECE and are crucial for addressing workforce shortages.
Sene Gide, Linda Harrison, Sandie Wong, Frances Press, Belinda Davis   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Strengthening Treaty Understanding: The Role of Education in Building Durable Indigenous–State Agreements

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Education is a central mechanism for ensuring that Indigenous–State treaties are understood, supported and endure through political change. Public knowledge shapes the negotiation, acceptance, implementation and long‐term stability of agreements. In Australia, however, treaty knowledge remains fragmented.
Jacob Prehn, Harry Hobbs, Jessica Horton
wiley   +1 more source

The equity of health service utilization in less developed areas of China: evidence from Gansu Province

BMC Public Health
Objective Equity is a key issue in the utilization of health services. However, existing research have focused on the developed eastern regions of China, and fails to account for the equity of the level of health service utilization (out-of-pocket ...
Jiaxian Zhou, Jianmiao Li, Ningwen Mao, Shuyi Li, Xi Chen, Dan Wang, Yanxia Zhang, Xiaoru Shi, Xin Gao, Shengxin Tao, Xuhong Pu, Jie Lu, Xiaobin Hu   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Transportation and Access to Rural Healthcare in Mt Elias, uMshwathi Municipality

Social Sciences
Access to healthcare is a crucial factor in achieving health equity. In rural South Africa, geographical isolation and inadequate transportation systems continue to hinder access to healthcare services, despite the existence of progressive national ...
Babra Duri, Blessing Takawira
doaj   +1 more source

Pursuit of Equity: Women on a Low Income Navigating Access to Health and Social Services in Canada

Canadian Journal of Nursing Research
Background Existing research highlights the role of social determinants of health, such as education and housing, in predicting health outcomes and the challenges that arise from deficiencies in these areas, often linked to societal inequities.
Lenora Duhn, Michaela Sparringa, Jennifer Waite, Pilar Camargo-Plazas   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Housing as Asset‐Based Welfare in Australia: An Investigation Through a Consumption Lens

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Housing asset‐based welfare has long been a key component of Australia's social policy. This resonates with a parallel literature identifying a trade‐off between homeownership and the size of nations' welfare states, wherein owner‐occupiers in smaller welfare states tend to come to rely on housing wealth to meet many of their welfare needs ...
Gavin A. Wood, Christopher Phelps, Silvia Salazar, Rachel Ong ViforJ   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source