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Health equity for persons with disabilities: a global scoping review on barriers and interventions in healthcare services

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2023
Background Persons with disabilities experience health inequities in terms of increased mortality, morbidity, and limitations in functioning when compared to the rest of the population.
Mélanie Gréaux, Maria Francesca Moro, K. Kamenov, A. M. Russell, Darryl Barrett, Alarcos Cieza   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Societal and equity challenges for Brain Health Services. A user manual for Brain Health Services—part 6 of 6

Alzheimer's Research & Therapy, 2021
Brain Health Services are a novel approach to the personalized prevention of dementia. In this paper, we consider how such services can best reflect their social, cultural, and economic context and, in doing so, deliver fair and equitable access to risk ...
Richard Milne, D. Altomare, F. Ribaldi, J. Molinuevo, G. Frisoni, C. Brayne   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Locomotion difficulty and need for home care: a cross-sectional study [PDF]

Revista de Saúde Pública
OBJECTIVE To investigate home visits by physicians or nurses for consultations and procedures and associated factors in families with people with mobility difficulties and need for home care.
Rogério da Silva Linhares, Elaine Thumé, Maria Laura Vidal Carrett, Everton José Fantinel, Maria Aurora Dropa Chrestani Cesar, Elaine Tomasi   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Measuring spatial equity and access to maternal health services using enhanced two step floating catchment area method (E2SFCA) – a case study of the Indian Sundarbans

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2016
IntroductionInaccessibility due to terrain and lack of transport leaves mothers travelling for long hours before reaching a facility to deliver a child.
L. Vadrevu, B. Kanjilal
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Contribution of primary health care teams to equity in universal access to health services [PDF]

Archives of Preventive Medicine, 2019
Since Alma Ata Declaration, 40 years ago, the Health Service Systems has undergone signifi cant changes, but those achievements are unevenly distributed, with an increasing number of people without coverage by basic health services. Advances in technology, including the arrival of big data, together with the adoption of evidence-based care models have ...
G Bergonzoli, LM García Zapata
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Performance evaluation of rapid diagnostic tests for Chagas disease in Jutiapa, Guatemala [PDF]

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Background: Chagas disease remains a public health problem in Guatemala, with ongoing transmission, both regionally and globally. Diagnosis is complex and often inaccessible.
Karla Lange, Andrea Marchiol, Rafael Herazo, Marianela Menes, Carlota Monroy, Antonieta Rodas, Belter Alcántara, Karen Carrillo, María Jesús Pinazo   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Socioeconomic inequalities in access barriers to seeking health services in four Latin American countries

Revista Panamericana De Salud Publica-pan American Journal of Public Health, 2020
Objective. To present summary measures of socioeconomic inequalities in access barriers to health services in Colombia, El Salvador, Paraguay, and Peru. Methods.
Natalia Houghton, Ernesto Báscolo, A. del Riego   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Mapping mental health service access: achieving equity through quality improvement [PDF]

Journal of Public Health, 2012
Improving access to psychological therapies (IAPTs) services deliver evidence-based care to people with depression and anxiety. A quality improvement (QI) initiative was undertaken by an IAPT service to improve referrals providing an opportunity to evaluate equitable access.QI methodologies were used by the clinical team to improve referrals to the ...
Green, S. A., Poots, A. J., Marcano-Belisario, J., Samarasundera, E., Green, J., Honeybourne, E., Barnes, R.   +6 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Universal Health Coverage for Non-communicable Diseases and Health Equity: Lessons From Australian Primary Healthcare [PDF]

International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2022
BackgroundUniversal health coverage (UHC) is central to current international debate on health policy. The primary healthcare (PHC) system is crucial to achieving UHC, in order to address the rising incidence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) more ...
Matthew Fisher, Toby Freeman, Tamara Mackean, Sharon Friel, Fran Baum   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

A cost-based equity weight for use in the economic evaluation of primary health care interventions: case study of the Australian Indigenous population

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2009
Background Efficiency and equity are both important policy objectives in resource allocation. The discipline of health economics has traditionally focused on maximising efficiency, however addressing inequities in health also requires consideration ...
Anderson Ian, Kelaher Margaret, Ong Katherine S, Carter Rob   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source