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A four-step process for building sustainable access to diagnosis and treatment of Chagas disease

open access: yesRevista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 2019
The vast majority of people with Chagas disease (CD) are undiagnosed and untreated. Improving access to diagnosis and treatment for CD involves confronting a wide range of barriers. This report discusses a collaborative approach to eliminate barriers and
Carolina Batista   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Trends in immunization completion and disparities in the context of health reforms: the case study of Tanzania. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
\ud Of global concern is the decline in under five children mortality which has reversed in some countries in sub Saharan Africa (SSA) since the early 1990 s which could be due to disparities in access to preventive services including immunization.
Semali Innocent A   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Equity policies in health plans: accessibility and something more?

open access: yesRevista de Saúde Pública, 2021
OBJECTIVE: To examine the approach adopted by the health plans of the autonomous communities of Spain, verifying the weight given to the concept of equity; to detect referenced communities or situations, as well as to distinguish the perspective of ...
Bran Barral Buceta   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Access to health care for Roma children in Central and Eastern Europe: findings from a qualitative study in Bulgaria [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Background: Despite the attention the situation of the Roma in Central and Eastern Europe has received in the context of European Union enlargement, research on their access to health services is very limited, in particular with regard to child health ...
Blackburn, Clare   +11 more
core   +1 more source

Building a Framework for Sexual and Reproductive Health Care in the Rheumatology Context: Content and Approaches

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
People with systemic autoimmune and rheumatic diseases (SARDs) are at higher risk than the general population of experiencing adverse pregnancy and perinatal outcomes such as preeclampsia, intrauterine growth restriction, and maternal and/or fetal death.
Mehret Birru Talabi, Sonya Borrero
wiley   +1 more source

Cumulative Social Disadvantage and Disease Activity in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: A Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance Registry Study

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Social determinants of health (SDOH) contribute to juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) disparities, but most studies have assessed SDOH independently rather than cumulatively across individual, family, and neighborhood levels. Using a socioecological framework, we investigated the relationship among cumulative social disadvantage ...
William Daniel Soulsby   +448 more
wiley   +1 more source

INTERFACE BETWEEN HEALTHCARE REGULATION AND EQUITY: AN INTEGRATIVE REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

open access: yesCogitare Enfermagem, 2017
This article aims to present the interface between Healthcare Regulation and the principle of equity, according to the scientific literature from the area of health, from 2008 to 2015.
Caroline Cechinel Peiter   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Access to mental health care in El Salvador: a case study of progress toward decentralization

open access: yesRevista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 2018
Objective. To assess the need for decentralization of psychiatric services in El Salvador, based on country-specific evidence, and to generate baseline measures the government and researchers could use to monitor and measure future progress toward ...
Samuel V. Nickels   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Changes in private health service utilisation and access to the Italian National Health Service between 2006 and 2019: a cross-sectional comparative study

open access: yesBMJ Open, 2023
Objectives Previous research highlighted that in the early 2000s a significant share of the Italian population used and paid out of pocket for private healthcare services even when they could potentially have received the same treatments from the ...
Maria Pia Fantini   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Health Care Use Among Patients Presenting to Emergency Department for Gout Flares in Ontario, Canada: A Population‐Based Health Systems Analysis

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective We characterized emergency department (ED) gout visits and identified patient characteristics and health services patterns contributing to ED presentations. Methods We conducted a population‐based study of ED gout visits in Ontario, Canada, between 2014 and 2023.
Timothy S. H. Kwok   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

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