Barriers and Facilitators to Retaining and Reengaging HIV Clients in Care
Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care, 2016 Retention in HIV care is critical to decrease disease-related mortality and morbidity and achieve national benchmarks. However, a myriad of barriers and facilitators impact retention in care; these can be understood within the social–ecological model. To
Miriam B. Berger MPH +7 more
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On decomposing the causes of health sector inequalities with an application to malnutrition inequalities in Vietnam [PDF]
The authors propose a method for decomposing inequalities in the health sector into their causes, by coupling the concentration index with a regression framework.
Van Doorslaer, Eddy +2 more
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The Power of Unity: Collective Action and Smallholder Agricultural Performance in West Africa
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We analyze the impact of collective action through farmer‐based organizations (FBOs) on smallholders' farm performance and income inequality in Ghana, Benin, The Gambia, and Mali. We find that FBO membership increases cereal yield in Ghana and The Gambia, legume yield in Mali, ruminant numbers in Benin and The Gambia, and total farm income in ...
Emmanuel Donkor +3 more
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Mental health care reform in Belgium: interorganisational networks
International Journal of Integrated Care, 2012 Griet De Roeck, Mark Leys
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The economic burden of health disparities related to socioeconomic status in Israel
Israel Journal of Health Policy Research, 2019 Background Low socioeconomic status (SES) is often associated with excess morbidity and premature mortality. Such health disparities claim a steep economic cost: Possibly-preventable poor health outcomes harm societal welfare, impair the domestic product,
Eran Politzer +2 more
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Evaluation of the promising neighbourhoods community program to reduce health inequalities in youth: a protocol of a mixed-methods study [PDF]
, 2019 Mirte Boelens +5 more
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The Role of Certifications in Improving Household Food Security Among Peruvian Farmers
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Achieving global food security requires sustainable transformations in agri‐food systems. Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS) such as Organic and Fairtrade aim to internalize certain social and environmental costs while promoting more equitable value distribution, improved market access, and sustainable production practices.
Lisa‐Marie Schulte, Awudu Abdulai
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Leaving No One Behind: Human Rights and Gender as Critical Frameworks for U=U [PDF]
Health and Human Rights, 2020 Experience has shown the need to explicitly address human rights and gender-related barriers in the rollout of HIV-related biomedical innovations, including “undetectable equals untransmittable” (U=U).
Laura Ferguson +2 more
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Ethnic inequalities in mental health and socioeconomic status among older women living with HIV: results from the PRIME Study [PDF]
, 2021 Danielle Solomon +8 more
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