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WHO launches global network of institutes to strengthen capacity for health inequality monitoring [PDF]
International Journal for Equity in HealthThis article introduces the global WHO-managed Health Inequality Monitoring Network, which is dedicated to strengthening and expanding health inequality monitoring practices at global, regional and country levels.
Health Inequality Monitoring Network
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Promoting health equity: WHO health inequality monitoring at global and national levels [PDF]
Global Health Action, 2015 Background: Health equity is a priority in the post-2015 sustainable development agenda and other major health initiatives. The World Health Organization (WHO) has a history of promoting actions to achieve equity in health, including efforts to encourage
Ahmad Reza Hosseinpoor +2 more
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Inequality and inequity in eye health
Community Eye Health Journal, 2016 According to the 2010 Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study, the global prevalence of blindness (age-standardised) has declined from 0.60% in 1990 to 0.47% in 2010.
Johannes Trimmel
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The impact of digital technology on health inequality: evidence from China [PDF]
BMC Health Services ResearchBackground With the rapid development of digital technology, it is crucial to explore at the individual microlevel whether digital technology can reduce health inequality and discuss potential transmission mechanisms.
Zhang Zhen +3 more
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Hastings Center Report, 2020 AbstractHealth inequalities are embedded in a complex array of social, political, and economic inequalities. Responding to health inequalities will require systematic action targeting all the underlying (“upstream”) social determinants that powerfully affect health and well‐being. Systemic inequalities are a major reason for the rise of modern populism
Gostin, Lawrence O., Friedman, Eric A.
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Tobacco Prevention and Cessation, 2023 Introduction There are many myths concerning people with mental illnesses, e.g. that smoking is the least of their problems and that they do not wish to quit smoking. Both myths have proven to be wrong.
Trine Wulff Larsen +1 more
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Adjustment of the Danish model smoking cessation to target people with mental illnesses
Tobacco Prevention and Cessation, 2023 Introduction The Danish model for smoking cessation is recommendable and has a high success rate, but there are groups that are not accommodated by the current offer, eg. people with mental illnesses.
Christina Ersbøll Ross
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A study of socio-economic inequalities in self-reported oral and general health in South-East Norway
Scientific Reports, 2022 This study assesses the association between socioeconomic determinants and self-reported health using data from a regional Norwegian health survey. We included 9,068 participants ≥ 25 years.
Heidi Lyshol +5 more
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Inequality aversion, health inequalities and health achievement [PDF]
Journal of Health Economics, 2002 This paper addresses two issues. The first is how health inequalities can be measured in such a way as to take into account policymakers' attitudes towards inequality. The Gini coefficient and the related concentration index embody one particular set of value judgements.
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Preventive Medicine Reports, 2022 Objective: COVID-19 in the US disproportionately affected, and continues to affect, racial/ethnic minorities. Although risky social gatherings for Thanksgiving and Christmas in 2020 contributed substantially to the “winter surge” in cases and deaths, no ...
Tim A. Bruckner +2 more
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