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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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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
Lawrence O. Gostin, Eric Friedman
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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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Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2023 Background: The reactivation of international travel in 2021 has created a new scenario in which the profile of the traveler to medium-high health risk areas may well have changed.
Nidia M. García-Marín +3 more
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Health inequity in the UK: exploring health inequality and inequity
Practice Nursing, 2022 In this article, the first of two, Vanessa Heaslip et al examine the factors that lead to certain groups having poorer health outcomes in the UK Practice nurses are ideally placed within local communities to have a significant impact on addressing health inequities.
Heaslip, Vanessa +4 more
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BMC Health Services Research, 2020 Background Most older people, and especially those in need of long-term care, suffer from one or more chronic diseases. Consequently, older people have an increased need of medical care, including specialist care.
Maike Schulz +8 more
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