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Health service utilization by indigenous cancer patients in Queensland: a descriptive study

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2012
Introduction Indigenous Australians experience more aggressive cancers and higher cancer mortality rates than other Australians. Cancer patients undergoing treatment are likely to access health services (e.g.
Bernardes Christina M, Whop Lisa J, Garvey Gail, Valery Patricia C   +3 more
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Primary health care utilization by the mexican indigenous population: the role of the Seguro popular in socially inequitable contexts. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
OBJECTIVE:To analyze the relationship between primary health care utilization and extended health insurance coverage under the Seguro Popular (SP) among Mexican indigenous people.
Rene Leyva-Flores, Edson Servan-Mori, Cesar Infante-Xibille, Blanca Estela Pelcastre-Villafuerte, Tonatiuh Gonzalez   +4 more
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Cultural adaptation of birthing services in rural Ayacucho, Peru. [PDF]

, 2009
PROBLEM: Maternal mortality is particularly high among poor, indigenous women in rural Peru, and the use of facility care is low, partly due to cultural insensitivities of the health care system. APPROACH: A culturally appropriate delivery care model was
Bautista, Marco A, Bedriñana, Eduardo, Campbell, Oona MR, Gabrysch, Sabine, Lema, Claudia, Malca, Rosa, Miranda, J Jaime   +6 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, Bright Owusu Asante, David Boansi, Victor Owusu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Advancing team-based primary health care: a comparative analysis of policies in western Canada

BMC Health Services Research, 2017
Background We analyzed and compared primary health care (PHC) policies in British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan to understand how they inform the design and implementation of team-based primary health care service delivery.
Esther Suter, Sara Mallinson, Renee Misfeldt, Omenaa Boakye, Louise Nasmith, Sabrina T. Wong   +5 more
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The Geography of Success: A Spatial Analysis of Export Intensity in the Italian Wine Industry

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates the paradox of how Italy's fragmented, SME‐dominated wine industry achieves global export success. Moving beyond purely firm‐centric explanations, we test whether export intensity is spatially dependent, clustering geographically in regional ecosystems.
Nicolas Depetris Chauvin, Jonas Di Vita
wiley   +1 more source

Indigenous data governance approaches applied in research using routinely collected health data: a scoping review

npj Digital Medicine
Globally, there is a growing acknowledgment of Indigenous Peoples’ rights to control data related to their communities. This is seen in the development of Indigenous Data Governance standards.
Teyl Engstrom, Elton H. Lobo, Kristie Watego, Carmel Nelson, Jinxiang Wang, Howard Wong, Sungkyung Linda Kim, Soo In Oh, Michael Lawley, Alain-Dominique Gorse, James Ward, Clair Sullivan   +11 more
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Preventative health assessments and indigenous people of Australia: a scoping review

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
Given that Indigenous populations globally are impacted by similar colonial global legacies, their health and other disaprities are usually worse than non-indigenous people.
Kim Usher, Kim Usher, Debra Jackson, Humayun Kabir, Humayun Kabir, Rikki Jones, Joe Miller, Rachel Peake, Reakeeta Smallwood   +8 more
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Understanding the utilization of primary health care services by Indigenous men: a systematic review

BMC Public Health, 2018
BackgroundAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men experience worse health outcomes and are the most marginalized and disadvantaged population group in Australia.
K. Canuto, A. Brown, G. Wittert, S. Harfield   +3 more
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Addressing Institutional Racism Against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders of Australia in Mainstream Health Services: Insights From Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services

International Journal of Indigenous Health, 2020
With long colonial histories, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples in Australia experience lower life expectancy and a higher burden of illness. To this day, Indigenous Peoples experience interpersonal, systemic, and institutional racism in
Anna Socha
semanticscholar   +1 more source