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B/ordering and healthcare access for migrants with precarious status: The role of healthcare workers in counteracting restrictive policies

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract In Canada, precarious migration is largely invisibilized. Nonetheless, b/ordering greatly affects people's realities by limiting access to social rights. In Quebec, migrants with precarious status (MPS) do not have access to healthcare, although Quebec has a “universal” healthcare coverage.
Émilie Pigeon‐Gagné, Jill Hanley, Élise Bourgeois‐Guérin, Pénélope Boudreault   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Negotiating contested spaces and places: Narratives of social suffering and resistance in racialized Cape Town communities

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This study employs a schizocartographic approach to explore community narratives of space, memory, and violence in Kraaifontein, Cape Town. Through participants' accounts, ordinary places—gardens, shops, blocks, sports grounds, and streets—emerge as ambivalent geographies where trauma, resilience, and belonging intersect.
Guido Veronese, Chiara Fiscone, Ashraf Kagee   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Investigation of Informal Healthcare Payments after Health Transformation Plan: A Case Study in the Southeast of Iran

Journal of Evidence Based Health Policy, Management & Economics, 2019
Background: Informal payment in many developing countries is a serious obstacle towards to improving healthcare system and has negative effects on the function of healthcare system.
Mehdi Zanganeh Baygi, Moahmmad Khammarnia, Eshagh Barfar, Fatemeh Setoodehzadeh, Moazameh Shah Husseini, Mostafa peyvand   +5 more
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Parental informal payments in Kyrgyzstani schools: Analyzing the strongest and the weakest link

Journal of Eurasian Studies, 2016
This paper aims to explain why parental informal payments emerge and then spread in different manners in Kyrgyzstani schools and to examine their interaction as informal institutions with the school as a formal one.
Rubén Ruiz Ramas
doaj   +1 more source

Navigating Asparaginase Treatment for Patients With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: US Consensus Panel Recommendations on the Role of Multidisciplinary Care

American Journal of Hematology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Asparaginase is a critical treatment component for patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphoblastic lymphoma (ALL/LBL). However, the successful delivery of asparaginase‐based therapy remains challenging across care settings due to its complex administration, distinct toxicity profile, prolonged treatment duration, and the need for ...
Amir Ali, Grace Elsey, Kayla Fulginiti, Zanette Kanani‐Bradley, Holly R. Kubaney, Sandra Kurtin, Theresa Nguyen, Jennifer Turchina, Charlotte B. Wagner   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Occupational Conditions and Well‐Being Among Informal Waste Pickers in Hong Kong: A Comparative Study of 2018 and 2023

American Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Informal waste pickers play a crucial role in urban recycling systems but often face precarious employment and systematic marginalization. This study examines the evolving demographic, occupational, and health trends of informal waste pickers in Hong Kong between 2018 and 2023.
Siu‐Ming Chan, Alan Tam, Heng Xu, Yu‐tian He, Yuen‐Ki Tang, Gum‐Ryeong Park, Wing‐Him Tang   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘Giving Back to Our Community’: The Retention of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Disability Workforce in New South Wales, Australia

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people of Australia require culturally responsive services. The Australian government has committed to establishing strategies to increase the size of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander disability workforce; however, there is scant research on the factors influencing retention.
J. Gwynn, J. Gilroy, S. Peter, F. Talbot, K. Bulkeley, C. Alcorso, K. Gwynne, B. Rambaldini, A. Haines, M. Lincoln   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Changes in Equity in Out-of-pocket Payments during the Period of Health Care Reforms: Evidence from Hungary

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2012
Background At the beginning of 2007, health care reforms were implemented in Hungary in order to decrease public expenditure on health care. Reforms involved the increase of co-payments for pharmaceuticals and the introduction of co-payments for health ...
Baji Petra, Pavlova Milena, Gulácsi László, Groot Wim   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comparing cost-sharing practices for pharmaceuticals and health care services among four central European countries [PDF]

, 2012
The paper reviews the existing cost-sharing practices in four Central European countries namely the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia focusing on patient co-payments for pharmaceuticals and services covered by the social health insurance.
Boncz, I., Baji, Petra, Jenei, G., Baji, P., Jenei, György, Gulácsi, László, Gulácsi, L., Boncz, Imre, László Gulácsi, György Jenei, Petra Baji, Imre Boncz   +11 more
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Expectations and Reality: The Lived Experiences of Australians With Psychosocial Disability Within the NDIS

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While Australia's National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) was founded on principles of choice and control, for people with significant mental health challenges (what the NDIS calls ‘psychosocial disability’) these ideals often remain elusive. Support systems continue to be fractured and in the context of ongoing policy reforms, it is vital
Joel Hollier, Jennifer Smith‐Merry
wiley   +1 more source