In Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), health-mediation programs (HMPs) have become central policy instruments targeting health inequities between segregated Roma and general populations. Social determinants of health (SDH) represent the root causes behind health inequities. We therefore evaluated how an HMP based in Slovakia addressed known SDH in its agenda and its everyday implementation. To p...

BACKGROUND In the Peruvian Amazon, historical events of colonization and political marginalization intersect with identities of ethnicity, class and geography in the construction of gender and health inequities. Gender-based inequalities can manifest in poor health outcomes via discriminatory practices, healthcare system imbalances, inequities in health research, and differential exposures and ...

we study the set of all determinants of adjacency matrices of graphs with a given number of vertices. using brendan mckay's data base of small graphs, determinants of graphs with at most $9$ vertices are computed so that the number of non-isomorphic graphs with given vertices whose determinants are all equal to a number is exhibited in a table. using an idea of m. newman, it is proved that if $...

background health is a complex phenomenon and equity as a basic human right an integral part of constitutions in almost all countries in the world. in republic of macedonia (rm), tuberculosis (tb) is clustered regionally and in certain ethnic groups. the main objective of this study was to analyze social determinants of health (sdh) and equity in access to healthcare services for tb patients in...

adolescence is transitional stage of physical and mental human development occuring between childhood and adult life. social interactions and environmental factors together are important predictors of adolescent cannabis use. this study aimed to examine the relationship between the social determinants and adolescents behavior with cannabis consumption.a cross sectional study as part of the euro...

abstract   background: inequalities in health are ever increasing among different communities of either affluent or disadvantaged especially in urban areas. to identify and address inequalities in health and its determinants among societies, urban health equity assessment and response tool (urban heart) in four 'policy domains' related to social determinants of health, has been developed by who...

background: several factors are associated with the development or exacerbation of pain in knee osteoarthritis (koa). in this study, we reviewed this context based on relevant studies. methods: recent published studies which have addressed the relationship between pain and koa were summarized. results: correlates of the clinical, demographic features, laboratory tests and abnormalities on radio...

OBJECTIVE The Brightening Our Home Fires (BOHF) project was conceptualized as an exploratory project to examine the issue of the prevention of foetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) from a women's health perspective in the Northwest Territories (NT). While dominant discourse suggests that FASD is preventable by abstention from alcohol during pregnancy, a broader perspective would indicate that...

BACKGROUND Americans remain under-informed about cancer and other health disparities and the social determinants of health (SDH). The news media may be contributing to this knowledge deficit, whether by discussing these issues narrowly or ignoring them altogether. Because local media are particularly important in influencing public opinion and support for public policies, this study examines th...

Background The strategic importance of monitoring social determinants of health (SDH) and health equity and inequity has been a central focus in global discussions around the 2011 Rio Political Declaration on SDH and the Millennium Development Goals. This study is part of the World Health Organization (WHO) equity-oriented analysis of linkages between health and other sectors (EQuAL) project, w...