background health is a complex phenomenon that can be studied from different approaches. despite a growing research in the areas of social determinants of health (sdh) and health equity, effects of macroeconomic policies on the social aspect of health are unknown in developing countries. this study aimed to determine the effect of macroeconomic policies on increasing of the social-health inequa...

MARCH 2003 35 I n late 2002, 400 social and health policy experts, community representatives and health researchers from Canada met at York University in Toronto at a conference entitled “Social Determinants of Health Across the Life-Span” to consider the state of ten key social determinants of health across Canada, explore the implications of these conditions for the health of Canadians, and o...

OBJECTIVE to present a critical reflection upon the current and different interpretative models of the Social Determinants of Health and inequalities hindering access and the right to health. METHOD theoretical study using critical hermeneutics to acquire reconstructive understanding based on a dialectical relationship between the explanation and understanding of interpretative models of the ...

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background: the purpose of this study was to compare patient delay, diagnosis delay and treatment delay in breast cancer patients of selected public and private health centers in tehran, iran. methods: in this cross-sectional study, female patients with newly diagnosed breast cancer in a public medical complex and a private breast clinic within one year were included. patient delay was consider...

prospective studies of the potential health consequences of trade and investment treaties, such as the trans-pacific partnership, are critical. these studies can make visible to trade policy-makers the potential negative impacts associated to such treaties and can influence the outcomes of such negotiations. however, few researchers have examined retrospectively the consequences of trade agreem...

UNLABELLED POLICY POINTS: Many barriers hamper advocacy for health equity, including the contemporary economic zeitgeist, the biomedical health perspective, and difficulties cooperating across policy sectors on the issue. Effective advocacy should include persistent efforts to raise awareness and understanding of the social determinants of health. Education on the social determinants as part of...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of a clinic-based screening and referral system (Well Child Care, Evaluation, Community Resources, Advocacy, Referral, Education [WE CARE]) on families' receipt of community-based resources for unmet basic needs. METHODS We conducted a cluster randomized controlled trial at 8 urban community health centers, recruiting mothers of healthy infants. In the 4 WE CA...

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 ...