BACKGROUND Despite remarkable progress in maternal and child health, inequity persists in maternal care utilization in Bangladesh. Government of Bangladesh (GOB) with technical assistance from United Nation Population Fund (UNFPA), United Nation Children's Fund (UNICEF) and World Health Organization (WHO) started implementing Maternal and Neonatal Health Initiatives in selected districts of Ban...

THE ROLE OF PSYCHOLOGY IN INTEGRATED PRIMARY CARE FOR COMPLEX PATIENTS: EFFECTS ON MENTAL HEALTH, UTILIZATION, AND PHYSIOLOGICAL MARKERS OF HEALTH By Danielle Christina Worthington, Ph.D. A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at Virginia Commonwealth University. Virginia Commonwealth University, 2015. Major Director: Stephen A...

Pursuit of equity in health and health care has been the key feature of health policy in India. Despite the policy significance, the volume of literature on this important topic is very inadequate in the Indian context. This paper, for the first time seeks to provide evidence on horizontal inequity in health care utilization in 16 major states and north-eastern region of India. The number of ou...