We live in a world which global warming, pollution, social injustice, inequity and population health fundamentally influence each other. As result, care can no longer be thou...

0022-1031/$ see front matter 2008 Elsevier Inc. A doi:10.1016/j.jesp.2008.09.010 * Corresponding author. Fax: +1 650 723 9932. E-mail address: [email protected] (B.S. Lower Most theories of inequity focus on relative inequity. In contrast, this paper provides evidence that individuals infer what people should have (i.e. an absolute standard) from the way inequity is described. In the reporte...

Background: Whilst several studies have examined inequity of tobacco use and inequity of alcohol drinking individually, comparatively little is known about concurrent tobacco and alcohol consumption. The present study therefore investigated inequity of concurrent tobacco and alcohol consumption in Thailand. Methods: The 2015 Health and Welfare Survey was obtained from Thailand’s National Statis...

OBJECTIVES Demographically describing the present and future for Mexican children to correlate aspects regarding demographic and social equity during childhood and describing the challenges these variables represent for Mexican children during the next few years. METHODS The present and future scenario for Mexican childhood was evaluated using existing population projections. Mortality rates ...

Work, under fair employment and decent work, reduces inequities in health. Nowadays it seems, however, that obtaining and carrying out a job and worker performance take precedence over the aforementioned attributes. Workers are not only exposed to accidents, diseases caused by various agents, ergonomic and psychosocial risks but also affected by work modes imposed by the "wildmarket", such as t...

the role of information is undeniable in promoting public health (1-3). “access to health information for all” was the slogan of the world health organization in 2004 (4). the proving of this slogan requires access to health information by beneficiaries (health professionals and patients). access to health information by specialists as partly been achieved, but access to health information for ...

Background A health system that provides equitable health care is a principal goal in many countries. Measuring horizontal inequity (HI) in health care utilization is important to develop appropriate and equitable public policies, especially policies related to non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Design A cross-sectional survey of 1,211 randomly selected households in slum and non-slum areas was ...

Centre for International Child Health, Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Royal Children’s Hospital, Parkville, VIC. Trevor Duke, MD, FRACP, FJFICM, Senior Lecturer and Paediatrician. Reprints will not be available from the author. Correspondence: Dr Trevor Duke, Centre for International Child Health, Department of Paediatrics, Royal Children’s Hospital, Flemington Road, Parkvi...