Despite a dramatic growth in SDH/HE (social determinants of health/health equity) public
policy research and demonstrated government interest in promoting equity in health …

A broad-ranging introduction to the provision, funding and governance of health care across
a variety of systems. This revised fifth edition incorporates additional material on low/middle …

Objectives Disparities in the global burden of breast cancer have been identified. We aimed
to investigate recent patterns and trends in the breast cancer incidence and associated …

Objective: The objective of the study is to investigate the gender and socioeconomic
disparities in the global burden of epilepsy by prevalence and disability-adjusted life-years …

This study was conducted to review the evidence on the association between area-level
social inequalities and population oral health according to type and extent of social theories …

Background Health equity is a multidimensional concept that has been internationally
considered as an essential element for health system development. However, our …

Studies show that the association between socio-economic status (SES) and self-rated
health (SRH) varies in different countries, however there are not many country-comparisons …

Background Notwithstanding a general improvement in health status, the socioeconomic
gradient in health remains a public health challenge worldwide. Objective Using longitudinal …

Objective: To investigate the vision loss burden due to vitamin A deficiency (VAD) at the
global, regional and national levels by year, age, sex and socio-economic status using …

This study examines trends in socioeconomic-related inequalities in obesity risk among
Canadian adults (aged 18–65 years) from 2000 to 2010 using five nationally representative …