International Journal for Equity in Health

Papers
(The TQCC of International Journal for Equity in Health is 9. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)
ArticleCitations
Can payment by results ensure equitable access to contraceptive services? a qualitative case study204
Exploring the association between multidimensional poverty and antenatal care utilization in two provinces of Papua New Guinea: a cross-sectional study164
Illness to poverty in India: a qualitative exploration of hardship financing for healthcare162
A study of the link between food-water insecurities and self-reported psychotic experiences among young adults in Gaza Strip: What role does social support play under conditions of war and extreme suf153
Inequities in access to palliative and end-of-life care in the black population in Canada: a scoping review131
Framing health inequalities through the political economy: a case study of Ethiopia’s public policy landscape113
Multidomain and multilevel strategies to improve equity in maternal and newborn health services in Nepal: perspectives of health managers and policymakers85
Messages dissemination regarding covid-19 by street posters: the case of the ultra-Orthodox community in Israel74
Maternal social determinants of health: the hidden face of perinatal mortality in Mexico73
Development and validation of the healthcare access barrier scale (HABS)68
Spatial accessibility and equity of primary healthcare in Zhejiang, China65
Understanding equity-oriented maternity care for women of refugee background in high-income countries: a qualitative systematic review61
Healthcare equity in focus: bridging gaps through a spatial analysis of healthcare facilities in Irbid, Jordan60
Saying and doing are different things: a scoping review on how health equity is conceptualized when considering healthcare system performance60
Engaging communities in public health practice: lived experience or lived expertise?58
Prevalence and factors associated with undocumented children under-five in Haiti58
Photovoice and health inequalities among young people in the MENA region: Scoping review56
Intersectionality analysis of young people’s experiences and perceptions of discrimination in primary health centers in Ebonyi State, Southeast Nigeria54
An adaptive and interpretable case grouping framework for healthcare payment systems54
Association between social media usefulness, depression, and self-esteem among adults with disabilities: a longitudinal panel study52
The relationship between neighbourhood income and youth mental health service use differs by immigration experience: analysis of population-based data in British Columbia, Canada48
Stigma and structural violence in health care during trans people’s transitions in México City: a qualitative study48
Influence of health food literacy on willingness to pay for healthier foods: focus on food insecurity48
Access to health insurance amongst people with disabilities and its association with healthcare use, health status and financial protection in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review47
Social and economic impacts of non-communicable diseases by gender and its correlates: a literature review46
Temporal trends in inequalities of the burden of cardiovascular disease across 186 countries and territories44
Intrinsic capacity trajectories and socioeconomic inequalities in health: the contributions of wealth, education, gender, and ethnicity44
Reaching the unheard: overcoming challenges in health research with hard-to-reach populations44
Implementing community based inclusive development for people with disability in Latin America: a mixed methods perspective on prioritized needs and lessons learned42
Barriers to health, social and long-term care access among older adults: a systematic review of reviews42
Gender equity and COVID-19 vaccine policies for pregnant people: a global analysis42
Returning value to communities from the All of Us Research Program through the lens of social determinants of health and ethical, legal, and social implications42
Epidemiological and sociodemographic transitions in the global burden and risk factors for Alzheimer's disease and other dementias: a secondary analysis of GBD 202140
Patterns and dynamics of conflict-related sexual violence: an insight from 54 African countries40
Toward equitable digital health: an integrated framework addressing exclusion, ethics, and implementation across healthcare systems40
Utilising quantitative methods to study the intersectionality of multiple social disadvantages in women with common mental disorders: a systematic review39
Regional disparities and influencing factors of high quality medical resources distribution in China39
Communication practices with patients using a language other than French: a cross-sectional survey in a university hospital in France38
Aboriginal families living with MJD in remote Australia: questions of access and equity37
How accessible are the websites of health services for people who have had a stroke?37
Counting the savings: impact of Georgia’s drug policy interventions on households36
From office to digital primary care services: analysing income-related inequalities in utilization36
Exploring good mental health for people with intellectual disabilities: a qualitative interview study with mental health experts35
Social and structural determinants of emergency department use among Arab and Jewish patients in Jerusalem35
Perceptions of health and coping strategies among temporary migrant workers in East and Southeast Asia: a systematic review34
Providing training and support to Spanish dementia caregivers living in rural and urban areas: insights and results from the iSupport-Sp study34
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on urban-rural outpatient primary care utilisation in Malaysia: a retrospective time series and spatiotemporal analysis34
Is universal health coverage really better? Unintended consequences of the 2019 Amendment of the National Health Insurance Act for humanitarian sojourners in South Korea33
Beyond functional utility: ethical stewardship as a driver of digital healthcare platform adoption in low-resource settings33
Sexual-orientation disparities in whole person health: age- and gender-stratified analysis of patients in a safety-net system32
Exploring the dimensions of discrimination in emergency department services: a qualitative study32
Beyond cost-effectiveness: a reflective commentary on adapting global health technology assessment for equity considerations in South Africa and other LMICs32
Negative consequences of conflict-related sexual violence on survivors: a systematic review of qualitative evidence32
Race and ethnicity in the COVID-19 Critical Care Consortium: demographics, treatments, and outcomes, an international observational registry study31
“We should be at the table together from the beginning”: perspectives on partnership from stakeholders at four research institutions in sub-Saharan Africa31
Inequality in the distribution of Covid-19 vaccine: a systematic review31
Letter to the editor: will it be possible to achieve the global nutrition targets in Mexico by 2030?30
Challenges and strategies for navigating Australian healthcare access: experience from Chinese international students29
Health gender gap in Uganda: do weather effects and water play a role?29
The gap in life expectancy and lifespan inequality between Iran and neighbour countries: the contributions of avoidable causes of death28
On the frontlines28
Challenges and opportunities for inclusive, equitable and accessible school holiday clubs for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND)27
How should implementation of the human right to health be assessed? A scoping review of the public health literature from 2000 to 202127
Influence of health literacy on health outcomes of different social strata—— an empirical study based on the data of China's health literacy investigation26
The use of care home environments to meet culture-specific needs of culturally and linguistically diverse residents with dementia: an integrative review using the ICF framework26
Equity trends for the UHC service coverage sub-index for reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health in Pakistan: evidence from demographic health surveys26
Reflective questioning to guide socially just global health reform: a narrative review and expert elicitation25
Correction: Financial burden and health-seeking behaviors related to chronic diseases under the National Health Insurance Scheme in Bolikhamxay Province, Lao PDR: a cross-sectional study25
Exploring the use of translation technologies to overcome language barriers in mental healthcare: a qualitative cross-country study25
Group-based trajectory models of integrated vaccine delivery and equity in low- and middle-income countries25
Correction: Improving accessibility to radiotherapy services in Cali, Colombia: cross-sectional equity analyses using open data and big data travel times from 202025
Perceptions about hepatitis C and barriers and enablers to screening and treatment among Egyptian immigrants to Canada: a theory-informed qualitative study25
Correction: Changes in primary health care service experiences and urban–suburban disparities among Shanghai residents: a two-year comparative study25
The critical pharmaceutical situation in Sudan 2023: A humanitarian catastrophe of civil war24
Inequality of opportunity in outpatient expenditure among the elderly with multimorbidity: evidence from China24
Dual challenges, shared wins: unlocking climate financing for nutrition24
Urban–rural disparities in the association of nitrogen dioxide exposure with cardiovascular disease risk in China: effect size and economic burden24
Assessing urban–rural inequality in the primary healthcare system readiness to provide postpartum care for mothers and newborns in Burkina Faso: a Gini index decomposition analysis24
A scoping review exploring oral health inequalities in India: a call for action to reform policy, practice and research23
Healthcare inequities and healthcare providers: we are part of the problem23
Prevalence and gender disparities of type 2 diabetes mellitus and obesity in Esmeraldas, Ecuador: a population-based survey in a hard-to-reach setting23
From fees to free: impacts of user fee removal on child health outcomes – a systematic review23
Trends in the distribution of socioeconomic inequalities in smoking and cessation: evidence among adults aged 18 ~ 59 from China Family Panel Studies data22
Development of an individual index of social vulnerability that predicts negative healthcare events: a proposed tool to address healthcare equity in primary care research and practice22
Health Equity Assessment Toolkit (HEAT and HEAT Plus): exploring inequalities in the COVID-19 pandemic era22
Intersecting injustices: child marriage and the law in conflict-affected Sudan22
Decolonising qualitative research with respectful, reciprocal, and responsible research practice: a narrative review of the application of Yarning method in qualitative Aboriginal and Torres Strait Is22
Heat, health and inequalities in the WHO European region – a scoping review with an intersectional lens22
Breaking the cycle: how Spain’s dependency care system creates occupational inequalities in geriatric nursing assistants and the need for reform21
Empowering access: unveiling an overall composite spatial accessibility index to healthcare services in Southeastern Iran21
Examining global Indigenous community wellness worker models: a rapid review21
The impact of community and provider-driven social accountability interventions on contraceptive use: findings from a cohort study of new users in Ghana and Tanzania21
Spatial differentiation and driving factors of the high-quality development of undertakings for the aged of China21
Spatial effects of air pollution on the economic burden of disease: implications of health and environment crisis in a post-COVID-19 world21
Intersecting impacts of ageing, migration, and socioeconomic disparities on health equity: a post-pandemic policy review21
Skin diseases among the tribal population of Kerala: the challenges and way forward21
Help-seeking and challenges faced by transwomen following exposure to gender-based violence; a qualitative study in the Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area, Uganda21
Governance, financing, and cultural safety in Taiwan’s indigenous long-term care: a CFIR/RE-AIM analysis of Wenjian stations21
Association between gene methylation and experiences of historical trauma in Alaska Native peoples21
Emerging professional practices focusing on reducing inequity in speech-language therapy and audiology: a scoping review21
Whoever wants better healthcare simply pays more: citizens' perception about voluntary private health insurance in Colombia20
Maternal mortality in Peru: trends, determinants, inequalities, and the impact of COVID-1920
What, if anything at all, do African societies themselves owe to their own citizens in terms of health?20
Socio-cultural challenges and mental health needs of female sex workers in Bangladesh: a call for culturally sensitive interventions20
Priorities and expectations of researchers, funders, patients and the public regarding equity in medical research and funding: results from the PERSPECT qualitative study20
Ensuring universal access to quality care for persons with presumed tuberculosis reaching the private sector: lessons from Kerala20
The determinants of mental health inequalities between Chinese migrants and non-migrants during the Shanghai 2022 lockdown: a Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition20
Are tailored primary care services for social inclusion good value for money? A health economics evaluation with Monte-Carlo probabilistic sensitivity analysis comparing tailored social inclusion prim20
Impact of nutrition and health interventions on undernutrition: an overview of systematic reviews20
A scoping review of equity toolkits for international academic partnerships20
How equitable is the conduct of public health research? Findings across case studies from India and Australia20
“We need to confirm at least from two or three”: Healthcare workers’ discretion as gatekeepers in the context of the Ethiopian abortion law19
Oral health disparities in early childhood and intergenerational gaps among noncitizen migrants, Arabs, and Jews in South Tel Aviv, Israel19
Different trends in suicide rates among foreign residents in Japan and Japanese citizens during the COVID-19 pandemic19
How inclusive were strategies to prevent the spread of COVID-19 for people with disabilities? Evidence from qualitative research in eight low- and middle-income countries19
The association between perceived 15-minute fitness circle accessibility and physical activity in China: the mediating role of informal social support19
Leaving no one behind: addressing the sexuality of people with disabilities19
Maternal and newborn health inequality among Syrian refugees in Turkey: a systematic review and meta-analysis19
Does an innovative case-based payment scheme promote the hierarchical medical system? A tripartite evolutionary game analysis19
The philosophical foundations of ‘health for all’ and Universal Health Coverage19
Preventing early childhood transmission of hepatitis B in remote Aboriginal communities in northern Australia19
Country economic status is strongly associated with burn survival - validation of the (modified) ABSI19
Assessing the socioeconomic inequalities in cervical cancer screening in sub-Saharan Africa: a decomposition analysis19
Education-related inequalities in beliefs and behaviors pertaining to COVID-19 non-pharmaceutical interventions19
Confirmatory validation of the transgender health care humanization scale18
Ensuring Indigenous co-leadership in health research: a Can-SOLVE CKD case example18
Women’s participation in the prevention and control of dengue using environmental methods in the global south: a qualitative meta-synthesis18
Migrants in Swedish sexual and reproductive health and rights related policies: a critical discourse analysis18
‘They don’t see us to be sexual beings’: barriers to sexual intimacy and reproductive rights among women with disabilities in northern Ghana18
The design and implementation of culturally-safe dementia risk reduction strategies for immigrant women: a theoretical review18
Using community-based participatory research methods to build the foundation for an equitable integrated health data system within a Canadian urban context18
Strengthening local government policies to address health inequities: perspectives from Australian local government stakeholders18
The pathways from disadvantaged socioeconomic status in childhood to edentulism in mid-to-late adulthood over the life-course18
Operationalisation of health equity principles in physiotherapy hospital triage policies17
Inequality in receiving maternal health care among Rohingya women living in Cox’s Bazar refugee camps and its associated factors17
Reducing inequities in maternal and child health in rural Guatemala through the CBIO+ Approach of Curamericas: 3. Expansion of population coverage of key interventions17
Information and counselling on sexual health in cardiac and respiratory disease: description of community dwelling patients’ needs and reflections of health care professionals17
Health equity and system resilience during crises – ensuring healthcare for refugees based on lessons from Iran’s response to the 2021 Afghan migration17
Patient-centeredness—a cultural targeted survey among junior medical managers17
Correction to: Emerging professional practices focusing on reducing inequity in speech-language therapy and audiology: a scoping review17
Correction: Making health inequality analysis accessible: WHO tools and resources using Microsoft Excel17
Voices of those living with type 2 diabetes in Belize: barriers to care before and during the COVID-19 pandemic16
Gender disparities in physical, psychological, and cognitive multimorbidity among elderly hypertensive populations in rural regions16
“Our program manager is a woman for the first time”: perceptions of health managers on what workplace policies and practices exist to advance women’s career progression in the health sector in Kenya16
Effectiveness of an internet-based health examination model for focus populations in the Chinese community: a community demonstration trial16
Healthcare access barriers and utilization among the Arab Bedouin population in Israel: a cross-sectional study16
Inequality and the marginal well-being costs of lockdowns: the case of Chile’s local lockdowns design16
Access to pediatric extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: a geospatial analysis of the racial/ethnic composition of areas with and without access16
Measuring attitudes towards ethnic minority patients: the revalidated REMP-3 instrument for graduate healthcare practitioners16
Scaling up evidence-based interventions to reduce maternal and child undernutrition in 125 countries: a cost-benefit analysis16
The cream-skimming behaviors of tertiary hospitals under medical alliances: evidence from China16
Universal health coverage and equal access in Sweden: a century-long perspective on macro-level policy16
Global and regional quality of care index in major depressive disorder: the global burden of disease study 202116
Community engagement to improve access to healthcare: a comparative case study to advance implementation science for transgender health equity16
“Ich verstehe es nicht”: the necessity of integrating professional interpretation into the German healthcare system15
The impact of poverty on child malnutrition and health in Lebanon: the need for multisectoral interventions15
Correction: The stories about racism and health: the development of a framework for racism narratives in medical literature using a computational grounded theory approach15
The community food environment as an effect modifier of the relationship between racial discrimination and food insecurity among adults in Southern Brazil15
Community-based participatory research (CBPR) approaches in vaccination promotion: a scoping review15
The impact of an innovative payment model on the direct economic burden of infectious disease inpatients: evidence from a pilot City in central China15
Correction: Developing health care provider knowledge, confidence, and cultural sensitivity through resident transgender training: a controlled educational study15
Adapting a South African social innovation for maternal peer support to migrant communities in Sweden: a qualitative study15
The relationship between racial discrimination in healthcare, loneliness, and mental health among Black Philadelphia residents15
We’re here too: child health information-seeking experiences and preferences of Red River Métis families – a qualitative study15
Barriers and facilitators of preventive healthcare access among immigrants in rural America: a scoping review15
Identifying mechanisms by which social determinants of health impact TB diagnostic evaluation uptake in Uganda: a qualitative study15
How and why buy-in for health in all policies was facilitated in Ecuador: a realist case study of Plan Nacional para el Buen Vivir15
Health responsibility among marginalized women in Mashhad, northeastern Iran: a critical ethnographic study14
Targeting equity in early childhood: resource allocation in Sweden’s Extended Home Visiting Program14
Malnutrition among patients with end-stage renal disease in war 2024: the role of healthcare access, dialysis, gender, and economic disparities14
Influence of a pilot urban primary healthcare model on the use of medically trained healthcare providers among the low-income slum populations in Bangladesh: findings from an implementation research s14
Health disparities and inequalities in prevalence of diabetes in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia14
Lived experiences of palliative care physicians on the impacts of language and cultural discordance on end-of-life care across Ontario, Canada: a qualitative study using the intersectionality-based po14
Struggling to resume childhood vaccination during war in Myanmar: evaluation of a pilot program14
Why do transgender individuals experience discrimination in healthcare and thereby limited access to healthcare? An interview study exploring the perspective of German transgender individuals14
Barriers and facilitators to accessing support for people affected by rare dementias who are from culturally, ethnically and linguistically diverse backgrounds14
Health terminators in working children: a critical ethnography14
The potential impact of allied health professional telehealth consultations on health inequities and the burden of treatment14
Addressing health inequities: validating the Chinese-WSF28 workstyle for work-related musculoskeletal symptoms among cleaners14
The impact of vision care program on the mental health of migrant children in Eastern China: evidence from a cluster-randomized controlled trial14
Equity and integration; why the oral healthcare community urgently needs to reflect on its approach to caries management14
Changes of equality of medical service utilization in China between 1993 and 2018: findings from six waves of nationwide household interview survey14
Does global capitation prospective payment promote integrated delivery networks? Evidence from China’s compact county medical communities14
Areas for action to promote positive forms of masculinities in preventing violence against women: a concept mapping study in Spain14
Equity and efficiency of public hospitals’ health resource allocation in Guangdong Province, China14
Trajectories of socioeconomic inequality in early child development: a cohort analysis14
Spatiotemporal evolution and influencing factors of the allocation of social care resources for the older adults in China14
The impact COVID-19 pandemic on coverage and inequalities in childhood immunization in Peru13
Multilevel medical insurance mitigate health cost inequality due to air pollution: Evidence from China13
The association between social integration and utilization of primary health care among migrants in China: a nationwide cross-sectional study13
Socioeconomic differences in limited lung function: a cross-sectional study of middle-aged and older adults in Germany13
Wealth-based inequality in the continuum of maternal health service utilisation in 16 sub-Saharan African countries13
The impact of health disparities on peripheral vascular access outcomes in hospitalized patients: an observational study13
Frontline perspectives on barriers to care for patients with California Medicaid: a qualitative study13
Correction: Analysing the scientific literature on transgender and gender diverse persons’ experiences with sexual and reproductive health care services from an intersectional perspective13
Successes and challenges of partnership working to tackle health inequalities using collaborative approaches to community-based research: mixed methods analysis of focus group evidence13
Waiving the consent requirement to mitigate bias in observational precision medicine research13
What our children lost and gained at the time of school closure during the Covid-19 pandemic: a study on psychological distress, behavioural concerns and protective factors of resilience among prescho13
Menstruation and social inequities in Spain: a cross-sectional online survey-based study13
Ethnic discrimination, asking for fair treatment, and poor self-rated health: a gender stratified analysis of 13,443 Korean Chinese waged workers in South Korea13
Social epidemiology of urban COVID-19 inequalities in Latin America and Canada13
The role of health financing system and pluralism in achieving sustainable development goal health outcomes in India: a multilevel analysis13
Refining index to measure physical activity inequality: which group of the population is the most vulnerable?13
Inclusion of people with disabilities in Chilean health policy: a policy analysis13
Conceptualization of gender in published malaria and gender research: a systematic descriptive review13
Understanding the crux of refugees’ health inequities: the challenges of the health system in Nguenyyiel refugee camp in Ethiopia13
Prevalence and determinants of financial toxicity in patients with colorectal cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis13
Examining the experiences of vulnerably housed patients visiting Kingston, Ontario’s emergency departments: a qualitative analysis13
Health is wealth and documents are the currency: exploring the role of NGOs in facilitating healthcare access for undocumented migrants in the Netherlands – a qualitative study13
Reducing inequities in maternal and child health in rural Guatemala through the CBIO+ approach of Curamericas: 2. Study site, design, and methods13
The impact of long-term care insurance on healthcare utilization and expenditures among middle-aged and older Chinese adults: a quasi-experiment study13
Inequities in human papillomavirus vaccination among children aged 9–14 years old under constrained vaccine supply in China12
Multi-level change strategies for health: learning from people-centered advocacy in Uganda12
Migrant well-being and undocumented status in South Korea: a cross-sectional assessment of physical, psychological, social well-being, and health behaviors12
Inequalities in access to new medication delivery services among non-communicable disease patients during the COVID-19 pandemic: findings from nationally representative surveys in Thailand12
Palestinian dermatology: exploring policies, challenges, and opportunities in fragile and conflict-affected settings12
Social and programmatic vulnerability in the context of transgender people’s health: a scoping review of scientific evidence from Brazil12
Research on government regulation methods for the spatial layout of retail pharmacies: practice in Shanghai, China12
Mortality and barriers to healthcare among people experiencing homelessness in Paris: a mixed-methods study12
Nutritional inequalities among under-five children: a geospatial analysis of hotspots and cold spots in 73 low- and middle-income countries12
COVID-19 impact on mental health, healthcare access and social wellbeing – a black community needs assessment12
Every bite counts to achieve oral health: a scoping review on diet and oral health preventive practices12
Biological and contextual determinants of early development in marginalized Roma communities: A research protocol of the RomaREACH study12
Redefining intimacy: a qualitative study on sexual function experiences and perspectives among migrant and refugee women in South Australia12
Examining inequalities in spatial access to national health insurance fund contracted facilities in Kenya12
Bridging the gap: telemedicine as a solution for HIV care inequities in rural and vulnerable communities12
Population-based physical activity promotion with a focus on health equity: a review of reviews12
Universal health coverage in fragile and conflict-affected States: insights from Somalia12
Re-drawing the map: a case study of decolonized research methods & methodologies12
Institutional design features of health insurance subsidy programmes in Africa: a narrative review12
Social inequalities and COVID-19 mortality between neighborhoods of Bariloche city, Argentina12
Revisiting HPV vaccination post-COVID: geopolitical, sociocultural, and ethical disparities in global health12
Variability of COVID-19 mortality in Honduras: influence of sociodemographic factors12
Infection prevention and control for COVID-19 response in the Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh: an intra-action review12
“There’s just such a mismatch”: a qualitative exploration of health systems and organizational-level barriers to accessing cancer services among people experiencing structural marginalization12
Mental health stigma and health-seeking behaviors amongst pregnant women in Vietnam: a mixed-method realist study11
Intersectional discrimination and mental health inequalities: a qualitative study of young women’s experiences in Scotland11
Wealth inequalities in physical and cognitive impairments across Japan and Europe: the role of health expenditure and infrastructure11
Bridging the evidence gap: research equity in conflict-affected health systems11
Exploring views on medical care for people with intellectual disabilities: an international concept mapping study11
Multigenerational inequalities of opportunity in health outcomes11
Neonatal mortality inequalities in Peru, 2007–2021: an ecological joinpoint trends analysis11
Life-course socioeconomic circumstances and changes in leisure-time physical activity among young and early midlife employees11
We cannot repeat history again: a call to action to centre indigenous leadership as we prepare for the next pandemic11
Regulation of artificial intelligence in Uganda’s healthcare: exploring an appropriate regulatory approach and framework to deliver universal health coverage11
Socioeconomic disparities in healthcare utilization under universal health coverage: evidence from Dubai household health survey11
Addressing digital exclusion to improve access to HIV and viral hepatitis care for people who experience criminalization: a mixed methods evaluation of a quality improvement project11
Frequency of interpersonal discrimination experiences – differences between inpatient and outpatient care and associations with delayed and forgone care11
Correction: Knowledge of COVID-19 and the impact on indigents’ access to healthcare in Burkina Faso11
Association of rurality, type of primary caregiver and place of death with end-of-life medical expenditures among the oldest-old population in China11
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