Essays about: "health inequities"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 essays containing the words health inequities.

  1. 1. Systemic Primary Healthcare Access Inequities : A Cross Sectional Analysis Of Marginalised And Non-Marginalised Populations’ Experiences With Primary Healthcare Services In Sweden And The Nordic Countries

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap

    Author : Ahmed Hassan; [2023]
    Keywords : Primary healthcare services; access; marginalisation; Nordic countries; inequity; Sweden; Health policy;

    Abstract : Introduction The differential accessibility of healthcare services in the Nordic region can be drawn along socioeconomic and sociodemographic lines. Previous literature has established the association between the processes of marginalisation and inequitable healthcare access outcomes. READ MORE

  3. 2. Barriers and facilitators to equitable care : A qualitative study of healthcare professionals with coordination responsibility in Region Gävleborg

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap

    Author : Amanda Sammeli; [2022]
    Keywords : equitable care; conditions; healthcare professionals; coordination; inequities;

    Abstract : Equitable healthcare is a prerequisite for good living conditions and good health in the population. The Health Care Act states that healthcare in Sweden must be provided on equitable terms, however, inequities in Swedish healthcare are continuously reported. READ MORE

  4. 3. QUICK ECONOMIC GAINS OR LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY? NEGATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH EFFECTS OF METAL MINING IN ARMENIA, CASE STUDY OF THE LORI REGION

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

    Author : Anush Poghosyan; [2021]
    Keywords : mining and processing activities; environment; health; regulatory framework; DPSIR; EPH; Armenia; Lori; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Objectives. Armenia demonstrates disastrous environmental and human health outcomes in mining-reliant regions with high indicators of environmental pollution, loss if biodiversity, and degraded human health caused by mining and processing activities. READ MORE

  5. 4. Understanding health inequalities in the 21st century: the case of UHC in Peru

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Andrea Chacon Cid; [2020]
    Keywords : Universal Health Coverage; public health; health insurance; development; health-poverty trap; probit model.; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Health is a universal right, nevertheless, not all people have the same opportunities to fully enjoy it without facing financial difficulties. Universal Health Coverage has the potential to break the health-poverty trap, supporting people with the opportunity of building a healthy structure, essential for a sustainable human and economic development. READ MORE

  6. 5. An Urgent Crisis of Chronic Neglect: Lessons on Water Justice and Wellbeing in the Time of COVID-19

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Kristina Humphreys; [2020]
    Keywords : sustainable development; water justice; urban resilience; wellbeing; COVID-19; planetary health;

    Abstract : The COVID-19 crisis represents a major disruption to societies across the planet, magnifying existing threats to social-ecological resilience. Illustrating these threats are links between inadequate water and sanitation services, climate stressors, and the challenge of coping with a global pandemic. READ MORE