Essays about: "health inequity"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 19 essays containing the words health inequity.
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1. Health care professionals’ experiences and views of sexual and reproductive health service provision to undocumented Roma women in Finland
University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialmedicin och global hälsaAbstract : Aim: This qualitative study explores the sexual and reproductive health service provision offered to undocumented Roma women migrating to Finland and traces the major challenges in this regard through the experiences, the perceptions, and the views of Finnish health professionals. Background: Sexual and reproductive health (SRH) of undocumented Roma women is of a particular concern since the lack of health insurance, their mobility, and disadvantaged educational, social, and economic level make them more vulnerable to health risks. READ MORE
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2. 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 folkhälsovetenskapAbstract : 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
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3. Smile and Waive? A critical case study of the TRIPS waiver for COVID-19 products using World-Systems Theory and Realism
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : The COVID-19 pandemic has been one of the deadliest health crises in modern history. Increasing production of all relevant medical goods and ensuring their equitable distribution has been argued as a necessity to contain the pandemic, which led to the South African and Indian delegation in the TRIPS Council of the World Trade Organization to propose the implementation of a TRIPS waiver to ensure that intellectual property does not pose a barrier to increased production. READ MORE
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4. Gaia Terra. Permaculture in an Ecovillage Setting
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/HumanekologiAbstract : In a profit-dominant narrative/world and a commodifying social-ecological system, the interactions between humans, environment and nature show us complex inequity and effects on the interwovenness of human health and the health of the environment. In this study, I aim to depict a different approach to human well-being. READ MORE
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5. Maternity Healthcare Services in Refugee Communities : A Literature Review on Barriers to Healthcare Access and Provision – Analysing the Greek Context
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionenAbstract : Health appears as a fundamental right on the Declaration of Human Rights of 1948 onarticle XXV. In humanitarian research, health is often viewed as a secondary theme anddid not have that much relevance. This has changed recently and nowadays health isconsidered an important factor. READ MORE
