background: current evidence consistently confirm inequalities in health status among socioeconomic groups, gender, ethnicity, geographical area and other social determinants of health (sdh), which adversely influence health of the population. sdh refer to a wide range of factors not limited to social component, but also involve economic, cultural, educational, political or environmental proble...

inequalities in the social determinants of health (sdh), which drive avoidable health disparities between different individuals or groups, is a major concern for a number of international organisations, including the world health organization (who). despite this, the pathways to changing inequalities in the sdh remain elusive. the methodologies and concepts within system science are now viewed ...

background measuring health status by using standardized and validated instrument has become a growing concern over the past few decades throughout the developed and developing countries. the aim of the study was to investigate the overall self-reported health status along with potential inequalities by using euroqol 5 dimensions (eq-5d) instrument among low-income people of bangladesh.   me...

inequities in health need to be monitored and necessary actions should be taken to reduce them. this study aimed to determine the socioeconomic distribution of self-reported chronic diseases and self-assessed health (sah) in turkey and try to evaluate the determinants of such inequalities in terms of their contributions.cross-sectional data from the turkish health survey conducted during year 2...

background: social health is a dimension of health affected and interacts with other dimensions. considering the rate of world changes, foresighting the influence of future events and possible trends on social health could bring about advantageous information for social policy makers. methods: this is a qualitative study of futurology with cross impact analysis approach. after studying possible...

  Abstract   Background: Inequalities in health are ever increasing among different communities   of either affluent or disadvantaged especially in urban areas. To identify and address inequalities in health and its determinants among societies, urban health equity assessment and response tool (Urban HEART) in four 'policy domains' related to social determinants of health, has been developed by...

BACKGROUND Reducing health inequalities is an important policy objective but there is limited quantitative information about the impact of specific interventions. OBJECTIVES To provide estimates of the impact of a range of interventions on health and health inequalities. MATERIALS AND METHODS Literature reviews were conducted to identify the best evidence linking interventions to mortality ...

We develop the theory of twisted L-cohomology and twisted spectral invariants for flat Hilbertian bundles over compact manifolds. They can be viewed as functions on H(M, R) and they generalize the standard notions. A new feature of the twisted L-cohomology theory is that in addition to satisfying the standard L Morse inequalities, they also satisfy certain asymptotic L Morse inequalities. These...

In this glossary, the authors address eight key questions pertinent to health inequalities: (1) What is the distinction between health inequality and health inequity?; (2) Should we assess health inequalities themselves, or social group inequalities in health?; (3) Do health inequalities mainly reflect the effects of poverty, or are they generated by the socioeconomic gradient?; (4) Are health ...