Title |
Closing the health equity gap: evidence-based strategies for primary health care organizations
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Published in |
International Journal for Equity in Health, October 2012
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DOI | 10.1186/1475-9276-11-59 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Annette J Browne, Colleen M Varcoe, Sabrina T Wong, Victoria L Smye, Josée Lavoie, Doreen Littlejohn, David Tu, Olive Godwin, Murry Krause, Koushambhi B Khan, Alycia Fridkin, Patricia Rodney, John O’Neil, Scott Lennox |
Abstract |
International evidence shows that enhancement of primary health care (PHC) services for disadvantaged populations is essential to reducing health and health care inequities. However, little is known about how to enhance equity at the organizational level within the PHC sector. Drawing on research conducted at two PHC Centres in Canada whose explicit mandates are to provide services to marginalized populations, the purpose of this paper is to discuss (a) the key dimensions of equity-oriented services to guide PHC organizations, and (b) strategies for operationalizing equity-oriented PHC services, particularly for marginalized populations. |
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Country | Count | As % |
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Canada | 9 | 12% |
United Kingdom | 8 | 11% |
United States | 8 | 11% |
Spain | 7 | 10% |
Chile | 5 | 7% |
Australia | 4 | 5% |
Colombia | 3 | 4% |
Mexico | 1 | 1% |
Finland | 1 | 1% |
Other | 5 | 7% |
Unknown | 22 | 30% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 43 | 59% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 15 | 21% |
Scientists | 13 | 18% |
Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 1% |
Unknown | 1 | 1% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Canada | 4 | <1% |
United States | 3 | <1% |
Spain | 2 | <1% |
Ghana | 1 | <1% |
Australia | 1 | <1% |
Brazil | 1 | <1% |
Indonesia | 1 | <1% |
Switzerland | 1 | <1% |
Mexico | 1 | <1% |
Other | 0 | 0% |
Unknown | 454 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Student > Master | 96 | 20% |
Student > Bachelor | 48 | 10% |
Researcher | 47 | 10% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 42 | 9% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 29 | 6% |
Other | 104 | 22% |
Unknown | 103 | 22% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 109 | 23% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 98 | 21% |
Social Sciences | 66 | 14% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 12 | 3% |
Psychology | 10 | 2% |
Other | 53 | 11% |
Unknown | 121 | 26% |