Sökning: "Inequities"

Visar resultat 6 - 10 av 46 avhandlingar innehållade ordet Inequities.

1. 6. Planning for equitable emergency health care : Assessing the geography of ambulance supply and demand in Sweden

   Författare :Jacob Hassler; Vania Ceccato; Charles Branas; KTH; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; emergency health care; spatial analysis; equity; policy; akutvård; rumslig analys; jämlikhet; policy; Urbana och regionala studier; Urban and Regional Studies;

   Sammanfattning : Providing high-quality health care to everyone who needs it is a central objective for theSwedish health care system. One way in which this goal is broadly pursued is by allocatingresources that maximize the geographical coverage of ambulances, aiming at reducingambulance response times as much as possible, for as many as possible. LÄS MER

3. 7. Home visiting for a better start in life : studies of an intervention to promote health equity in a socioeconomically disadvantaged area of Sweden

   Författare :Madelene Barboza; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Sammanfattning : Background: Early childhood is considered to be a crucial period for ensuring health over the life course of an individual. It is also a prioritized period for policies to reduce socially determined health inequities. LÄS MER

4. 8. En stad i världsklass – hur och för vem? : En studie om Stockholms sociala stadsplanering

   Författare :Jon Loit; Roger Andersson; Sofia Cele; Guy Baeten; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Stockholm; segregation; urban planning; Vision Järva 2030; Stockholm Royal Seaport; transformative planning; brownfield development; neoliberal planning; sustainable development; diversity; the just city; identity; lifestyle; Stockholm; Järvalyftet; Norra Djurgårdsstaden; stadsplanering; förändringsplanering; stadsutveckling; segregation; nyliberal planering; nyliberal urbanisering; hållbar utveckling; mångfald; den goda staden; den rättvisa staden; identitet; livsstil; Social and Economic Geography; Kulturgeografi;

   Sammanfattning : The city is characterised by unequal living conditions and inequities. Residential segregation – in the sense that people with different socio-economic resources and of various ethnicities live separately from one another – is a major cause of urban inequities. LÄS MER

5. 9. Utilization of preventive maternal and child public health interventions in sub-Saharan Africa : a multilevel analysis of individual and small-area socioeconomic disadvantage

   Författare :Olatunde Aremu; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Sammanfattning : Background: Uptake of programmatic maternal and childhood preventive interventions continue to be sub-optimal in sub-Saharan Africa with wide variations within and across the countries. There is evidence suggestive of socioeconomic inequities in access to and coverage of preventive health intervention. LÄS MER

7. 10. Child survival in Rwanda: Challenges and potential for improvement : Population- and hospital-based studies

   Författare :Aimable Musafili; Lars-Åke Persson; Birgitta Essén; Baribwira Cyprien; Göran Tomson; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :Trends; social differentials; child mortality; perinatal mortality; perinatal audit; three delays model; training healthcare workers; Helping Babies Breathe; urban hospitals; Kigali; Rwanda; Medicinsk vetenskap; Medical Science;

   Sammanfattning : After the 1994 genocide and collapse of the health system, Rwanda initiated major social and health reforms in order to reduce child mortality and health inequities in accordance with the Millennium Development Goals. The aim of this thesis was to assess trends in under-five mortality (U5M) and equity in child survival, to study social barriers for improved perinatal and neonatal survival, and to evaluate Helping Babies Breathe (HBB), a newborn resuscitation program. LÄS MER