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Equity, social determinants and public health programmes
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This article is published in Indian Journal of Medical Research.The article was published on 2011-05-01 and is currently open access. It has received 311 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Social determinants of health & Health equity.read more
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Regional variations in prevalence of postpartum depressive symptoms: population-based survey.
TL;DR: The detection rate of postpartum depressive symptoms shows regional variations, suggesting a relationship with the poverty rate, and a significant positive correlation was found between the proportion of houses in the locality receiving public assistance and the detection rate.
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Non-communicable chronic diseases risk prevalence of family medicine patients in the federation of bosnia and herzegovina.
Boris Hrabac,Nada Spasojevic +1 more
TL;DR: Risks prevalence was obtained from an organized massive screening being performed by 100 family medicine teams in four cities of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina during 2013, showing clearly that Sarajevo is leading in four risks compared to the other cities, while Zenica is ranked lowest for four risk factors.
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Incidence and pattern of tuberculosis treatment success rates in different levels of the human development index: a global perspective
Salman Khazaei,Shahab Rezaeian,Vali Baigi,Mohammad Saatchi,Leila Molaeipoor,Zaher Khazaei,Somayeh Khazaei,Owais Raza +7 more
TL;DR: Patterns in TB incidence and treatment success rates are correlated with Human Development Indices and life expectancy, education level, gross national income, HDI, and urbanisation were significantly associated with both TB incidence
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Enterococci in the oral cavity of periodontitis patients from different urban socioeconomic groups.
TL;DR: Enterococci particularly E. faecalis followed by Enterococcus faecium could play a crucial role in the severity or progression of periodontitis particularly in a favorable oral environment.
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Explaining socioeconomic inequalities in illicit drug use disorders in Iran.
Maryam Karimian,Abbas Motevalian,Maryam Damghanian,Afarin Rahimi-Movaghar,Vandad Sharifi,Masoumeh Amin-Esmaeili,Ahmad Hajebi +6 more
TL;DR: It is suggested that improvement in the socioeconomic status of the households, especially for males, the divorced or widowed individuals, and the unemployed may lead to a reduction in inequality in drug use disorders.
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