Vaccine equity in low and middle income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis

HA Ali, AM Hartner, S Echeverria-Londono… - International journal for …, 2022 - Springer
Background Evidence to date has shown that inequality in health, and vaccination coverage
in particular, can have ramifications to wider society. However, whilst individual studies have …

An integrative review of current practice models and/or process of family-centered early intervention for children who are deaf or hard of hearing

NP Maluleke, K Khoza-Shangase… - Family & Community …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Over the past few decades, there has been an increasing shift toward emphasizing the
importance of the child's family taking an active role in the habilitation process through family …

Approaches and alternatives to the wealth index to measure socioeconomic status using survey data: a critical interpretive synthesis

MJP Poirier, KA Grépin, M Grignon - Social Indicators Research, 2020 - Springer
Monitoring progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030 requires the
global community to disaggregate targets along socio-economic lines, but little has been …

Socio-economic inequalities in the multiple dimensions of access to healthcare: the case of South Africa

T Gordon, F Booysen, J Mbonigaba - BMC Public Health, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Background The National Development Plan (NDP) strives that South Africa, by
2030, in pursuit of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) achieve a significant shift in the equity …

Assessing changes in household socioeconomic status in rural South Africa, 2001–2013: a distributional analysis using household asset indicators

CW Kabudula, B Houle, MA Collinson, K Kahn… - Social indicators …, 2017 - Springer
Understanding the distribution of socioeconomic status (SES) and its temporal dynamics
within a population is critical to ensure that policies and interventions adequately and …

Socioeconomic inequalities in adult obesity prevalence in South Africa: a decomposition analysis

O Alaba, L Chola - International journal of environmental research and …, 2014 - mdpi.com
In recent years, there has been a dramatic increase in obesity in low and middle income
countries. However, there is limited research in these countries showing the prevalence and …

Explaining racial/ethnic disparities in children's dental health: a decomposition analysis

CC Guarnizo-Herreño… - American journal of …, 2012 - ajph.aphapublications.org
Objectives. We measured racial/ethnic inequalities in US children's dental health and
quantified the contribution of conceptually relevant factors. Methods. Using data from the …

Community adherence support improves programme retention in children on antiretroviral treatment: a multicentre cohort study in South Africa

A Grimwood, G Fatti, E Mothibi… - African Journal of …, 2012 - journals.lww.com
Background: HIV-positive children in low-income settings face many challenges to
adherence to antiretroviral treatment (ART) and have increased mortality on treatment …

Prevalence, causes and socio-economic determinants of vision loss in Cape Town, South Africa

N Cockburn, D Steven, K Lecuona, F Joubert… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Purpose To estimate the prevalence and causes of blindness and visual impairment in Cape
Town, South Africa and to explore socio-economic and demographic predictors of vision …

Growth effects of exclusive breastfeeding promotion by peer counsellors in sub-Saharan Africa: the cluster-randomised PROMISE EBF trial

IMS Engebretsen, D Jackson, LT Fadnes… - BMC Public Health, 2014 - Springer
Background In this multi-country cluster-randomized behavioural intervention trial promoting
exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) in Africa, we compared growth of infants up to 6 months of …