Ethnic minority health in vietnam: A review exposing horizontal inequity

Global Health Action

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Målqvist, Mats ^a   Hoa, Dinh Thi Phuong ^b   Liem, Nguyen Thanh ^c   Thorson, Anna ^d   Thomsen, Sarah ^d  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b HANOI UNIVERSITY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Viet Nam)

^c NATIONAL HOSPITAL OF PEDIATRICS   (Viet Nam)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Child health; Ethnic minorities; HIV; Inequity; Maternal health; Nutrition; Policy; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD WELFARE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNIC MINORITIES; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INEQUITY; MALE; MATERNAL WELFARE; MINORITY GROUP; MOUTH HYGIENE; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POLICY; REVIEW; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VIET NAM;

CHILD HEALTH; ETHNIC MINORITIES; HIV; INEQUITY; MATERNAL HEALTH; NUTRITION; POLICY; VIETNAM;

CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL WELFARE; MINORITY GROUPS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ORAL HEALTH; ORAL HYGIENE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; VIETNAM;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84880484910     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v6i0.19803     Document Type: Article

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