The feasibility of measuring and monitoring social determinants of health and the relevance for policy and programme - a qualitative assessment of four countries

Global Health Action

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Blas, Erik ^a   Ataguba, John E ^b   Huda, Tanvir M ^c,d   Bao, Giang Kim ^e   Rasella, Davide ^f   Gerecke, Megan R ^g  

^a International Public Health and Development   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^e HANOI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^f FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^g WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Equity; Gender; Human rights; Intersectoral action; Sustainable development goals; Universal health coverage

Indexed keywords

BANGLADESH; BRAZIL; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DECISION MAKING; EXERCISE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN RIGHTS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MANAGER; MONITORING; NARRATIVE; POPULATION MODEL; RELIABILITY; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOUTH AFRICA; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VALIDITY; VIET NAM; ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOUTHEAST ASIA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; BRAZIL; DATA COLLECTION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84969261855     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v9.29002     Document Type: Article

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