Research on health equity in the SDG era: The urgent need for greater focus on implementation Ana Lorena Ruano, Efrat Shadmi and Leiyu Shi

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Rasanathan, Kumanan ^a   Diaz, Theresa ^a  

^a UNICEF   (United States)

Author keywords

Health equity; Implementation research; Research agenda; Social determinants of health; Sustainable development goals

Indexed keywords

AGENDA 21; EQUITY; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH POLICY; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; POLICY MAKING; RACIAL DISPARITY; RESEARCH METHOD; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CONFUSION; ENERGY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH EQUITY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOAL; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; RESEARCH; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; HEALTH EQUITY; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; RESEARCH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 85003703918     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12939-016-0493-7     Document Type: Review

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