Topic
Health equity research, explained
10 open-access health equity studies, each with a flashcard deck and a quiz.
- SASA! cut partner violence in Kampala
A Kampala cluster RCT found community mobilization (SASA!) associated with roughly 50% lower past-year physical IPV and male partner concurrency.
- Did US premature-death inequities only widen as health improved?
US premature mortality inequities shrank in the late 1960s–1970s then widened or stagnated—showing disparities do not automatically move with average health.
- Is China’s digital divide tied to health gaps?
In older Chinese adults, Internet use was rare and SES-linked, while mobile phones were common—shaping how digital tools might reduce health disparities.
- How can services better serve Indigenous Australians with chronic illness?
Indigenous Australians with chronic illness described discrimination in mainstream care and proposed strategic fixes for fairer services.
- How much do four risks explain US life-expectancy gaps?
Smoking, high blood pressure, high glucose, and adiposity help explain large US life-expectancy disparities across race–place groups (Eight Americas).
- Discrimination in care for homeless adults
Among homeless adults with mental illness, perceived healthcare discrimination—especially for mental illness/poverty—linked to worse symptoms and more ED use.
- Widening NSW cancer survival gaps
Among 651,245 NSW cancer cases, people in more disadvantaged areas had higher cancer death risk, and disparities appeared to widen over time.
- Individual SES and cancer survival
UK linked-data analysis shows both area deprivation and individual SES shape cancer survival, with wider absolute gaps in the most deprived areas.
- Cancer help-seeking in deprivation
Interviews in Wales’s most deprived areas show socio-environmental barriers—not just knowledge—shape delayed cancer symptom presentation.
- Screening and breast cancer equity in NZ
Screen-detected cancers were less common in Māori women, and crude survival was worse, but survival gaps narrowed among screen-detected cases.