Health Inequalities in Primary Care
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Health Care Sciences".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 1094
Special Issue Editor
Interests: sustainable human security; poverty and inequality; health systems financing; the economics of non-communicable and communicable diseases including HIV/AIDS, health systems and policy-oriented research in general
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Achieving the United Nations’ universal health coverage goal by 2030 is becoming increasingly challenging and unlikely for some countries. Whilst it is still possible to see significant global improvements in health outcomes across countries, it is also clear that health inequalities are becoming more marked despite observable increases in investment in health. Health inequalities manifest in relation to access to care, the utilisation of quality services, and, ultimately, health outcomes. Since the Alma Ata Declaration, primary healthcare has been seen as the foundation for building healthy societies because it represents the first point of contact with communities. Despite improvements in health technology (e.g., e-health) and other health innovations, such as the use of community health workers or agents, particularly in low- and middle-income countries, there is still a disproportionate utilisation of PHC services by vulnerable and marginalised communities, including hard-to-reach, disabled, low-income, and displaced groups.
This Special Issue will address issues pertaining to the measurement of health inequalities and the drivers and/or enablers of these inequalities and how they can be addressed sustainably at the primary care level. Upstream issues related to primary healthcare policies, funding, and general resourcing are equally important. We welcome papers that address models for involving the private sector in PHC in order to achieve public health objectives, particularly reducing health inequalities, and multi-sectoral actions addressing the broader social determinants of health and community engagement.
Prof. Dr. Charles Hongoro
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- access and use
- effective coverage
- health inequalities
- quality of healthcare
- primary care funding
- health technology
- public–private mix models
- community involvement
- supportive health policies
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