Health Inequality Monitor
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Tools and resources for health inequality monitoring
Handbook and step-by-step manuals
1 February 2022
Inequality monitoring in sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health
Monitoring inequalities in sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health (SRMNCAH) is an important part of efforts to promote equity....
1 November 2019
Inequality monitoring in immunization: a step-by-step manual
The manual is an introductory guide to inequality monitoring in the topic of immunization. Aiming to build capacity for the uptake and improvement of inequality...
26 September 2017
National health inequality monitoring: a step-by-step manual
The manual was designed as a highly accessible, practical reference to encourage and strengthen the practice of health inequality monitoring. Additionally,...
3 July 2013
Handbook on health inequality monitoring with a special focus on low- and middle-income countries
The World Health Organization developed the Handbook on health inequality monitoring: with a special focus on low- and middle-income countries to provide...
Articles
General
- Strengthening and expanding health inequality monitoring for the advancement of health equity: a review of WHO resources and contributions International Journal for Equity in Health (2023)
- Health inequality monitoring: a practical application of population health monitoring (Book chapter) Population Health Monitoring (2018)
- National health inequality monitoring: current challenges and opportunities Global Health Action (2018)
Data collection and storage
- Data Resource Profile: WHO Health Equity Monitor (HEM) Global Health Action (2018)
- Data source mapping: an essential step for health inequality monitoring International Journal of Epidemiology (2016)
Data analysis
- Area-based units of analysis for strengthening health inequality monitoring Bulletin of the World Health Organization (2016)
- Exploring the potential for a new measure of socioeconomic deprivation status to monitor health inequality International Journal for Equity in Health (2022)
- Summary measures of health inequality: a review of existing measures and their application International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (2022)
- Measuring health inequalities in the context of sustainable development goals Bulletin of the World Health Organization (2018)
- Monitoring subnational regional inequalities in health: measurement approaches and challenges International Journal for Equity in Health (2016)