• Health Care Women Int · Jul 2011

    Health inequalities for women living in rural regions: the prefecture of Xanthi, Greece.

    • Vicky Papanikolaou, Angeliki Voskaki, Andreas Nearchou, Zaharias Papadopoulos, and Anastasia Roumelioti.
    • Health Service Management, National School of Public Health, Athens, Greece. bpapanikolaou@esdy.edu.gr
    • Health Care Women Int. 2011 Jul 1; 32 (7): 613-31.

    AbstractGender equity with regard to access to health services has been set on a firm theoretical background but is far from reaching a resolution. Here we examine how geographic isolation affects the implementation of policies regarding equal access to health care by considering the case of the mountainous region of Xanthi, Greece. We determined that the characteristics of this mountainous region require additional measures to ensure truly equal access for women of all social and demographic groups. We also propose several interventions aimed at reducing health inequalities by involving the local population and broadening the target area.

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