Ahmad Reza Hosseinpoor

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ID6168583
NOMBREAhmad Reza Hosseinpoor
NOMBRESAhmad Reza
APELLIDOHosseinpoor
FIRMAHOSSEINPOOR A R
AFILIACIONESWorld Health Organization
ORCID0000-0001-7322-672X
VERIFICADOSí
TOTAL DE OBRAS34
TOTAL DE CITAS7
TOTAL COMO AUTOR34
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2006
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2026
ÍNDICE H2

  • WHO launches global network of institutes to strengthen capacity for health inequality monitoring

    Open AccessA K Kavitha, Tim Adair et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal for Equity…2026

    This article introduces the global WHO-managed Health Inequality Monitoring Network, which is dedicated to strengthening and expanding health inequality monitoring practices at global, regional and country levels. Launched in 2025, the Health Inequality Monitoring Network consists of 12 inaugural institutional members, represented by over 140 affiliated individuals spanning all world regions. The Network aims to: strengthen capacities for health …

  • Visualizing health inequality data

    Open AccessNicole Bergen, Katherine Kirkby et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal for Equity…2025

    Several resources and tools have been developed for carrying out health inequality analysis, including the preparation of disaggregated data and calculation of summary measures of health inequality. There is also a body of literature that addresses best practices for the preparation of commonly used graphs and maps. There is, however, little guidance for the selection and design of appropriate data visuals for corresponding health inequality data…

  • Missing the vulnerable—Inequalities in social protection in 13 sub-Saharan African countries

    Open AccessDavid Chipanta, Silas Amo-Agyei et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    We assessed socioeconomic inequalities in social protection coverage among the public, men and women living with the human immunodeficiency virus (MLHIV, WLHIV), and adolescent girls and young women (AGYW). We used population-based data from Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Eswatini, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. We constructed concentration curves (CC) and computed concentration indices (CIX) …

  • Education-related inequalities in beliefs and behaviors pertaining to Covid-19 non-pharmaceutical interventions

    Open AccessKatherine Kirkby, Nicole Bergen et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal for Equity…2022

    The study highlights important within-country education-related differences in COVID-19 beliefs, preventive behaviors and testing, as well as differing trends across country income groups. This has implications for considering and targeting specific population groups when designing public health interventions and messaging during the COVID-19 pandemic and future health emergencies

  • Health Inequality Monitoring channel on OpenWHO

    Open AccessNicole Bergen, Katherine Kirkby et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal for Equity…2022

    WHO eLearning courses on health inequality monitoring are addressing the need for capacity strengthening in the collection, analysis and reporting of inequality data. They introduce learners to the foundational concepts, best practices, tools and skills required to conduct health inequality monitoring. The courses on the Health Inequality Monitoring channel demonstrate how technical information can be simplified and presented to broad audiences i…

  • Exploring the potential for a new measure of socioeconomic deprivation status to monitor health inequality

    Open AccessJakob Dirksen, Monica Pinilla-Roncancio et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal for Equity…2022

    The proposed SDS measure adds analytical possibilities to the health inequality monitoring literature, in line with ethically and conceptually well-founded notions of absolute, multidimensional disadvantage. In addition, it allows for breakdown by its dimensions and components, which may facilitate nuanced analyses of health inequality, its correlates, and determinants

  • Health Equity Assessment Toolkit (Heat and Heat Plus)

    Open AccessKatherine Kirkby, Anne Schlotheuber et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal for Equity…2022

    The features of the HEAT and HEAT Plus software make it a valuable tool for analyzing and reporting inequalities related to the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as its indirect impacts on inequalities in other health and non-health areas, providing evidence to inform equity-oriented interventions and strategies

  • Are the poorest poor being left behind? Estimating global inequalities in reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health

    Open AccessAluísio J D Barros, Fernando César Wehrmeister et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2020

    Introduction: Wealth-related inequalities in reproductive, maternal, neonatal and child health have been widely studied by dividing the population into quintiles. We present a comprehensive analysis of wealth inequalities for the composite coverage index (CCI) using national health surveys carried out since 2010, using wealth deciles and absolute income estimates as stratification variables, and show how these new approaches expand on traditional…

  • Large and persistent subnational inequalities in reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health intervention coverage in sub-Saharan Africa

    Open AccessCheikh Mbacké Faye, Fernando César Wehrmeister et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2020

    Subnational inequalities have received limited attention in the monitoring of progress towards national and global health targets during the past two decades. Yet, such data are often a critical basis for health planning and monitoring in countries, in support of efforts to reach all with essential interventions. Household surveys provide a rich basis for interventions coverage indicators on reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health (RMNCH…

  • Iran in transition

    Open AccessGoodarz Danaei, Farshad Farzadfar et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2019

    Being the second-largest country in the Middle East, Iran has a long history of civilisation during which several dynasties have been overthrown and established and health-related structures have been reorganised. Iran has had the replacement of traditional practices with modern medical treatments, emergence of multiple pioneer scientists and physicians with great contributions to the advancement of science, environmental and ecological changes i…

  • Monitoring universal health coverage within the Sustainable Development Goals

    Open AccessDaniel R Hogan, G A Stevens et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet Global Health2018

    BACKGROUND: Achieving universal health coverage, including quality essential service coverage and financial protection for all, is target 3.8 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). As a result, an index of essential health service coverage indicators was selected by the UN as SDG indicator 3.8.1. We have developed an index for measuring SDG 3.8.1, describe methods for compiling the index, and report baseline results for 2015. METHODS: 16 tra…

  • Global epidemiology of use of and disparities in caesarean sections

    Open AccessTies Boerma, Carine Ronsmans et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2018

  • Countdown to 2030

    Open AccessTies Boerma, Jennifer Requejo et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2018

  • Data source mapping

    Open AccessAhmad Reza Hosseinpoor, Devaki Nambiar et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2018

    The task of health inequality monitoring is not possible without the availability of appropriate and high-quality data at various levels. Data source mapping - a process by which data sources are systematically enlisted, their properties detailed and each source appraised for the purposes of monitoring - is an essential initial step for health inequality monitoring. We outline a simple process along with a template for data source mapping and its…

  • National health inequality monitoring

    Open AccessAhmad Reza Hosseinpoor, Nicole Bergen et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2018

    National health inequality monitoring needs considerably more investment to realize equity-oriented health improvements in countries, including advancement towards the Sustainable Development Goals. Following an overview of national health inequality monitoring and the associated resource requirements, we highlight challenges that countries may encounter when setting up, expanding or strengthening national health inequality monitoring systems, an…

  • Health Equity Assessment Toolkit Plus (Heat Plus)

    Open AccessAhmad Reza Hosseinpoor, Anne Schlotheuber et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2018

    As a key step in advancing the sustainable development goals, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has placed emphasis on building capacity for measuring and monitoring health inequalities. A number of resources have been developed, including the Health Equity Assessment Toolkit (HEAT), a software application that facilitates the assessment of within-country health inequalities. Following user demand, an Upload Database Edition of HEAT, HEAT Plus,…

  • Capacity building for health inequality monitoring in Indonesia

    Open AccessAhmad Reza Hosseinpoor, Devaki Nambiar et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2018

    BACKGROUND: Inequalities in health represent a major problem in many countries, including Indonesia. Addressing health inequality is a central component of the Sustainable Development Goals and a priority of the World Health Organization (WHO). WHO provides technical support for health inequality monitoring among its member states. Following a capacity-building workshop in the WHO South-East Asia Region in 2014, Indonesia expressed interest in in…

  • Subnational regional inequality in the public health development index in Indonesia

    Open AccessSuparmi Suparmi, Nunik Kusumawardani et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2018

    BACKGROUND: Achieving the Sustainable Development Goal of 'ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all at all ages' necessitates regular monitoring of inequality in the availability of health-related infrastructure and access to services, and in health risks and outcomes. OBJECTIVES: To quantify subnational regional inequality in Indonesia using a composite index of public health infrastructure, services, behavioural risk factors and …

  • Monitoring health inequality in Indonesia

    Open AccessAhmad Reza Hosseinpoor, Devaki Nambiar et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2018

  • Obesity and its socioeconomic determinants in Iran

    Open AccessMohammad Hassan Emamian, Mansooreh Fateh et al.ARTICLEEconomics & Human Biology2017

  • Monitoring health determinants with an equity focus

    Open AccessNicole B Valentine, Nicole Valentine et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2016

    No abstract available. (Published: 16 December 2016) Citation: Glob Health Action 2016, 9 : 34247 - http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/gha.v9.34247 This paper is part of the Special Issue: Monitoring health determinants with an equity focus . More papers from this issue can be found at http://www.globalhealthaction.net and http://www.co-action.net/2015/09/si_who

  • Monitoring subnational regional inequalities in health

    Open AccessAhmad Reza Hosseinpoor, Nicole Bergen et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal for Equity…2016

    When pairwise and complex measures lead to the same conclusions about the state of subnational regional inequality, pairwise measures may be sufficient for reporting inequality. In cases where complex measures are required, mean difference from mean measures can be easily communicated to non-technical audiences

  • A global assessment of the gender gap in self-reported health with survey data from 59 countries

    Open AccessTies Boerma, Ahmad Reza Hosseinpoor et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2016

    Large female-male differences in self-reported health and functioning, equivalent to a decade of growing older, consistently occurred in all regions of the world, irrespective of differences in mortality levels or societal factors. The multi-country study suggests that a mix of biological factors and societal gender inequalities are major contributing factors to gender gap in self-reported measures of health

  • Estimating family planning coverage from contraceptive prevalence using national household surveys

    Open AccessAluísio J D Barros, Ties Boerma et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2015

    BACKGROUND: Contraception is one of the most important health interventions currently available and yet, many women and couples still do not have reliable access to modern contraceptives. The best indicator for monitoring family planning is the proportion of women using contraception among those who need it. This indicator is frequently called demand for family planning satisfied and we argue that it should be called family planning coverage (FPC…

  • Promoting health equity

    Open AccessAhmad Reza Hosseinpoor, Nicole Bergen et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2015

    BACKGROUND: Health equity is a priority in the post-2015 sustainable development agenda and other major health initiatives. The World Health Organization (WHO) has a history of promoting actions to achieve equity in health, including efforts to encourage the practice of health inequality monitoring. Health inequality monitoring systems use disaggregated data to identify disadvantaged subgroups within populations and inform equity-oriented health …