• The aim of this study was to build deprivation-specific life tables using the Portuguese version of the European Deprivation Index (EDI) as a measure of area-level socioeconomic deprivation, and to evaluate mortality trends between the periods 2000-2002 and 2010-2012. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The second aim was to evaluate mortality ratios between deprivation groups and trends in inequalities between 2000 and 2002 and 2010-2012 in Portugal. (biomedcentral.com)
  • 2000 . Health inequalities and the health of the poor . (ajtmh.org)
  • Conclusion Socio-economic disparities in health and health care are major concerns in India. (lu.se)
  • And, throughout the global COVID-19 pandemic, these disparities in health care, and the systemic racism that prevents underserved and underrepresented communities from accessing equal care, have been brought to light even more. (massgeneral.org)
  • While we should aim to reduce health inequalities across all society, actions must be focused and increased in proportion to the level of disadvantage. (medway.gov.uk)
  • Could Easier Access to University Improve Health and Reduce Health Inequalities? (repec.org)
  • Although population life expectancy in different countries has generally increased with the development of socioeconomic and medical technology, mortality has decreased, but more is the benefit of the upper social population, which exacerbates health inequalities. (ukessays.com)
  • The government's health strategy set out in the Health of the Nation includes specific targets for reducing mortality from lung cancer, coronary heart disease, and cerebrovascular disease. (bmj.com)
  • Lastly, sudden and drastic changes in economic environments and the loss of social safety nets, in particular social subsidies and food stamps, have also been linked to higher levels of alcohol consumption and psychological stress among men, leading to a spike in male mortality rates. (wikipedia.org)
  • Thus, tobacco smoking is responsible for the emergence and magnification of socioeconomic inequality in terms of quality of life, morbidity, and mortality ( 9 ). (aerzteblatt.de)
  • Completing mortality data by information on possible socioeconomic inequalities in mortality is crucial for policy planning. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Persistent differences in mortality and life expectancy were observed according to ecological socioeconomic deprivation. (biomedcentral.com)
  • While the effect of, for example, age is largely unavoidable, the gap in mortality due to socioeconomic characteristics could be reduced with policies oriented to improve population living conditions and to change the social and economic structures [ 5 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Social inequalities in multimorbidity, frailty, disability, and transitions to mortality: A 24-year follow-up of the Whitehall II cohort study. (ucl.ac.uk)
  • Within the context of universal health coverage and reduction in premature mortality from noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), cervical cancer mortality and morbidity bring to the fore the social and economic inequities across developing and developed countries. (who.int)
  • Investments in infrastructure, health and education coincided with economic growth, urbanisation and mortality decline. (lu.se)
  • The micro-level results show that the effect of water access on infant and child mortality is largely removed with the introduction of parental socio-economic status. (lu.se)
  • 2021. Covid-19 collaborated with the increase in maternal mortality, highlighting interstate inequalities and vulnerabilities in prenatal care, hospital, and socioeconomic infrastructure in the North Region, especially in Roraima and Amazonas. (bvsalud.org)
  • Measures of health inequality, to outcomes including quality of life, ties in the city of Glasgow, Scotland, which are determined by inequali- mortality, and survival. (who.int)
  • [6] The work of the commission was based on development goals, and thus, connected SDOH (social determinants of health) discourse to economic growth and bridging gaps in the healthcare system. (wikipedia.org)
  • The 2010 Affordable Care Act (ACA) established by the Obama administration in the United States, embodied the ideas put in place by the WHO by bridging the gap between community-based health and healthcare as a medical treatment, meaning that a larger consideration of social determinants of health was emerging in the policy. (wikipedia.org)
  • As a result of this unequal social order, women are usually relegated into positions where they have less access and control over healthcare resources, making women more vulnerable to suffering from health problems than men. (wikipedia.org)
  • Objective The objectives of this study were to measure socio-economic inequalities in self-reported health (SRH) and healthcare visits and to identify factors contributing to health inequalities among older people aged 50-plus years. (lu.se)
  • We estimated the concentration index to measure socio-economic inequalities in SRH and healthcare visits. (lu.se)
  • 0.141) and healthcare visits 0.364 (95% CI: 0.324, 0.403) indicated pro-poor and pro-rich inequality, respectively. (lu.se)
  • The socio-economic status of individuals determined their access to healthcare. (etuc.org)
  • Women (trapped in low paid and "unattractive" sectors just like healthcare), elderly, migrants and atypical workers are the ones who, prior to the pandemic, already suffered from inequalities in access to appropriate healthcare. (etuc.org)
  • I'm joined here today with three very special guests for an episode of CHARGED that discusses inequalities in racism and healthcare. (massgeneral.org)
  • Existing research on the relationship between subjective experiences of economic scarcity and human morality appears to be split between two theoretical paradigms, with one predicting mainly negative outcomes on moral judgment and decision-making, and with the other largely arguing for the reverse. (nature.com)
  • Previous research has found persistent socioeconomic inequalities in health outcomes at the national level, with different patterns after the economic crisis. (gacetasanitaria.org)
  • Currently, it is difficult to track social, economic, environmental and health outcomes in cities with high spatial and temporal resolution, needed to evaluate policies regarding urban inequalities. (nature.com)
  • There are differences in health outcomes between males and females, older and younger people, ethnic groups, and across geographical areas. (medway.gov.uk)
  • Oral health outcomes examined were prevalence of edentulism, proportion of individuals having at least 1 untreated decayed tooth , and proportion of individuals having at least 1 filled tooth . (bvsalud.org)
  • Our findings demonstrate that oral health outcomes have improved for adults in both countries. (bvsalud.org)
  • Allison's work focuses on racial, ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in both obstetrical care and pregnancy outcomes. (massgeneral.org)
  • Measuring socio-economic gender inequality: towards an alternative to the UNDP gender-related development index. (uni-muenchen.de)
  • We applied a deep learning approach to street images for measuring spatial distributions of income, education, unemployment, housing, living environment, health and crime. (nature.com)
  • Measuring urban inequalities at high spatial and temporal resolution is crucial for informing and evaluating policies. (nature.com)
  • fundamental, and stark example of tries (as detailed in Chapters 5 and 6), measuring health inequalities. (who.int)
  • Subjective experiences of economic scarcity, hereinafter defined as the perceived lack of economic resources as a result of social comparison, are a structural characteristic of modern societies and a persistent cause of concern 1 , 2 . (nature.com)
  • Social resources affect people's health by affecting people's access to basic health resources such as the environment, health, and nutrition. (ukessays.com)
  • The difference in social class determines the distribution of national health in a pyramid-like way in terms of material and social psychological pressures - whenever a socioeconomic status is upgraded to a higher level, it corresponds to a healthier population. (ukessays.com)
  • In a society where social and economic resources are highly unevenly distributed, the health of all members, including the richest and most privileged, will be negatively affected. (ukessays.com)
  • Reducing the uneven distribution of social and economic resources and reducing inequality in social and economic status are the most effective and fundamental ways to solve health inequalities and improve national health. (ukessays.com)
  • those who had poor health in childhood had significantly lower education level and social stratum in adulthood, and their health status was also poor. (ukessays.com)
  • Growth models that are institutionally blind completely leaves out the impact that social institutions such as family, school, unions, government have in shaping inequalities. (uni-muenchen.de)
  • Robust Poisson regressions models were used to compute socioeconomic gradients and relative (RII) and slope indexes of inequality (SII) by occupational social class, with stratification by sex. (gacetasanitaria.org)
  • However, such rich data are rare and in most countries and cities, measurement of urban inequalities poses a significant challenge because data on different social, environmental, and health measures come from varied sources, with different spatial resolutions and frequencies, and are often collected using costly processes. (nature.com)
  • Our JSNA chapters consider the current and future health and social care needs of specific topics. (medway.gov.uk)
  • There is a clear social gradient in health. (medway.gov.uk)
  • Reducing health inequalities is a matter of fairness and social justice. (medway.gov.uk)
  • There was a significant decrease in smoking over time by women in socioeconomic groups I and II and by men in all age and social groups except socioeconomic group V attributable to health publicity. (bmj.com)
  • The World Health Organization says that "the social determinants can be more important than health care or lifestyle choices in influencing health. (wikipedia.org)
  • [3] and "This unequal distribution of health-damaging experiences is not in any sense a 'natural' phenomenon but is the result of a toxic combination of poor social policies, unfair economic arrangements [where the already well-off and healthy become even richer and the poor who are already more likely to be ill become even poorer], and bad politics. (wikipedia.org)
  • Starting in the early 2000s, the World Health Organization facilitated the academic and political work on social determinants in a way that provided a deep understanding of health disparities in a global perspective. (wikipedia.org)
  • [6] The first area was daily living conditions, which included healthy physical environments, fair employment, and decent work, social protection across the lifespan, and access to health care. (wikipedia.org)
  • [12] With a series of affirmations and announcements, the Declaration aimed to communicate that the social conditions in which an individual exists were key to understanding health disparities that individual may face, and it called for new policies across the world to fight health disparities, along with global collaborations. (wikipedia.org)
  • The World Health Organization (WHO) has defined health as "a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. (wikipedia.org)
  • Economic status (62.3%), pension support (11.5%), health insurance coverage (11.5%), social caste (10.7%) and place of residence (4.1%) were important contributors to inequalities in poor health. (lu.se)
  • Achievement of health equity demand strategies beyond health policies, to include pro-poor, social welfare policies among older Indians. (lu.se)
  • This was also combined with a more pronounced social inequality gradient among place of birth , education , and income groups. (bvsalud.org)
  • Exploring changes in children's diet over time and the relationship between these changes and socio-economic status (SES) may help to understand the impact of social inequalities on dietary patterns. (cambridge.org)
  • In addition to these individual sequelae of tobacco use, smoking also puts a social burden totaling 79 billion Euro on German society, the largest portion of which is borne by the statutory health insurances ( 5 ). (aerzteblatt.de)
  • Economic and social policies to date have focused excessively on fiscal discipline rather than on public investment in health and care, this crisis clearly showing that this was to the detriment of the people in general. (etuc.org)
  • By ignoring social inequalities, a vicious circle is reinforced whereby the more socially and economically disadvantaged a person is, the more his needs remain unmet, the more likely they are to suffer from health conditions, especially during a pandemic. (etuc.org)
  • Associations Between Longitudinal Trajectories of Cognitive and Social Activities and Brain Health in Old Age. (ucl.ac.uk)
  • Social Assistance and Mental Health: Evidence from Longitudinal Data on Pharmaceutical Consumption ," Working Papers 2018:2, Lund University, Department of Economics. (repec.org)
  • Examining the realities of racial, social, and gender-related health disparities. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Lahelma E., Arber S., Martikainen P., Rahkonen O., Silventoinen K.: The myth of gender differences in health: social structural determinants across adult ages in Britain and Finland. (helsinki.fi)
  • Health system weaknesses, poor health and cancer literacy, as well as social, cultural, economic and gender-based barriers that are prevalent in the African Region have resulted in increased vulnerability and poor access to cervical cancer prevention and control services for women and girls in Africa. (who.int)
  • It is increasingly evident that achieving better health depends on many social, economic, political and cultural factors, in addition to health services. (who.int)
  • promoting healthy lifestyles and reducing risk factors to human health that arise from environmental, economic, social and behavioural causes. (who.int)
  • Further, county-level measures of health, social, and economic characteristics are widely available, in contrast to the paucity of data available at the sub-county level. (cdc.gov)
  • A metropolitan, or metro, area is defined as a core area containing a large population nucleus together with adjacent communities having a high degree of economic and social integration with that core . (cdc.gov)
  • The social ecological model conceptualizes health broadly and focuses on multiple factors that might affect health. (cdc.gov)
  • This broad approach to thinking of health, advanced in the 1947 Constitution of the World Health Organization, includes physical, mental, and social well-being (World Health Organization, 1947). (cdc.gov)
  • The social ecological model understands health to be affected by the interaction between the individual, the group/community, and the physical, social, and political environments (Israel et al. (cdc.gov)
  • Both the community engagement approach and the social ecological model recognize the complex role played by context in the development of health problems as well as in the success or failure of attempts to address these problems. (cdc.gov)
  • This approach focuses on integrating approaches to change the physical and social environments rather than modifying only individual health behaviors. (cdc.gov)
  • Health status, emotional well-being, and social cohesion are influenced by the physical, social, and cultural dimensions of the individual's or community's environment and personal attributes (e.g., behavior patterns, psychology, genetics). (cdc.gov)
  • There are personal and environmental "leverage points," such as the physical environment, available resources, and social norms, that exert vital influences on health and well-being. (cdc.gov)
  • To inform its health promotion programs, CDC (2007) created a four-level model of the factors affecting health that is grounded in social ecological theory, as illustrated in Figure 1.2. (cdc.gov)
  • The third level, community, explores the settings in which people have social relationships, such as schools, workplaces, and neighborhoods, and seeks to identify the characteristics of these settings that affect health. (cdc.gov)
  • Results show that Stockholm succeeded in bringing water access to all social classes without creating large inequalities. (lu.se)
  • The NHIS is a continuing are best ensured by a ``medical home,'' and contagious diseases, recent household survey of the civilian or usual source of health care that is noninstitutionalized population of the economic and social changes have accessible and offers continuous, United States. (cdc.gov)
  • We conduct a comprehensive investigation of the relationship between subjective experiences of economic scarcity, as indexed by low subjective socioeconomic status at the individual level, and income inequality at the national level, and various self-reported measures linked to morality. (nature.com)
  • Our findings demonstrate that low subjective socioeconomic status at the individual level, and income inequality at the national level, are associated with higher levels of moral identity, higher morality-as-cooperation, a larger moral circle, and increased prosocial intentions. (nature.com)
  • Finally, exploratory analyses indicate that observed income inequality at the national level is not a statistically significant moderator of the associations between subjective socioeconomic status and the included measures of morality. (nature.com)
  • Kimhi, Ayal (2008) Male Income, Female Income, and Household Income Inequality in Israel: A Decomposition Analysis* Discussion Paper No. 17.08 The Center for Agricultural Economic Research. (uni-muenchen.de)
  • Income Inequality Effects of Ukraine's Trade Liberalization with the EU. (repec.org)
  • Real price increases in cigarettes could narrow differences between socioeconomic groups in smoking and the related inequalities in health, but specific measures would be necessary to ameliorate effects on the most deprived families that may include members who continue to smoke. (bmj.com)
  • There can also be ecological deprivation inequalities, defined by varying levels of availability of services or measures of the wellbeing of the population of a given area. (biomedcentral.com)
  • In a retrospective, cross-sectional study, data from the Statistical Centre of Iran were used to calculate inequality measures (Gini coefficient and index of dissimilarity) over the years 2005-11. (who.int)
  • These two categories were created because of striking differences in several health measures between residents of these two types of counties. (cdc.gov)
  • Communities in the United States differ considerably on measures of health. (cdc.gov)
  • In addition, residents of central cities in metropolitan areas of 1 million or more population fare worse on many health measures than do residents of the suburban areas surrounding the central cities. (cdc.gov)
  • provides information on the causes of death and age groups that are driving inequalities in life expectancy at local area level. (medway.gov.uk)
  • They are important demographic tools as they are the basis for the estimation of life expectancy at birth, an important indicator of population health and development. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Reducing inequalities is at the forefront of global sustainable development agenda 12 , and is a policy objective in cities such as London 13 , 14 . (nature.com)
  • Here are some useful links for further information and data related to reducing health inequalities. (medway.gov.uk)
  • The objective of this regional framework is to contribute to the global goal of accelerating the elimination of cervical cancer as a public health problem by reducing the age-adjusted incidence rate of cervical cancer to less than 4 per 100 000 women by implementing interventions to reach the vaccination, screening and treatment targets set for 2030. (who.int)
  • Moreover, there is a growing recognition of the role that better health can play in reducing poverty. (who.int)
  • The Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey (BDHS) 2017-2018 data were used in this study. (unl.edu)
  • Economic Evaluation of Management of Dementia Patients - A Systematic Literature Review ," Working Papers 2018:41, Lund University, Department of Economics. (repec.org)
  • Economic Evaluation of Pharmacological Treatments in Dementia Disorders - A Systematic Literature Review ," Working Papers 2018:37, Lund University, Department of Economics. (repec.org)
  • Inequalities in Labour Market Consequences of Common Mental Disorders ," Working Papers 2018:15, Lund University, Department of Economics. (repec.org)
  • Economic Evaluation of Nonpharmacological Interventions for Dementia Patients and their Caregivers - A Systematic Literature Review ," Working Papers 2018:10, Lund University, Department of Economics. (repec.org)
  • Economic Evaluation of Interventions for Screening of Dementia ," Working Papers 2018:20, Lund University, Department of Economics. (repec.org)
  • Regression-based decomposition analysis was employed to explore the correlates contributing to poor SRH inequality. (lu.se)
  • The rapid development of medicine has greatly improved the health of all human beings, but the difference in socioeconomic status has led to inequality in health. (ukessays.com)
  • People with higher socioeconomic status are able to pay for the daily medical expenses, and the education they receive allows them to understand the importance of health. (ukessays.com)
  • Conversely, in people with low socioeconomic status, there are high rates of harmful behaviors such as smoking, lack of exercise, and long-term consumption of junk food. (ukessays.com)
  • In any society, there is always a gap in people's health, which is largely linked to differences in socioeconomic status. (ukessays.com)
  • It is widely believed that the health status of groups with higher socioeconomic status is significantly better than those with lower socioeconomic status, and this trend has not changed with time. (ukessays.com)
  • This study is a really good example of the extent to which health inequality is associated with socioeconomic status throughout Europe. (ukessays.com)
  • The health effects of socioeconomic status also include children and adolescents. (ukessays.com)
  • In A. Börsch-Supan, J. Bristle, K. Andersen-Ranberg, A. Brugiavini, F. Jusot, H. Litwin & G. Weber (Ed.), Health and socio-economic status over the life course: First results from SHARE Waves 6 and 7 (pp. 99-106). (degruyter.com)
  • The concentration index (CIX) value for inequalities in MDD due to wealth status was positive and the concentration curve lay below the line of equality (CIX: 0.1211, p (unl.edu)
  • MDD was higher among higher socioeconomic status (SES) groups. (unl.edu)
  • Prospective associations between socio-economic status. (cambridge.org)
  • Tobacco consumption is very high in Germany compared to other countries in Western and Northern Europe, and its distribution across the population is markedly uneven, with a heavy influence of socioeconomic status. (aerzteblatt.de)
  • Ferrie J.E., Martikainen P., Shipley M.S., Marmot M.G., Stansfeld S., Davey Smith G.: Employment status and health after privatisation in white-collar civil servants: prospective cohort study. (helsinki.fi)
  • Socioeconomic status, workplace characteristics and plasma fibrinogen level in Japanese male employees. (helsinki.fi)
  • Jalovaara M.: Socio-economic status and divorce in first marriages in Finland 1991-93. (helsinki.fi)
  • Jalovaara M.: Divorce by family composition and socioeconomic status in Finnish first marriages. (helsinki.fi)
  • structure, place of residence, and health status. (cdc.gov)
  • In addition, the impact of children's health insurance status on access to care is described. (cdc.gov)
  • The Measurement of Socio-economic Gender Inequality Revisited. (uni-muenchen.de)
  • The aim of the present study was to describe dietary patterns by applying a cluster analysis to 9301 children participating in the baseline (2-9 years old) and follow-up (4-11 years old) surveys of the Identification and Prevention of Dietary- and Lifestyle-induced Health Effects in Children and Infants Study, and to describe the cluster memberships of these children over time and their association with SES. (cambridge.org)
  • Socio-economic health inequalities, adolescent health, developing health interventions. (maastrichtuniversity.nl)
  • In response to the cervical cancer burden, WHO has developed a global strategy to accelerate the elimination of cervical cancer as a public health problem, which proposes cost-effective interventions. (who.int)
  • The framework sets targets and milestones and defines guiding principles and priority interventions to guide Member States in accelerating the elimination of cervical cancer as a public health problem in the Region. (who.int)
  • Identifying and understanding the underlying causes of the health disparities among communities is key in designing effective public health policies and interventions (4). (cdc.gov)
  • This paper describes and compares the magnitude of socio-economic inequalities in oral health among adults in Canada and the US over the past 35 years. (bvsalud.org)
  • Given the magnitude of the global health agenda, it is evident that WHO cannot do everything. (who.int)
  • The Health Returns of University Eligibility ," Working Papers 2020:7, Lund University, Department of Economics. (repec.org)
  • ABSTRACT This study aimed to evaluate inequalities in the geographical distribution of human and physical resources in the health sector of Kermanshah province, Islamic Republic of Iran. (who.int)
  • Mechanisms of life-course socioeconomic inequalities in adult systemic inflammation: Findings from two cohort studies. (ucl.ac.uk)
  • Socio‑economic inequalities in minimum dietary diversity among Bangl" by Satyajit Kundu, Pranta Das et al. (unl.edu)
  • This study aimed to measure the socio-economic inequalities in having minimum dietary diversity (MDD) among Bangladeshi children aged 6-23 months as well as to determine the factors that potentially contribute to the inequity. (unl.edu)
  • The inequalities can result from individual factors such as different lifestyle behaviours, namely, smoking, alcohol, physical activity and dietary habits, different health literacy or access to health care, among other factors. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Health disparity has been defined by WHO as the differences in health care received by different groups of people that are not only unnecessary and avoidable, but also unjust and prejudice. (wikipedia.org)
  • Relative and absolute inequalities followed a V-shape, showing a drop during the economic crisis but widening thereafter to recover pre-crisis figures for self-assessed health and widening for mental health, in both relative and absolute terms in 2016. (gacetasanitaria.org)
  • The lasting effects of the 2008 economic crisis and the austerity programmes imposed since then may have contributed to the persistence of socioeconomic inequalities in self-assessed health and the widening of those for mental health. (gacetasanitaria.org)
  • La investigación previa ha reportado desigualdades socioeconómicas persistentes en salud en el territorio nacional, con diferentes patrones después de la crisis económica. (gacetasanitaria.org)
  • Added to this, the emergence of the conditions of the population, the capacity of pandemic caused by the new coronavirus the health system to respond to health needs, in (SARS CoV-2), which brought the biggest addition to providing information on the quality public health crisis of the 21st century. (bvsalud.org)
  • The existence of these behaviors makes it difficult to solve health problems. (ukessays.com)
  • To reduce these differences, people do need better health care systems and improved health-related behaviors such as income distribution. (ukessays.com)
  • She is also involved in several research projects such as the 3WE (Work, Well-being and Women in Ethiopia) project and the Future Positive project in which a micro-intervention was developed to increase health behaviors of employees with a low socio-economic position (SEP). (maastrichtuniversity.nl)
  • A socioeconomic deprivation level was assigned to each parish according to the quintile of their national EDI distribution. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Our findings demonstrate that street imagery has the potential complement traditional survey-based and administrative data sources for high-resolution urban surveillance to measure inequalities and monitor the impacts of policies that aim to address them. (nature.com)
  • Although the government has made a series of health care reforms, inequality still exists. (ukessays.com)
  • Additionally, women are typically restricted from receiving certain opportunities such as education and paid labor that can help improve their accessibility to better health care resources. (wikipedia.org)
  • ETUC has been denouncing the weakness of the health care systems in Europe for many years. (etuc.org)
  • ETUC strongly advocates that everyone, irrespective of age, is entitled to dignified living and health care. (etuc.org)
  • Such an approach compelled governments to save on and cut public expenditure on health, in spite of the increase in care needs. (etuc.org)
  • EPSU have repeatedly denounced the drastic reduction in public expenditure in health and long-term care as outrageous and anachronistic. (etuc.org)
  • Post-Millenial Health and Health Care: Global Issues and Directions, Special Issue in Current Sociology,2001;49(3). (helsinki.fi)
  • In the United States, people of color have long experienced inequalities in health care. (massgeneral.org)
  • Among the many responsibilities of her role as chief medical officer, one she considers as one of the biggest is working to mitigate provider burnout and help health care providers restore meaning and joy back into the practice of medicine. (massgeneral.org)
  • and adopting a health system strengthening approach to ensure universal access to population-specific prevention and care. (who.int)
  • Generally, inequalities in the distribution of health care resources were lower at the end of the study period, although there was potential for more equitable distribution of pharmacists, specialists, health houses and beds. (who.int)
  • Worldwide, people's expectations of health care services are rising. (who.int)
  • Data from the 1993 Access to Care partially on their access to health care employs preventive and and Health Insurance questionnaires of services. (cdc.gov)
  • The sample included called attention to new challenges to comprehensive, family-centered, 16,907 children from infants through 17 children's health and their need for coordinated, and compassionate care (1). (cdc.gov)
  • Italy is at the top of the ranking for the extent of inequality. (etuc.org)
  • Overall, the term "health disparities", or "health inequalities", is widely understood as the differences in health between people who are situated in different positions in a socioeconomic hierarchy. (wikipedia.org)
  • And the profession will not only affect the individual's economic source but also affect the individual's health through the working environment. (ukessays.com)
  • Identified by the 2012 World Development Report as one of two key human capital endowments, health can influence an individual's ability to reach his or her full potential in society. (wikipedia.org)
  • The same environment may have different effects on an individual's health depending on a variety of factors, including perceptions of ability to control the environment and financial resources. (cdc.gov)
  • Appropriate intervention design should prioritize minimizing socioeconomic inequities in MDD, especially targeting the contributing factors of these inequities. (unl.edu)
  • Yet while gender equality has made the most progress in areas such as education and labor force participation, health inequality between men and women continues to harm many societies to this day. (wikipedia.org)
  • For example, women living in lower income areas have an acutely restricted protection of their health because they are less likely to have access to tertiary education and employment. (wikipedia.org)
  • Education and Health: Long-run Effects of Peers, Tracking and Years ," Working Paper Series 1300, Research Institute of Industrial Economics. (repec.org)
  • Education and health: long-run effects of peers, tracking and years ," Economic Policy , CEPR;CES;MSH, vol. 36(105), pages 3-49. (repec.org)
  • Education and Health: Long-run Effects of Peers, Tracking and Years ," CINCH Working Paper Series 1906, Universitaet Duisburg-Essen, Competent in Competition and Health. (repec.org)
  • The first level of the model (at the extreme right) includes individual biology and other personal characteristics, such as age, education, income, and health history. (cdc.gov)
  • While both males and females face health disparities, women have historically experienced a disproportionate amount of health inequity. (wikipedia.org)
  • The aim of this article is to synthesize the various views of gender inequality and various indicators used to measure it. (uni-muenchen.de)
  • It argues that women lag behind men in most indicators of socio-economic development and they constitute the majority of the poor, the unemployed and the socially disadvantaged. (uni-muenchen.de)
  • Access to safe water is expected to be positive for health, but the networks can also have unintended consequences for affected neighbourhoods. (lu.se)
  • This stands in contrast to previous results from the UK, where a privatised water sector created large access inequalities. (lu.se)
  • A consistent socioeconomic gradient was found for all years except for 2011. (gacetasanitaria.org)
  • The gradient in price elasticities by socioeconomic group was significant for men (F=5.6, P=0.02) and for women (F=6.1, P=0.02). (bmj.com)
  • 1999. "Gender Inequality, Income and Growth: Are Good Times Good for Women? (uni-muenchen.de)
  • Dooley MD and Gottschalk P (1984) Earnings inequality among males in the United States - Trends and the effect of labor-force growth. (uni-muenchen.de)
  • [1] They are the health promoting factors found in one's living and working conditions (such as the distribution of income, wealth, influence, and power), rather than individual risk factors (such as behavioral risk factors or genetics) that influence the risk for a disease , or vulnerability to disease or injury . (wikipedia.org)
  • With the development of medical technology and economic level, health inequality will be reduced. (ukessays.com)
  • Yet, despite the remarkable achievements of recent decades, more than one thousand million people have been excluded from the benefits of economic development and the scientific advances that have increased the length and quality of life of so many others throughout the world. (who.int)
  • In the developing world, a growing number of development organizations, international financial institutions, private foundations and nongovernmental organizations are active in the health sector. (who.int)
  • Methods We accessed data of 7150 older adults from the World Health Organization's Study on Global AGEing and adult health Indian survey. (lu.se)
  • Mental Health Before and After Retirement-Assessing the Relevance of Psychosocial Working Conditions: The Whitehall II Prospective Study of British Civil Servants. (ucl.ac.uk)
  • NCHS data systems are often used to study the association between urbanization level of residence and health and to monitor the health of urban and rural residents. (cdc.gov)
  • Urban landscapes and inequalities can also change due to processes like gentrification, urban decline, and changes in cities' economic activities. (nature.com)
  • Her research interests include research into explaining the (psychological) processes underlying health inequalities between people with a low and higher SEP, with a specific focus on these processes during adolescence. (maastrichtuniversity.nl)
  • Results About 19% (95% CI: 18%, 20%) reported poor health (n = 1368) and these individuals were significantly less wealthy. (lu.se)
  • Poor health is typically linked to a poor lifestyle, to inadequate working conditions and to arduous jobs. (etuc.org)
  • see Figure 1.2 ) that contribute to poor health and to develop approaches to disease prevention and health promotion that include action at those levels. (cdc.gov)
  • The CDC model enables community-engaged partnerships to identify a comprehensive list of factors that contribute to poor health and develop a broad approach to health problems that involves actions at many levels to produce and reinforce change. (cdc.gov)
  • The graphs below clearly show that while people are ageing, governments' expenditure for health declines. (etuc.org)
  • Gaceta Sanitaria (卫甤公抧) is the official scientific journal of the Sociedad Española de Salud Publica y Administración Sanitaria (Spanish Society of Public Health and Health Administration) (SESPAS). (gacetasanitaria.org)
  • Public Health , 141 , 32-41. (lu.se)
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  • Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment and Health 2001;27(4):287-291. (helsinki.fi)
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