• Globally, the issue of spatial inequality is largely a result of disparities between urban and rural areas. (wikipedia.org)
  • To investigate how anti-discrimination legislation in the form of the UK Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) affected socioeconomic disparities in the employment rates of people with a limiting long-term illness (LLTI) or disability. (bmj.com)
  • Complex interactions between health, economic and social outcomes are at the centre of these disparities and so a multi-pronged approach is needed to tackle them by embracing economic, social, and clinical interventions. (thersa.org)
  • Recognising these costs, later this year the UK Government will publish a white paper on health disparities. (thersa.org)
  • It has already set itself a target of shrinking health 'disparities' by 2030 and raising healthy life expectancy by five years by 2035. (thersa.org)
  • The inequality metrics used in cumulative impact and environmental justice studies can be incorporated into environmental burden studies to better understand the health disparities of ambient air pollutant exposures. (cdc.gov)
  • This study examines the diseases and health disparities attributable to air pollutants for the Detroit urban area. (cdc.gov)
  • Survey respondents and commenters on the report expressed opinions that often sharply differed about the impact of racial disparities, how they influence delivery of patient care, and how they affect healthcare providers and staff. (medscape.com)
  • A critical care physician added, "Racial disparities have their root in inequality in the social fabric into which people are born. (medscape.com)
  • Physicians' feelings about the impact of racial disparities vary by where they practice. (medscape.com)
  • This model shows how incentives can be used to improve population health and reduce health disparities. (cdc.gov)
  • We believe that together these efforts will increase awareness of the multiple determinants of health, promote engagement by a more diverse group of stakeholders, and stimulate development of models that promote evidence-based programs and policies - eventually leading to improved health outcomes and reduced health disparities. (cdc.gov)
  • The inequality paradox: hospital-based safe patient handling intervention decreases overall worker injuries and pain, but widens socioeconomic disparities. (cdc.gov)
  • Disparities in overdose deaths, particularly among Black persons, were larger in counties with greater income inequality. (cdc.gov)
  • Implementation of available, evidence-based, culturally responsive overdose prevention and response efforts that address health disparities impacting disproportionately affected populations are urgently needed. (cdc.gov)
  • fully explored, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic, Information on income inequality and mental health which exacerbated disparities ( 11 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Ill health and disability are often associated negatively with poverty, social exclusion and, perhaps most importantly in terms of the social determinants of health, lower employment rates. (bmj.com)
  • We study the spread of these risk factors in populations, past and projected future trends, inequalities by socioeconomic status and the determinants underpinning these risk factors. (oecd.org)
  • Several individual and contextual factors affect both happiness and health, and it would be interesting to examine the similarities/differences in the relationships between these determinants and health/happiness. (socialcapitalgateway.org)
  • The conference aims to stimulate and expand research on the determinants of health and happiness, and to foster the comprehension of how the effects of these determinants are heterogeneous across social groups. (socialcapitalgateway.org)
  • Studies concerning the determinants of subjective wellbeing, conducted in several countries and based on different datasets and methods, have all shown that health is one of the strongest predictors of individual happiness. (socialcapitalgateway.org)
  • Interpersonal relationships are important determinants of individual health and happiness, although their positive effects cannot be taken for granted. (socialcapitalgateway.org)
  • Social determinants play a significant role, including socio-economic deprivation, environmental factors and heightened health and social inequalities. (surrey.ac.uk)
  • Linked directly to the policy cycle, GEF is designed to assist those involved in the development, implementation, and evaluation of policies that aim to reduce health inequalities and level-up the gradient in health and its social determinants among children, young people and their families. (brighton.ac.uk)
  • Funded by the EC FP7 framework (2009-2012), this project aimed to evaluate and recommend public health policy options that tackle health inequalities and address the gradients in health determinants among families and children. (brighton.ac.uk)
  • To develop a consensus-based European Framework to monitor and evaluate public health policies and their impact on the gradients that exists in the social determinants that generate health inequalities. (brighton.ac.uk)
  • Examining rates by demographic and social determinants of health characteristics can identify disproportionately affected populations and inform strategies to reduce drug overdose deaths. (cdc.gov)
  • Rates were examined by race and ethnicity and county-level social determinants of health (e.g., income inequality and treatment provider availability). (cdc.gov)
  • social determinants of health, such as income inequality, exacerbate these inequities. (cdc.gov)
  • These challenges also include population growth, loss of biodiversity, and exacerbation of socio-economic inequalities. (onehealthinitiative.com)
  • What does international literature say about the impact of high socio-economic inequalities on the lives of homosexual youths, especially on their health? (bvsalud.org)
  • For instance, a report from May 2021 from the United Kingdom showed that vaccination coverage was 94% in the least areas and 84% in the most deprived areas (deprivation was measured using an index based on income, employment, education, health, crime, barriers to housing and services, and living environment) ( 8 , 9 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Similarly, in the United States, vaccination coverage was lower (49%) among adults living in counties with the highest overall social vulnerability index (SVI) scores (based on socioeconomic status, household composition and disability, racial/ethnic minority status and language, and housing type and transportation) when compared to the coverage (59%) among adults living in counties with the lowest overall SVI scores in May 2021 ( 10 ). (cdc.gov)
  • From 2018 to 2021, the Department of Health (DOH), with assistance from United States Agency for International Development-Health Policy Plus (USAID-H. (gov.ph)
  • Complex Urban Systems for Sustainability and Health (CUSSH) is a four-year program that will run from 2018 - 2021. (aphrc.org)
  • This year, the World Health Organization (WHO) chose the theme of 2021 to be "Building a fairer, healthier world" to bring to our attention that our world is an unequal one. (dailynewsegypt.com)
  • This report describes changes in drug overdose death rates per 100,000 population) was obtained from the 2021 County from 2019 to 2020, stratified by sex, age group, and race and Health Rankings and analyzed by tertile. (cdc.gov)
  • 14) Combating structural inequality therefore often requires the broad, policy based structural change on behalf of government organizations, and is often a critical component of poverty reduction. (wikipedia.org)
  • Moreover, there is a growing recognition of the role that better health can play in reducing poverty. (who.int)
  • 7. To explore global issues, including communicable diseases, health behaviours, poverty, conflict, human rights, recession, climate and natural disasters, in order to evaluate the role of international organizations in promoting and protecting the welfare of the global population. (bangor.ac.uk)
  • This partial picture is problematic because it ignores rising poverty, inequality and socioeconomic exclusion. (cesr.org)
  • Unemployment has risen dramatically, and poverty and inequality have also increased. (paho.org)
  • Such emergencies cause poverty risks and ignore the nutrition of adolescent girls and pregnant women, which create long-lasting health issues for them. (com.pk)
  • My research focuses on health inequalities by protected characteristics mostly age, gender, sexuality and socio-economic status including non-monetary indicators of poverty. (abdn.ac.uk)
  • The dangerous cocktail of economic crisis and exploding demography could impact poverty and inequality levels, and aggravate conflict and governance crises. (iai.it)
  • It pushed more people into poverty and food insecurity, and amplified gender, social and health inequities. (dailynewsegypt.com)
  • Those living in poverty (a growing number amongst many G20 nations) will miss out on the benefits of this growth, while at the same time, the financial costs of economic expansion (resulting from depletion of resources and climate change impacts) fall hardest on these people. (planetsave.com)
  • It is evident from numerous studies that high income inequality tears at the social fabric and creates a situation in which opportunities to escape poverty decrease proportionally. (planetsave.com)
  • Inequality also limits access to education (especially for women and girls) and health care, which worsens the impoverished state and perpetuates the cycle of poverty. (planetsave.com)
  • Adults aged 25 to 64 years were simulated across a 4-year period from 2022 to 2026 with the SimPaths microsimulation model, which models the effects of UK tax /benefit policies on mental health via income , poverty , and employment transitions . (bvsalud.org)
  • Partial UBI had little impact on poverty , employment , or mental health . (bvsalud.org)
  • UBI has potential to improve short-term population mental health by reducing poverty , particularly for women , but impacts are highly dependent on whether individuals choose to remain in employment following its introduction. (bvsalud.org)
  • However, evidence is scarce regarding socioeconomic inequalities in COVID-19 vaccine uptake from other countries and the effect of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout on socioeconomic COVID-19-related outcomes inequalities. (cdc.gov)
  • Determining patterns of socioeconomic inequalities in relation to COVID-19 vaccination and COVID-19 outcomes in Catalonia could provide valuable information to public health authorities to guide immunization efforts among vulnerable populations in Spain and in other countries with widespread access to vaccines. (cdc.gov)
  • Suggest explanations for differences in health and welfare outcomes between countries. (bangor.ac.uk)
  • ESPI analyzes socioeconomic progress through the four dimensions of OPERA -CESR's monitoring framework addressing Outcomes, Policy Efforts, Resources and Assessment-to illustrate the effects that laws, policies, and budgetary decisions have on people's everyday lives. (cesr.org)
  • Objectives To assess adult socioeconomic, educational, social, and psychological outcomes of childhood obesity by using nationally representative data. (bmj.com)
  • Conclusions Obesity limited to childhood has little impact on adult outcomes. (bmj.com)
  • A recent systematic review found no longitudinal studies on the outcomes of childhood obesity other than physical health outcomes 3 and only two longitudinal studies of the socioeconomic effects of obesity in adolescence. (bmj.com)
  • The study of adult outcomes of childhood obesity is difficult because obesity often continues into adult life and therefore poorer socioeconomic and educational outcomes may actually reflect confounding by adult obesity. (bmj.com)
  • Yet identifying outcomes related to obesity confined to childhood is important in determining whether people who are obese in childhood and who later lose weight remain at risk for adult adversity and inequalities. (bmj.com)
  • We used longitudinal data from the 1970 British birth cohort to examine the adult socioeconomic, educational, social, and psychological outcomes of childhood obesity. (bmj.com)
  • This is so from an ethical perspective and because greater inequality is perceived to be detrimental to key socioeconomic and political outcomes. (unu.edu)
  • Background: Peer support is increasingly recognized as crucial for improving health and psychosocial outcomes in oncological care. (researchgate.net)
  • We estimate the impact of the Great Recession of 2007-2009 on health outcomes in the United States. (repec.org)
  • Back in 2010, Sir Michael Marmot's landmark report exposed the strikingly large and widening inequalities in health outcomes across the UK. (thersa.org)
  • Among more disadvantaged communities, health and economic outcomes had worsened and inequalities widened further. (thersa.org)
  • The Covid-19 crisis once again laid bare the symbiotic relationship between health and socio-economic outcomes, individually and nationally. (thersa.org)
  • Its effects have been felt disproportionately by poorer and less advantaged communities and cohorts, amplifying pre-existing inequalities in health outcomes as outlined in the Health Foundation's Covid-19 impact inquiry . (thersa.org)
  • The pressures facing households today, both in health and economic outcomes, are probably as or more intense than at any time since 2010. (thersa.org)
  • Today's dramatic squeeze on household balance sheets from the ongoing cost of living crisis will, if history is any guide, lead to an equally dramatic worsening of health outcomes among the least well-off households, compounding the pressures arising from the Covid-19 crisis. (thersa.org)
  • The link between socio-economic and health outcomes can be seen from the strikingly high correlation between outcomes for health (physical and mental) on the one hand, and pay or productivity on the other, across the UK. (thersa.org)
  • Indeed, it is not just current economic outcomes but future outcomes that can affect health. (thersa.org)
  • This speculative paper rise questions about how to understand inequalities as producing risk and harms, the concrete processes the go from structures to outcomes. (bvsalud.org)
  • Relative and slope indices of inequality were calculated, and outcomes stratified by gender , age, education , and household structure. (bvsalud.org)
  • These typically have the Adolescent pregnancy can result in lifetime health worst outcomes. (who.int)
  • We hope that the essays will stimulate discussion and mobilize action that improves population health outcomes in the coming decade. (cdc.gov)
  • Influence of work organization and environment on health and productivity outcomes among construction apprentices: a Total Worker Health approach. (cdc.gov)
  • A distribution of intervention impact across socioeconomic groups can be estimated from socioeconomic differences across a staircase from need (e.g. prevalence) up to intervention characteristics (e.g. effectiveness) using distributional cost effectiveness analysis (DCEA). (york.ac.uk)
  • 3-9 Unfortunately, although tobacco control efforts may have gradually contributed to reducing the prevalence of smoking among men in many countries, socioeconomic inequalities in smoking have increased in many European countries, due to faster declines of smoking among those with higher levels of education, occupation and income. (bmj.com)
  • Although the prevalence of caries has been decreasing in the last decades, this health improvement presents significant differences regarding the occurrences of oral diseases among countries, regions, cities and population groups, like adults 1 . (bvsalud.org)
  • The risk of being stunted was 2.22 times higher among women with lower socioeconomic status, and 2.86 times higher among low birthweight infants. (who.int)
  • Our results show that macroenvironmental factors have a marked impact on maternal and child health, especially among women with lower socioeconomic status. (who.int)
  • Consequently, people of lower socioeconomic status carry a greater proportion of the burden that tobacco use constitutes, making it a pressing public health issue. (cancercentrum.se)
  • However, the impact of the pandemic has not been uniform across or within countries ( 2 ). (cdc.gov)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • The pandemic is exacerbating the effects of already growing socioeconomic and urban inequalities. (wsws.org)
  • The COVID-19 pandemic has propelled One Health into the spotlight of global health discussions around the globe. (onehealthinitiative.com)
  • However, One Health is more than just pandemic prevention, preparedness and response. (onehealthinitiative.com)
  • The Commission on Mental Health and COVID-19 is a strategic group of leaders and thinkers from across the Americase to support the Organization and its Member States in improving and strengthening mental health across the Americas, both during the pandemic and for the future. (paho.org)
  • The pandemic has disrupted health and social services, education and community activities, and has devastated the economies of countries in the Americas. (paho.org)
  • Recent studies in the Region have shown high rates of depression and anxiety as a direct result of the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly among women, young people, those with pre-existing mental health conditions, health workers, and persons living in vulnerable conditions. (paho.org)
  • Mental health and substance use services have also been severely disrupted by the pandemic. (paho.org)
  • The pandemic has therefore created an opportunity for strengthening and improving mental health using transformational approaches to build back better and fairer. (paho.org)
  • This issue of the Economic Policy Monitor (EPM) highlights the disproportionate impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the country's marginalized a. (gov.ph)
  • The outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic and its indirect and direct consequences had an adverse impact on the position of vulnerable groups in the Western Balkans, especially regarding their concerns about future employability. (rcc.int)
  • Ensuing economic and health crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic only exacerbated socio-economic gaps and underlined already existing inequalities. (rcc.int)
  • We would like to acknowledge the burden borne by the health workers being at the frontline during the unprecedented crisis of Coronavirus pandemic, coping with unexpected numbers of patients, working for long hours, and taking lots of risks," Panova said. (dailynewsegypt.com)
  • COVID-19 pandemic has deepened and exposed such inequalities. (dailynewsegypt.com)
  • She mentioned that the United Nations in Egypt endorsed a proactive approach to curb the implications of the outbreak of this pandemic through working closely with the Government of Egypt and the different stakeholders to develop and implement the Health and Socio-Economic Response and Recovery Plans. (dailynewsegypt.com)
  • These plans were the UN's offer to mitigate and respond to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic especially on the most vulnerable groups as well as to accelerate post-COVID inclusive and sustainable recovery in line with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. (dailynewsegypt.com)
  • Describe the impact of telehealth on health equity from the perspective of large healthcare systems, describe lessons learned from healthcare systems experiences and using telehealth to address health equity before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, list strategies to address health equity and telehealth, and discuss CDC's health equity and telehealth initiatives and recommendations. (cdc.gov)
  • In her brief presentation Dr. Liburd described telehealth access as one actionable step through which health equity may be promoted, and she did so specifically in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. (cdc.gov)
  • CONCLUSIONS Observed improvements in quality of care for chronic diseases in the framework were modest, and the impact on costs, professional behavior, and patient experience remains uncertain. (annfammed.org)
  • We used DCEAs in smoking cessation and alcohol interventions to explore how socioeconomic inequality in model inputs impacts upon final conclusions about health inequality and value for money. (york.ac.uk)
  • Conclusions In many European countries, smoking has become less important as a determinant of socioeconomic inequalities in mortality among men, but not among women. (bmj.com)
  • Disadvantaged populations, such as individuals with low socioeconomic status, display higher incidence rates of COVID-19 infection and hospitalization ( 3 , 4 ). (cdc.gov)
  • WHO's goals are to build healthy populations and communities, and to combat ill-health. (who.int)
  • These systems also reduce air and water pollution, resulting in healthier ecosystems and improved public health for rural and urban populations. (allegromicro.com)
  • AI analyzes symptoms, recommends treatment services, and provides insight into health risks in individuals or populations. (communitysolutions.com)
  • ABSTRACT Geographic information systems (GIS) analysis has not been widely used in underdeveloped countries to ensure that vulnerable populations have accessibility to primary health-care services. (who.int)
  • RÉSUMÉ L'analyse des systèmes d'information géographique n'a pas été très utilisée dans les pays en développement pour garantir que les populations vulnérables ont accès aux services de soins de santé primaires. (who.int)
  • The analysis uses spatially-resolved estimates of exposures, baseline health rates, age-stratified populations, and demographic characteristics that serve as proxies for increased vulnerability, e.g., race/ethnicity and income. (cdc.gov)
  • UBI may improve mental health (MH), but to our knowledge , no studies have trialled or modelled UBI in whole populations . (bvsalud.org)
  • These essays describe the types of tools that can be used to measure and monitor the health of populations and are the first of 3 sets of essays to appear in this and the next 2 issues. (cdc.gov)
  • Evidence on the impact of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout on socioeconomic COVID-19-related inequalities is scarce. (cdc.gov)
  • Yet, emerging evidence shows socioeconomic inequalities in COVID-19 vaccination coverage within countries with high access to vaccines, such as the United Kingdom or the United States ( 5 - 8 ). (cdc.gov)
  • This article reviews the growing evidence for the impact of the framework on the quality of primary medical care. (annfammed.org)
  • As national governments seek to improve the quality of health systems in the face of financial stringency, searching analysis of this evidence is timely. (annfammed.org)
  • Despite the persistence of suboptimal dietary intakes, limited evidence of widening dietary inequalities is positive from a public health perspective. (biomedcentral.com)
  • We produce evidence of the health and economic impacts of alternative approaches, through modelling and identification of best practices. (oecd.org)
  • The evidence for chronic diseases is that diets high in fruits, non-starchy vegetables, whole grains and fish, and low in refined carbohydrates, salt, and added sugar are the most beneficial for health. (bmj.com)
  • Policy needs to be matched by scientific evidence and appropriate guidelines, including bespoke strategies to optimise impact and mitigate unintended consequences. (surrey.ac.uk)
  • The aim of this systematic review was to summarise the empirical evidence on the association between periods of economic crisis and the use of mental health care. (cambridge.org)
  • The evidence on the use of mental health care specifically due to suicide behaviour is mixed. (cambridge.org)
  • The extent to which evidence on inequality at different steps of the staircase contributes to uncertainty in population level impact is not well understood. (york.ac.uk)
  • To develop a programme of public engagement and capacity building to ensure co-creation and use of research evidence by decision-makers and other stakeholders to help ensure environmental and health objectives receive appropriate attention in policy. (aphrc.org)
  • Paper presented at the symposium on "Tackling the gradient in health amongst children and families: analysis of evidence and policies", European Public Health Association Annual Conference, Public Health and Welfare: Welfare development and health, 9-12th November 2011, Copenhagen, Denmark. (brighton.ac.uk)
  • While carrying out a PhD in Demography on the health status of the slum-dwelling migrant population in Hyderabad in Demography, I was offered a research and teaching position at the University of Tuebingen at the Department of Economics, which resulted in my PhD thesis on Anthropometric Evidence of Indian Welfare and Inequality in the 20th Century. (abdn.ac.uk)
  • Health and Health Inequality during the Great Recession: Evidence from the PSID ," IZA Discussion Papers 10808, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA). (repec.org)
  • Health and health inequality during the great recession: Evidence from the PSID ," Economics & Human Biology , Elsevier, vol. 29(C), pages 17-30. (repec.org)
  • Health and Health Inequality during the Great Recession: Evidence from the PSID ," Working Papers 2017-4R, University of Hawaii Economic Research Organization, University of Hawaii at Manoa. (repec.org)
  • Alcohol abuse and economic conditions: Evidence from repeated cross‐sections of individual‐level data ," Health Economics , John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 10(3), pages 257-270, April. (repec.org)
  • We created a logic model (Figure) that guides our work and demonstrates the principal activities of 1) producing county health rankings in all 50 states, 2) examining partnerships and organizational models to increase involvement and accountability for population health improvement, and 3) developing incentive models to encourage and reward communities that implement evidence-based programs and policies that improve population health. (cdc.gov)
  • Ferrant (2015) also suggested gender inequality is a significant determinant of economic and human development and found that gender inequality decreased human development by 4.6% in 109 countries mainly driven by gender inequalities in family, education and access to economic activities. (frontiersin.org)
  • These findings are puzzling given that health related behaviours such as smoking, poor diet, and lack of exercise are more common in lower social classes 2 and that access to high quality health care, a clear determinant of glycaemic control and thus health status in diabetic people, is also poorest in people of low socioeconomic status. (bmj.com)
  • These issues disproportionately affect marginalized communities around the world and worsen socioeconomic inequality. (allegromicro.com)
  • SDG 10 - Reduced inequalities: COVID-19 had disproportionately negative health and economic impacts on vulnerable groups. (iai.it)
  • Due to my interest in health inequalities, I changed my track to a Masters in Anthropology (Hyderabad Central University) to gain an in-depth understanding of the impact of socio-economic and demographic factors on health inequalities including access to care. (abdn.ac.uk)
  • Whites, the less educated, and women were the most impacted demographic groups. (repec.org)
  • We apportion this burden to various groups of emission sources and pollutants, and show how the burden is distributed among demographic and socioeconomic subgroups. (cdc.gov)
  • This was a secondary analysis of the Demographic and Health Survey data of 2755 adolescent and non- adolescent mothers aged 15-49 years who had a negative birth outcome and their children aged 0-5 years in Türkiye. (who.int)
  • We analyzed associations between socioeconomic deprivation index (SDI) and COVID-19 vaccination, infection, and hospitalization before and after vaccine rollout in Catalonia, Spain. (cdc.gov)
  • Its new report, "Deaths involving Covid-19 by local area and socioeconomic deprivation: deaths occurring between 1 March and 31 May 2020," reveals that deaths in working class districts in England and Wales are twice that in the wealthiest areas. (wsws.org)
  • The Index of Multiple Deprivation utilised by the ONS is an overall measure of deprivation based on factors such as income, employment, health, education, crime, the living environment, and access to housing within an area. (wsws.org)
  • In general, the more people who come into contact with each other in a given area, the more the virus exacerbates the multifaceted nature of socioeconomic and urban deprivation. (wsws.org)
  • Inner-city London boroughs with high levels of socioeconomic deprivation were hit hard by the virus. (wsws.org)
  • We studied socioeconomic inequalities in smoking-attributable mortality and their contribution to inequalities in total mortality in 1990-1994 and 2000-2004 in 14 European countries. (bmj.com)
  • Results In 2000-2004, smoking-attributable mortality was higher in lower socioeconomic groups in all countries among men, and in all countries except Spain, Italy and Slovenia, among women, and the contribution of smoking to socioeconomic inequalities in mortality varied between 19% and 55% among men, and between −1% and 56% among women. (bmj.com)
  • Since 1990-1994, absolute inequalities in smoking-attributable mortality and the contribution of smoking to inequalities in total mortality have decreased in most countries among men, but increased among women. (bmj.com)
  • To identify protective factors for the health of children and young people and their families focusing on social relations and social networks, in order to explore alternative policy options that moderate social inequities in health. (brighton.ac.uk)
  • This year's World Health Day is an opportunity to affirm our common goal to eliminate inequities, especially health inequities, Elena Panova, the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Egypt, said on Wednesday marking the occasion. (dailynewsegypt.com)
  • All of these have an impact on and are further negatively impacted by climate change. (onehealthinitiative.com)
  • As a consequence of this, the mental health of people of all ages and socio-economic groups across the Region has been negatively impacted. (paho.org)
  • 5 years was 6% and Health Survey to: (1) compare the frequency of in 2018 ( 7 ). (who.int)
  • Efforts to reduce the socioeconomic and psychosocial burden of obesity in adult life should focus on prevention of the persistence of obesity from childhood into adulthood. (bmj.com)
  • Because of these dependencies, inequality metrics should be calculated using the attributable health burden when feasible to avoid potentially underestimating inequality. (cdc.gov)
  • The impact of oral health on daily activities and quality of life is known, as well as the number of working hours lost due to oral diseases 1 like untreated caries, severe periodontitis and severe tooth loss, which have been listed among the 100 Global Burden Disease in 2010 2 . (bvsalud.org)
  • Cumulative environmental burden can be understood as the sum of activities that cause environmental pollution or negatively affect environmental and human health (Owusu et al. (cdc.gov)
  • 2022). The approach taken here to quantify cumulative environmental burden includes assessments of both features of the environment that contribute to good health (salutogenic features) and features of the environment that may be detrimental to human health (pathogenic features). (cdc.gov)
  • CANBERRA, Australia, Feb 2 2022 (IPS) - Corruption continues to have a crippling effect on the lives of many people in southwest Pacific Island countries, exacerbating hardship and inequality and eroding human and national development. (ipsnews.net)
  • Examining socioeconomic trends in dietary intake might therefore reveal important targets for intervention that can guide public health policy. (biomedcentral.com)
  • To address these issues, OECD works to support the development of well-concerted population approaches under strong public health systems. (oecd.org)
  • The OECD is a global leader in modelling public health threats and in evaluating the return on investment of innovative policy options to tackles these threats. (oecd.org)
  • The family of OECD models to support Strategic Public Health Planning (SPHeP) are designed to inform and support the decision-making process in countries at all levels of income and for all the key public health risks, including unhealthy lifestyles, non-communicable diseases and infectious diseases. (oecd.org)
  • Here, incentives do not necessarily align with public health, with food markets that incentivise sales quantity rather than quality, and consumer choice which is influenced by imperfect information. (bmj.com)
  • The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is a non-ministerial UK Government department whose main objective is to protect public health and consumer interests in relation to food in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. (surrey.ac.uk)
  • The new law is highly contested by public health experts and many organizations dedicated to safeguarding female health. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Reducing socioeconomic inequalities in mortality is an important challenge for public health and is one of the main priorities of the European Region of the WHO. (bmj.com)
  • The Gradient Project is a collaborative research project involving 12 institutions (universities, research institutes and public health institutes) from all over Europe. (brighton.ac.uk)
  • Completed in March 2012, as a core part of the project, The Gradient Evaluation Framework (GEF) has been developed by Professor John Kenneth Davies and Dr Nigel Sherriff as a European action-oriented policy tool to guide and inform technical experts in public health working at the Member State level. (brighton.ac.uk)
  • Assessing public health policy approaches to level-up the gradient in health inequalities using a consensus-building process: The Gradient Evaluation Framework (GEF). (brighton.ac.uk)
  • In 2015, I moved to the Open University as a Senior Lecturer in Public Health where I was also the Academic Lead for the Race Equality Charter. (abdn.ac.uk)
  • [5] To build on these achievements, more funds should be invested on strengthening the role of public health and disease prevention and surveillance, and to promote efforts to achieve universal health care. (iai.it)
  • The EU sugar reform will harm public health by flooding the market with cheap sugar and tempting manufacturers to reformulate - an agricultural policy that takes into account public health is needed, say researchers. (foodnavigator.com)
  • The structuring and sequencing of the reforms (…) were designed to benefit industry rather than public health. (foodnavigator.com)
  • Epidemiological studies among adults focusing on dental caries experience, tooth loss and prosthesis need are useful planning tools for public health. (bvsalud.org)
  • A survey respondent who is a public health physician expanded on that context. (medscape.com)
  • Tobacco has been called a global epidemic and one of the largest threats to public health by the World health organisation (WHO) (2). (cancercentrum.se)
  • Our findings suggest that mass vaccination reduced socioeconomic COVID-19-related inequalities. (cdc.gov)
  • Discussion The findings indicate that socioeconomic inequalities exist in the risk of intentional injuries among adolescents. (bmj.com)
  • Furthermore, the findings of cointegration analysis indicate that education level and economic freedom have a negative impact on gender inequality in the long term, but education level is much more effective on gender inequality than economic freedom in nearly all emerging markets. (frontiersin.org)
  • Critically review differing welfare approaches to an identified health or social need, and communicate findings effectively within time constraints. (bangor.ac.uk)
  • Past findings are mixed, and suggest that an economic crisis may generate both threats and opportunities for individual health/happiness. (socialcapitalgateway.org)
  • Recessions and health revisited: New findings for working age adults ," Economics & Human Biology , Elsevier, vol. 27(PA), pages 241-247. (repec.org)
  • Health J. 2023;29(9):699-707. (who.int)
  • An individual's occupation may exert an autonomous effect on health and happiness via both material and psychosocial pathways. (socialcapitalgateway.org)
  • At the same time, the Region has seen innovations in tele-mental health, and a scaling up of mental health and psychosocial support to address gaps in services. (paho.org)
  • Age-standardised employment rates for individuals with and without an LLTI or disability, analysed by sex and socioeconomic status. (bmj.com)
  • There is an abundant and well-established literature describing socioeconomic inequalities in health status. (bmj.com)
  • 16 ] reported similarly (Alternate Healthy Eating Index Score), finding that the gap in diet quality between low and high socioeconomic status (a composite variable based on education and income level) adults in the US widened from 3.9 points in 1999 to 7.8 points in 2010. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Individual lifestyle is known to be significantly linked to mental and physical health status. (socialcapitalgateway.org)
  • The existence of a clear inverse gradient between socioeconomic status and mortality in the Western world is now so well accepted that studies showing associations contrary to this arouse considerable interest. (bmj.com)
  • To describe the oral health status of adult workers in an extended range age (20-64 years old) of a supermarket chain. (bvsalud.org)
  • Workers are involved with the local productivity and the economically active population, so it is important to know their oral health status focusing dental care and oral health promotion in the working environment. (bvsalud.org)
  • Thus, the objective of the present study was to investigate the oral health status among workers aged 20 to 64 years in a discount supermarket chain. (bvsalud.org)
  • educational level, perceived socioeconomic status and occupational status affect cessation attempt success where more affluent individuals seem to have the upper hand (9-11). (cancercentrum.se)
  • Emerging research suggests exposure to high levels of air pollution at critical points in the life-course is detrimental to brain health, including cognitive decline and dementia. (surrey.ac.uk)
  • Pre- and post-implementation assessments of intervention impacts were conducted in both states. (cdc.gov)
  • Based on quantitative inequality metrics, the greatest inequality of health burdens results from industrial and traffic emissions. (cdc.gov)
  • In this issue of Preventing Chronic Disease , we present the 7 essays on population health metrics (4-10), introduced by 2 commentaries (11,12). (cdc.gov)
  • The mean centre and standard distance mapping showed that the spatial distribution of health centres in Kermanshah needed to be adjusted to changes in population distribution. (who.int)
  • 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)
  • In times of economic crisis, a crucial question is whether and how the current economic downturn can affect individual health and happiness. (socialcapitalgateway.org)
  • Unmet needs for mental health treatment are large and widespread, and periods of economic crisis may increase the need for care and the treatment gap, with serious consequences for individuals and society. (cambridge.org)
  • Search terms included (1) economic crisis, (2) use of mental health services and (3) mental health problems. (cambridge.org)
  • The results from the included articles suggest that periods of economic crisis might be linked to an increase of general help sought for mental health problems, with conflicting results regarding the changes in the use of specialised psychiatric care. (cambridge.org)
  • More empirical and long-term studies on this topic are needed, in order to adapt mental health care systems to the specific needs of the population in times of economic crisis. (cambridge.org)
  • The crisis had a varied impact across countries, resulting in a decline in gross domestic product (GDP), a rise in unemployment rates and severe fiscal pressure (Thomson et al . (cambridge.org)
  • The economic and social consequences of the COVID-19 crisis has had major impact on the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the 2030 Agenda. (iai.it)
  • While a G20 presidency generally plays a rather modest role, this year should not be characterised by a business as usual approach given the unprecedented health and socio-economic crisis the world is facing. (iai.it)
  • Even before the Covid-19 crisis, little action had been taken on health inequalities across the UK. (thersa.org)
  • The ONS analysis reveals the disproportionate impact of the death toll in working class districts, especially the poorest. (wsws.org)
  • Focusing primarily on G20 nations (that is, the top 20 leading industrial democracies), the Oxfam report finds that economic growth among G20 member nations in the previous two decades has produced more income inequality amongst its poorest citizens, fueled by environmental degradation and resource depletion, and exacerbated climate change impacts. (planetsave.com)
  • Income Inequality Effects of Ukraine's Trade Liberalization with the EU. (repec.org)
  • Objective Through a modelling study, we assessed the impact of tobacco price increases on smoking and smoking inequalities by income, and then quantified the subsequent effects on mortality and inequalities in mortality in Korea. (who.int)
  • Methods Eleven-year pooled data from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES) (n=65 197) were used to estimate the income group-specific price elasticity. (who.int)
  • For mortality inequalities by income, the relative index of inequality (slope index of inequality) would be reduced by 3.8% (4.8%) for 10-year mortality. (who.int)
  • These differences in health are largely the consequence of social systems that differentially distribute material and social resources according to factors such as income, education, wealth and power, leading to social stratification [ 2 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • As a result, the reproductive health issues of women are neglected in low-income countries. (com.pk)
  • Specifically, the analysis finds that "income inequality is growing in almost all G20 members, while it is falling in many low- and lower middle-income countries. (planetsave.com)
  • Income inequality leads to socio-economic instability which acts as a deterrent to investment in these communities, and can further erode confidence in the government institutions designed to alleviate these conditions. (planetsave.com)
  • Using new data sets, the analysis reveals that just four of the G20 nations (S. Korea, the highest income nation, Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico ) have managed to reduce income inequality since 1990 (which is not to say that significant inequality does not remain in these nations). (planetsave.com)
  • Shockingly, a larger number of low and middle-income nations have made greater strides in reducing income inequality during this same period. (planetsave.com)
  • Short-term impacts of Universal Basic Income on population mental health inequalities in the UK: A microsimulation modelling study. (bvsalud.org)
  • Policies such as Universal Basic Income (UBI) have been suggested as an alternative economic approach to improve population mental health and reduce health inequalities . (bvsalud.org)
  • Improving maternal education, income, and other socioeconomic inequalities can help improve maternal and child health in Türkiye. (who.int)
  • Health inequalities are systematic differences in health among societal groups [ 1 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Genetic predisposition and genetically shaped features (such as personality traits) may also account for individual differences in health and happiness. (socialcapitalgateway.org)
  • Increasing inequalities in rates of obesity and chronic disease may be partly fuelled by increasing dietary inequalities, however very few nationally representative analyses of socioeconomic trends in dietary inequalities exist. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Quantitative health impact and inequality analyses can inform health and environmental justice evaluations, providing important information to decision makers for prioritizing strategies to address exposures at the local level. (cdc.gov)
  • There has been no pause to consider the broader health implications of sugar reform, even though from the outset the European Commission forecast that sugar consumption would increase as a result. (foodnavigator.com)
  • African countries need 'Green Growth' to address education and health-related inequalities that hinder socio-economic development on the continent and are likely to exacerbate the negative impacts of climate change, according to a recently released report. (org.in)
  • This study analyzes the influence of education level and economic freedom on gender inequality in emerging markets over the 2000-2020 term through causality and cointegration tests. (frontiersin.org)
  • The results of the causality test uncover a bidirectional causality between education level, economic freedom, and gender inequality. (frontiersin.org)
  • In other words, there exists a mutual interaction among education level, economic freedom, and gender inequality in the short term. (frontiersin.org)
  • However, men and women do not generally have equal rights and opportunities in education, health, economic and social life in many countries, but gender inequality remarkably differs among countries depending on their cultural norms, and social and economic development levels. (frontiersin.org)
  • Thus, gender inequalities in education, health, social, economic, and political activities have the potential to negatively influence capital accumulation, technological development, productivity, and institutional development which are the main factors underlying economic growth and development ( Ferrant, 2015 ). (frontiersin.org)
  • The main impacts of corruption are poor health, medical and education infrastructure and services, lack of socioeconomic development throughout the country, benefits raised from the exploitation of natural resources leave the country to develop other countries and not the Solomon Islands, lack of employment opportunity for Solomon Islands' rapidly growing population. (ipsnews.net)
  • However, food insecurity remains pervasive, contributing to socioeconomic health inequalities. (bmj.com)
  • The Foresight report in 2007 outlined that the environmental and behavioural drivers of obesity exist in a complex system, influenced by many factors that lie outside of individual control, or indeed the health sphere. (bmj.com)
  • 2 Childhood obesity has considerable social and psychological consequences within childhood and adolescence, 3 yet little is known about social, socioeconomic, and psychological consequences in adult life. (bmj.com)
  • Both acute and long-term exposure to elevated levels of ozone in air are associated with negative health effects ranging from increased morbidity and mortality due to respiratory and cardiovascular disease (Crouse et al. (cdc.gov)
  • What are the effects of anti-discriminatory legislation on socioeconomic inequalities in the employment consequences of ill health and disability? (bmj.com)
  • Anti-discriminatory legislation is not an effective way of overcoming the employment consequences of ill health and disability, nor is it a useful public policy tool in terms of reducing inequalities. (bmj.com)
  • 1- 3 Inequalities in the social and economic consequences of ill health, however, is a much less prominent and developed area of research, but arguably no less important for tackling inequality. (bmj.com)
  • 7 Furthermore, these adverse employment consequences are not evenly distributed across socioeconomic groups. (bmj.com)
  • In the UK, and elsewhere, public policy has been used as a tool by which the employment consequences of ill health or disability can be ameliorated 8 -for example, active labour market policies such as subsidised employment, training programmes or vocational rehabilitation, and more recently, anti-discriminatory legislation. (bmj.com)
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  • Recent theoretical developments in medical sociology, including health lifestyle theory and cultural health capital theory, have implicitly encapsulated a longer-term view of an individual's life, in order to develop a better understanding of the social causes of good health and conversely illness. (bvsalud.org)
  • Lies, Damned Lies, and Health Inequality Measurements: Understanding the Value Judgments. (lu.se)
  • Several other components of our project, based in part on a proposed "pay-for-population-health" performance system advanced in 2006 (3), are aimed at understanding how we might best support population health improvement at the community level. (cdc.gov)
  • Over the past two decades, the literature has shown a clear gradient between child health and wealth. (mdpi.com)
  • Health inequalities and the health gradient. (brighton.ac.uk)
  • Socioeconomic gradient. (bmj.com)
  • To assess whether the inverse socioeconomic mortality gradient observed in the general population persists in diabetic people. (bmj.com)
  • There was a clear socioeconomic gradient in all cause mortality in both cohorts, with death rates being about twice as high in the lowest compared with the highest social groups. (bmj.com)
  • We confirm the existence of an inverse socioeconomic mortality gradient in diabetic people and suggest that this is largely due to conventional cardiovascular risk factors. (bmj.com)
  • One such study is the population based Finnish comparison of people with or without diabetes published in the BMJ in 1996, 1 which showed no socioeconomic gradient in mortality in diabetic people even though a clear gradient existed in people without diabetes. (bmj.com)
  • 3 4 5 If anything, the combination of these factors should result in a steeper socioeconomic mortality gradient for people with diabetes compared with those without. (bmj.com)
  • World Health Organization (WHO). (aphrc.org)
  • First proposed by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2004, FOPL, as a policy measure, was to be applied to improve the nutrition and health of the population ( 3 ). (frontiersin.org)
  • A total of 386 workers aged 20 to 64 years old were examined following the guidelines recommended by the World Health Organization (1997) with respect to caries, treatment needs for caries, and need and use of dental prostheses. (bvsalud.org)
  • It is important to have credible data of each country, comprising the exact number of women and negative impacts faced by them during several climate crises every year. (com.pk)
  • Few studies were found to report oral health conditions in economically active adults. (bvsalud.org)
  • Brazilian nationwide oral health surveys conducted in 1986 3 , 2003 4 and 2010 5 indicate variations of the caries experience index between adolescents, adults and elderly, chiefly as regards the missing teeth component 3 . (bvsalud.org)
  • This finding may be explained by oral health actions for adults with priority on immediate dental care and restorative dental procedures 6 . (bvsalud.org)
  • The result of those actions was the predominance of lost teeth (with a 50 % to 90 % variation), as shown by oral health surveys of adults and elderly population in a household sample 3 . (bvsalud.org)
  • Approximately one in three children leaving primary school in England are overweight or obese, facing a future of an increased risk of disabling conditions including heart disease, stroke, cancer, and mental ill-health [1,2]. (bmj.com)
  • Physical activity, diet (and IMC), smoking and alcohol consumption can all impact on a person's physical and mental well-being. (socialcapitalgateway.org)
  • The Pan American Health Organization cordially invites you to join us on the launch event to present the "High-level Commission on Mental Health and COVID-19" , that will take place on Friday, 6 May , at 10:00 AM (EDT). (paho.org)
  • A lack of financial and human resource investments in mental health services, and the limited implementation of the community-based care model have contributed to the current mental health situation. (paho.org)
  • To achieve this, however, far greater political will, financing, community mobilization and social change are needed to ensure that mental health is afforded the priority it deserves, as part of rebuilding health and social systems, post COVID-19. (paho.org)
  • To this end, the Pan American Health Organization has established a High-Level Commission on Mental Health and COVID-19 to guide the Organization and its Member States in improving mental health in the Americas. (paho.org)
  • Visit the Virtual Platform for the PAHO High-Level Commission on Mental Health and COVID-19 to learn more and be updated on the advances of the Commision. (paho.org)
  • Impact of economic crises on mental health care: a. (cambridge.org)
  • Research on the impact of economic crises on the use of mental health care is scarce, and methodologies of the included papers are prone to substantial bias. (cambridge.org)
  • Mental health was also adversely impacted and reports of chronic drinking increased. (repec.org)
  • Mental health effects of caregivers respite: subsidies or supports? (repec.org)
  • They appear as wide polarities in levels of absenteeism for health reasons, both physical and mental. (thersa.org)
  • LGBT youth are particularly vulnerable to some illnesses, such as HIV/AIDS and other STIs, mental health problems, violence. (bvsalud.org)
  • Population mental health in the United Kingdom (UK) has deteriorated, alongside worsening socioeconomic conditions, over the last decade. (bvsalud.org)
  • We aimed to estimate the short-term effects of introducing UBI on mental health in the UK working-age population . (bvsalud.org)
  • Likely common mental disorder (CMD) was measured using the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12, score ≥4). (bvsalud.org)
  • There was no effect on educational mental health inequalities in any scenario, and effects waned by 2026. (bvsalud.org)
  • Future research modelling additional causal pathways between UBI and mental health would be beneficial. (bvsalud.org)
  • The relationship of occupational injury and use of mental health care. (cdc.gov)
  • Addressing inequalities and targeting the most vulnerable is our focus with the aim of Leaving No One Behind in such critical time," she assured. (dailynewsegypt.com)
  • Therefore, measures to decrease gender inequalities in economic, social, and political life are important for the economic and social development of a society. (frontiersin.org)
  • Countries with lower gender inequality generally have lower human development when GII figures and human development levels of the countries are together considered. (frontiersin.org)
  • Thereby, gender inequality becomes more of an issue for economic growth and development. (frontiersin.org)
  • discovered a negative interaction between gender inequality and economic growth in China in the short and long term. (frontiersin.org)
  • also uncovered a negative influence of gender inequality on economic growth in Latin America and the Caribbean states. (frontiersin.org)
  • have discovered a negative influence of gender inequality on economic growth in different countries and country groups. (frontiersin.org)
  • Such statistics show that women and girls - who constitute half the world's population - are further threatened by gender inequalities in the face of climate disasters. (com.pk)
  • Changes in the population structure, evolving disease patterns, increasing health inequalities and a transforming environment challenge health systems. (oecd.org)
  • Structural inequality is believed to be an embedded part of all known cultural groups. (wikipedia.org)
  • Structural inequality can be encouraged and maintained in society through structured institutions such as state governments, and other cultural institutions like government run school systems with the goal of maintaining the existing governance/tax structure regardless of wealth, employment opportunities, and social standing of different identity groups by keeping minority students from high academic achievement in high school and college as well as in the workforce of the country. (wikipedia.org)
  • As cheap, processed foods are consumed more often by people in lower socioeconomic groups, health inequalities would increase, write the authors. (foodnavigator.com)
  • Structural inequality occurs when the fabric of organizations, institutions, governments or social networks contains an embedded cultural, linguistic, economic, religious/belief, physical or identity based bias which provides advantages for some members and marginalizes or produces disadvantages for other members. (wikipedia.org)
  • The global history of slavery, serfdom, indentured servitude and other forms of coerced cultural or government mandated labour or economic exploitation that marginalizes individuals and the subsequent suppression of human rights ( see UDHR) are key factors defining structural inequality. (wikipedia.org)
  • In particular the history of oppression of the Jewish people, as victims of historic and ongoing antisemitism that dates back to their slavery under the Pharaohs offer an example of the historic nature and wide variance of structural inequality. (wikipedia.org)
  • In many ways, a well-organized democratic government that can effectively combine moderate growth with redistributive policies stands the best chance of combating structural inequality. (wikipedia.org)
  • They are at particular risk of being excluded and suffer from structural inequalities across the region. (rcc.int)
  • Structural inequalities, LGBT youth health and knowledge gaps: what do we know and what do we ask? (bvsalud.org)
  • Numerous studies have examined the links between structural inequalities and health vulnerability. (bvsalud.org)
  • More comprehensive and situated epistemologies might support more efficient techniques to address risks and harms produced by structural inequalities. (bvsalud.org)
  • Many of these inequalities were traced back to "second nature" geographic forces that describe the infrastructure a society has in place for facilitating the trade of goods and employment between economic agents. (wikipedia.org)
  • The European Economic Governance (EEG) repeatedly emphasised that, as the population is ageing fast, the costs of health needs of the elderly will soon be unsustainable for public budgets. (etuc.org)
  • 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)
  • The challenges posed by COVID-19 impact several layers, including the socio-economic situation, globally but particularly in Africa, and on climate, health and migration. (iai.it)
  • All socio-economic sectors were affected including health that was hit hard. (dailynewsegypt.com)
  • This growth in inequality comes at a time of great economic expansion and strong growth (amongst the G20 and even beyond). (planetsave.com)
  • In fact, inequality acts as a drag on economic growth. (planetsave.com)
  • They show up in wide inequalities in levels of economic inactivity across different communities and cohorts across the UK. (thersa.org)
  • This programme focuses on a set of diverse interventions in four places - Glasgow, Havant, Leeds and Liverpool - each facing distinct health-cum-economic challenges. (thersa.org)
  • These interventions embody several features likely to be important when breaking the adverse health/economic cycle of the past several decades. (thersa.org)
  • The Women's Health Goulburn North East organisation (a specialist women's health service) reported in the wake of the Black Saturday Bushfires in Victoria in 2009 an increase in the incidence of domestic violence against women during post-disaster recovery. (com.pk)
  • Attributable health burdens are a function of exposures, susceptibility and vulnerability (e.g., baseline incidence rates), and population density. (cdc.gov)
  • The underlying reasons for the inequality in cancer incidence between the sexes in this age range are diverse in nature and impact, and are associated with unequal access to and inefficiencies in the health-care system and with socioeconomic conditions. (who.int)
  • Inequalities in smoking remain one of the most important entry points for reducing inequalities in mortality. (bmj.com)
  • Background Smoking contributes to socioeconomic inequalities in mortality, but the extent to which this contribution has changed over time and driven widening or narrowing inequalities in total mortality remains unknown. (bmj.com)
  • A study commissioned by the United Nations University WIDER project has shown that for the twenty-six countries included in the study, spatial inequalities have been high and on the increase, especially for developing nations. (wikipedia.org)
  • In the United States and many other developed countries, spatial inequality has developed into more specific forms described by residential segregation and housing discrimination. (wikipedia.org)
  • Methods Individual-level data from the Global School-based Student Health Survey from 89 countries were used (370 719 adolescents, aged 12-17 years). (bmj.com)
  • Climate disasters also impact the livelihood of rural women, especially in agricultural countries where women earn through working in fields. (com.pk)
  • Many countries adopted austerity policies, with substantial reductions in public spending affecting health and social care budgets, and many citizens faced growing insecurity and social exclusion (Thomson et al . (cambridge.org)
  • The final set will summarize the discussion of the 2009 meeting and outline cross-cutting themes and priorities for research and practice in population health improvement. (cdc.gov)
  • The graphs below clearly show that while people are ageing, governments' expenditure for health declines. (etuc.org)
  • Inhalation of particulate matter with a diameter of 2.5 microns or less (PM2.5) can have a number of adverse effects on health and well-being. (cdc.gov)
  • Cigarette smoking is highly addictive and causally linked to adverse health impacts in nearly all organs of the human body (1). (cancercentrum.se)
  • Luis Quintero, an assistant professor at Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, recently conducted a study examining the socioeconomic impacts of rent regulation with colleagues from the University of North Texas and George Washington University. (newswise.com)
  • Feature papers represent the most advanced research with significant potential for high impact in the field. (mdpi.com)
  • On this special occasion, and on behalf of the United Nations in Egypt, Panova said that she would like to express the UN Egypt sincere thanks and appreciation to each health worker in Egypt including doctors, pharmacists, dentists, nurses, midwives, caregivers, and practitioners for their role in continuously providing high quality of health treatment and care. (dailynewsegypt.com)
  • Pilot study of impact of a pedal desk on postprandial responses in sedentary workers. (cdc.gov)
  • The analysis was based on a standard radius of 750 m distance from health centres, walking speed of 1 m/s and desired access time to health centres of 12.5 mins. (who.int)
  • The proportion of the population with inadequate geographical access to health centres rose from 47.3% in 1997 to 58.4% in 2012. (who.int)
  • However, the impact of treatment access and Hispanic White (White), and Hispanic persons. (cdc.gov)
  • The University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland, HEIRS and SSPH+ jointly organize the conference Economics, Health and Happiness in Lugano, January 14-16, 2016. (socialcapitalgateway.org)
  • Given my interdisciplinary training with a BSc in Genetics, Zoology and Chemistry, Masters in both Anthropology and Demography and a PhD in Economics, my research looks at inequalities using an interdisciplinary lens. (abdn.ac.uk)