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Socioeconomic and behavioural factors associated with access to and use of Personal Health Records

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 2021
Background Access to and use of digital technology are more common among people of more advantaged socioeconomic status. These differences might be due to lack of interest, not having physical access or having lower intentions to use this technology.
Ivana Paccoud, Michèle Baumann, Etienne Le Bihan, Benoît Pétré, Mareike Breinbauer, Philip Böhme, Louis Chauvel, Anja K. Leist   +7 more
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Effects of objective and subjective indicators of economic inequality on subjective well‐being: Underlying mechanisms

Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 2022
Much research found that economic inequality—the dispersion of incomes distribution among individuals in a society—affects subjective well‐being (SWB).
M. Vezzoli, R. Valtorta, S. Mari, F. Durante, C. Volpato   +4 more
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Rewealthization in twenty-first century Western countries: the defining trend of the socioeconomic squeeze of the middle class

The Journal of Chinese Sociology, 2021
The wealth-to-income ratio (WIR) in many Western countries, particularly in Europe and North America, increased by a factor of two in the last three decades.
Louis Chauvel, Eyal Bar Haim, Anne Hartung, Emily Murphy   +3 more
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Region of birth differences in healthcare navigation and optimisation: the interplay of racial discrimination and socioeconomic position

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2022
Background While a large body of research has documented socioeconomic and migrant inequities in the effective use of healthcare services, the reasons underlying such inequities are yet to be fully understood.
Ivana Paccoud, James Nazroo, Anja K. Leist   +2 more
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Economic Inequality Increases Status Anxiety Through Perceived Contextual Competitiveness

Frontiers in Psychology, 2021
Status anxiety, the constant concern about individuals’ position on the social ladder, negatively affects social cohesion, health, and wellbeing (e.g., chronic stress).
Davide Melita, G. Willis, Rosa Rodríguez-Bailón   +2 more
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Who is going to pay the price of Covid-19? Reflections about an unequal Brazil

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2020
Resumo A pandemia da COVID-19 tem causado altas taxas de mortalidade entre os idosos e para evitar uma crise no sistema de saúde, quase todos os países do mundo adotaram medidas de isolamento social para evitar a disseminação da doença.
Fabiana Ribeiro, Anja Leist
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Digital financial inclusion and income inequality in WAEMU: What causality for what heterogeneity?

Cogent Economics & Finance, 2023
In developing countries, economic inequality is attracting considerable attention. Many factors including financial exclusion are key in explaining income gap in developing countries. This paper examines the effect of access to financial services through
Kolotioloman Soro, Melain Modeste Senou
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The MEDITAGING study: protocol of a two-armed randomized controlled study to compare the effects of the mindfulness-based stress reduction program against a health promotion program in older migrants in Luxembourg

BMC Public Health, 2023
Background Migration is a phenomenon worldwide, with older migrants, particularly those with fewer socioeconomic resources, having an increased risk of developing adverse cognitive and health outcomes and social isolation.
Ana C. Teixeira-Santos, Leandro Gomes, Diana R. Pereira, Fabiana Ribeiro, Anabela Silva-Fernandes, Carine Federspiel, Jean-Paul Steinmetz, Anja K. Leist   +7 more
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How sweet is your love? Disentangling the role of marital status and quality on average glycemic levels among adults 50 years and older in the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing

BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care, 2023
Introduction The health benefits of marriage have been widely documented and, to a lesser extent, the effects of marital quality. Marital relationships may be particularly relevant to the health of older adults.
Katherine J Ford, Annie Robitaille
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The effects of COVID-19-era unemployment and business closures upon the physical and mental health of older Europeans: Mediation through financial circumstances and social activity

SSM: Population Health, 2023
COVID-19-era lockdown policies resulted in many older persons entering unemployment, facing financial difficulties and social restrictions, and experiencing declining health.
Jason Settels, Petri Böckerman
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