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Social class inequalities in tooth-brushing time: The role of material, behavioral, psychosocial, and workplace environmental factors among the South Korean population

Makara Journal of Health Research, 2019
Background: Inequality in health should be prevented. The aims of this study were to assess inequalities prevalent in tooth-brushing after lunch (TAL) and in tooth-brushing before sleep (TBS) among Koreans using the NMSC indicator and to assess the role ...
Herry Novrinda, Dong-Hun Han, Peter Andreas   +2 more
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Who Are America's Poor Children? Examining Health Disparities by Race and Ethnicity [PDF]

, 2011
Good health in childhood both reflects and predicts full social and economic participation. Conversely, social divisions by race and income are often associated with health disparities, which inhibit children from achieving their full potential. Although
Kalof, Courtney Leigh, Seith, David C.
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Sexual and/or gender minority mental health disparities in adolescence: effects of adverse peer and family experiences

International Journal of Adolescence and Youth
Research exploring developmental explanations for sexual and/or gender minority (i.e. SGM) mental health disparities often rely on adults’ retrospectively reported childhood adversity, leaving gaps in understanding how childhood adversity affects SGM ...
Emma Galarneau, Tina Malti
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Desigualdades regionales en la mortalidad por diabetes mellitus y en el acceso a la salud en Argentina

Cadernos de Saúde Pública, 2017
Resumen: El objetivo del estudio fue estimar la carga de mortalidad por grandes grupos de causas, con foco en la diabetes mellitus, así como sus diferenciales, según la presencia o ausencia de cobertura por algún sistema de salud, para Argentina y sus ...
María Jimena Marro, Andrey Moreira Cardoso, Iuri da Costa Leite   +2 more
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Race and Discretion in American Medicine [PDF]

, 2001
The author’s focus in this article is on racial disparities in medical care provision--that is, on differences in the services that clinically similar patients receive when they present to the health care system.
Bloche, Maxwell Gregg
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Survival Outcomes and Complications Among Canadian Children With Retinoblastoma: A Population‐Based Report From CYP‐C

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose Retinoblastoma (RB) is the most common pediatric ocular cancer, yet population‐based data on survival and risk factors remain limited. This study aimed to describe survival in a large national RB cohort and identify predictors of death and complications.
Samuel Sassine, Ofélie Trudeau‐Ferrin, Caroline Laverdière, Patrick Hamel, Rosanne Superstein, Bénédicte Koukoui, Carole Provost, Paul C. Nathan, Vijay Ramaswamy, Furqan Shaikh, Brenda Gallie, Ashwin Mallipatna, Stephanie Kletke, Helen Dimaras, Hallie Coltin   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Disparities in child health in the Arab region during the 1990s

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2008
Background While Arab countries showed an impressive decline in child mortality rates during the past few decades, gaps in mortality by gender and socioeconomic status persisted.
Meyerson-Knox Sonya, Dawns Jesse, Khawaja Marwan, Yamout Rouham   +3 more
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Ethnic inequalities in child stunting and feeding practices: results from surveys in thirteen countries from Latin America

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2020
Background Although the prevalence of child stunting is falling in Latin America, socioeconomic inequalities persist. However, there is limited evidence on ethnic disparities.
Giovanna Gatica-Domínguez, Marilia Arndt Mesenburg, Aluisio J. D. Barros, Cesar G. Victora   +3 more
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Pediatric Oncology Nursing Competencies in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Scoping Review to Inform Practice, Education, and Research

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Nurses are central to cancer care for children and adolescents, yet no comprehensive synthesis has defined essential core competencies for pediatric oncology nursing (PON) practice internationally, particularly in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).
Luís Carlos Lopes‐Júnior, Edmara Bazoni Soares Maia, Soad Fuentes‐Alabí, Courtney E. Sullivan, Monnie Abraham, Mauricio Maza, Liliana Vásquez Ponce, Regina Aparecida Garcia Lima   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Social differences in the utilization of medical services by children and adolescents in Germany. Results of the cross-sectional KiGGS Wave 2 study [PDF]

Journal of Health Monitoring, 2018
Data from the German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Children and Adolescents (KiGGS) enable conclusions about the utilization of outpatient and inpatient medical services by children and adolescents accounting the family’s socioeconomic ...
Thomas Lampert, Franziska Prütz, Alexander Rommel, Benjamin Kuntz   +3 more
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