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Socioeconomic inequality in preterm birth in four Brazilian birth cohort studies

Jornal de Pediatria, 2018
Objective: To analyze economic inequality (absolute and relative) due to family income in relation to the occurrence of preterm births in Southern Brazil. Methods: Four birth cohort studies were conducted in the years 1982, 1993, 2004, and 2011. The main
Ana Daniela Izoton de Sadovsky, Alicia Matijasevich, Iná S. Santos, Fernando C. Barros, Angelica Espinosa Miranda, Mariangela Freitas Silveira   +5 more
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Food and Nutrition Surveillance System (SISVAN) coverage, nutritional status of older adults and its relationship with social inequalities in Brazil, 2008-2019: an ecological time-series study [PDF]

Epidemiologia e Serviços de Saúde, 2023
Objective: to analyze the temporal trend of Food and Nutrition Surveillance System (Sistema de Vigilância Alimentar e Nutricional - SISVAN) coverage and the nutritional status of older adults, and its correlation with indicators of social inequality in ...
Brena Barreto Barbosa, Valéria Troncoso Baltar, Rogério Lessa Horta, Jackeline Christiane Pinto Lobato, Luiza Jane Eyre de Souza Vieira, Caroline de Oliveira Gallo, Antonio Augusto Ferreira Carioca   +6 more
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Socioeconomic inequalities in clustering of health-compromising behaviours among Indian adolescents

Indian Journal of Community Medicine, 2020
Background: The simultaneous occurrence of health-compromising behaviors can accentuate the risk of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). This study aimed to examine the existence and patterns of clustering of four NCD risk behaviors among adolescents and its
Manu Raj Mathur, Ankur Singh, Vijay Kumar Mishra, Priyanka Parmar, Deepti Nagrath, Richard G Watt, Georgios Tsakos   +6 more
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Mapping socioeconomic inequalities in malaria in Sub-Sahara African countries

Scientific Reports, 2021
Despite reductions in malaria incidence and mortality across Sub-Saharan (SSA) countries, malaria control and elimination efforts are currently facing multiple global challenges such as climate and land use change, invasive vectors, and disruptions in ...
Gabriel Carrasco-Escobar, Kimberly Fornace, Tarik Benmarhnia   +2 more
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Relative Index of Inequality and Slope Index of Inequality: A Structured Regression Framework for Estimation [PDF]

, 2015
BACKGROUND: The relative index of inequality and the slope index of inequality are the two major indices used in epidemiologic studies for the measurement of socioeconomic inequalities in health.
Menvielle, G, Rey, G, Moreno-Betancur, M, Kunst, AE, Latouche, A   +4 more
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Educational inequality in the occurrence of abdominal obesity:Pró-Saúde Study

Revista de Saúde Pública, 2015
OBJECTIVE To estimate the degree of educational inequality in the occurrence of abdominal obesity in a population of non-faculty civil servants at university campi.METHODS In this cross-sectional study, we used data from 3,117 subjects of both genders ...
Ronaldo Fernandes Santos Alves, Eduardo Faerstein   +1 more
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Country-specific maternal education gradient of stunting among children under five—slope index of inequality (SII) and relative index of inequality (RII) on magnitude of inequality in stunting.

, 2023
Country-specific maternal education gradient of stunting among children under five—slope index of inequality (SII) and relative index of inequality (RII) on magnitude of inequality in stunting.
Rishi Caleyachetty (4420993), Niraj S. Kumar (15353796), Hana Bekele (15353799), Semira Manaseki-Holland (375043)   +3 more
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Sociodemographic inequalities in vegetables, fruits, and animal source foods consumption in children aged 6–23 months from 91 LMIC

Frontiers in Nutrition, 2023
IntroductionNo multi-country analysis described patterns and inequalities for the brand-new feeding indicators proposed by WHO/UNICEF: zero consumption of vegetables and fruits (ZVF) and consumption of eggs and/or flesh (EFF).
Luiza I. C. Ricardo, Giovanna Gatica-Domínguez, Paulo A. R. Neves, Juliana dos Santos Vaz, Aluisio J. D. Barros, Fernando C. Wehrmeister   +5 more
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Country-specific household wealth gradient of wasting among children under five—slope index of inequality (SII) and relative index of inequality (RII) on magnitude of inequality in wasting.

, 2023
Country-specific household wealth gradient of wasting among children under five—slope index of inequality (SII) and relative index of inequality (RII) on magnitude of inequality in wasting.
Rishi Caleyachetty (4420993), Niraj S. Kumar (15353796), Hana Bekele (15353799), Semira Manaseki-Holland (375043)   +3 more
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Index-Based Inequality in Quality of Care: An Empirical Comparison of Apples and Pears

Clinical Epidemiology, 2021
Vibe Bolvig Hyldgård,1,2 Søren Paaske Johnsen,3 Rikke Søgaard1,4 1Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark; 2Health Economics, DEFACTUM, Central Region Denmark, Aarhus, Denmark; 3Danish Center for Clinical Health Services Research,
Hyldgård VB, Johnsen SP, Søgaard R
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