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Social Determinants of Health Status [PDF]

Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 2012
Socioeconomic status (SES) has been identified as a fundamental cause of disease (Link & Phelan, 1995, 1996; Phelan et al., 2004; Phelan, Link, & Tehranifar, 2010). People who are poor and powerless have worse health and longevity than those with money, power, and prestige.
Jacquelyn H. Flaskerud, Carol Rose DeLilly, Jacquelyn H. Flaskerud   +2 more
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Serum Vitamin D Status in Older Adults: A Cohort Study [PDF]

Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2023
Background: Vitamin D is best known as a key regulator of bone metabolism and calcium and phosphate homeostasis. This study aimed to assess the effect of different factors on the five-year changes in serum vitamin D concentration among older adults ...
Simin Mouodi, Sajedeh Delbari, Seyed Reza Hosseini, Reza Ghadimi, Ali Bijani   +4 more
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Depression, anxiety, stress, and PTSD symptoms during the first and second COVID-19 waves: a comparison of elderly, middle-aged, and young people in Iran

BMC Psychiatry, 2023
Background A widespread outbreak of epidemics like Covid-19 is a lethal threat to physical and mental health. Recent studies reported a higher prevalence of mental problems in younger individuals, contrary to the general assumption expected in older ...
Hajar Pasha, Shabnam Omidvar, Mahbobeh Faramarzi, Afsaneh Bakhtiari   +3 more
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Cars, corporations, and commodities: consequences for the social determinants of health. [PDF]

, 2008
Social epidemiologists have drawn attention to health inequalities as avoidable and inequitable, encouraging thinking beyond proximal risk factors to the causes of the causes.
Aldred, Rachel, James Woodcock, Woodcock, James, Woodcock, J., Aldred, R., Rachel Aldred   +5 more
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Digital Media-based Health Intervention on the promotion of Women’s physical activity: a quasi-experimental study

BMC Public Health, 2018
Background Technological advances have caused poor mobility and lower physical activity among humankind. This study was conducted to assess the impact of a digital media-based (multi-media, internet, and mobile phone) health intervention on promotion of ...
Nooshin Peyman, Majid Rezai-Rad, Hadi Tehrani, Mahdi Gholian-Aval, Mohammad Vahedian-Shahroodi, Hamid Heidarian Miri   +5 more
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Addressing Research Capacity for Health Equity and the Social Determinants of Health in three African Countries: the INTREC Programme. [PDF]

, 2013
The importance of tackling economic, social and health-related inequities is increasingly accepted as a core concern for the post-Millennium Development Goal framework.
Haafkens, Joke, Kathleen Kahn, Hofman, Karen, Sankoh, O., John Kinsman, Blomstedt, Y., Kalage, R., Maredza, M., Kinsman, J., Mandy Maredza, Rose Kalage, Bangha, M., Kalage, Rose, Kinsman, John,, Blomstedt, Yulia,, Hofman, K., Martin Bangha, Addei, S., Karen Hofman, Becher, H., Haafkens, J., Kahn, Kathleen, Yulia Blomstedt, Joke Haafkens, Kinsman, John, Sheila Addei, Addei, Sheila, Heiko Becher, Becher, Heiko, Osman Sankoh, Sankoh, Osman, Kahn, K., Bangha, Martin, Blomstedt, Yulia, Maredza, Mandy   +34 more
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Exploration the role of social, cultural and environmental factors in tendency of female adolescents to smoking based on the qualitative content analysis

BMC Women's Health, 2022
Background The aim of this study was to explain the socio-cultural and environmental factors of smoking tendency in female adolescents. Methods This qualitative content analysis study was conducted among Iranian female adolescents in Mashhad, Iran.
Alireza Jafari, Mehrsadat Mahdizadeh, Nooshin Peyman, Mahdi Gholian-Aval, Hadi Tehrani   +4 more
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Towards the social in the social determinants of health [PDF]

International Journal of Public Health, 2010
Public health researchers and professionals have under-stood for quite a while that influencing social determinantsof health requires a comprehensive, multi-faceted action.The WHO Commission on Social Determinant of Healthprovides a useful summary of the challenges that we arefacing with global health inequalities.
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Quality of observational studies in prestigious journals of occupational medicine and health based on Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) Statement: a cross-sectional study

BMC Research Notes, 2018
Objective The present study applied the Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) statement to observational studies published in prestigious occupational medicine and health journals.
Javad Aghazadeh-Attari, Kazhal Mobaraki, Jamal Ahmadzadeh, Behnam Mansorian, Iraj Mohebbi   +4 more
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The role of air pollution in epilepsy: a better understanding is needed

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
Social determinants of health, including neighborhood and built environment factors, play a crucial but underexplored role in epilepsy incidences. Among these, air pollution emerges as a potentially-preventable driver of epilepsy and adverse health ...
Prem Jareonsettasin, John S. Ji, Xiaowen Zhou, Ding Ding, Josemir W. Sander, on behalf of the SdHIELD (Social determinants of Health In EpiLeptic Disorders) Research Group   +5 more
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