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Social inequalities in childhood asthma. [PDF]

open access: yesWorld Allergy Organ J
Asthma is a complex, heterogeneous condition, broadly characterized by chronic airway inflammation with variable expiratory airflow limitation, but with several subtypes underpinned by different (although likely overlapping) pathological mechanisms.
Pinot de Moira A, Custovic A.
europepmc   +4 more sources

Social inequalities [PDF]

open access: yesBrussels Studies, 2009
Observations Economic and cultural globalisation The Brussels Capital Region has experienced a significant period of economic growth over the past few decades. The service sector has been particularly responsible for this economic performance, largely comprising the European, federal and regional administrations.
Christian Kesteloot, Maarten Loopmans
doaj   +2 more sources

Cross-border mobility in European countries: associations between cross-border worker status and health outcomes

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2021
Background Mobility of workers living in one country and working in a different country has increased in the European Union. Exposed to commuting factors, cross-border workers (CBWs) constitute a potential high-risk population.
Lucas Nonnenmacher   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pathways to social inequality [PDF]

open access: yesEvolutionary Human Sciences, 2019
Abstract
Hannah J. Haynie   +12 more
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Why and how has the United Kingdom become a high producer of health inequalities research over the past 50 years? A realist explanatory case study

open access: yesHealth Research Policy and Systems, 2023
Background Evidence on health inequalities has been growing over the past few decades, yet the capacity to produce research on health inequalities varies between countries worldwide and needs to be strengthened.
Lucinda Cash-Gibson   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Social isolation and inequality [PDF]

open access: yesThe Journal of Economic Inequality, 2004
There is an increasing interest in the concept of social exclusion and the related concept of social isolation and their potential role in understanding inequality. We examine the degree to which voluntary separation from social activities during adolescence affects adult wages. It is well-known that participation in high school athletic programs leads
Postlewaite, Andrew, Silverman, Daniel
openaire   +4 more sources

Key epidemiological indicators and spatial autocorrelation patterns across five waves of COVID-19 in Catalonia

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2023
This research studies the evolution of COVID-19 crude incident rates, effective reproduction number R(t) and their relationship with incidence spatial autocorrelation patterns in the 19 months following the disease outbreak in Catalonia (Spain).
Francesc Belvis   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Employment and working conditions of nurses: where and how health inequalities have increased during the COVID-19 pandemic?

open access: yesHuman Resources for Health, 2021
Background Nurses and midwives play a critical role in the provision of care and the optimization of health services resources worldwide, which is particularly relevant during the current COVID-19 pandemic. However, they can only provide quality services
Alba Llop-Gironés   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Precarious Employment and Stress: The Biomedical Embodiment of Social Factors. PRESSED Project Study Protocol

open access: yesFrontiers in Public Health, 2021
The PRESSED project aims to explain the links between a multidimensional measure of precarious employment and stress and health. Studies on social epidemiology have found a clear positive association between precarious employment and health, but the ...
Mireia Bolibar   +18 more
doaj   +1 more source

A novel conceptual model and heuristic tool to strengthen understanding and capacities for health inequalities research

open access: yesHealth Research Policy and Systems, 2020
Background Despite increasing evidence on health inequalities over the past decades, further efforts to strengthen capacities to produce research on this topic are still urgently needed to inform effective interventions aiming to address these ...
Lucinda Cash-Gibson   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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