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Social determinants of health inequalities [PDF]

open access: yesLancet, The, 2005
The gross inequalities in health that we see within and between countries present a challenge to the world. That there should be a spread of life expectancy of 48 years among countries and 20 years or more within countries is not inevitable. A burgeoning volume of research identifies social factors at the root of much of these inequalities in health ...
Michael Marmot
exaly   +5 more sources

Worksite health promotion and social inequalities in health [PDF]

open access: yesSSM: Population Health, 2020
It is well-documented that higher educated employees have better health than the lower educated. The workplace has been put forward as a contributor to this inequality.
Anne C. van der Put   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Social inequalities and health inequity in Morocco [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Journal for Equity in Health, 2006
Background According to the last census, Morocco has a population approaching 30 million people. The country has made good progress in the control of preventable childhood diseases but social inequalities and health inequities remain major problems for ...
Boutayeb Abdesslam
doaj   +3 more sources

Social inequalities in health in nonhuman primates [PDF]

open access: yesNeurobiology of Stress, 2015
Overall health has been linked to socioeconomic status, with the gap between social strata increasing each year. Studying the impact of social position on health and biological functioning in nonhuman primates has allowed researchers to model the human ...
Carol A. Shively, Stephen M. Day
doaj   +2 more sources

Health inequalities and social inequalities in health

open access: yesBulletin of the World Health Organization, 2000
Paula Braveman   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Social inequalities in health: main approaches to study [PDF]

open access: yesСоціологія, 2022
Over the past four decades, researchers have used different theoretical and methodological approaches to study social inequalities in health, so the aim of this study is to analyze the main approaches to studying social and socio-economic inequalities in
Iryna Mazhak
doaj   +1 more source

Are deprivation-specific cancer survival patterns similar according to individual-based and area-based measures? A cohort study of patients diagnosed with five malignancies in England and Wales, 2008–2016

open access: yesBMJ Open, 2022
Objective To investigate if measured inequalities in cancer survival differ when using individual-based (‘person’) compared with area-based (‘place’) measures of deprivation for three socioeconomic dimensions: income, deprivation and occupation.Design ...
Lucy Elliss-Brookes   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Healthy immigrants, unhealthy ageing? Analysis of health decline among older migrants and natives across European countries

open access: yesSSM: Population Health, 2023
The probability of having multiple chronic conditions simultaneously, or multimorbidity, tends to increase with age. Immigrants face a particularly high risk of unhealthy ageing.
Su Yeon Jang   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Health and social inequities in Belgium [PDF]

open access: yesSocial Science & Medicine, 1990
This paper presents two different yet complementary on-going studies related to the understanding of the mechanisms leading to social inequalities in health. The first part is devoted to a differential morbidity survey held in southern Belgium. It confirms that striking differences exist in the period around birth between social categories, and between
Lagasse, Raphaël   +4 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Multidisciplinary team meetings in cancer care: is there a psychologist in the house?

open access: yesInternational Journal of Integrated Care, 2019
Introduction: Multidisciplinary team meetings (MDTMs) are considered best practice in the management and decision-making for cancer patients. The team typically consists of surgeons, medical oncologists, organ specialists, radiologists, pathologists and ...
Melissa Horlait   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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