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The Temporal and Spatial Changes of Health Inequality in Rural China

open access: yesFrontiers in Public Health, 2022
This article estimates the temporal and spatial changes of health inequality in rural China from 2010 to 2018. Based on a panel database of 29,616 rural residents, the Health Utility Index (HUI) and a spatial econometric model are used for analysis.
Jinqi Jiang   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Persistent Social Inequality in Adolescent Health Indicators 1991–2022: Trend Study From Denmark

open access: yesInternational Journal of Public Health
ObjectivesTo examine trends in socioeconomic inequality in adolescent health over three decades, across fifteen health indicators: overweight, underweight, headache, stomachache, backpain, emotional symptoms, difficulties falling asleep, loneliness, low ...
Bjørn E. Holstein   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Decomposing socioeconomic inequalities in alcohol use by men living in South African urban informal settlements

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2018
Background The prevalence of alcohol consumption among males living in urban settlements in South Africa is high. This paper aims to measure socioeconomic inequalities in alcohol use among men residing in informal settlements and also to examine the ...
Nozuko Lawana, Frederik Booysen
doaj   +1 more source

Untangling Socioeconomic Health Inequalities

open access: yes, 2023
Health inequalities persist as a major challenge to public health. We hypothesized that public health policy may have mis-prioritized the determinants and risks for poor health and, consequently may have been barking up the wrong tree because of unmeasured, biased, and neglected risk factors at population level.
openaire   +2 more sources

The contribution of dietary and non-dietary factors to socioeconomic inequality in childhood anemia in Ethiopia: a regression-based decomposition analysis

open access: yesBMC Research Notes, 2019
Objective There is a scarcity of evidence on socioeconomic inequalities of childhood anemia in Ethiopia. We determined the magnitude of socioeconomic inequality in anemia and the contribution of dietary and non-dietary factors to the observed inequality,
Shimels Hussien Mohammed   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Socioeconomic inequality in teenage pregnancy in Papua New Guinea: a decomposition analysis

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2023
Background Teenage pregnancy is a global public health issue, and it poses a serious threat to the health and socioeconomic status of mothers and their newborn children.
Hao Li   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Socioeconomic inequality and determinants of postnatal home visits made by public health midwives: An analysis of the Sri Lanka Demographic and Health Survey.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2019
IntroductionThe impact of socioeconomic inequalities on health outcomes and service delivery is increasingly researched globally. This study assessed the overall and sector-wise socioeconomic inequality in postnatal home visits made by Public Health ...
Dhammika Deepani Siriwardhana   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Malnutrition and the disproportional burden on the poor: the case of Ghana

open access: yesInternational Journal for Equity in Health, 2007
Background Malnutrition is a major public health and development concern in the developing world and in poor communities within these regions. Understanding the nature and determinants of socioeconomic inequality in malnutrition is essential in ...
Vega Jeanette   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Engagement Curve: Populism and Political Engagement in Latin America [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Considerable research has been conducted on the relationship between socioeconomic inequality and political engagement. However, there is little consensus on the exact nature of the relationship, and considerable variation in the relationship exists even
Piñeiro, Rafael   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

An Increasing Misalignment Between Crop Distribution and Environmental Resources Under Climate Change in China

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
Climate change reshapes the spatial alignment between crop production and environmental resources. Using multi‐source data and a crop model, integrated climatic, water, and soil endowments for maize and wheat are quantified and compared with harvest distributions.
Zheng'e Su   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

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