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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Socioeconomic deprivation"”.
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The incidence of first seizures, new diagnosis of epilepsy and seizure mimics in Cork city and county during the calendar year 2017
… was subsequently reached. An area-level relative deprivation index based on 10 indicators from census data was assigned to each patient according to address on record for the purpose of investigating the association between the incidence of each of the four diagnostic categories and relative …
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It’s my life : staying in control. Developing a school-based intervention to facilitate adolescent behaviour change with respect to alcohol consumption
… between alcohol-related mortality and socioeconomic deprivation, more disadvantaged social groups tending to experience disproportionately higher levels of alcohol attributable harm. Amongst adolescents, there is an association between school disengagement and likelihood to engage with …
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Where you live makes a difference - quantifying neighbourhood effects on the health of young people
… of social capital, ethnic composition, and the socioeconomic and physical conditions of the neighbourhood. Individual/family-level variables included in the models were: youth age, gender and ethnicity, as well as measures relating to parental health, socioeconomic status and demographic …
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The Impact of Ethnicity on Maternal Health Outcomes and Mental Well-being: A Focus on Ethnic Minorities in the UK
… Profound structural disparities, including socioeconomic deprivation, language barriers, and inadequate interpretation services, exist. Furthermore, the detrimental impact of social isolation and restrictive cultural norms, as well as healthcare system failures, such as inequitable access to …
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Is lower socio-economic status associated with more impaired health care access and poorer quality of life in patients with COPD? What is the role of psychosocial factors in this relationship?
Background: Socioeconomic deprivation is a determinant of health care access and quality of life in many diseases. The current study explored this effect in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and examined the role of psychosocial variables in this relationship.Aims: The primary aim of …
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Longitudinal assessment of the impact of preterm birth on cognitive functions and identification of novel methods for stratification of children at risk of long-term impairment
… as postnatal nutrition, respiratory illness, and socioeconomic deprivation, best predicts cerebral tissue volumes at term-equivalent age. Furthermore, we found that a combination of diffusion tensor imaging features and clinical perinatal factors collected as part of routine care accurately …
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The use and disaggregation of survey data to study the cross-sectional and spatial distribution of multimorbidity and its association with socioeconomic disadvantage in South Africa
… disease multimorbidity and the association with socioeconomic disadvantage at a South African, Western Cape Province and urban/intra-urban scale for 2008 and 2012. This study was framed within a health geography context and draws attention to the reality of health variations which are influenced …
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Towards an understanding of mental disorders in urban areas
… is unclear whether this risk is independent of socioeconomic status or interacts with generation status or neighbourhood-level risk factors. Using two large, first episode UK datasets I tested whether the incidence of psychoses varied between and within urban areas. I investigated heterogeneity …
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Health Provision in Tshitshi, Zimbabwe: A Focus on Sexual and Reproductive Health
… and the non-biomedical alternatives within the socioeconomic deprivation they encounter. Data was collected in Tshitshi village located in Matabeleland South province of Zimbabwe using qualitative methods through focus group discussions and in-depth interviews. In analysing data, I used thematic …
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Analysis of factors influencing early outcome following liver resection
… was performed less frequently among the most socioeconomically deprived population. However, socioeconomic deprivation was not associated with tumour recurrence (P=0.867). The major complication rate was 18.7% and was significantly associated with age, male gender, insulin-dependent diabetes, …
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Health inequalities in New Zealand: an examination of mortality and hospital utilisation trends, with reference to the compression of morbidity hypothesis
… examines health inequalities by area-level socioeconomic deprivation, and health in later life in New Zealand. It identifies whether expansion or compression of morbidity is occurring at the end of life. It asks if overall morbidity at a population level is likely to increase or decrease in …
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The prevalence of caries and tooth wear in cleft children aged between 6 months and 6 years in the West of Scotland.
… between the occurrence of a cleft and socioeconomic deprivation in the West of Scotland. Method: Ethical approval was granted from the West of Scotland Ethics Committee and the local Research and Development Office. Children attending the Oral Orthopaedic Prevention Clinic at Glasgow …
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Young-Onset Type 2 Diabetes in the Auckland Region - Clinical Outcomes and Healthcare Service Use in Comparison to Type 1 Diabetes
… hospital admissions. A national index of deprivation (NZDep) was used to assess the impact of socioeconomic deprivation. Results: The median duration of known diabetes was 8 years for both groups. A greater proportion of the T2D group lived in the most deprived NZDep deciles (9&10) (58% vs …
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Examining the Factors or Aspects Associated with Perinatal Depression and Anxiety Among Pregnant Women.
… as lower educational attainment, joblessness, socioeconomic deprivation, and rural-urban disparities; and (5) predictive patterns demonstrating continuity between antenatal and postpartum symptoms. Throughout all trials, the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS); the Hospital Anxiety and …
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The spatial equity and sustainability of general practitioner services: A mixed methods analysis of the Waikato DHB region
… are a robust indicator; however, area-level socioeconomic deprivation is also strongly associated with other indicators of need and data is more widely available to researchers. Mixed-methods analysis suggests that GP services are not distributed equitably within the Waikato DHB region and …
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The Role of Socioeconomic Position in Adolescent Physical Activity
… Unlike in children and adults, the impact of socioeconomic position (SEP) on physical activity behaviour during adolescence is unclear. Qualitative evidence aiming to understand this from the adolescent perspective is lacking, as are efforts to understand equitable approaches to physical …
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A Mother’s Hope: Pacific Teenage Pregnancy in New Zealand
… population, being a solo parent, economic deprivation, unemployment and lack of education. In the Industrialised world, New Zealand teenage births (33.4 per 1,000) are second only to the United States of America (U.S.A) (55.6 per 1000), with Pacific teenage pregnancy rates being twice as …