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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"Socioeconomic position"”.
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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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FACETS OF SOCIOECONOMIC POSITION AND THE ONSET AND PROGRESSION OF FUNCTIONAL LIMITATION IN MEXICO
The association between lower socioeconomic position and poor health has been observed across countries and health outcomes. Socioeconomic position is often measured by education, income, wealth, and occupation which are often treated as interchangeable. Less work has studied how these measures …
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A quantitative analysis of socioeconomic position and the occurrence of violence in South Africa
… the causes of violence are predominantly socioeconomic (rather than biological) in nature. The intersection between violence and varying measures of socioeconomic position is one that deserves specific attention in South Africa due to high levels of violence in the country, the social …
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Intersections of Gender, Ethnicity, and Socioeconomic Position in Health in England: A Mixed Methods Study
… inequalities have treated gender, ethnicity, and socioeconomic position as independent and additive explanatory variables. Consequently, important health inequalities that exist at the intersection of social groups remain invisible and unaccounted for. Aim: An intersectionality framework was …
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Associations Between Socioeconomic Position and Mental Health and Mental Health Disorders Among Adults in Canada from 2005 to 2022
Introduction: Socioeconomic position (SEP) is a fundamental determinant of mental health, often measured by income and education. Poor mental health and mental health disorders are more prevalent among adults with a lower SEP. Examining trends in associations between SEP and mental health outcomes …
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Travel Distance, Rurality and Area Socioeconomic Position As Predictors of Screening Colonoscopy Use Among Patients Who Get Access to Primary Care Practitioners
… impacts of distance, rural residence and area socioeconomic status and the likelihood of colonoscopy utilization among patients of African American PCPs, particularly when the PCPs are trained in colonoscopy.</p> <p><strong>Data collection:</strong> The study used data collected for a project …
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Inequalities in children's physical activity and interventions
There is clear evidence of socioeconomic inequalities in overweight and obesity in childhood. These differences progressively worsen with age ultimately amplifying disparities in morbidity and premature mortality from associated noncommunicable diseases across the life-course. The well-established …
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Relationship of Discrimination and Early Life Socioeconomics on Health Outcomes in Healthy Young African American Women
… racial and gender discrimination and early life socioeconomic position on psychological distress and biomarkers of stress and inflammation and the mediating effects of psychological distress on physiological processes. Fifty African American women between the ages of 18-29 who self-identified as …
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Analysing the socioeconomic determinants of hypertension in South Africa: A structural equation modelling approach
… of hypertension varies across populations' socioeconomic strata. Higher socioeconomic status (SES) has been consistently associated with lower levels of blood pressure in most studies from Europe and North America, while research in low- and middle-income countries at an earlier stage of the …
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The Impact of Food Environment in Childhood Obesity in the UK: A Systematic Review
… between a number of variables, such as socioeconomic position, education, and governmental laws. To effectively reduce childhood obesity in the UK, comprehensive interventions addressing individual behaviours as well as systemic changes in the food environment are required.
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Exploring the gap between media and practice: a feminist analysis of media representations and practitioner perspectives on sexual exploitation of girls and young women
… on ‘whiteness’ and ‘vulnerability’ obscures the socioeconomic position of the young women concerned. The analysis also reveals a change in the media’s focus on perpetrators, from their relative invisibility in period one to a racialised media template in period two. The second phase was …
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The persistence of poor diet and diet inequalities
Diet is determined by socioeconomic factors (e.g. education, occupation, and income) and personal characteristics (e.g. ethnicity, gender, and age). Diet inequalities, whereby diet quality differs systematically across population subgroups, are well-documented. Reducing inequalities has long been …
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Racial/Ethnic Differences in the Relationship Between Wealth and Health
… disparities. It is widely acknowledged that socioeconomic position (SEP) is a fundamental cause of disease and health disparities. Centering around three key constructs—race/ethnicity, wealth, and health—this dissertation had two overarching aims: (a) to investigate the relationship between …
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THE INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL CAPITAL ON SUCCESSFUL COMMUNITY DISCHARGE AFTER POST-ACUTE CARE AMONG MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES
… healthcare system. Social risk factors such as socioeconomic position, cultural contexts, and community factors may negatively affect health outcomes despite high standards of care. This dissertation focuses on structural social capital—the sum of resources available from the community …
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Salutogenes, Kasam och socionomer
… bachelor’s degree. SOC-29 does not relate to socioeconomic position, gender or age. Social workers who are married or registered partnership have significant stronger SOC-29 than those living together with a partner or being single. The SOC concept measured with SOC-29 seems not to be …
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Risk factors for cardiometabolic disease among children in South East Asia
… evidence of association between measures of socioeconomic position and cardiometabolic disease risk factors among children. Finally, effective procedures were established for the collection, analysis and storage of biological samples from children and their family members in the HDSS, with …
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Socioeconomic status and tobacco use behavior in adolescence.
… associated with poverty, with those in lower socioeconomic classes using tobacco at higher rates. The association between socioeconomoic status (SES) and tobacco use for youth, however, is much less clear. Understanding the role of SES in initiation and progression of tobacco use among …
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Epidemiological studies of sociodemographic factors, early life factors, health, and medical care consumption among small children
… morbidity. It is well-known that the social position of the family, living conditions, and parental health-related behaviors are closely connected with health in childhood. The socioeconomic position (SEP) of the family affects the child’s health from the very beginning of life through the …
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Local food availability, diet and obesity: Development and empirical testing of a complex theory
… the preferences and needs of people of varying socioeconomic position (SEP). Thus, use of different away-from-home food outlets (i.e. fast food, restaurant and café) were examined in adults from the National Diet and Nutrition Survey showing that only use of fast food outlets (but not …
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The Health Status of Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Adults
… outcomes in other vulnerable populations such as socioeconomic position and sexual orientation (Bowleg, 2012; MacCarthy, Reisner, Nunn, Perez-Brumer, & Operario, 2015). Despite a growing body of health-related literature, additional research is needed to advance our understanding of health among …
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