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Showing 1 to 20 of 90 for “"health inequalities"”.
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Socioeconomic related health inequalities in South Africa
… factors correlated with, socio economic related health inequalities in South Africa. We extend our analysis by investigating whether income has a causal effect on health outcomes. The thesis is divided into four separate, but related chapters. In chapter two, we describe the data and the …
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Health and Poverty: The Issue of Health Inequalities in Ethiopia
… are to provide a comprehensive assessment of inequalities in infant and under-five years¿ child survival, access to and utilisations of child health services among different socio-economic groups in Ethiopia; and identify issues for policies and programmes at national and sub-national levels. …
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Estimating income-related health inequalities associated with tobacco and alcohol in Namibia
… and alcohol use to the socioeconomic-related inequalities in health. Such evidence has been important for the formulation of anti-smoking and alcohol policies. However, focus has been on self-assessed health, a subjective health outcome and much is not known regarding the joint contribution of …
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HEALTH INEQUALITIES AND SOCIAL NETWORK STRUCTURES: A COMPARISON BETWEENSINGAPORE AND SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA
… the effects of social determinants on self-rated health among the near elderly aged 50 – 69 in Singapore and Seoul, South Korea. Two representative datasets from the joint research project, “A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to Promoting Longevity, Healthy and Successful Ageing” by the National …
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Addressing health inequalities in South Africa : policy insights and the role of improved efficiency
… technical efficiency aspects of the South African health system. It empirically assesses the status qua and trends in equity as it relates to child morbidity and mortality and self-reported illness and utilization of different service providers in adulthood. Furthermore, an assessment of the …
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Health inequalities amongst older people from ethnic minority groups in Britain: ‘sensitivity’ of different ses measures
… of the older population and the implications for health and health care needs. In fact ‘ageing’ and ‘ethnicity’ are rarely integrated within health research. According to the United Kingdom (UK) 2001 Census, there are over 4.6 million individuals belonging to minority ethnic groups, with a quarter …
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Social policy and health inequalities : the relevance of faith to chronic illness management in the Pakistani community
… of Pakistani Muslims in the UK and for their healthcare and health. This thesis aims to assess the influence of Muslim identity on healthcare and health through a multifaceted methodology, which takes account of context and of other aspects of identity such as social class, ethnicity, gender …
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Social patterning in biomarkers of health, an analysis of health inequalities using Understanding Society: the UK Household Longitudinal Study
Health inequalities are known to be prevalent in Britain. Though testing hypothesised pathways between socio-economic position and biological markers of heath, this thesis aims to improve understanding of how socio-economic inequality becomes health inequality and how physiology is affected by …
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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
This thesis 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 …
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Applying an intersectional approach on measuring gender as a social determinant of health in social epidemiology
Gendered health inequalities have historically been a focus of social epidemiology. However, gender analysis in these investigations has been limited to sex-specific or sensitive analyses, thereby neglecting gender as a socially constructed, multidimensional concept. The emergence of …
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An exploration of primary care policy and practice for reducing inequalities in mental health
Mental health problems in individuals and in the Scottish population are less well defined by routine data and diagnostic criteria than are physical health problems, but they have similar relationships with social gradients. Primary care in Scotland in recent years has been given an emphasis on …
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Intersections of Gender, Ethnicity, and Socioeconomic Position in Health in England: A Mixed Methods Study
Background: Social inequalities in health represent one of the greatest challenges to public health today. Traditionally, studies investigating health inequalities have treated gender, ethnicity, and socioeconomic position as independent and additive explanatory variables. Consequently, important …
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Socioeconomic inequalities in skilled birth attendance in Zimbabwe: a comparative analysis
This dissertation assessed socioeconomic inequalities in skilled birth attendance in Zimbabwe. High maternal mortality in low-income countries is a cause of concern globally. Skilled birth attendance prevents a substantial number of maternal deaths and it is critical for ensuring overall maternal …
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Leg ulceration: An exploration of the role of socio-economic factors in the epidemiology, access to health care and outcomes.
Background Tackling health inequalities has been a priority policy area for the NHS since the 1990’s. To date there has been scant research addressing this area in relation to leg ulcers, despite there being some evidence of inequalities in leg ulcer prevalence. The overarching aim of this thesis …
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An examination of the bio-psychological benefits of physical activity in parks and urban green spaces : a mixed-method approach
… to address a number of bio-psychosocial health inequalities by encouraging urban park use. The current research explores the link between people and nature within the urban context of Liverpool across 3 phases of research. The reconnaissance phase explored health inequalities, physical …
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On the Edge: Power and Partnership in Social Work
… social work with a particular emphasis on mental health and health inequalities. The statement provides an underpinning conceptual framework that demonstrates interwoven themes of power, partnership and marginality. These are explored in relation to the published work, demonstrating an original …
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A place to cook: A scoping review
There has been a growing concern with health equity in public health systems worldwide. It is well known that the primary drivers shaping health are not medical treatments or genetics, but the conditions in which we live. Conditions, such as food and housing insecurity are pervasive problems in …
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Three Essays on Social Stratification, Gender and Health
This dissertation consists of three essays on health inequalities that arise from interactions between education, gender, and socio-cultural context: gender disparities in the educational gradients in weight status, the gender-specific relationship between mortality of parents and offspring's …
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Access to Care and the Impact of Inequality Among Individuals with a History of Mental Illness
… between experiences of oppression and self-rated health among a cross-section of 293 community dwelling participants with a mental illness. Binary logistic regression was used to estimate the association between self-rated health and social identity (gender, ethnicity, education, homelessness, …
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