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Abu-Quider A, Asleh M. Ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in survival of children and adolescents with CNS tumors in Southern Israel. Neurooncol Pract 2022; 9:441-448. [DOI: 10.1093/nop/npac041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Background
This study sought to evaluate survival of pediatric and adolescent patients with central nervous system (CNS) cancer in southern Israel, outline disparities between ethnic and socioeconomic groups (Bedouin Arabs compared to Jews) and evaluate the role of socioeconomic status (SES) in ethnic disparities.
Methods
A retrospective study was conducted among 91 patients aged one to 20 years, who were diagnosed with CNS tumors between 2001 and 2017, and followed-up through 2020. Ethnic differences in survival were measured by age, sex, stage, histology and SES. One and 3-year survival rates were calculated. Multivariable regression analysis was used to estimate adjusted ethnic differences in survival rates.
Results
Ethnic differences in survival existed within all studied variables. All Bedouin patients lived in low SES settlements (All Bedouin settlement in Southern Israel are ranked in lower socioeconomic deciles). Twenty-eight patients had medulloblastoma. Seven (25%) presented with leptomeningeal disease or distant metastases. Medulloblastoma molecular subgroups were not assessed for logistic reasons. Three-year overall survival of Bedouins was 50% compared to 92.3% for Jews. Adjusted risk of death at 3 years was significantly higher for Bedouin patients (aHR 3.36, 95% CI 1.41–7.98, P = .006).
Conclusions
We conclude that Bedouin children with CNS tumors have significantly lower survival rates compared to Jewish children, and SES seems to play a major part in these disparities. Factors influencing these disparities should be addressed and public health interventions to eliminate these disparities should be developed.
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- Abed Abu-Quider
- Pediatric Hemato-Oncology Department, Saban Pediatric Medical Center, Soroka University Medical Center , Israel
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev , Beer-Sheva , Israel
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Kim T. Relationship of neighborhood and individual socioeconomic status on mortality among older adults: Evidence from cross-level interaction analyses. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0267542. [PMID: 35588127 PMCID: PMC9119539 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0267542] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2021] [Accepted: 04/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Background The influence of community context and individual socioeconomic status on health is widely recognized. However, the dynamics of how the relationship of neighborhood context on health varies by individual socioeconomic status is less well understood. Objective To examine the relationship between neighborhood context and mortality among older adults and examine how the influence of neighborhood context on mortality differs by individual socioeconomic status, using two measures of income-level and homeownership. Research design and subjects A retrospective study of 362,609 Medicare Advantage respondents to the 2014–2015 Medicare Health Outcomes Survey aged 65 and older. Measures Neighborhood context was defined using the deciles of the Area Deprivation Index. Logistic regression was used to analyze mortality with interaction terms between income/homeownership and neighborhood deciles to examine cross-level relationships, controlling for age, gender, race/ethnicity, number of chronic conditions, obese/underweight, difficulties in activities of daily living, smoking status, and survey year. Predicted mortality rates by group were calculated from the logistic model results. Results Low-income individuals (8.9%) and nonhomeowners (9.1%) had higher mortality rates compared to higher-income individuals (5.3%) and homeowners (5.3%), respectively, and the differences were significant across all neighborhoods even after adjustment. With regression adjustment, older adults residing in less disadvantaged neighborhoods showed lower predicted 2-year mortality among high-income (4.86% in the least disadvantaged neighborhood; 6.06% in the most disadvantaged neighborhood; difference p-value<0.001) or homeowning individuals (4.73% in the least disadvantaged neighborhood; 6.25% in the most disadvantaged neighborhood; difference p-value<0.001). However, this study did not observe a significant difference in predicted mortality rates among low-income individuals by neighborhood (8.7% in the least disadvantaged neighborhood; 8.61% in the most disadvantaged neighborhood; difference p-value = 0.825). Conclusions Low-income or non-homeowning older adults had a higher risk of mortality regardless of neighborhood socioeconomic status. While living in a less disadvantaged neighborhood provided a protective association for higher-income or homeowning older adults, low-income older adults did not experience an observable benefit.
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- Taehyun Kim
- Department of Health Policy and Management, University of Maryland School of Public Health, College Park, Maryland, United States of America
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The Effect of Neighborhood Deprivation on Mortality in Newly Diagnosed Diabetes Patients: A Countrywide Population-Based Korean Retrospective Cohort Study, 2002-2013. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:ijerph19074324. [PMID: 35410005 PMCID: PMC8998590 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19074324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2022] [Revised: 03/31/2022] [Accepted: 04/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Background: Neighborhood environmental factors along with individual factors are beginning to make a mark as factors which influence individual health outcomes. The goal of this study is to look at the combined impact of individual and neighborhood socioeconomic status on all-cause mortality in diabetic patients who have just been diagnosed. Methods: The Korean National Health Insurance (2002–2013) was employed in this cohort research, which used a stratified random sample. During the years 2003–2006, a total of 15,882 individuals who were newly diagnosed with diabetes and using oral disease-controlling medication were included in the study. Individual income and neighborhood deprivation index were used to examine the combined effect on all-cause mortality. The frailty model was performed using Cox’s proportional hazard regression. Results: During the study period, 28.3 percent (n = 4493) of the 15,882 eligible individuals died. In a Cox regression analysis after adjusting for all covariates, with advantaged and disadvantaged neighborhoods classified according to individual household income, the adjusted HR for patients living in a disadvantaged area was higher compared to patients living in an advantaged area in patients with middle income, compared to the reference group (a high income within an advantaged neighborhood) (HR, 1.22; 95% CI, 1.09–1.35; HR, 1.13; 95% CI, 1.02–1.25, respectively). The adjusted HR for patients with low income who lived in a disadvantaged location was greater than for patients who lived in an advantaged area (HR, 1.34; 95% CI, 1.18–1.53 vs. HR, 1.28; 95% CI, 1.14–1.49). Conclusions: Individual SES has a greater impact on all-cause mortality among diabetic patients when they live in a low-income neighborhood.
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Banchani E, Tenkorang EY, Midodzi W. Examining the effects of individual and neighbourhood socioeconomic status/wealth on hypertension among women in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE IN THE COMMUNITY 2022; 30:714-725. [PMID: 33016517 DOI: 10.1111/hsc.13185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2020] [Revised: 09/03/2020] [Accepted: 09/08/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Hypertension is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality among women in sub-Saharan Africa. Although research on the relationship between individual-level socioeconomic status (SES) and hypertension exists, to the best of our knowledge, limited empirical studies examined the effects of neighbourhood-level SES/wealth on the risks of living with hypertension in Ghana. Using data from the 2009 Women's Health Study of Accra (WHSA-II), and applying multilevel logistic regression, this study investigates the effects of both individual and neighbourhood wealth status on hypertension among women in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. The results show that individual-level SES/wealth is a significant determinant of hypertension among Ghanaian women in Accra. Specifically, wealthy women are more likely to be hypertensive compared to poorer women. However, the effect of neighbourhood SES/wealth was attenuated after adjusting for individual-level SES/wealth. These findings suggest that it is important to develop health promotion programs targeted at a segment of SES group in the prevention, control and management of hypertension among women in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana.
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- Department of Sociology, Memorial University, St. John's, Canada
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- Division of Community Health and Humanities, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University, St. John's, Canada
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Véronneau MH, Serbin LA, Kennedy-Turner K, Stack DM, Ledingham JE, Schwartzman AE. Promoting Postsecondary Education in Low-Income Youth: The Moderating Role of Socio-Behavioral and Academic Skills in the Context of a Major Educational Reform. J Youth Adolesc 2021; 51:1317-1332. [PMID: 34843080 DOI: 10.1007/s10964-021-01541-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2021] [Accepted: 11/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Governments around the world are pressed to invest in postsecondary education. However, little research exists to document whether large-scale educational reforms aimed at increasing rates of postsecondary attendance benefit youth's developmental outcomes. This study tested whether an educational reform occurring in Québec, Canada, in the 1960s increased educational levels, and whether it benefitted some youth more than others. In the 1970's, 4109 low-income youth (50% females) aged 7-13 years old were recruited at Time 1 from first, fourth, and seventh grade classes (Mage = 10.6, SD = 2.5). Socio-behavioral characteristics and academic skills at Time 1 were examined as predictors of educational attainment at Time 2, three decades later, on 3883 of the same participants. Multinomial logistic regressions were used to examine the likelihood of youth obtaining a diploma from the newly created, accessible, and affordable colleges ("cégeps"). Low-educated groups (high school dropouts and high school graduates) presented a higher early risk profile than did college graduates. Interactions revealed that social withdrawal protected youth from disadvantaged neighborhoods, helping them graduate from college. Likeability helped academically weaker girls go beyond college and access university, and helped academically competent boys graduate from college. Aggressive behavior decreased the odds of university attendance for academically competent boys. Policies promoting higher education for disadvantaged youth should be supplemented with early interventions integrating academic and socio-behavioral objectives.
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- Departement of Psychology, Concordia University, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Departement of Psychology, Concordia University, Montréal, QC, Canada
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Hamad AF, Walld R, Lix LM, Urquia ML, Roos LL, Wall-Wieler E. Data Resource Profile: The Manitoba Multigenerational Cohort. Int J Epidemiol 2021; 51:e65-e72. [PMID: 34519337 DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyab195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2021] [Accepted: 08/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- Amani F Hamad
- Department of Community Health Sciences, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Department of Community Health Sciences, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Department of Community Health Sciences, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Department of Community Health Sciences, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.,Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Centre for Global Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Community Health Sciences, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Department of Community Health Sciences, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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Predicting psychosis-spectrum diagnoses in adulthood from social behaviors and neighborhood contexts in childhood. Dev Psychopathol 2020; 32:465-479. [PMID: 31014409 DOI: 10.1017/s095457941900021x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Research showing that risk for schizophrenia, bipolar disorder with psychosis, and other psychosis-spectrum diagnoses in adulthood is multidetermined has underscored the necessity of studying the additive and interactive factors in childhood that precede and predict future disorders. In this study, risk for the development of psychosis-spectrum disorders was examined in a 2-generation, 30-year prospective longitudinal study of 3,905 urban families against a sociocultural backdrop of changing economic and social conditions. Peer nominations of aggression, withdrawal, and likeability and national census information on neighborhood-level socioeconomic disadvantage in childhood, as well as changes in neighborhood socioeconomic conditions over the lifespan, were examined as predictors of diagnoses of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and other psychosis-spectrum disorders in adulthood relative to developing only nonpsychotic disorders or no psychiatric disorders. Individuals who were both highly aggressive and highly withdrawn were at greater risk for other psychosis-spectrum diagnoses when they experienced greater neighborhood disadvantage in childhood or worsening neighborhood conditions over maturation. Males who were highly aggressive but low on withdrawal were at greater risk for schizophrenia diagnoses. Childhood neighborhood disadvantage predicted both schizophrenia and bipolar diagnoses, regardless of childhood social behavior. Results provided strong support for multiple-domain models of psychopathology, and suggest that universal preventive interventions and social policies aimed at improving neighborhood conditions may be particularly important for decreasing the prevalence of psychosis-spectrum diagnoses in the future.
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Ouvrard C, Meillon C, Dartigues JF, Ávila-Funes JA, Amieva H. Do Individual and Geographical Deprivation Have the Same Impact on the Risk of Dementia? A 25-Year Follow-up Study. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 2020; 75:218-227. [PMID: 29077923 DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbx130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2017] [Accepted: 09/26/2017] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES To determine the impact of both individual psychosocioeconomic precariousness and geographical deprivation on risk of dementia in older adults followed-up for 25 years. METHOD The sample consisted of 3,431 participants aged 65 years or over from the PAQUID cohort study. Individual psychosocioeconomic precariousness was measured computing eight economic and psychosocial indicators. Geographical deprivation was assessed by the FDep99 index, consisting of four community socioeconomic variables. For both measures, the fourth quartile of the distribution was considered as the more precarious or deprived category, while the first quartile was considered as the less precarious or deprived one. Clinical dementia diagnosis was assessed all along study follow-up. The association between individual psychosocioeconomic precariousness, geographical deprivation and risk of dementia was assessed using illness-death regression models adjusted for age, sex, depression, psychotropic drug consumption, comorbidities, disability, and body mass index, while accounting for death as a competing event. RESULTS The risk of dementia was higher for the more psychosocioeconomic precarious participants (HR = 1.51; 95% CI: 1.24-1.84). No increased risk of dementia was found for those living in communities with high index of deprivation. DISCUSSION Psychosocioeconomic precariousness, but not geographical deprivation, is associated with a higher risk of dementia.
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- Camille Ouvrard
- Inserm, Bordeaux Population Health Research Center, team Psychoepidemiology of aging and chronic diseases, University of Bordeaux, France
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- Inserm, Bordeaux Population Health Research Center, team Psychoepidemiology of aging and chronic diseases, University of Bordeaux, France
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- Inserm, Bordeaux Population Health Research Center, team Psychoepidemiology of aging and chronic diseases, University of Bordeaux, France
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- Inserm, Bordeaux Population Health Research Center, team Psychoepidemiology of aging and chronic diseases, University of Bordeaux, France.,Department of Geriatrics, National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition "Salvador Zubiran", Mexico City, Mexico
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- Inserm, Bordeaux Population Health Research Center, team Psychoepidemiology of aging and chronic diseases, University of Bordeaux, France
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Högberg B, Strandh M, Petersen S, Johansson K. Education system stratification and health complaints among school-aged children. Soc Sci Med 2018; 220:159-166. [PMID: 30445341 DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2018] [Revised: 10/26/2018] [Accepted: 11/05/2018] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Research shows that the school environment is an important social determinant of health among children and adolescents. However, we know virtually nothing of the health consequences of national education systems and policies, for example the stratification of pupils by academic ability. This study aimed to investigate if education system stratification is related to self-reported psychological and somatic health complaints of pupils aged 11 to 15, and social inequalities in such health complaints. Survey data from the Health Behaviors of School-aged Children (HBSC) survey, covering 33 countries and more than 180 000 pupils in primary and lower secondary school, were used. Multilevel models showed that education system stratification was not associated with the average levels of health complaints of pupils, but cross-level interaction effects showed that stratification moderated the relationship between social background and health complaints, such that inequalities in health complaints were smaller in countries with more stratified systems. Moreover, this moderating effect was mediated by the school learning environment and social relations in school. Specifically, social inequalities in school pressure, academic self-concept, school climate, and school satisfaction were smaller in more stratified education systems, which in turn accounted for smaller inequalities in health complaints in these countries.
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- Björn Högberg
- Department of Social Work, Umeå University, 901 87, Umeå, Sweden.
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- Department of Social Work, Umeå University, 901 87, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, University Hospital, 901 85, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, University Hospital, 901 85, Umeå, Sweden
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Vincens N, Emmelin M, Stafström M. The interplay of contextual layers: A multilevel analysis of income distribution, neighborhood infrastructure, socioeconomic position and self-rated health in Brazil. Health Place 2018; 52:155-162. [PMID: 29894906 DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2018.05.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2017] [Revised: 05/23/2018] [Accepted: 05/29/2018] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Our hypothesis is that neighborhood infrastructure modifies the association between state-level income distribution and self-rated health. In our findings neighborhood infrastructure amplifies the association between income equality and self-rated health, yet with a differential impact on health according to sex, race and education level favoring individuals at higher socioeconomic positions. Most of the individual health variation attributed to context happens at neighborhood level, based on random effects analyses. Our findings contribute to a further understanding of health inequalities in Brazil. The demonstrated synergism between state, neighborhood and individual level determinants of health supports inter-sectoral policies and interventions in a clearly multileveled way.
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- Natalia Vincens
- Lund University, Social Medicine and Global Health, Malmö, Sweden; CAPES Foundation, Ministry of Education of Brazil, Brasilia, DF, Brazil.
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- Lund University, Social Medicine and Global Health, Malmö, Sweden
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- Lund University, Social Medicine and Global Health, Malmö, Sweden
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Big Data and Population Health: Focusing on the Health Impacts of the Social, Physical, and Economic Environment. Epidemiology 2018; 28:759-762. [PMID: 28682850 DOI: 10.1097/ede.0000000000000711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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We are at the dawn of a data deluge in health that carries extraordinary promise for improving the health of populations. However, current associated efforts, which generally center on the 'precision medicine' agenda, may well fall short in terms of its overall impact. The main challenges, it is argued, are less technical than the following: (1) identifying the data that matter most; (2) ensuring that we make better use of existing data; and (3) extending our efforts from the individual to the population by exploiting new, complex, and sometimes unstructured, data sources. Advances in Epidemiology have shown that policies, features of institutions, characteristics of communities, living and environmental conditions, and social relationships all contribute, together with individual behaviors and factors such as poverty and race, to the production of health. Examples are discussed, leading to recommendations that focus on core priorities for data linkage, including those relating to marginalized populations, better data on socioeconomic status, micro- and macro-environments, collaborating with researchers in the fields of education, environment, and social sciences to ensure the validity and accuracy of multilevel data, aligning research aims with policy decisions that must be made, and heightening efforts to protect privacy.
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Shin J, Choi Y, Kim SW, Lee SG, Park EC. Cross-level interaction between individual socioeconomic status and regional deprivation on overall survival after onset of ischemic stroke: National health insurance cohort sample data from 2002 to 2013. J Epidemiol 2017; 27:381-388. [PMID: 28688749 PMCID: PMC5549246 DOI: 10.1016/j.je.2016.08.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2015] [Accepted: 08/19/2016] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION The literature on stroke mortality and neighborhood effect is characterized by studies that are often Western society-oriented, with a lack of racial and cultural diversity. We estimated the effect of cross-level interaction between individual and regional socioeconomic status on the survival after onset of ischemic stroke. METHODS We selected newly diagnosed ischemic stroke patients from 2002 to 2013 using stratified representative sampling data of 1,025,340 subjects. A total of 37,044 patients over the 10 years from 2004 to 2013 had newly diagnosed stroke. We calculated hazard ratios (HR) of 12- and 36-month mortality using the Cox proportional hazard model, with the reference group as stroke patients with high income in advantaged regions. RESULTS For the middle income level, the patients in advantaged regions showed low HRs for overall mortality (12-month HR 1.27; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.13-1.44; 36-month HR 1.25; 95% CI, 1.14-1.37) compared to the others in disadvantaged regions (12-month HR 1.36; 95% CI, 1.19-1.56; 36-month HR 1.30; 95% CI, 1.17-1.44). Interestingly, for the low income level, the patients in advantaged regions showed high HRs for overall mortality (12-month HR 1.27; 95% CI, 1.13-1.44; 36-month HR 1.33; 95% CI, 1.22-1.46) compared to the others in disadvantaged regions (12-month HR 1.25; 95% CI, 1.09-1.43; 36-month HR 1.30; 95% CI, 1.18-1.44). CONCLUSION Although we need to perform further investigations to determine the exact mechanisms, regional deprivation, as well as medical factors, might be associated with survival after onset of ischemic stroke in low-income patients.
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- Jaeyong Shin
- Department of Preventive Medicine, Yonsei University, College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea; Institute of Health Services Research, Yonsei University, College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea; Department of Public Health, Yonsei University Graduate School, Seoul, South Korea
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- Institute of Health Services Research, Yonsei University, College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea; Department of Public Health, Yonsei University Graduate School, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Yonsei University, College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Hospital Management, Yonsei University Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Yonsei University, College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea; Institute of Health Services Research, Yonsei University, College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
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Hung CL, Ou CY, Lai HC, Chen YT, Lee CC, Li SC, Su YC. High combined individual and neighborhood socioeconomic status correlated with better survival of patients with lymphoma in post-rituximab era despite universal health coverage. JOURNAL OF CANCER RESEARCH AND PRACTICE 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrpr.2016.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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Denny S, Lewycka S, Utter J, Fleming T, Peiris-John R, Sheridan J, Rossen F, Wynd D, Teevale T, Bullen P, Clark T. The association between socioeconomic deprivation and secondary school students' health: findings from a latent class analysis of a national adolescent health survey. Int J Equity Health 2016; 15:109. [PMID: 27422160 PMCID: PMC4947270 DOI: 10.1186/s12939-016-0398-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2016] [Accepted: 07/06/2016] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Background The aims of this study were to examine indicators of socioeconomic deprivation among secondary school students and to determine associations between household poverty, neighbourhood deprivation and health indicators. Methods Data were from a nationally representative sample of 8500 secondary school students in New Zealand who participated in a health survey in 2012. Latent class analyses were used to group students by household poverty based on nine indicators of household socioeconomic deprivation: no car; no phone; no computer; their parent/s worry about not having enough money for food; more than two people sharing a bedroom; no holidays with their families; moving home more than twice that year; garages or living rooms used as bedrooms; and, no parent at home with employment. Multilevel generalized linear models were used to estimate the cross-level interaction between household poverty and neighbourhood deprivation with depressive symptoms, cigarette smoking and overweight/ obesity. Results Three groups of students were identified: 80 % of students had low levels of household poverty across all indicators; 15 % experienced moderate poverty; and 5 % experienced high levels of poverty. Depressive symptoms and cigarette smoking were 2–3 times higher in the poverty groups compared to student’s not experiencing poverty. There were also higher rates of overweight/ obesity among students in the poverty groups compared to students not experiencing poverty, but once covariates were accounted for the relationship was less clear. Of note, students experiencing poverty and living in affluent neighbourhoods reported higher levels of depressive symptoms and higher rates of cigarette smoking than students experiencing poverty and living in low socioeconomic neighbourhoods. This cross-level interaction was not seen for overweight/ obesity. Conclusions Measures of household socioeconomic deprivation among young people should not be combined with neighbourhood measures of socioeconomic deprivation due to non-linear relationships with health and behaviour indicators. Policies are needed that address household poverty alongside efforts to reduce socioeconomic inequalities in neighbourhoods.
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- Simon Denny
- Department of Paediatrics: Child and Youth Health, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, 1142, New Zealand.
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- Department of Paediatrics: Child and Youth Health, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, 1142, New Zealand
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- Section of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Department of Paediatrics: Child and Youth Health, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, 1142, New Zealand
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- Section of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Department of Social & Community Health, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Child and Youth Health Team, Auckland District Health Board, Auckland, New Zealand
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- School of Learning Development and Professional Practice, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- School of Nursing, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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Zambon A, Boyce W, Cois E, Currie C, Lemma P, Dalmasso P, Borraccino A, Cavallo F. Do Welfare Regimes Mediate the Effect of Socioeconomic Position on Health in Adolescence? A Cross-National Comparison in Europe, North America, and Israel. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEALTH SERVICES 2016; 36:309-29. [PMID: 16878395 DOI: 10.2190/aawx-184j-88hr-l0ql] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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This article examines whether different types of welfare states mediate the effect of socioeconomic position on adolescents' health. The authors' main hypothesis is that countries with stronger redistributive policies will be more effective in weakening the association between socioeconomic position and health, thus reducing health inequalities. Analyses were carried out for Israel and 32 countries of Europe and North America. Data in the 2001–2002 Health Behavior in School-aged Children survey were collected through self-administered questionnaires distributed in schools to boys and girls 11, 13, and 15 years old. Socioeconomic position was measured with the Family Affluence Scale, based on reported consumption in the family. Health indicators were perceived health, general well-being, symptom load, and health behaviors. Social welfare regimes were classified using an expanded Esping-Andersen classification. The analysis supports the authors' hypothesis, at least partially. Social democratic and conservative welfare regimes rank lowest in the strength of association between low socioeconomic position and poor health, followed by liberal and other regime types, but it is more difficult to interpret data from Mediterranean and post-communist countries.
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- Alessio Zambon
- Dipartimento di Sanità Pubblica, Università di Torino, Italy.
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Effects of individual and neighborhood socioeconomic status on the risk of all-cause mortality in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A nationwide population-based cohort study, 2002-2013. Respir Med 2016; 114:9-17. [PMID: 27109806 DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2016.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2015] [Revised: 02/05/2016] [Accepted: 03/08/2016] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND Numerous previous studies have shown that individual socioeconomic status (SES) is associated with mortality in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but few empirical studies have evaluated the effects of individual SES and neighborhood deprivation on mortality in COPD patients. METHODS We performed a prospective cohort study to examine the effect of socioeconomic disparity on all-cause mortality in newly diagnosed COPD patients in a setting with universal health care coverage. We used representative population-based nationwide cohort data from the Korean National Health Insurance claims database (2002-2013). We included patients who were at least 40 years old and newly diagnosed with COPD (N = 9275). To analyze the data, we utilized a frailty model and Cox's proportional hazard regression. RESULTS A total of 1849 (19.9%) of the 9275 eligible participants died during the study period. Compared to high-income patients from advantaged neighborhoods, the adjusted hazard ratio (HR) for middle-income COPD patients who lived in advantaged and disadvantaged neighborhoods was 1.22 (95% CI, 1.03-1.43) and 1.36 (95% CI, 1.15-1.60), respectively. For low-income patients, the adjusted HR for patients who lived in disadvantaged neighborhoods was higher than for patients who lived in advantaged neighborhoods (HR, 1.43; 95% CI, 1.17-1.74 vs. HR, 1.36; 95% CI, 1.11-1.66). There was no difference in the adjusted HRs for high-income patients who lived in advantaged and disadvantaged neighborhoods (HR, 1.01; 95% CI, 0.84-1.22). CONCLUSIONS Socioeconomic disparity contributes to all-cause mortality in COPD patients and neighborhood deprivation exacerbates the effect of individual SES on all-cause mortality in COPD patients.
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Shin J, Cho KH, Choi Y, Lee SG, Park EC, Jang SI. Combined effect of individual and neighborhood socioeconomic status on mortality in patients with newly diagnosed dyslipidemia: A nationwide Korean cohort study from 2002 to 2013. Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis 2016; 26:207-215. [PMID: 26895648 DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2015.12.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2015] [Revised: 11/09/2015] [Accepted: 12/14/2015] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND AIM The study aims to determine whether dyslipidemia patients living in less affluent neighborhood are at a higher risk of mortality compared to those living in more affluent neighborhoods. METHODS AND RESULTS A population-based cohort study was conducted using a stratified representative sampling from the National Health Insurance claim data from 2002 to 2013. The target subjects comprise patients newly diagnosed with dyslipidemia receiving medication. We performed a survival analysis using the Cox proportional hazard model. Of 11,946 patients with dyslipidemia, 1053 (8.8%) subjects died during the follow-up period. Of the dyslipidemia patients earning a middle-class income, the adjusted HR in less affluent neighborhoods was higher than that in the more affluent neighborhoods compared to the reference category of high individual SES in more affluent neighborhoods (less affluent; hazard ratio (HR) = 1.64, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.35-1.99 vs. more affluent; HR = 1.48, 95% CI: 1.20-1.81, respectively). We obtained consistent results in patients with lower income, wherein the adjusted HR in less affluent neighborhoods was higher than that in more affluent neighborhoods (less affluent; HR = 1.52, 95% CI: 1.16-1.97 vs. more affluent; HR = 1.41, 95% CI: 1.04-1.92, respectively). CONCLUSION Living in a less affluent neighborhood contributes to higher mortality among dyslipidemia patients. The individual- and neighborhood-level variables cumulatively affect individuals such that the most at-risk individuals include those having both individual- and neighborhood-level risk factors. These findings raise important clinical and public health concerns and indicate that neighborhood SES approaches should be essentially considered in health-care policies similar to individual SES.
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- J Shin
- Institute of Health Services Research, College of Medicine, Yonsei University, South Korea; Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Yonsei University, South Korea
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- Department of Public Health, Graduate School, Yonsei University, South Korea; Institute of Health Services Research, College of Medicine, Yonsei University, South Korea
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- Department of Public Health, Graduate School, Yonsei University, South Korea; Institute of Health Services Research, College of Medicine, Yonsei University, South Korea
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- Institute of Health Services Research, College of Medicine, Yonsei University, South Korea; Department of Hospital Management, Graduate School of Public Health, Yonsei University, South Korea
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- Institute of Health Services Research, College of Medicine, Yonsei University, South Korea; Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Yonsei University, South Korea
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- Institute of Health Services Research, College of Medicine, Yonsei University, South Korea; Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Yonsei University, South Korea.
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Cho KH, Lee SG, Nam CM, Lee EJ, Jang SY, Lee SH, Park EC. Disparities in socioeconomic status and neighborhood characteristics affect all-cause mortality in patients with newly diagnosed hypertension in Korea: a nationwide cohort study, 2002-2013. Int J Equity Health 2016; 15:3. [PMID: 26743664 PMCID: PMC4705749 DOI: 10.1186/s12939-015-0288-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2015] [Accepted: 12/15/2015] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Previous studies have shown that contextual factors and individual socioeconomic status (SES) were associated with mortality in Western developed countries. In Korea, there are few empirical studies that have evaluated the association between SES and health outcomes. METHODS We conducted cohort study to investigate the socioeconomic disparity in all-cause mortality for patients newly diagnosed with hypertension in the setting of universal health care coverage. We used stratified random sample of Korean National Health Insurance enrollees (2002-2013). We included patients newly diagnosed with hypertension (n = 28,306) from 2003-2006, who received oral medication to control their hypertension. We generated a frailty model using Cox's proportional hazard regression to assess risk factors for mortality. RESULTS A total of 7,825 (27.6%) of the 28,306 eligible subjects died during the study period. Compared to high income patients from advantaged neighborhoods, the adjusted hazard ratio (HR) for high income patients from disadvantaged neighborhoods was 1.10 (95% CI, 1.00-1.20; p-value = 0.05). The adjusted HR for middle income patients who lived in advantaged versus disadvantaged neighborhoods was 1.17 (95% CI, 1.08-1.26) and 1.27 (95% CI, 1.17-1.38), respectively. For low income patients, the adjusted HR for patients who lived in disadvantaged neighborhoods was higher than those who lived in advantaged neighborhoods (HR, 1.35; 95% CI, 1.22-1.49 vs HR, 1.28; 95% CI, 1.16-1.41). CONCLUSIONS Neighborhood deprivation can exacerbate the influence of individual SES on all-cause mortality among patients with newly diagnosed hypertension.
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- Kyoung Hee Cho
- Department of Public Health, Graduate School, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
- Institute of Health Services Research, College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
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- Institute of Health Services Research, College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
- Graduate School of Public Health, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
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- Institute of Health Services Research, College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
- Department of Biostatistics, College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
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- Graduate School of Social Welfare, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
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- Institute of Health Services Research, College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
- Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Nursing Science, College of Nursing, Gachon University, Seongnam, Korea
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- Institute of Health Services Research, College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea.
- Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea.
- Department of Preventive Medicine and Institute of Health Services Research, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 50 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, 120-752, Korea.
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Emerging psychopathology moderates upward social mobility: The intergenerational (dis)continuity of socioeconomic status. Dev Psychopathol 2015; 27:1217-36. [DOI: 10.1017/s0954579415000784] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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AbstractSocioeconomic status (SES) is relatively stable across generations, but social policies may create opportunities for upward social mobility among disadvantaged populations during periods of economic growth. With respect to expanded educational opportunities that occurred in Québec (Canada) during the 1960s, we hypothesized that children's social and academic competence would promote upward mobility, whereas aggression and social withdrawal would have the opposite effect. Out of 4,109 children attending low-SES schools in 1976–1978, a representative subsample of 503 participants were followed until midadulthood. Path analyses revealed that parents’ SES predicted offspring's SES through associations with offspring's likeability, academic competence, and educational attainment. Interaction effects revealed individual risk factors that moderated children's ability to take advantage of intrafamilial or extrafamilial opportunities that could enhance their educational attainment. Highly aggressive participants and those presenting low academic achievement were unable to gain advantage from having highly educated parents. They reached lower educational attainment than their less aggressive or higher achieving peers who came from a similarly advantaged family background. Growing up with parents occupying low-prestige jobs put withdrawn boys and outgoing girls at risk for low educational attainment. In conclusion, social policies can raise SES across generations, with great benefits for the most disadvantaged segments of the population. However, children presenting with emerging psychopathology or academic weaknesses do not benefit from these policies as much as others, and should receive additional, targeted services.
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Fuller D, Shareck M. Canada Post community mailboxes: implications for health research. Canadian Journal of Public Health 2014; 105:e453-5. [PMID: 25560893 DOI: 10.17269/cjph.105.4721] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2014] [Revised: 11/19/2014] [Accepted: 08/31/2014] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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This article discusses the implications for health research of Canada Post's transition from door-to-door postal delivery to community mailboxes. We argue that using postal code data to geocode participants based on community mailboxes will result in positional and linkage errors. Positional errors involve misplacing people's residential location. Linkage errors result from incorrectly linking residential location from community mailboxes to census or health administrative data. The article discusses examples of how the transition to community mailboxes could have important implications for health research. We encourage research examining the extent of positional and linkage errors on the 11 pilot communities transitioning to community mailboxes in the fall of 2014.
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Omariba DWR, Ross NA, Sanmartin C, Tu JV. Neighbourhood immigrant concentration and hospitalization: a multilevel analysis of cardiovascular-related admissions in Ontario using linked data. CANADIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH = REVUE CANADIENNE DE SANTE PUBLIQUE 2014; 105:e404-11. [PMID: 25560885 PMCID: PMC6972400 DOI: 10.17269/cjph.105.4616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2014] [Revised: 08/28/2014] [Accepted: 08/31/2014] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To assess the influence of neighbourhood immigrant concentration on cardiovascular-disease-related hospitalizations in Canada (CVDH), while adjusting for individual-level immigrant status and socio-economic indicators at individual and neighbourhood levels. METHODS Data were from the 2006 Canadian Census linked to the hospital Discharge Abstract Data (DAD) for the province of Ontario. Adults (n=1,459,950) aged ≥18 years at baseline and grouped by place of birth (Canada, China, South Asia, Europe, and other) were followed between Census Day May 16, 2006 and March 31, 2008. Information on CVDH was obtained from the DAD, while that on immigration and socio-economic indicators was obtained from the Census. The analysis used multilevel logistic regression. RESULTS Unadjusted results showed that CVDH was significantly lower among people living in neighbourhoods with medium and high immigrant concentration. Neighbourhood immigrant concentration tended to have no independent effect on CVDH after adjustment for individual-level immigrant status. Immigrants were less likely to experience CVDH irrespective of their country of birth. However, cross-level interaction showed that neighbourhood immigrant concentration provided additional protection to individual-level immigrant status against CVDH for most female immigrant groups, but only for South Asian males. CONCLUSION This study resulted from the first-ever linkage of census data to hospitalization data in Canada. It is also the first Canadian study to report on neighbourhood variation and the effect of immigrant concentration on CVDH. The study shows that understanding immigrant health requires both individual and neighbourhood approaches, and a consideration of country of origin.
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Roos LL, Walld R, Witt J. Adolescent outcomes and opportunities in a Canadian province: looking at siblings and neighbors. BMC Public Health 2014; 14:506. [PMID: 24884832 PMCID: PMC4074862 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2013] [Accepted: 05/12/2014] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Well-organized administrative data with large numbers of cases (building on linked files from several government departments) and a population registry facilitate new studies of population health and child development. Analyses of family relationships and a number of outcomes--educational achievement, health, teen pregnancy, and receipt of income assistance--are relatively easy to conduct using several birth cohorts. Looking both at means/proportions and at sibling correlations enriches our study of opportunity and well-being in late adolescence. With observational research possibly exaggerating the causal effects of risk factors, sibling comparisons involving individuals sharing both many family characteristics and many genes help deal with such criticisms. METHODS This paper uses a rich dataset from one Canadian province (Manitoba) covering a wide range of geographical areas (cities to rural regions). Influences on opportunity and well-being are analyzed looking at both means/proportions and sibling correlations. We measure a variety of outcomes that may reflect different causal influences. A creative application of linear programming advances the use of data on residential location. RESULTS Predicting educational achievement using available variables was much easier than predicting adolescent health status (R-square of .200 versus R-square of .043). Low levels of educational achievement, high levels of teenage pregnancy, and high sibling correlations outside Winnipeg and within Winnipeg's lower income areas highlight inequalities across socioeconomic and geographic backgrounds. Stratifying our analyses by different variables, such as income quintiles, reveals differences in means and correlations within outcomes and across groups. Particular events--changes in mother's marital status and in place of residence--were associated with less favorable outcomes in late adolescence. CONCLUSION Our findings suggest a paradox: Canadian developmental outcomes through late adolescence appear quite similar to those in the United States, even though intergenerational mobility in Canada is closer to mobility in the Nordic countries than to that in the United States.
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- Leslie L Roos
- Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, Department of Community Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, 408-727 McDermot Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3E 3P5, Canada
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- Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, Department of Community Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, 408-727 McDermot Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3E 3P5, Canada
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- Department of Economics, Faculty of Arts, University of Manitoba, 554 Fletcher Argue Building, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2 N2, Canada
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Shariff-Marco S, Yang J, John EM, Sangaramoorthy M, Hertz A, Koo J, Nelson DO, Schupp CW, Shema SJ, Cockburn M, Satariano WA, Yen IH, Ponce NA, Winkleby M, Keegan THM, Gomez SL. Impact of neighborhood and individual socioeconomic status on survival after breast cancer varies by race/ethnicity: the Neighborhood and Breast Cancer Study. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2014; 23:793-811. [PMID: 24618999 PMCID: PMC4018239 DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-13-0924] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Research is limited on the independent and joint effects of individual- and neighborhood-level socioeconomic status (SES) on breast cancer survival across different racial/ethnic groups. METHODS We studied individual-level SES, measured by self-reported education, and a composite neighborhood SES (nSES) measure in females (1,068 non-Hispanic whites, 1,670 Hispanics, 993 African-Americans, and 674 Asian-Americans), ages 18 to 79 years and diagnosed 1995 to 2008, in the San Francisco Bay Area. We evaluated all-cause and breast cancer-specific survival using stage-stratified Cox proportional hazards models with cluster adjustment for census block groups. RESULTS In models adjusting for education and nSES, lower nSES was associated with worse all-cause survival among African-Americans (P trend = 0.03), Hispanics (P trend = 0.01), and Asian-Americans (P trend = 0.01). Education was not associated with all-cause survival. For breast cancer-specific survival, lower nSES was associated with poorer survival only among Asian-Americans (P trend = 0.01). When nSES and education were jointly considered, women with low education and low nSES had 1.4 to 2.7 times worse all-cause survival than women with high education and high nSES across all races/ethnicities. Among African-Americans and Asian-Americans, women with high education and low nSES had 1.6 to 1.9 times worse survival, respectively. For breast cancer-specific survival, joint associations were found only among Asian-Americans with worse survival for those with low nSES regardless of education. CONCLUSIONS Both neighborhood and individual SES are associated with survival after breast cancer diagnosis, but these relationships vary by race/ethnicity. IMPACT A better understanding of the relative contributions and interactions of SES with other factors will inform targeted interventions toward reducing long-standing disparities in breast cancer survival.
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- Salma Shariff-Marco
- Cancer Prevention Institute of California, Fremont CA
- Stanford University, School of Medicine, Stanford CA
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- Cancer Prevention Institute of California, Fremont CA
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- Cancer Prevention Institute of California, Fremont CA
- Stanford University, School of Medicine, Stanford CA
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- Cancer Prevention Institute of California, Fremont CA
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- Cancer Prevention Institute of California, Fremont CA
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- Cancer Prevention Institute of California, Fremont CA
- Stanford University, School of Medicine, Stanford CA
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- University of Southern California, School of Medicine, Los Angeles CA
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- University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco CA
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- University of California, Los Angeles School of Public Health and Center for Health Policy Research, Los Angeles CA
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- Cancer Prevention Institute of California, Fremont CA
- Stanford University, School of Medicine, Stanford CA
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- Cancer Prevention Institute of California, Fremont CA
- Stanford University, School of Medicine, Stanford CA
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Albor C, Uphoff EP, Stafford M, Ballas D, Wilkinson RG, Pickett KE. The effects of socioeconomic incongruity in the neighbourhood on social support, self-esteem and mental health in England. Soc Sci Med 2014; 111:1-9. [PMID: 24735720 DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2013] [Revised: 03/31/2014] [Accepted: 04/03/2014] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Analyses of neighbourhood socioeconomic characteristics and health indicators consistently show that health is worse in poorer neighbourhoods. However, some studies that examined neighbourhood effects separately for individuals of different socioeconomic position found that poor people may derive health benefits from living in poor neighbourhoods where they are socioeconomically congruous. This study investigates whether such patterns may be driven by psychosocial factors. The sample consisted of 4871 mothers in the Millennium Cohort Study aged 14-53. The outcomes analysed were neighbourhood friendship, emotional support, self-esteem and depression or anxiety. Neighbourhood status was classified by residents' educational and occupational status derived from the 2001 Census. We used multilevel logistic regression, adjusting for mothers' socio-demographic characteristics: first analysing health by neighbourhood status separately for the highest and lowest status mothers, then testing for modification in the association between neighbourhood status and health, by individual status. Results show that for highest status mothers, living in mixed or high status neighbourhoods compared to low status neighbourhoods significantly reduced the odds of having no friends in the neighbourhood by 65%. Living in high status neighbourhoods compared to low status neighbourhoods also significantly reduced the odds of depression or anxiety for highest status mothers by 41%. No associations were found for emotional support or self-esteem amongst highest status mothers. No associations were found for any outcome among lowest status mothers. In conclusion, low status mothers in England did not have better social support, self-esteem, or mental health when living in low status neighbourhoods compared to high status neighbourhoods; any benefits of socioeconomic congruity may have been counteracted by neighbourhood deprivation. Nevertheless, we found that mothers of high status do have significantly better neighbourhood friendship and mental health when living in socioeconomic congruity within neighbourhoods. Whether these associations are causal or are another reflection of material advantage remains unclear.
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- C Albor
- Department of Health Sciences, University of York, Seebohm Rowntree Building, York YO10 5DD, United Kingdom.
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- Department of Health Sciences, University of York, Research Centre for Social Sciences, 6 Innovation Close, York YO10 5ZF, United Kingdom.
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- MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing, 33 Bedford Place, London WC1B 5JU, United Kingdom.
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- Department of Geography, University of Sheffield, Winterstreet, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom.
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Nottingham Medical School, University Park, Nottingham NG8 1BB, United Kingdom.
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- Department of Health Sciences, University of York, Seebohm Rowntree Building, York YO10 5DD, United Kingdom.
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Wang JY, Wang CY, Juang SY, Huang KY, Chou P, Chen CW, Lee CC. Low socioeconomic status increases short-term mortality of acute myocardial infarction despite universal health coverage. Int J Cardiol 2014; 172:82-7. [PMID: 24444479 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.12.082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2013] [Revised: 12/16/2013] [Accepted: 12/20/2013] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND This nationwide population-based study investigated the relationship between individual and neighborhood socioeconomic status (SES) and mortality rates for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in Taiwan. METHODS A population-based follow-up study included 23,568 patients diagnosed with AMI from 2004 to 2008. Each patient was monitored for 2 years, or until their death, whichever came first. The individual income-related insurance payment amount was used as a proxy measure of patient's individual SES. Neighborhood SES was defined by household income, and neighborhoods were grouped as advantaged or disadvantaged. The Cox proportional hazards model was used to compare the mortality rates between the different SES groups after adjusting for possible confounding risk factors. RESULTS After adjusting for potential confounding factors, AMI patients with low individual SES had an increased risk of death than those with high individual SES who resided in advantaged neighborhoods. In contrast, the cumulative readmission rate from major adverse cardiovascular events did not differ significantly between the different individual and neighborhood SES groups. AMI patients with low individual SES had a lower rate of diagnostic angiography and subsequent percutaneous coronary intervention (P<0.001). The presence of congestive heart failure, chronic kidney disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, pneumonia, septicemia, and shock revealed an incremental increase with worse SES (P<0.001). CONCLUSIONS The findings indicate that AMI patients with low individual SES have the greatest risk of short-term mortality despite being under a universal health-care system. Public health strategies and welfare policies must continue to focus on this vulnerable group.
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- Jen-Yu Wang
- Department of Internal Medicine, Cardinal Tien Hospital, School of Medicine, Fu-Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Cardinal Tien Hospital, School of Medicine, Fu-Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Research, Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Chiayi, Taiwan
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- School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualian, Taiwan; Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Chiayi, Taiwan
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- Community Medicine Research Center and Institute of Public Health, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualian, Taiwan; Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Chiayi, Taiwan.
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- School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualian, Taiwan; Community Medicine Research Center and Institute of Public Health, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Otolaryngology, Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Chiayi, Taiwan; Department of Education, Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Chiayi, Taiwan; Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Chiayi, Taiwan.
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Tsai KY, Chung TC, Lee CC, Chou YM, Su CY, Shen SP, Lin CH, Chou FHC. Is low individual socioeconomic status (SES) in high-SES areas the same as low individual SES in low-SES areas: a 10-year follow-up schizophrenia study. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 2014; 49:89-96. [PMID: 23728232 DOI: 10.1007/s00127-013-0716-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2012] [Accepted: 05/17/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE This study investigates the relationship between individual and neighborhood socioeconomic status (SES) and mortality among patients with schizophrenia. METHODS A study population was identified from the National Health Insurance Research Database (NHIRD) prior to the end of 1999 that included 60,402 patients with schizophrenia. Each patient was tracked until death or to the end of 2009. Individual SESs were defined by enrollee category. Neighborhood SES was defined by enrollee category (as a proxy for occupation) and education, which were classified according to the conventions of Hollingshead. Neighborhoods were also grouped into advantaged and disadvantaged areas. The Cox proportional hazards model was used to compare the death-free survival rate between the different SES groups after adjusting for possible confounding factors and risk factors. RESULTS During the 10-year follow-up period, the mortality rates among high, moderate, and low individual SES groups were 12.22, 14.75, and 18.48%, respectively (P < 0.001). Schizophrenia patients with low individual SESs in disadvantaged neighborhoods had a risk of death that was 18-22% higher than that of those with high individual SES in advantaged neighborhoods. The analysis of the combined effect of individual SES and neighborhood SES revealed that the death rates were highest among those with low individual SES and low neighborhood SES (P < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS Schizophrenia patients with low individual SES in disadvantaged neighborhoods have the highest risk of mortality despite a universal health-care system. Public health strategies and welfare policies must continue to focus on this vulnerable group.
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- Kuan-Yi Tsai
- Department of Community Psychiatry, Kaohsiung Municipal Kai-Syuan Psychiatric Hospital, 130, Kai-Syuan 2nd Rd, Lingya District, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
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George MA, Bassani C. Does living in a neighbourhood with others of the same ethnic background contribute to health of Canada's immigrant children? Canadian Journal of Public Health 2013; 104:e482-6. [PMID: 24495825 DOI: 10.17269/cjph.104.4101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2013] [Revised: 11/25/2013] [Accepted: 11/07/2013] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To understand how neighbourhood characteristics affect the health of immigrant children in Canadian cities. We question whether the health of children is influenced by immigrants living in enclaves of people with similar ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds. METHODS Two datasets were used: the New Canadian Children and Youth Study (NCCYS) and Statistics Canada census data. The NCCYS comprises children from Hong Kong, the Philippines and Mainland China living in Canada's largest cities. Logistic regression was used to examine the influence of neighbourhood ethnic concentrations and mean income on health. RESULTS Girls were more likely to be reported to have excellent health compared to boys, as were children living in neighbourhoods with lower mean parental education. Children from Hong Kong were less likely to have excellent health compared to the reference group. For the Mainland Chinese group only, there was an inverse relationship between reported health status and the concentration of people from the same ethnic background in the neighbourhood. CONCLUSION The health of children from different ethnic backgrounds is influenced by different social and economic factors. In practice and in research, "immigrants" and even broadly defined cultural groupings, such as "Asian immigrants", should be considered as heterogeneous.
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Peters PA, Tjepkema M, Wilkins R, Fines P, Crouse DL, Chan PCW, Burnett RT. Data resource profile: 1991 Canadian Census Cohort. Int J Epidemiol 2013; 42:1319-26. [PMID: 24013141 DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyt147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The 1991 Canadian Census Cohort is the largest population-based cohort in Canada (N=2,734,835). Prior to the creation of this Cohort, no national population-based Canadian cohort was available to examine mortality by socioeconomic indicators. The 1991 Canadian Census Cohort was created via the linkage of a sub-sample of respondents from the mandatory 1991 Canadian Census long-form to historical tax summary files, Canadian Mortality Database, Canadian Cancer Database, 1991 Health and Activity Limitation Survey and a sub-sample of the Longitudinal Worker File. Overall ascertainment of mortality and cancer is anticipated to be nearly complete and the Cohort is broadly representative of most groups in the Canadian population. The Cohort has been used to examine mortality outcomes by different indicators of socioeconomic status, occupational categories, ethnic groups, educational attainment, and for exposure to ambient air pollution. Results have shown that the estimated remaining years of life at age 25 differed substantially by income adequacy quintile, educational attainment, housing type and Aboriginal ancestry.
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- Paul A Peters
- Health Analysis Division, Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Canada, Department of Sociology, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Canada, Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada, Social Analysis Division, Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Canada and Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch, Health Canada, Ottawa, Canada
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Chiavegatto Filho ADP, Kawachi I, Wang YP, Viana MC, Andrade LHSG. Does income inequality get under the skin? A multilevel analysis of depression, anxiety and mental disorders in São Paulo, Brazil. J Epidemiol Community Health 2013; 67:966-72. [DOI: 10.1136/jech-2013-202626] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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The contribution of neighbourhood material and social deprivation to survival: a 22-year follow-up of more than 500,000 Canadians. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2013; 10:1378-91. [PMID: 23549228 PMCID: PMC3709323 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph10041378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2013] [Revised: 03/25/2013] [Accepted: 03/25/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Background: We examined the incremental influence on survival of neighbourhood material and social deprivation while accounting for individual level socioeconomic status in a large population-based cohort of Canadians. Methods: More than 500,000 adults were followed for 22 years between 1982 and 2004. Tax records provided information on sex, income, marital status and postal code while a linkage was used to determine vital status. Cox models were used to estimate hazard ratios (HR) for quintiles of neighbourhood material and social deprivation. Results: There were 180,000 deaths over the follow-up period. In unadjusted analyses, those living in the most materially deprived neighbourhoods had elevated risks of mortality (HRmales 1.37, 95% CI: 1.33–1.41; HRfemales 1.20, 95% CI: 1.16–1.24) when compared with those living in the least deprived neighbourhoods. Mortality risk was also elevated for those living in socially deprived neighbourhoods (HRmales 1.15, CI: 1.12–1.18; HRfemales 1.15, CI: 1.12–1.19). Mortality risk associated with material deprivation remained elevated in models that adjusted for individual factors (HRmales 1.20, CI: 1.17–1.24; HRfemales 1.16, CI: 1.13–1.20) and this was also the case for social deprivation (HRmales 1.12, CI: 1.09–1.15; HRfemales 1.09, CI: 1.05–1.12). Immigrant neighbourhoods were protective of mortality risk for both sexes. Being poor and living in the most socially advantageous neighbourhoods translated into a survival gap of 10% over those in the most socially deprived neighbourhoods. The gap for material neighbourhood deprivation was 7%. Conclusions: Living in socially and materially deprived Canadian neighbourhoods was associated with elevated mortality risk while we noted a “healthy immigrant neighbourhood effect”. For those with low family incomes, living in socially and materially deprived areas negatively affected survival beyond their individual circumstances.
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Chang CM, Su YC, Lai NS, Huang KY, Chien SH, Chang YH, Lian WC, Hsu TW, Lee CC. The combined effect of individual and neighborhood socioeconomic status on cancer survival rates. PLoS One 2012; 7:e44325. [PMID: 22957007 PMCID: PMC3431308 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2012] [Accepted: 08/01/2012] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Background This population-based study investigated the relationship between individual and neighborhood socioeconomic status (SES) and mortality rates for major cancers in Taiwan. Methods A population-based follow-up study was conducted with 20,488 cancer patients diagnosed in 2002. Each patient was traced to death or for 5 years. The individual income-related insurance payment amount was used as a proxy measure of individual SES for patients. Neighborhood SES was defined by income, and neighborhoods were grouped as living in advantaged or disadvantaged areas. The Cox proportional hazards model was used to compare the death-free survival rates between the different SES groups after adjusting for possible confounding and risk factors. Results After adjusting for patient characteristics (age, gender, Charlson Comorbidity Index Score, urbanization, and area of residence), tumor extent, treatment modalities (operation and adjuvant therapy), and hospital characteristics (ownership and teaching level), colorectal cancer, and head and neck cancer patients under 65 years old with low individual SES in disadvantaged neighborhoods conferred a 1.5 to 2-fold higher risk of mortality, compared with patients with high individual SES in advantaged neighborhoods. A cross-level interaction effect was found in lung cancer and breast cancer. Lung cancer and breast cancer patients less than 65 years old with low SES in advantaged neighborhoods carried the highest risk of mortality. Prostate cancer patients aged 65 and above with low SES in disadvantaged neighborhoods incurred the highest risk of mortality. There was no association between SES and mortality for cervical cancer and pancreatic cancer. Conclusions Our findings indicate that cancer patients with low individual SES have the highest risk of mortality even under a universal health-care system. Public health strategies and welfare policies must continue to focus on this vulnerable group.
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- Chun-Ming Chang
- Department of Surgery, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan
- School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualian, Taiwan
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- School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualian, Taiwan
- Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan
- Cancer Center, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan
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- School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualian, Taiwan
- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan
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- School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualian, Taiwan
- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan
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- Department of Surgery, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan
- School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualian, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Research, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan
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- Division of Metabolism and Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan
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- Department of Surgery, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan
- School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualian, Taiwan
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- School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualian, Taiwan
- Department of Otolaryngology, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan
- Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan
- Community Medicine Research Center and the Institute of Public Health, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Grittner U, Kuntsche S, Gmel G, Bloomfield K. Alcohol consumption and social inequality at the individual and country levels--results from an international study. Eur J Public Health 2012; 23:332-9. [PMID: 22562712 DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cks044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND International comparisons of social inequalities in alcohol use have not been extensively investigated. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship of country-level characteristics and individual socio-economic status (SES) on individual alcohol consumption in 33 countries. METHODS Data on 101,525 men and women collected by cross-sectional surveys in 33 countries of the GENACIS study were used. Individual SES was measured by highest attained educational level. Alcohol use measures included drinking status and monthly risky single occasion drinking (RSOD). The relationship between individuals' education and drinking indicators was examined by meta-analysis. In a second step the individual level data and country data were combined and tested in multilevel models. As country level indicators we used the Purchasing Power Parity of the gross national income, the Gini coefficient and the Gender Gap Index. RESULTS For both genders and all countries higher individual SES was positively associated with drinking status. Also higher country level SES was associated with higher proportions of drinkers. Lower SES was associated with RSOD among men. Women of higher SES in low income countries were more often RSO drinkers than women of lower SES. The opposite was true in higher income countries. CONCLUSION For the most part, findings regarding SES and drinking in higher income countries were as expected. However, women of higher SES in low and middle income countries appear at higher risk of engaging in RSOD. This finding should be kept in mind when developing new policy and prevention initiatives.
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- Ulrike Grittner
- Department for Biostatistics and Clinical Epidemiology, Charité - University Medicine, Berlin, Germany.
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Meijer M, Mette Kejs A, Stock C, Bloomfield K, Ejstrud B, Schlattmann P. Population density, socioeconomic environment and all-cause mortality: A multilevel survival analysis of 2.7 million individuals in Denmark. Health Place 2012; 18:391-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2011.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2011] [Revised: 11/01/2011] [Accepted: 12/06/2011] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Meijer M, Röhl J, Bloomfield K, Grittner U. Do neighborhoods affect individual mortality? A systematic review and meta-analysis of multilevel studies. Soc Sci Med 2012; 74:1204-12. [PMID: 22365939 DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.11.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 189] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2010] [Revised: 09/04/2011] [Accepted: 11/20/2011] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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There has been increasing interest in investigating whether inhabitants in socially or physically deprived neighborhoods have higher mortality when individual socioeconomic status is adjusted for. Results so far appear ambiguous and the objective of this study was to conduct a systematic literature review of previous studies and to quantify the association between area-level socioeconomic status (ALSES) and all-cause mortality in a meta-analysis. Current guidelines for systematic reviews and meta-analyses were followed. Articles were retrieved from Medline, Embase, Social Sciences Citation Index and PsycInfo and individually evaluated by two researchers. Only peer-reviewed multilevel studies from high-income countries, which analyzed the influence of at least one area-level indicator and which controlled for individual SES, were included. The ALSES estimates in each study were first combined into a single estimate using weighted linear regression. In the meta-analysis we calculated combined estimates with random effects to account for heterogeneity between studies. Out of the 40 studies found eligible for the systematic review 18 studies were included in the meta-analysis. The systematic review suggests that there is an association between social cohesion and mortality but found no evidence for a clear association for area-level income inequality or for social capital. Studies including more than one area level suggest that characteristics on different area levels contribute to individual mortality. In the meta-analysis we found significantly higher mortality among inhabitants living in areas with low ALSES. Associations were stronger for men and younger age groups and in studies analyzing geographical units with fewer inhabitants.
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- Mathias Meijer
- Unit for Health Promotion Research, Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark.
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Mulia N, Karriker-Jaffe KJ. Interactive influences of neighborhood and individual socioeconomic status on alcohol consumption and problems. Alcohol Alcohol 2012; 47:178-86. [PMID: 22262507 DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agr168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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AIMS To assess cross-level interactions between neighborhood and individual socioeconomic status (SES) on alcohol consumption and problems, and investigate three possible explanations for such interactions, including the double jeopardy, status inconsistency and relative deprivation hypotheses. METHODS Data from the 2000 and 2005 US National Alcohol Surveys were linked to the 2000 US Census to define respondent census tracts as disadvantaged, middle-class and advantaged. Risk drinking (consumption exceeding national guidelines), monthly drunkenness and alcohol problems were examined among low-, middle- and high-SES past-year drinkers (n = 8728). Gender-stratified, multiple logistic regression models were employed, and for outcomes with a significant omnibus F-test, linear contrasts were used to interpret interactions. RESULTS Cross-level SES interactions observed for men indicated that residence in advantaged neighborhoods was associated with markedly elevated odds of risk drinking and drunkenness for low-SES men. Linear contrasts further revealed a nearly 5-fold increased risk for alcohol problems among these men, relative to middle-SES and high-SES men also living in advantaged neighborhoods. Among women, neighborhood disadvantage was related to increased risk for alcohol problems, but there were no significant SES interactions. These findings did not support theories of double jeopardy and status inconsistency. CONCLUSION Consistent with the relative deprivation hypothesis, findings highlight alcohol-related health risks among low-SES men living in affluent neighborhoods. Future research should assess whether this pattern extends to other health risk behaviors, investigate causal mechanisms and consider how gender may influence these.
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- Nina Mulia
- Alcohol Research Group, Public Health Institute, 6475 Christie Avenue, Suite 400, Emeryville, CA, USA.
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Lee CC, Chien SH, Hung SK, Yang WZ, Su YC. Effect of individual and neighborhood socioeconomic status on oral cancer survival. Oral Oncol 2011; 48:253-61. [PMID: 22041306 DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2011.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2011] [Revised: 10/04/2011] [Accepted: 10/04/2011] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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This population-based study investigated the relationship between individual and neighborhood socioeconomic status (SES) and oral cancer mortality. A population-based follow-up study was conducted of 3607 oral cancer patients (predominantly male) who were diagnosed between 2004 and 2005. Each patient was traced to death or for 2 years. Individual SES was defined by enrollee category. Neighborhood SES was defined by income, and numbers of doctors, and neighborhoods were grouped into advantaged and disadvantaged areas. The Cox proportional hazards model was used to compare the death-free survival rate between the different SES groups after adjusting for possible confounding and risk factors. In oral cancer patients aged below 65 years, death rates among those with low SES were highest in disadvantaged neighborhoods. After adjusting for patient characteristics (age, gender, Charlson Comorbidity Index Score, urbanization, and area of residence), tumor extent, treatment modalities (operation, adjuvant therapy), hospital characteristics (ownership, teaching level, caseload), and year of diagnosis, oral cancer patients with low individual SES in disadvantaged neighborhoods conferred a 1.46- to 1.64-fold higher risk for death, compared with patients with high individual SES in advantaged neighborhoods. No statistically significant difference was found in risk of death between different SES groups in patients aged 65 and above. Our findings indicate that oral cancer patients with low individual SES have the highest risk of mortality even under a universal health-care system. Public health strategies and welfare policies must continue to focus on this vulnerable group.
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- Ching-Chih Lee
- Community Medicine Research Center and Institute of Public Health, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Perception of Neighborhood Disorder and Health Service Usage in a Canadian Sample. Ann Behav Med 2011; 43:162-72. [DOI: 10.1007/s12160-011-9310-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Gächter M, Theurl E. Health status convergence at the local level: empirical evidence from Austria. Int J Equity Health 2011; 10:34. [PMID: 21864364 PMCID: PMC3200992 DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-10-34] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2011] [Accepted: 08/24/2011] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Health is an important dimension of welfare comparisons across individuals, regions and states. Particularly from a long-term perspective, within-country convergence of the health status has rarely been investigated by applying methods well established in other scientific fields. In the following paper we study the relation between initial levels of the health status and its improvement at the local community level in Austria in the time period 1969-2004. METHODS We use age standardized mortality rates from 2381 Austrian communities as an indicator for the health status and analyze the convergence/divergence of overall mortality for (i) the whole population, (ii) females, (iii) males and (iv) the gender mortality gap. Convergence/Divergence is studied by applying different concepts of cross-regional inequality (weighted standard deviation, coefficient of variation, Theil-Coefficient of inequality). Various econometric techniques (weighted OLS, Quantile Regression, Kendall's Rank Concordance) are used to test for absolute and conditional beta-convergence in mortality. RESULTS Regarding sigma-convergence, we find rather mixed results. While the weighted standard deviation indicates an increase in equality for all four variables, the picture appears less clear when correcting for the decreasing mean in the distribution. However, we find highly significant coefficients for absolute and conditional beta-convergence between the periods. While these results are confirmed by several robustness tests, we also find evidence for the existence of convergence clubs. CONCLUSIONS The highly significant beta-convergence across communities might be caused by (i) the efforts to harmonize and centralize the health policy at the federal level in Austria since the 1970s, (ii) the diminishing returns of the input factors in the health production function, which might lead to convergence, as the general conditions (e.g. income, education etc.) improve over time, and (iii) the mobility of people across regions, as people tend to move to regions/communities which exhibit more favorable living conditions.JEL classification: I10, I12, I18.
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- Martin Gächter
- University of Innsbruck, Department of Economics and Statistics; Universitätsstrasse 15, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
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Yao L, Robert SA. Examining the Racial Crossover in Mortality between African American and White Older Adults: A Multilevel Survival Analysis of Race, Individual Socioeconomic Status, and Neighborhood Socioeconomic Context. J Aging Res 2011; 2011:132073. [PMID: 21792390 PMCID: PMC3139872 DOI: 10.4061/2011/132073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2011] [Accepted: 05/10/2011] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We examine whether individual and neighborhood socioeconomic context contributes to black/white disparities in mortality among USA older adults. Using national longitudinal data from the Americans' Changing Lives study, along with census tract information for each respondent, we conduct multilevel survival analyses. Results show that black older adults are disadvantaged in mortality in younger old age, but older black adults have lower mortality risk than whites after about age 80. Both individual SES and neighborhood socioeconomic disadvantage contribute to the mortality risk of older adults but do not completely explain race differences in mortality. The racial mortality crossover persists even after controlling for multilevel SES, suggesting that black older adults experience selective survival at very old ages. Addressing the individual and neighborhood socioeconomic disadvantage of blacks is necessary to reduce mortality disparities that culminate in older adulthood.
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- Department of Human Development and Family Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1430 Linden Drive, Madison, WI 53706-1575, USA
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Maximova K, O’Loughlin J, Gray-Donald K. Healthy Weight Advantage Lost in One Generation Among Immigrant Elementary Schoolchildren in Multi-Ethnic, Disadvantaged, Inner-City Neighborhoods in Montreal, Canada. Ann Epidemiol 2011; 21:238-44. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2011.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2010] [Revised: 12/31/2010] [Accepted: 01/04/2011] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Hummer RA, Lariscy JT. Educational Attainment and Adult Mortality. INTERNATIONAL HANDBOOK OF ADULT MORTALITY 2011. [DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-9996-9_12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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Suicide mortality by occupation in Canada, 1991-2001. CANADIAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY. REVUE CANADIENNE DE PSYCHIATRIE 2010; 55:369-76. [PMID: 20540832 DOI: 10.1177/070674371005500606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To describe the association between occupation and risk of suicide among working-age men and women in Canada. METHOD This study of suicide mortality over an 11-year period is based on a broadly representative 15% sample of the noninstitutionalized population of Canada aged 30 to 69 years at cohort inception. Age-standardized mortality rates (ASMRs) and rate ratios were calculated for men and women in 5 categories of skill level and 80 specific occupational groups, as well as for people not occupationally active. RESULTS The suicide mortality rate was 20.1/100 000 person years for occupationally active men (during 9 600 000 person years of follow-up) and 5.3/100 000 person years for occupationally active women (during 8 100 000 person years of follow-up). Among occupationally active men, elevated rates of suicide mortality were observed for 9 occupational groups and protective effects were observed for 6 occupational groups. Among women, elevated rates of suicide were observed in 4 occupational groups and no protective effects were observed. For men and women, ASMRs for suicide were inversely related to skill level. CONCLUSIONS The limited number of associations between occupational groups and suicide risk observed in this study suggests that, with few exceptions, the characteristics of specific occupations do not substantially influence the risk for suicide. There was a moderate gradient in suicide mortality risk relative to occupational skill level. Suicide prevention strategies in occupational settings should continue to emphasize efforts to restrict and limit access to lethal means, one of the few suicide prevention policies with proven effectiveness.
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Godley J, Haines VA, Hawe P, Shiell A. Small area contextual effects on self-reported health: evidence from Riverside, Calgary. BMC Public Health 2010; 10:264. [PMID: 20487566 PMCID: PMC2881101 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2009] [Accepted: 05/20/2010] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Background We study geographic variation within one community in the City of Calgary using a more fine-grained geographic unit than the Census tract, the Census Dissemination Area (DA). While most Riverside residents consider their neighbourhood to be a fairly cohesive community, we explore the effect of socio-economic variation between these small geographic areas on individuals' self-reported health, net of individual level determinants. Methods We merge data from the 2001 Census for Riverside, Calgary with a 2004 random telephone survey of Riverside residents. Our data are unique in that we have information on individuals from every DA wholly contained in the Riverside community. These data enable us to conduct multinomial logistic regression analyses of self-reported health using both individual-level and DA-level variables as predictors. Results We find significant variation in measures of DA socio-economic status within the Riverside community. We find that individual self-reported health is affected by variation in an index of DA-level socio-economic disadvantage, controlling for individual variation in gender, age, and socio-economic status. We investigate each aspect of the DA index of disadvantage separately, and find that average education and the percent of households that are headed by a lone parent are most important. Conclusions These findings demonstrate that, even within a cohesive community, contextual effects on health can be located at a smaller geographic level than the Census tract. Research on the effects of local area socio-economic disadvantage on health that combines administrative and survey data enables researchers to develop more comprehensive measures of social and material deprivation. Our findings suggest that both social and material deprivation affect health at the local level.
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- Jenny Godley
- Dept, of Sociology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada.
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Adler NE, Stewart J. Health disparities across the lifespan: Meaning, methods, and mechanisms. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2010; 1186:5-23. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.05337.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 419] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Choi YJ, Bae SI, Lee YH, Kang MS. Analysis of Health Promotion determinants in Major OECD Countries: A pooled cross-sectional time series. HEALTH POLICY AND MANAGEMENT 2009. [DOI: 10.4332/kjhpa.2009.19.4.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022] Open
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Yen IH, Michael YL, Perdue L. Neighborhood environment in studies of health of older adults: a systematic review. Am J Prev Med 2009; 37:455-63. [PMID: 19840702 PMCID: PMC2785463 DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2009.06.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 483] [Impact Index Per Article: 32.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2009] [Revised: 06/17/2009] [Accepted: 06/30/2009] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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CONTEXT Epidemiologists and public health researchers are studying neighborhood's effect on individual health. The health of older adults may be more influenced by their neighborhoods as a result of decreased mobility. However, research on neighborhood's influence on older adults' health, specifically, is limited. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION Recent studies on neighborhood and health for older adults were identified. Studies were identified through searches of databases including PsycINFO, CINAHL, PubMed, Academic Search Premier, Ageline, Social Science Citation Index, and Health Source. Criteria for inclusion were as follows: human studies; English language; study sample included adults aged > or =55 years; health outcomes, including mental health, health behaviors, morbidity, and mortality; neighborhood as the primary exposure variable of interest; empirical research; and studies that included > or =10 neighborhoods. Air pollution studies were excluded. Five hundred thirty-eight relevant articles were published during 1997-2007; a total of 33 of these articles met inclusion criteria. EVIDENCE SYNTHESIS The measures of objective and perceived aspects of neighborhood were summarized. Neighborhood was primarily operationalized using census-defined boundaries. Measures of neighborhood were principally derived from objective sources of data; eight studies assessed perceived neighborhood alone or in combination with objective measures. Six categories of neighborhood characteristics were socioeconomic composition, racial composition, demographics, perceived resources and/or problems, physical environment, and social environment. The studies are primarily cross-sectional and use administrative data to characterize neighborhood. CONCLUSIONS These studies suggest that neighborhood environment is important for older adults' health and functioning.
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- Irene H Yen
- Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143-0856, USA.
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Clarke P, Nieuwenhuijsen ER. Environments for healthy ageing: a critical review. Maturitas 2009; 64:14-9. [PMID: 19695800 DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2009.07.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2009] [Revised: 07/22/2009] [Accepted: 07/23/2009] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Population health outcomes are shaped by complex interactions between individuals and the environments in which they live, work and play. Environments encompass streets and buildings (physical environment), attitudes, supports and relationships with others (social environment), as well as social and political systems and policies. The impact of environments on the physical, mental health and functioning of individuals has emerged as a growing body of research in population health and health disparities. Yet, the majority of studies in this area do not focus on older adults even though older adults are particularly susceptible to the characteristics of their local environments. In this paper we review the current state of the health literature on physical environments for healthy ageing, using the International Classification of Functioning Disability and Health as a framework. Collectively, the literature emphasizes the role of supportive, barrier-free environments particularly for older adults who are at greater risk for disability and poor health. As part of our review we identify conceptual as well as methodological limitations in the current literature, including (i) a theoretical and empirical neglect of the underlying mechanisms behind the person-environment relationship; (ii) a lack of studies using nationally representative samples; (iii) over-reliance on cross-sectional data; and (iv) a need for better definition and measurement of person-centered environments. We conclude by offering some suggestions and directions for future research in this area.
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- Philippa Clarke
- Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, 426 Thompson Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48106-1248, United States.
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Sanders AE, Turrell G, Slade GD. Affluent neighborhoods reduce excess risk of tooth loss among the poor. J Dent Res 2008; 87:969-73. [PMID: 18809753 DOI: 10.1177/154405910808701006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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The effect of neighborhood on health may vary according to the characteristics of the residents. We tested the hypothesis that, in affluent neighborhoods, low-income adults retain more teeth than their income-equivalent peers in poor neighborhoods. In 2003, the Adelaide Small Area Dental Study collected sociodemographic and tooth retention information from 2860 adults in 60 neighborhoods. Neighborhood socio-economic position was a census-based composite measure. Using multilevel modelling, we fitted a series of two-level random intercept variance component models. Findings revealed significant main effects for individual and neighborhood predictors and a significant interaction between neighborhood disadvantage and low income. In affluent areas, disparities in tooth retention were negligible, but in poor neighborhoods, substantial variation in tooth retention between individuals was found based on their level of income. Low-income adults appeared to benefit from living in affluent areas, while wealthier adults living in poor neighborhoods did not lose their oral health advantage.
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- A E Sanders
- School of Dentistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
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Long-term employment and health inequalities in Canadian communities. Canadian Journal of Public Health 2008. [PMID: 18615941 DOI: 10.1007/bf03405473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVES This study examines the long-term unemployment rate and various health outcomes across Canadian communities to estimate employment-related health inequalities in these communities. METHODS The study uses cross-sectional community-level health data along with data on the long-term employment rate for various communities across Canada to quantify health inequalities among these communities. The health outcomes that are considered in this study include total and disease specific mortality rates; health conditions such as high blood pressure, diabetes, injuries, and self rated health; and life expectancies at birth and at age 65. Health inequalities are estimated using the concentration index, which is used to measure health inequalities along socioeconomic dimensions. The concentration index is estimated by a regression of weighted relative health (ill health) over weighted cumulative relative rank of the populations. All the estimates are provided separately for males and females. RESULTS The findings of the study support the existence of inequalities in community health outcomes as related to the long-term employment rates in those communities. Communities with lower long term employment rates (higher unemployment rates) have poorer health outcomes in terms of higher mortality rates, worse health conditions, and shorter life expectancies. CONCLUSION Health inequalities related to long-term employment have important policy implications. They call for policies that would increase and maintain long term employment rates as part of a broader socioeconomic approach to health. Long term employment ensures income security and prevents the psychosocial experiences leading to mental and physical ill health.
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Byers TE, Wolf HJ, Bauer KR, Bolick-Aldrich S, Chen VW, Finch JL, Fulton JP, Schymura MJ, Shen T, Van Heest S, Yin X. The impact of socioeconomic status on survival after cancer in the United States. Cancer 2008; 113:582-91. [DOI: 10.1002/cncr.23567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 312] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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