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Yan D, Ji H, Fu H, Jiang J, Su B, Ye B. The effect of fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) pollution on health inequality: an intergenerational perspective. ENVIRONMENTAL GEOCHEMISTRY AND HEALTH 2024; 46:195. [PMID: 38696046 DOI: 10.1007/s10653-024-01982-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2024] [Accepted: 04/03/2024] [Indexed: 06/17/2024]
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Air pollution poses a serious challenge to public health and simultaneously exacerbating regional & intergenerational health inequality. This research introduces PM2.5 pollution into the intergenerational health transmission model, and estimates its impact on health inequality in China using Ordered Logit Regression (OLR) and Multi-scale Geographically Weighted Regression (MGWR) model. The results indicate that PM2.5 pollution exacerbate the intergenerational health inequality, and its impacts show inconsistency across family income levels, parental health insurance status, and area of residence. Specifically, it is more difficult for offspring in low-income families to escape from the influence of unhealthy family to become upwardly mobile. Additionally, this health inequality is more significant in households in which at least one parent does not have health insurance. Moreover, the intergenerational solidification caused by PM2.5 pollution is higher in the east and lower in the west. Both the PM2.5 level and solidification effect are high in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, Yangtze River Delta region and central areas of China, which is the focus of air pollution management. These findings suggest that more emphasis should be placed on family-based health promotion. In areas with high PM2.5 pollution levels, resources, subsidies and air pollution protection should be provided for less healthy families with lower incomes and no health insurance.
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- Dan Yan
- School of Public Administration, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310023, China
- Zhejiang Institution of Talent Development, Hangzhou, 310023, China
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- Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- School of Public Administration, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310023, China
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- School of Economics and Management, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Energy Studies Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, NO. 1088, Xueyuan Road, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, 518055, Guangdong, China.
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Consolazio D, Sarti S, Terraneo M. Nordic paradox in action: The complicated relation between social mobility and health inequalities in an international comparative study. Scand J Public Health 2024; 52:166-174. [PMID: 36550620 DOI: 10.1177/14034948221141807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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AIMS Socio-economic inequalities originate from several channels, one of which is family origins, with clear effects on people's health. This paper aims to evaluate the role played by social mobility in determining health inequalities, relying on Blau and Duncan's status attainment model and focusing specifically on two moments of social reproduction of inequalities: one inter-generational, based on the transmission of resources from the family of origin, the other intra-generational, related to the capitalisation of economic resources to maximise well-being. METHODS Multi-group models of structural equations were used to examine the direct and indirect effects of parental cultural background, education and economic conditions of respondents on self-perceived health in 28 countries, relying on the European Social Survey (N=38,879). RESULTS Overall, the results confirmed the presence of an inter-generational transmission of social and health status. Different models of transmission of health inequalities emerged among the countries considered. Countries characterised by a social democratic welfare regime showed higher social mobility and fewer health inequalities, although in correspondence with a prominent role of economic factors in determining health conditions. On the other hand, in countries where social mobility is lower, health inequalities are more pronounced, yet driven by factors others than economics, such as socio-cultural origins. CONCLUSIONS The presence of a higher economic-health gradient in social democratic countries - notwithstanding their egalitarian and universal welfare policies - provides support for the existence of a Nordic paradox in relation to health inequalities.
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- David Consolazio
- University of Milano-Bicocca, Department of Sociology and Social Research, Italy
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- University of Milan, Department of Social and Political Sciences, Italy
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- University of Milano-Bicocca, Department of Sociology and Social Research, Italy
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Fletcher J, Jajtner KM. Multidimensional intergenerational mobility. Soc Sci Med 2023; 328:115966. [PMID: 37244022 PMCID: PMC10330858 DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.115966] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2022] [Revised: 05/02/2023] [Accepted: 05/12/2023] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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In this paper, we present novel evidence of the extent to which intergenerational mobility is generalized or specific across domains of human and health capital. That is, do children who experience greater mobility in one domain (e.g., income) also experience mobility in other domains (education, health status, health behaviors, crime). Using rich data in Add Health, we find evidence against generalized mobility-families that are more mobile in one domain are not more mobile in others. We then ask a place-based version of this question, motivated by Chetty et al. (2014)'s work showing high levels of geographically-based income mobility in the US. The school-based sampling combined with parent-child links across many outcome domains of the Add Health allows us to use a common dataset between the two analyses. Like our individual-based results, we find limited evidence of generalized mobility by place-indeed, most estimates suggest close-to-zero correlations between many of the ten domains we explore.
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- Jason Fletcher
- University of Wisconsin - Madison, 1180 Observatory Drive, Room 4408, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- University of Wisconsin - Madison, 1180 Observatory Drive, Room 4408, Madison, WI, 53706, USA.
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Arias F, Chen F, Shiff H, Marcantonio ER, Jones RN, Schmitt EM, Metzger E, Fong TG, Travison TG, Inouye SK. Parental Education and Delirium Risk after Surgery in Older Adults. Clin Gerontol 2023; 46:253-266. [PMID: 36001869 PMCID: PMC9928599 DOI: 10.1080/07317115.2022.2111289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Efforts to conceptualize risk factors for postoperative delirium in older adults have focused on the time proximate to the episode, but how early-life exposures influence delirium risk is poorly understood. METHODS An observational cohort of 547 patients aged 70+undergoing major non-cardiac surgery at two academic medical centers in Boston. Demographic characteristics, cognition, parental education, health, and participation in cognitively stimulating activities were assessed prior to surgery. Delirium incidence and severity were measured daily during hospitalization. RESULTS Higher paternal education was associated with significantly lower incidence of delirium (X2(1, N =547)=8.35, p <.001; odds ratio OR=.93, 95% CI, .87 to .98) and inversely associated with delirium severity (r(545)=-.13, p <.001). Higher maternal education was associated with lower delirium incidence but did not reach statistical significance. The effect of paternal education on delirium incidence was independent of the patient's education, estimated premorbid intelligence, medical comorbidities, neighborhood disadvantage, and participation in cognitively stimulating activities (X2(2, N =547)=31.22, p <.001). CONCLUSIONS Examining early-life exposures may yield unique insights into the risks and pathogenesis of delirium. CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS Evaluating long-term factors that increase vulnerability to delirium may improve our ability to calculate risk. It may guide clinical decision-making and inform pre- and post-operative recommendations.
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- Franchesca Arias
- Aging Brain Center, Hinda and Arthur Marcus Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew SeniorLife, Boston, USA
- Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, USA
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
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- Aging Brain Center, Hinda and Arthur Marcus Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew SeniorLife, Boston, USA
- Biostatistics and Data Sciences, Hinda and Arthur Marcus Institute for Aging Research at the Hebrew SeniorLife, Boston, USA
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- Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, USA
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- Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
- Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, USA
- Division of Gerontology, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University, Warren Alpert Medical School, Providence, USA
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- Aging Brain Center, Hinda and Arthur Marcus Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew SeniorLife, Boston, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Hebrew SeniorLife, Boston, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, USA
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- Aging Brain Center, Hinda and Arthur Marcus Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew SeniorLife, Boston, USA
- Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, USA
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
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- Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
- Biostatistics and Data Sciences, Hinda and Arthur Marcus Institute for Aging Research at the Hebrew SeniorLife, Boston, USA
- Department of Medicine and Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
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- Aging Brain Center, Hinda and Arthur Marcus Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew SeniorLife, Boston, USA
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
- Division of Gerontology, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, USA
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van der Meer L, JM Waelput A, AP Steegers E, CM Bertens L. Creating a sense of urgency and provoking action – an example on the use of heat maps to address perinatal health inequalities. Prev Med Rep 2022; 30:102058. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2022.102058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2022] [Revised: 10/16/2022] [Accepted: 11/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Lucas ADP, de Oliveira Ferreira M, Lucas TDP, Salari P. The intergenerational relationship between conditional cash transfers and newborn health. BMC Public Health 2022; 22:201. [PMID: 35094683 PMCID: PMC8801108 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-022-12565-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2021] [Accepted: 01/12/2022] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Background Lack of nutrition, inadequate housing, low education and limited access to quality care can negatively affect children’s health over their lifetime. Implemented in 2003, the Bolsa Familia (“Family Stipend”) Program (PBF) is a conditional cash transfer program targeting poor households in Brazil. This study investigates the long-term benefits of cash transfers through intergenerational transmission of health and poverty by assessing the early life exposure of the mother to the PBF. Methods We used data from the 100M SINASC-SIM cohort compiled and managed by the Center for Data and Knowledge Integration for Health (CIDACS), containing information about participation in the PBF and socioeconomic and health indicators. We analyzed five measures of newborn health: low (less than 2,500 g) and very low (less than 1,500 g) birth weight, premature (less than 37 weeks of gestation) and very premature (less than 28 weeks of gestation) birth, and the presence of some type of malformation (according to ICD-10 codes). Furthermore, we measured the early life exposure to the PBF of the mother as PBF coverage in the previous decade in the city where the mother was born. We applied multilevel logistic regression models to assess the associations between birth outcomes and PBF exposures. Results Results showed that children born in a household where the mother received BF were less likely to have low birth weight (OR 0.93, CI; 0.92-0.94), very low birth weight (0.87, CI; 0.84-0.89), as well as to be born after 37 weeks of gestation (OR 0.98, CI; 0.97-0.99) or 28 weeks of gestation (OR 0.93, CI; 0.88-0.97). There were no significant associations between households where the mother received BF and congenital malformation. On average, the higher the early life exposure to the PBF of the mother, the lower was the prevalence of low birth weight, very low birth weight and congenital malformation of the newborn. No trend was noted for preterm birth. Conclusion The PBF might have indirect intergenerational effects on children’s health. These results provide important implications for policymakers who have to decide how to effectively allocate resources to improve child health. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12889-022-12565-7.
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