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In defence of (social) democracy: on health inequalities and the welfare state 7 Aug 2013 | 01:11 pm
This issue features a comparative study by Guarnizo-Herreno et al 1 on oral health inequalities in European welfare states. Looking at socioeconomic (occupational, educational and subjective social st...
Health inequalities: the need to move beyond bad behaviours 7 Aug 2013 | 01:11 pm
Health inequalities have been observed internationally across a number of dimensions (including, eg, socioeconomic position, ethnicity and gender) and have persisted over time. 1 The lack of progress ...
Conflicts of interest at the European Food Safety Authority erode public confidence 7 Aug 2013 | 01:11 pm
In September 2012 Professor Gilles-Eric Séralini, a researcher at the University of Caen in France, published his team's findings that a Monsanto genetically-modified (GM) maize and Roundup herbicide ...
Economic determinants of diet in older adults: systematic review 7 Aug 2013 | 01:11 pm
Background and aims Many economic factors are associated with diet, yet the evidence is generally cross-sectional. Older people are considered especially vulnerable to poor diets from negative change...
Socioeconomic inequalities in oral health in different European welfare state regimes 7 Aug 2013 | 01:11 pm
Background There is very little information about the relationship between welfare regimes and oral health inequalities. We compared socioeconomic inequalities in adults’ oral health in five European...
Neighbourhood food environments and body mass index among New York City adults 7 Aug 2013 | 01:11 pm
Background Studies evaluating the impact of the neighbourhood food environment on obesity have summarised the density or proximity of individual food outlets. Though informative, there is a need to c...
Mortality differentials 1991-2005 by self-reported ethnicity: findings from the ONS Longitudinal Study 7 Aug 2013 | 01:11 pm
Background Research on ethnic differentials in mortality in England and Wales has focused on immigrants because, until now, studies collecting data on ethnicity have not covered sufficient deaths to ...
Improving equity by removing healthcare fees for children in Burkina Faso 7 Aug 2013 | 01:11 pm
Background This study evaluated the effects on healthcare access inequities of an intervention exempting children under 5 years from user fees in Burkina Faso. Methods The design consisted of two c...
Smokers' increased risk for disability pension: social confounding or health-mediated effects? Gender-specific analyses of the Hordaland Health Study ... 7 Aug 2013 | 01:11 pm
Background Studies indicate that cigarette smokers have an increased risk for disability pension, presumably mediated by adverse health effects. However, smoking is also related to socioeconomic stat...
Household-based socioeconomic position and diabetes-related mortality among married and cohabiting persons: findings from a census-based cohort study ... 7 Aug 2013 | 01:11 pm
Background Diabetes prevalence is high worldwide, affecting entire populations. Yet some population groups are more susceptible than others. In contemporary western societies, socioeconomically disad...
