BACKGROUND Asylum seekers, refugees and persons without legal status have been reported to experience a range of difficulties when accessing public services and supports in the UK. While research has identified health care barriers to equitable access such as language difficulties, it has not considered the broader social contexts of marginalization experienced through the dynamics of 'othering...

Emerging research suggests that prolonged sedentary behaviour (SB) is detrimental to health. Changes in SB patterns are likely to occur during particular life stages, for example at retirement age (55-65-year-old). Evidence on socio-ecological SB correlates is scarce and inconsistent in this age group. Moreover, the influence of socio-ecological correlates may vary depending on health and retir...

INTRODUCTION Social factors have been proved to be main determinants of individuals' health. Recent studies have also analyzed the contribution of some of those factors, such as education and job status, to socioeconomic inequalities in health. The aim of this paper is to provide new evidence about the factors driving socioeconomic inequalities in health for the Spanish population by including ...

OBJECTIVES To examine the relations between subjective social status, and objective socioeconomic status (as measured by income and education) in relation to male/female middle aged mortality rates across 150 sub-regions in Hungary. DESIGN Cross sectional, ecological analyses. SETTING 150 sub-regions of Hungary. PARTICIPANTS AND METHODS 12,643 people were interviewed in the Hungaro-study ...

We quantify the lasting effects of childhood health and economic circumstances on adult health, employment and socioeconomic status, using data from a birth cohort that has been followed from birth into middle age. Controlling for parental income, education and social class, children who experience poor health have significantly lower educational attainment, poorer health, and lower social stat...

BACKGROUND This study of adolescent Canadians examines two groups who are anomalous in their health experiences: (1) those with perceived low affluence yet who perceive themselves to have excellent general health status; (2) those of perceived high affluence but who are reporting poor health status. Our hope was to explore the role of social supports in explaining such anomalies. We hypothesize...

Neighborhood and family social capital and oral health status of children in Iowa. ii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS First and foremost, I would like to thank my committee for their guidance, feedback, and support throughout this process. A master's thesis is a graduate student's first step into the incredible world of research, and so much of that transition is dependent on good guidance and mentorship. I al...

background happiness is one of the most important factors affecting women's mental health. several factors contribute to happiness in different societies. objectives the aim of this study was to investigate the level of happiness in married women and its related factors. materials and methods this was a cross-sectional study with stratified sampling proportional to different age groups of marri...

background: social desirability may affect different aspects of people’s quality of life. one of the impressive dimensions of quality of life is mental health. the prevalence of minor psychiatric disorders (mpd) among health care workers is higher than other health workers. this article aims at evaluating the relationship between social desirability and mpd among nurses in southern iran. method...

BACKGROUND There is substantial evidence that lower objective socioeconomic status (SES)-as measured by education, occupation, and income-is associated with a higher risk of depression. Less is known, however, about associations between perceptions of social status and the prevalence of depression. This study investigated associations of both objective SES and subjective social status (SSS) wit...