BACKGROUND In the Netherlands, as in many European countries, inequalities in health exist between people with a high and a low socioeconomic status (SES). From the perspective of the 'indirect selection hypothesis', this study was designed to expand our understanding of the role of Type D personality as an explanation of health inequalities. METHODS Data came from two cross-sectional Dutch s...

SVA Education commissioned Educational Transformations, led by Professor Brian Caldwell, to conduct a literature review on early career teachers in low socioeconomic status (SES) schools. This research provides an independent evidence-base of the issues facing early career teachers in low SES schools. It also details the practices that are proving effective in attracting, retaining, and develop...

BACKGROUND The pattern of obesity in relation to socioeconomic status is of public health concern. This study investigates whether the association between height and obesity in children is affected by their socioeconomic background. It also explores the relationship between high birth weight and obesity. METHODS School children, (N=557; 5 to 12 years old) were recruited from randomly selected...

BACKGROUND Socioeconomic differences in allergic disease prevalence have been reported; asthma has been associated with poverty in the United States and hay fever and eczema with relative affluence elsewhere. It is not yet established to what degree such differences in disease prevalence reflect patterns of sensitization and specific allergen sensitivities. OBJECTIVE We analyzed specific and ...

BACKGROUND The Alcohol Harm Paradox refers to observations that lower socioeconomic status (SES) groups consume less alcohol but experience more alcohol-related problems. However, SES is a complex concept and its observed relationship to social problems often depends on how it is measured and the demographic groups studied. Thus this study assessed socioeconomic patterning of alcohol consumptio...

The developmental health of young children is highly influenced by the socioeconomic conditions in which they are raised. How to accurately measure these conditions is a point of debate in the current literature on child development, health, and social determinants. We have evaluated four existing indices of socioeconomic status (SES) to determine the most relevant for the analysis of early chi...

Childhood socioeconomic status (SES) predicts executive function (EF), but fundamental aspects of this relation remain unknown: the developmental course of the SES disparity, its continued sensitivity to SES changes during that course, and the features of childhood experience responsible for the SES-EF relation. Regarding course, early disparities would be expected to grow during development if...

OBJECTIVE We examined associations between neighborhood socioeconomic disadvantage, perceived neighborhood safety and cardiometabolic risk factors, adjusting for health behaviors and socioeconomic status (SES) among African Americans. METHODS Study participants were non-diabetic African Americans (n = 3,909) in the baseline examination (2000-2004) of the Jackson Heart Study. We measured eight...

OBJECTIVE To determine the relationship between anthropometric indicators, physical activity (PA) and socioeconomic status (SES) with fundamental movement skills (FMS) among Iranian male students. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this descriptive study, based on SES scores, 241 students (7-10 years) were randomly selected and classified in high, medium and low groups. All children were measured by 8 ...

The global healthcare delivery system is largely inequitable and patients suffer inequalities in relation to their socioeconomic status (SES). In this study, we applied univariate measures to predict the SES in a sample of patients. We investigated the relationship between patient's SES, adherence to drug, dietary intake and health behaviour. We also investigated if inequalities exist in physic...