background : connection between socioeconomic statuses and mental health has been reported already. accordingly, mental health asymmetrically is distributed in society; therefore, people with disadvantaged condition suffer from inconsistent burden of mental disorders. in this study, we aimed to understand the determinants of socioeconomic inequality of mental health in the female-headed househo...

OBJECTIVE Observational studies on the association among systemic/general and oral cavity indices, tooth loss, periodontal conditions, and socioeconomic inequalities are to be still performed in the population of Southern Europe. This study aims to determine the extent of this relationship among Italian healthy adults 50 years of age and above. MATERIALS AND METHODS Socioeconomic and lifestyl...

BACKGROUND Studies show that alcohol consumption appears to have a disproportionate impact on people of low socioeconomic status. Further exploration of the relationship between alcohol consumption, socioeconomic status and the development of chronic alcohol-attributable diseases is therefore important to inform the development of effective public health programmes. METHODS We used systematic...

BACKGROUND Socioeconomic factors are associated with disparities in oral health among adolescents; however, the underlying reasons are not clear. The authors conducted a study to determine if known indicators of oral health can explain such disparities. METHODS The authors examined data from a 2007 California Health Interview Survey of adolescents. The outcome of interest was self-reported co...

OBJECTIVES This study aimed to explore the independent association between socioeconomic position, defined by occupation, and severe maternal morbidity among women in the UK. DESIGN Case-control study. SETTING The analysis was conducted as a case-control analysis, using data from a series of studies of direct causes of severe maternal morbidity undertaken through the UK Obstetric Surveillan...

BACKGROUND In recent years, with socioeconomic changes in the society, the presence of women in the workplace is inevitable. The differences in working condition, especially for pregnant women, has adverse consequences like low birth weight. OBJECTIVES This study was conducted with the aim to model the relationship between working conditions, socioeconomic factors, and birth weight. PATIENT...

background: esophageal cancer is one of the major malignancies around the world. it is the 8th high frequency cancer and the 6th leading cause of cancer death worldwide. the etiology of esophageal carcinoma is thought to be related to the exposure of smoking, alcohol, nitrate and low socioeconomic status. in this study, the status of oral health was evaluated in the population living in the nor...

Recent world crises have caused millions to relocate. However, upon reaching their destination, immigrants often suffer from mental health problems. This work addresses how an immigrant status increases one’s likelihood develop the early symptoms of schizophrenia and recover. It does so by using Blair Wheaton’s theory sociogenesis psychological disorder a phenomenological participatory research...