In the UK, only a limited amount of research has been undertaken into the burden of air pollution on different social groups, most of which has occurred during the last five years. This paper focuses on a study undertaken by Netcen on behalf of the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), to assess the spatial relationship between air pollution and social deprivation in s...

INTRODUCTION French national health programmes take into account social deprivation in their implementation, those targeting perinatal outcomes, especially. The main aim of the present work was to assess the association between individual social deprivation and adverse perinatal outcomes. METHODS A multicentre cross-sectional population-based survey was performed between October and December ...

BACKGROUND Few studies have investigated how area-level deprivation influences the relationship between individual disadvantage and suicide mortality. The aim of this study was to examine individual measures of material and social disadvantage in relation to suicide mortality in Canada and to determine whether these relationships were modified by area deprivation. METHODS Using the 1991-2001 ...

OBJECTIVES Advances in biopsychosocial science have underlined the importance of taking social history and life course perspective into consideration in primary care. For both clinical and research purposes, this study aims to develop and validate a standardised instrument measuring both material and social deprivation at an individual level. METHODS We identified relevant potential questions...

Two studies investigated comparison choices among ethnic minorities and majorities. The perceived status of the self vis-à-vis these targets was also assessed. Antecedents and consequences of comparisons and relative deprivation were examined. Predictions were derived from Social Comparison, Stigma, Social Identity, and Relative Deprivation research. Two surveys were conducted: in London with m...

OBJECTIVE To determine differences in the incidence of epilepsy associated with deprivation. DESIGN Cross-sectional study of new cases of epilepsy presenting over 3 years linked to census based population and deprivation data. SETTING Norfolk UK. PATIENTS Children aged 29 days to 14 years presenting to the only district hospital serving the study area. INTERVENTIONS None. MAIN OUTCOME...

INTRODUCTION Sleep deprivation has detrimental effects on cognitive processes, including decision making. The present study investigated how 72 h of sleep deprivation influenced individual neural performance in the Iowa gambling task using event-related potential technology. METHODS Eleven healthy male adults who participated in our study were randomized to be either in group with 72 h of soc...