PREDICTIVE UTILITY AND STABILITY OF THE HOME ENVIRONMENT INAN AFRICAN-AMERICAN SAMPLE FROM DIVERSE SOCIOECONOMICBACKGROUNDSby MAHYA RAHIMIAN MASHHADI

Many rapidly developing regions have begun to draw the attention of the world. Meanwhile, the energy and environmental issues associated with rapid economic growth have aroused widespread critical concern. Therefore, studying energy, economic, and environmental systems is of great importance. This study establishes a system dynamic model that covers multiple aspects of those systems, such as en...

background: considering the effect of socioeconomic factors on the appearance of chronic diseases, and also the importance of this issue for policy makers of health care services, we tried to assess the role socioeconomic factors have in diabetes complications. this survey may have some benefits in prevention and control of diabetes.   methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted on 384 di...

Although attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is highly heritable, emerging evidence suggests symptoms are associated with interactions between genes and the environment (GxE) during development. This study tested whether heritability of ADHD symptoms is moderated by two environmental factors: socioeconomic status (SES) and chaos (household disorganisation). A population sample of 52...

STUDY OBJECTIVE The aim of the study was to improve understanding of the relationships between contextual socioeconomic characteristics and coronary heart disease (CHD) incidence in France. Several authors have suggested that CHD risk factors (diabetes, hypertension, cholesterol, overweight, tobacco consumption) may partly mediate associations between socioeconomic environmental variables and C...

INTRODUCTION During adolescence, school performance may be related to health, and academic achievements at this age can have an impact on the future. Our objective was to assess the relationship between academic performance and perceived health among adolescents, considering sociodemographic characteristics of their families. POPULATION AND METHODS Cross-sectional pilot study conducted in a s...