Do health behaviour and psychosocial risk factors explain the European East-West gap in health status?

Laaksonen, Mikko; McAlister, Alfred L.; Laatikainen, Tiina; Drygas, Wojciech; Morava, E.; Nüssel, E; Oganov, Rafael G.; Pardell, Hèlios; Uhanov, Mihail; Puska, Pekka

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“…Physical activity level of the Polish population and the main influencing factors According to several regional data collected over the last decades, Poland belongs to the countries with the lowest physical activity level in Europe Zdrojewski et al 2004;Laaksonen et al 2001;Kaleta et al 2005). Regardless of the established health benefits resulting from regular leisure-time physical activity, currently the majority of the Polish population does not participate in physical exercise at a sufficient level, or any training at all .…”

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Increasing recreational and leisure time physical activity in Poland–how to overcome barriers of inactivity

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Title Increasing recreational and leisure time physical activity in Poland-how to overcome barriers of inactivity Aim International experts have alerted us about the burden of a sedentary lifestyle. In recent WHO reports, lack of physical activity was placed as one of the leading risk factors of chronic diseases affecting both developed and developing countries. Despite some beneficial changes in lifestyle during the last decade, the level of physical activity in Poland still differs from many other European countries and international recommendations as well.Methods The analysis was based on a review of the Medline database, the main Polish governmental documents and studies concerning physical activity levels and the most interesting recent programmes on the topic. Results In the article the physical activity level of the Polish population and the main factors influencing it are discussed. The results of the national WOBASZ Project (2003)(2004)(2005) revealed that nearly 35% of Polish adults are not active during their leisure time, while only about 17% are only occasionally engaged in any exercise.

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Increasing recreational and leisure time physical activity in Poland–how to overcome barriers of inactivity

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“…Poor health status in Eastern Europe may be influenced by unhealthy lifestyles associated with lack of information about health and behavior (15). East-west difference in health status may be partly explained by differences in health behaviors (such as smoking and alcohol consumption) and psychosocial factors (16). …”

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Socioeconomic inequalities, health damaging behavior, and self-perceived health in Serbia: a cross-sectional study

2012

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AimTo analyze the association of socioeconomic factors with self-perceived health in Serbia and examine whether this association can be partly explained by health behavior variables.MethodsWe used data from the 2007 Living Standards Measurement Study for Serbia. A representative sample of 13 831 persons aged ≥20 years was interviewed. The associations between demographic factors (age, sex, marital status, and type of settlement), socioeconomic factors (education, employment status, and household consumption tertiles), and health behavior variables (smoking, alcohol consumption) and self-perceived health were examined using logistic regression analyses.ResultsA stepwise gradient was found between education and self-perceived health for the total sample, men, and women. Compared to people with high education, people with low education had a 4.5 times higher chance of assessing their health as poor. Unemployed (odds ratio [OR], 1.64; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.29-2.10), inactive (OR, 2.82; 95% CI, 2.49-3.19), and the most deprived respondents (OR, 1.17; 95% CI, 1.02-1.34) were more likely to report poor self-perceived health than employed persons and the most affluent group. After adjustment for demographic and health behavior variables, the magnitudes of all associations decreased but remained clearly and significantly graded.ConclusionsThis study revealed inequalities in self-perceived health by socioeconomic position, in particular educational and employment status. The reduction of such inequalities through wisely tailored interventions that benefit people’s health should be a target of a national health policy in Serbia.

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“…The practice of unhealthy lifestyles, associated with a lack of information about health and healthy behavior, can contribute to poor health in Eastern Europe (Steptoe and Wardle, 2001 ). Differences in health status between East and West could be partly explained by differences in behavior related to health (smoking and alcohol consumption (Jakovljevic et al, 2013 ) and psychological factors (Laaksonen et al, 2001 ).…”

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Self-Assessed Health and Socioeconomic Inequalities in Serbia: Data from 2013 National Health Survey

2016

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Do health behaviour and psychosocial risk factors explain the European East-West gap in health status?

Abstract: Efforts to promote health in Eastern Europe should concentrate both on the promotion of healthier lifestyles and on improvement of social and economic conditions.

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Increasing recreational and leisure time physical activity in Poland–how to overcome barriers of inactivity

Increasing recreational and leisure time physical activity in Poland–how to overcome barriers of inactivity

Socioeconomic inequalities, health damaging behavior, and self-perceived health in Serbia: a cross-sectional study

Self-Assessed Health and Socioeconomic Inequalities in Serbia: Data from 2013 National Health Survey

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