Educational inequalities in cause-specific mortality in middle-aged and older men and women in eight western European populations

Huisman, Martijn; Kunst, Anton E.; Bopp, Matthias; Borgan, Jens‐Kristian; Borrell, Carme; Costa, Giuseppe; Deboosere, Patrick; Gadeyne, Sylvie; Glickman, Myer; Marinacci, Chiara

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“…Bár egészségszociológiai alapparadigma az, hogy a jó egészségi állapot alakulása az iskolai végzettség emelkedésével szinte minden esetben nő, így a magasan iskolázott nők esélyei a szomatikus zavarokra vonatkozóan alacsonyabb értéket mutatnak [26], korábbi és jelen vizsgálataink is azt jelzik, hogy az egészségi állapot alakulá-sában a magasan kvalifi kált társadalmi csoporton belül is jelentős különbségek fi gyelhetőek meg. Eredményeink szerint a diplomás csoporthoz viszonyítva az orvosnők szubjektív és objektív egészségmutatói rosszabb értékek-kel bírnak.…”

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Female physicians’ health in Hungary. A longitudinal perspective

Győrffy

Girasek

2014

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Bevezetés: A gyógyító hivatást választó nők száma világszerte emelkedik, ezzel párhuzamosan fontos vizsgálati terü-letként jelenik meg az orvosnők életminőségének kutatása. Célkitűzés: A hazai orvosnők egészségmutatóinak, valamint reprodukciós egészségének leírása és összehasonlítása a diplomás nők kontrollcsoportjának mutatóival. Kulcsszavak: orvosnők, szomatikus egészség, reprodukciós zavarok Female physicians' health in Hungary A longitudinal perspectiveIntroduction: There is a worldwide rising tendency of women who decide to become physician. One of the most remarkable fi elds of investigation is the well-being of female doctors. Aim: To study the prevalence of somatic and reproductive morbidity in a representative sample of Hungarian female physicians and compare it with a control group of graduated women. Method: Data for this epidemiological study were collected from 2515 female physicians in 2013. Graduated women from a representative survey (Hungarostudy 2013) served as controls. The results were compared to the previous (2003)(2004) representative female physicians' survey. Results: We found that the prevalence of chronic somatic morbidity among female physicians was signifi cantly higher than that in the respective control groups. A larger proportion of female medical doctors were characterized by time-to-pregnancy interval longer than one year, and undergoing infertility therapy and miscarriages, compared to the control female population, while the same prevalence of terminations of pregnancy was found. Conclusions: The longitudinal perspective confi rmed the existence of the "Hungarian female physicians' paradox".

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Female physicians’ health in Hungary. A longitudinal perspective

Győrffy

Girasek

2014

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“…The SNC also contributed to a better understanding of the risk of suicide in HIV-infected patients before and after the introduction of potent antiretroviral therapies . The study also participated in several European collaborative analyses (Borrell et al 2005;Huisman et al 2004Huisman et al , 2005Menvielle et al 2008;Strand et al 2007). Other projects are awaiting publication, including studies of the role of religion in suicide, studies on risk factors for fatal road traffic accidents, aircraft noise and fatal myocardial infarction and the association between socio-economic position and the risk of childhood cancer.…”

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The Swiss National Cohort: a unique database for national and international researchers

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Zwahlen

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Int J Public Health

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“…People of higher socioeconomic status (SES) live longer, enjoy better health and suffer less from disability, while those of lower SES die younger and suffer a greater burden of disease and disability (Dalstra, Kunst, Borrell, Breeze, Cambois, Costa et al, 2005;Huisman, Kunst, Bopp, Borgan, Borrell, Costa et al, 2005;Mackenbach, Kunst, Cavelaars, Groenhof, Geurts, Andersen et al, 1997;Marmot, Bosma, Hemingway, Brunner, & Stansfeld, 1997;Marmot, Rose, Shipley, & Hamilton, 1978;Minkler, Fuller-Thomson, & Guralnik, 2006). In many cases the associations between SES and health outcomes take the form of a gradient -the higher the SES the better the health (Adler, Boyce, Chesney, Cohen, Folkman, Kahn et al, 1994;Marmot, 2006).…”

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Socioeconomic status and health: The role of subjective social status

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Nazroo

Breeze

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Studies have suggested that subjective social status (SSS) is an important predictor of health. This study examined the link between SSS and health in old age and investigated whether SSS mediated the associations between objective indicators of socioeconomic status and health. It used crosssectional data from the second wave (2004-05) of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing, which were collected through personal interviews and nurse visits. The study population consisted of 3368 men and 4065 women aged 52 years or older. The outcome measures included: self-rated health, long-standing illness, depression, hypertension, diabetes, central obesity, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, triglycerides, fibrinogen, and C-reactive protein. The main independent variable was SSS measured using a scale representing a 10-rung ladder. Wealth, education, and occupational class were employed as covariates along with age and marital status and also, in additional analyses, as the main independent variables. Gender-specific logistic and linear regression analyses were performed. In age-adjusted analyses SSS was related positively to almost all health outcomes. Many of these relationships remained significant after adjustment for covariates. In men, SSS was significantly (p≤0.05) related to self-rated health, depression, and long-standing illness after adjustment for all covariates, while its association with fibrinogen became non-significant. In women, after adjusting for all covariates, SSS was significantly associated with self-rated health, depression, long-standing illness, diabetes, and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, but its associations with central obesity and C-reactive protein became non-significant. Further analysis suggested that SSS mediated fully or partially the associations between education, occupational class and self-reported and clinical health measures. On the contrary, SSS did not mediate wealth's associations with the outcome measures, except those with self-reported health measures. Our results suggest that SSS is an important correlate of health in old age, possibly because of its ability to epitomize life-time achievement and socioeconomic status.

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Educational inequalities in cause-specific mortality in middle-aged and older men and women in eight western European populations

Abstract: Research needs to be broadened to include older populations, other diseases, and populations from different parts of Europe. Effective interventions should be developed and implemented to reduce exposure to cardiovascular risk factors in low-educational groups.

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Female physicians’ health in Hungary. A longitudinal perspective

Female physicians’ health in Hungary. A longitudinal perspective

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Socioeconomic status and health: The role of subjective social status

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