Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Davide Melita, Guillermo B. Willis, Rosa Rodriguez-Bailon
Summary: The study shows that economic inequality leads to status anxiety, affecting health and wellbeing. Perceived competitiveness plays a mediating role in this relationship, and reducing economic inequality and competitive, materialistic environments in society may promote health and wellbeing.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Ali Fakhari, Mostafa Farahbakhsh, Elham Davtalab Esmaeili, Hosein Azizi
Summary: The study found that demographic characteristics, low SES, and SCS are associated with suicide, and the trend of suicide and suicide attempt in Malekan County decreased from 2014 to 2018. It is essential to consider a wide range of contextual variables and socio-demographic factors in suicide prevention strategies.
Review
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Laura Sares-Jaske, Annina Gronqvist, Paivi Maki, Hanna Tolonen, Tiina Laatikainen
Summary: Childhood obesity is a global public health problem, and lower parental socioeconomic status is associated with higher childhood adiposity in Europe. This scoping review identified and reviewed 53 studies on European general populations from 2000 to 2021, focusing on different socioeconomic indicators and their associations with adiposity. The most commonly used indicator was mother's education, and the most commonly used indicator group was parental education. The majority of associations between socioeconomic indicators and obesity measures were inverse, with composite SES, parental education, and parental occupation showing the strongest inverse associations. Parental employment appeared to be different from other socioeconomic indicators, showing non-significant associations or positive associations with adiposity. Overall, children with parents of higher socioeconomic status had a lower likelihood of adiposity in Europe.
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Raphael Godefroy, Joshua Lewis
Summary: This study examines the role of the workplace in the relationship between socioeconomic status (SES) and health outcomes. The findings suggest that during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, nurses with low SES were more likely to contract the virus due to workplace exposure, while there was no correlation between SES and nonwork-related infection rates. The differences in workplace infection rates were larger than expected, indicating that subtle differences in work conditions can contribute significantly to the SES-health gradient.
SSM-POPULATION HEALTH
(2022)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Namal N. Balasooriya, Jayatilleke S. Bandara, Nicholas Rohde
Summary: This paper presents new evidence of the causal effect of air pollution on Australian health outcomes, using the Black Saturday bushfires in 2009 as a natural experiment. The study finds that ambient air pollution had significant negative effects on health, with larger magnitudes for individuals residing in urban areas.
SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Minjae Choi, Jiseun Lim, Shu-Sen Chang, Minji Hwang, Cheong-Seok Kim, Myung Ki
Summary: Financial hardship influences suicide ideation, with a more significant cumulative effect observed in late-middle-aged and elderly men, while the pattern is less clear among women.
JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS
(2021)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Erik Oftedahl Naess, Lars Mehlum, Ping Qin
Summary: Research based on Norwegian national registers found that individuals who have never been married, separated, divorced, or widowed are more likely to have a higher risk of suicide compared to married individuals, with the highest risk observed during marital separations. The increased suicide risk varies in strength according to individual-level factors, highlighting the importance of understanding the impact of marital status and socioeconomic factors on suicide risk.
SSM-POPULATION HEALTH
(2021)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Birgitte Skau, Ulrik Deding, Lasse Kaalby, Gunnar Baatrup, Morten Kobaek-Larsen, Issam Al-Najami
Summary: This study investigates the association between socioeconomic status and the risk of incomplete colonoscopy in the Danish Colorectal Cancer Screening Program. The results suggest that low income and high school/vocational education are associated with an increased risk of incomplete colonoscopy.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Spencer Elford, Matthew D. Adams
Summary: The study explored the exposure patterns of ultrafine particulate matter (UFP) in Toronto, Canada, revealing significant associations with socioeconomic factors such as income, government transfer dependence, immigration status, and education rates. These findings suggest unique patterns of inequality for UFPs compared to other pollutants in the Toronto-based literature, emphasizing the need for further research on UFP dosage from an environmental inequality perspective.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Gary Ka-Ki Chung, Mark Robinson, Michael Marmot, Jean Woo
Summary: In developed countries like the UK and Australia, addressing socioeconomic inequalities in health is a priority. However, in Hong Kong, the monitoring of socioeconomic inequalities in health is fragmented and the international practice of monitoring inequalities at area level is unsuitable. To improve inequality monitoring in Hong Kong, we can learn from the UK and Australia and explore the collection of health indicators and appropriate equity stratifiers, as well as strategies to promote public awareness and motivation for a comprehensive monitoring system.
LANCET REGIONAL HEALTH-WESTERN PACIFIC
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Dhanya Parameshwaran, S. Sathishkumar, Tara C. Thiagarajan
Summary: The brain undergoes profound changes in structure and dynamics in response to stimulus environment, with factors like education and travel expanding stimulus experience while phone usage increases at a specific income threshold. The complexity of EEG signals scales logarithmically with stimulus consumption and income, and linearly with education and travel, indicating a close relationship between brain physiology and stimulus consumption.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2021)
Article
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Zhuo Zhang, Yonghua Zhao, Ying Bian
Summary: The prevalence of cognitive impairment among older adults in Macau is 44.35%, with a concentration in households with poor socioeconomic status (SES). Factors contributing to inequality in cognitive impairment include older age, poor SES, sleep duration, marital status, appetite, tea/coffee drinking, religious belief, and depression, with SES making the largest contribution.
FRONTIERS IN AGING NEUROSCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Daniel Tadmon, Peter S. Bearman
Summary: In recent years, the United States has seen a rise in suicide rates, with a significant contributing factor being the lack of access to mental health care. Through the analysis of data, it has been found that areas with fewer mental health care providers have higher suicide risks.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2023)
Article
Psychiatry
Young Choi
Summary: This study found that the mid-low income group had a significantly higher suicide rate compared to the high-income group among patients using antidepressants, particularly in male patients. Therefore, implementing targeted policies and priority health services for low-income patients using antidepressants may help reduce the risk of suicide in this high-risk group.
PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Psychiatry
Agnus M. Kim
Summary: The study compared suicide rates among different occupational groups in Korea from 1993 to 2017. It found that high skill occupations, except for managers, tend to have lower suicide rates. Financial crises led to increases in suicide rates, with means restriction being an effective way to reduce suicides.
PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH
(2021)