COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on social relationships and …
This essay examines key aspects of social relationships that were disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. It focuses explicitly on relational mechanisms of health and brings together theory and emerging evidence on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic to make recommendations for future public health policy and recovery. We first provide an overview of …
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Defining equity in health - Journal of Epidemiology & Community …
Apr 1, 2003 · Study objective: To propose a definition of health equity to guide operationalisation and measurement, and to discuss the practical importance of clarity in defining this concept. Design: Conceptual discussion. Setting, Patients/Participants, and Main results: not applicable. Conclusions: For the purposes of measurement and operationalisation, equity in health is the absence of systematic ...
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Jul 8, 2024 · Work and health. Changes in all-cause and cause-specific mortality by occupational skill during COVID-19 epidemic in Spain (8 July, 2024) Damián González-Beltrán, Marta Donat, Julieta Politi, Elena Ronda, Gregorio Barrio, María José Belza, Enrique Regidor. Precarious employment and the workplace transmission of COVID-19: evidence from ...
Inequality in green space distribution and its association with ...
Background This study investigated inequalities in the distribution of green space (GS) and the association between inequalities in amounts of GS and preventable deaths across urban neighbourhoods with different Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) scores in the UK. Methods Data on preventable deaths, IMD, percentage of grassland and woodland, urban/rural, population size, and density were ...
Research priorities for mental health in schools in the wake of …
Children and young people (CYP) have suffered challenges to their mental health as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic; effects have been most pronounced on those already disadvantaged. Adopting a whole-school approach embracing changes to school environments, cultures and curricula is key to recovery, combining social and emotional skill building, mental health support and interventions to ...
Financial stress and mental health among higher education …
Introduction In the United Kingdom and many other countries, debt accrued during higher education has increased substantially in recent decades. The prevalence of common mental health problems has also increased alongside these changes. However, it is as yet unclear whether there is an association between financial stress and mental health among higher education students. Methods We conducted ...
Inequalities in adolescent mental health and allocation of students …
Oct 8, 2024 · Background Lower socioeconomic positions (SEP) and poor academic achievement increase children’s risk for mental health problems. The Finnish education system is officially non-selective and unified, but a part of children can be selected into emphasised teaching classes by aptitude tests, which are known to segregate students by SEP and academic achievement. We study here if allocation of ...
Association of housing tenure and unaffordable housing with …
Oct 17, 2024 · Background Socioeconomic risk factors are known drivers of adverse birth outcomes. Housing is a key target for policy interventions. Objective To estimate the associations of housing tenure (renting vs owning) and unaffordable housing with preterm birth and other adverse birth outcomes. Methods We used 2014–2016 Canadian birth registration data linked with the 2016 long-form census and ...
Income inequality and health: a new challenge
First, they examine the relation between income inequality and mortality, at the state level, in 1989, 1999, 2009 and 2019. As in the earlier paper, they adjust for median income of the state. Second, they examine time trends—changes in income inequality and changes in mortality rates, again comparing states. The background to the study is ...