Inequalities 2012

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Research from 18 May 2012

  • Plug, I., Hoffmann, R., Artnik, B., Bopp, M., Borrell, C., Costa, G., Deboosere, P., Esnaola, S., Kalediene, R., Leinsalu, M., Lundberg, O., Martikainen, P., Regidor, E., Rychtarikova, J., Strand, B. H., Wojtyniak, B., and Mackenbach, J. P. Socioeconomic inequalities in mortality from conditions amenable to medical interventions: do they reflect inequalities in access or quality of health care? BMC.Public Health 12[1], 346. 11-5-2012. Abstract or full text available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22578154

Research from 27 April 2012

  • Koshy, G. and Brabin, B. J. Parental compliance - an emerging problem in Liverpool community child health surveys. BMC.Med.Res.Methodol. 12[1], 53. 20-4-2012. Abstract or full text available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22520150
  • O'Brien, J., Salmon, A. M., and Penman, A. What has fairness got to do with it? Tackling tobacco among Australia's disadvantaged. Drug Alcohol Rev.  24-4-2012. Abstract or full text available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22524309

Research from 20 April 2012

  • Paul, C. L., Bonevski, B., Turon, H. E., and Bryant, J. The balancing act: Experts' opinions about the relative resourcing of tobacco control efforts for the general population versus disadvantaged populations. Drug Alcohol Rev.  10-4-2012. Abstract or full text available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22490081
  • Tchicaya, A., Braun, M., Lorentz, N., Delagardelle, C., Beissel, J., and Wagner, D. R. Social inequality in awareness of cardiovascular risk factors in patients undergoing coronary angiography. Eur.J.Prev.Cardiolog.  16-4-2012. Abstract or full text available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22508692
  • Turrell, G., Hewitt, B. A., and Miller, S. A. The influence of neighbourhood disadvantage on smoking cessation and its contribution to inequalities in smoking status. Drug Alcohol Rev.  17-4-2012. Abstract or full text available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22507105

Research from 13 April 2012

  • Ernstsen, L., Strand, B. H., Nilsen, S. M., Espnes, G. A., and Krokstad, S. Trends in absolute and relative educational inequalities in four modifiable ischaemic heart disease risk factors: repeated cross-sectional surveys from the Nord-Trondelag Health Study (HUNT) 1984-2008. BMC.Public Health 12[1], 266. 3-4-2012. Abstract or full text available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22471945
  • Murray, R. L. and McNeill, A. Reducing the social gradient in smoking: Initiatives in the United Kingdom. Drug Alcohol Rev.  4-4-2012. Abstract or full text available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22486986

Research from 05 April 2012

  • Rundle, A., Richards, C., Neslund-Dudas, C., Tang, D., and Rybicki, B. A. Neighborhood socioeconomic status modifies the association between individual smoking status and PAH-DNA adduct levels in prostate tissue. Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis . 29-3-2012. Abstract or full text available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22467358

Research from 30 March 2012

  • Palipudi, K. M., Gupta, P. C., Sinha, D. N., Andes, L. J., Asma, S., and McAfee, T. Social Determinants of Health and Tobacco Use in Thirteen Low and Middle Income Countries: Evidence from Global Adult Tobacco Survey. PLoS.One. 7[3], e33466. 2012. Abstract or full text available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22438937

Research from 23 March 2012

  • Halonen, J. I., Kivimaki, M., Pentti, J., Kawachi, I., Virtanen, M., Martikainen, P., Subramanian, S. V., and Vahtera, J. Quantifying neighbourhood socioeconomic effects in clustering of behaviour-related risk factors: a multilevel analysis. PLoS.One. 7[3], e32937. 2012. Abstract or full text available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22427912
  • Nkosi, T. M., Parent, M. E., Siemiatycki, J., and Rousseau, M. C. Socioeconomic Position and Lung Cancer Risk: How Important is the Modeling of Smoking? Epidemiology . 10-3-2012. Abstract or full text available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22415109

Research from 16 March 2012

  • Charafeddine, R., Van, Oyen H., and Demarest, S. Does the association between smoking and mortality differ by educational level? Social Science and Medicine . 24-2-2012. Abstract or full text available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22401648
  • Siahpush, M., Borland, R., Yong, H. H., Cummings, K. M., and Fong, G. T. Tobacco expenditure, smoking-induced deprivation and financial stress: Results from the International Tobacco Control (ITC) Four-Country Survey. Drug Alcohol Rev.  9-3-2012. Abstract or full text available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22404640

Research from 09 March 2012

  • Frohlich, K. L., Mykhalovskiy, E., Poland, B. D., Haines-Saah, R., and Johnson, J. Creating the socially marginalised youth smoker: the role of tobacco control. Sociology of Health and Illness . 5-3-2012. Abstract or full text available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22384931
  • Hiscock, R., Bauld, L., Amos, A., and Platt, S. Smoking and socioeconomic status in England: the rise of the never smoker and the disadvantaged smoker. J.Public Health (Oxf) . 28-2-2012. Abstract or full text available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22375070
  • Maynard, J. W., Fang, H., and Petri, M. Low Socioeconomic Status Is Associated with Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Outcomes in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. Journal of Rheumatology . 1-3-2012. Abstract or full text available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22382345
  • McElroy, J. A., Bloom, T., Moore, K., Geden, B., Everett, K., and Bullock, L. F. Perinatal mortality and adverse pregnancy outcomes in a low-income rural population of women who smoke. Birth Defects Res.A Clin.Mol.Teratol.  28-2-2012. Abstract or full text available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22371350
  • Partos, T. R., Borland, R., and Siahpush, M. Socio-economic disadvantage at the area level poses few direct barriers to smoking cessation for Australian smokers: Findings from the International Tobacco Control Australian cohort survey. Drug Alcohol Rev.  4-3-2012. Abstract or full text available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22385265

Research from 24 February 2012

  • Gajalakshmi, V., Whitlock, G., and Peto, R. Social inequalities, tobacco chewing, and cancer mortality in south India: a case-control analysis of 2,580 cancer deaths among non-smoking non-drinkers. Cancer Causes and Control . 17-2-2012. Abstract or full text available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22350862
  • Harper, S. and McKinnon, B. Global socioeconomic inequalities in tobacco use: internationally comparable estimates from the World Health Surveys. Cancer Causes and Control . 18-2-2012. Abstract or full text available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22350860

Research from 10 February 2012

  • Shareck, M., Dassa, C., and Frohlich, K. L. Improving the measurement of neighbourhood characteristics through systematic observation: Inequalities in smoking as a case study. Health Place.  20-1-2012. Abstract or full text available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22297153

Research from 03 February 2012

  • Huber, J., Lampert, T., and Mielck, A. [Inequalities in Health Risks, Morbidity and Health Care of Children by Health Insurance of Their Parents (Statutory vs. Private Health Insurance): Results of the German KiGGS Study.]. Gesundheitswesen . 24-1-2012. Abstract or full text available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22275061

Research from 27 January 2012

  • Crengle, S., Robinson, E., Ameratunga, S., Clark, T., and Raphael, D. Ethnic discrimination prevalence and associations with health outcomes: data from a nationally representative cross-sectional survey of secondary school students in New Zealand. BMC.Public Health 12[1], 45. 18-1-2012. Abstract or full text available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22257643
  • Goldade, K., Burgess, D., Olayinka, A., Whembolua, G. L., and Okuyemi, K. S. Applying Anthropology to Eliminate Tobacco-Related Health Disparities. Nicotine Tob.Res.  23-1-2012. Abstract or full text available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22271609
  • Nedo, E. and Paulik, E. Association of smoking, physical activity, and dietary habits with socioeconomic variables: a cross-sectional study in adults on both sides of the Hungarian-Romanian border. BMC.Public Health 12[1], 60. 20-1-2012. Abstract or full text available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22264383

Research from 13 January 2012

  • Fleischer, N. L., Diez Roux, A. V., and Hubbard, A. E. Inequalities in Body Mass Index and Smoking Behavior in 70 Countries: Evidence for a Social Transition in Chronic Disease Risk. American Journal of Epidemiology . 5-1-2012. Abstract or full text available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22223712

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