Background Material, psychosocial and behavioural factors are important explanatory
pathways for socioeconomic inequalities in health. The aim of this systematic review was to …

The association of self-rated health with mortality is well established but poorly understood.
This paper provides new insights into self-rated health that help integrate information from …

Food choice is influenced by many interacting factors in humans. Its multidimensional and
complex nature is well recognized, particularly within the sensory and consumer food …

OBJECTIVE: To assess the value of self-rated health assessments by examining the
association between education and self-rated poor health. METHODS: We used the globally …

Previous literature on a variety of countries has documented a “healthy immigrant
effect”(HIE). Accordingly, immigrants arriving in the host country are, on average, healthier …

Introduction: The concept of self-rated health (SRH) was conceived during the first half of the
twentieth century. Since then, numerous studies have documented the validity of its …

High levels of social capital and social integration are associated with self-rated health in
many developed countries. However, it is not known whether this association extends to non …

Background Informal (dementia) care has economic consequences throughout the health
care system. Whilst the health and wellbeing of the care recipient might improve, the health …

We study the prevalence of informal caregiving to elderly parents by their mature daughters
in Europe and the links between parental health, intense (daily) caregiving, and the …

Background The general self-rated health (SRH) question is the most common health
measure employed in large population surveys. This study contributes to research on the …