What causes health inequality? A systematic review on the relative importance of social causation and health selection

H Kröger, E Pakpahan… - The European Journal of …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Background The social gradient in health is one of the most reliable findings in public health
research. The two competing hypotheses that try to explain this gradient are known as the …

Work and its role in sha** the social gradient in health

JE Clougherty, K Souza… - Annals of the New York …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Adults with better jobs enjoy better health: job title was, in fact, the social gradient metric first
used to study the relationship between social class and chronic disease etiology, a core …

The lasting impact of childhood health and circumstance

A Case, A Fertig, C Paxson - Journal of health economics, 2005 - Elsevier
We quantify the lasting effects of childhood health and economic circumstances on adult
health, employment and socioeconomic status, using data from a birth cohort that has been …

[BOOK][B] The sociology of health and illness

S Nettleton - 2020 - books.google.com
Sarah Nettleton's The Sociology of Health and Illness has become a cornerstone text,
popular with students and academics alike for its rigorous and accessible overview of the …

Pathways between socioeconomic determinants of health

E Lahelma, P Martikainen, M Laaksonen… - … of Epidemiology & …, 2004 - jech.bmj.com
Study objective: Many previous studies on socioeconomic inequalities in health have
neglected the causal interdependencies between different socioeconomic indicators. This …

Causes and consequences of early-life health

A Case, C Paxson - Demography, 2010 - Springer
We examine the consequences of child health for economic and health outcomes in
adulthood, using height as a marker of childhood health. After reviewing previous evidence …

[BOOK][B] Nursing ethics

IE Thompson, KM Melia, KM Boyd, D Horsburgh - 2006 - books.google.com
This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States.
The authors have developed a holistic approach that explores: ethics in hospital and …

The social determinants of oral health: new approaches to conceptualizing and researching complex causal networks

JT Newton, EJ Bower - Community dentistry and oral …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Oral epidemiological research into the social determinants of oral health has been limited by
the absence of a theoretical framework which reflects the complexity of real life social …

Reproducing inequalities: Luck, wallets, and the enduring effects of childhood health

A Palloni - Demography, 2006 - read.dukeupress.edu
In this article, I argue that research on social stratification, on intergenerational transmission
of inequalities, and on the theory of factor payments and wage determination will be …

Welfare state regimes and income-related health inequalities: a comparison of 23 European countries

TA Eikemo, C Bambra, K Joyce… - The European Journal of …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Objective: The objective of this study was to determine whether the magnitude of income-
related health inequalities varies between welfare regimes (Scandinavian, Anglo-Saxon …