Intersectional approaches have become increasingly important for explaining educational
inequalities because they help to improve our understanding of how individual experiences …

Recent environmental changes play a role in the dramatic increase in the prevalence of
cardiometabolic risk factors (CMRFs) such as obesity, hypertension, type 2 diabetes …

Multilevel data occur frequently in health services, population and public health, and
epidemiologic research. In such research, binary outcomes are common. Multilevel logistic …

Anemia is a global threat among women of reproductive age (WRA), or 15–49 years old
women, both in developed and develo** countries. Prevalence of anemia in WRA is …

Abstract Background Analyzing Body Mass Index as a didactical example, the study by
Evans, Williams, Onnela, and Subramanian (EWOS study) introduce a novel methodology …

Study objective: In social epidemiology, it is easy to compute and interpret measures of
variation in multilevel linear regression, but technical difficulties exist in the case of logistic …

Nested data structures are ubiquitous in the study of ecology and evolution, and such
structures need to be modelled appropriately. Mixed‐effects models offer a powerful …

Background Open defecation facilitates the transmission of pathogens that cause diarrheal
diseases, which is the second leading contributor to the global burden of disease. It also …

Background Maternal anemia is a worldwide public health problem especially in develo**
countries including Ethiopia. The anemia burden among lactating mothers was higher in …

Background Timely initiation of antenatal care (ANC) is an important component of ANC
services that improve the health of the mother and the newborn. Mothers who begin …