Background Socioeconomic marginalization (SEM) is an important but under-explored
determinant of opioid overdose with important implications for health equity and associated …

Whether or not the scale of a society's income inequality is a determinant of population
health is still regarded as a controversial issue. We decided to review the evidence and see …

Background Pain is an enormous problem globally. Estimates suggest that 20% of adults
suffer from pain globally and 10% are newly diagnosed with chronic pain each year …

Why a thoroughly updated and revised second edition of this book about theories of disease
distribution, in past and present societal and ecological context? Because the lived realities …

The world we live in is hugely unequal. People in a better socioeconomic position do not
only lead more comfortable lives, but also longer and healthier lives. This is true not only in …

Page 1 ann Bowling investigating health and health services ReseaRch Methods in health
Page 2 Research Methods in Health Page 3 Page 4 Research Methods in Health …

We invite you to join us for this book's journey through the exciting field of community
psychology! As a team of authors, we each came to community psychology because it …

Three perspectives on the efficacy of social capital have been explored in the public health
literature. A 'social support'perspective argues that informal networks are central to objective …

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 …

The pleasures of life are worth nothing if one is not alive to experience them. Through the
twentieth century in the United States and other high-income countries, growth in real …