Dietary Patterns and Healthy Habits Along the Life Course
Racial/ethnic disparities in health-related quality of life and health status across pre-, early-, and mid-adolescence: ...
PURPOSE:To examine (1) racial/ethnic disparities in health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and overall health status among Black, Latino, and White youth during adolescence; (2) whether socioeconomic status (SES) and family contextual variables influence disparities; and (3) whether disparities are consistent from pre- to early- to mid-adolescence....
Genetics of nurture: A test of the hypothesis that parents' genetics predict their observed caregiving.
Twin studies have documented that parenting behavior is partly heritable, but it is unclear how parents' genetics shape their caregiving. Using tools of molecular genetics, the present study investigated this process by testing hypotheses about associations between a genome-wide polygenic score for educational attainment and parental caregiving in ...
Measuring novel antecedents of mental illness: the Questionnaire of Unpredictability in Childhood.
Increasing evidence indicates that, in addition to poverty, maternal depression, and other well-established factors, unpredictability of maternal and environmental signals early in life influences trajectories of brain development, determining risk for subsequent mental illness. However, whereas most risk factors for later vulnerability to mental i...
Factors Influencing Access to Cochlear Implantation in Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Children in Southern California.
OBJECTIVE:To determine the epidemiologic relationship of family demographics and educational resources with parental knowledge of and willingness for their children to receive cochlear implantation (CI) for deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) children. METHODS:A total of 213 parents of DHH children were surveyed at local schools, specialized camps, and ...
Sociodemographic patterns of health insurance coverage in Namibia.
Does domiciliary welfare rights advice improve health-related quality of life in independent-living, socio-economically ...
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Abstract Background There are major socio-economic gradients in health that could be influenced by increasing personal resources. Welfare rights advice can enhance resources but has not been rigorously evaluated for health-related impacts. Methods Randomised, wait-list controlled trial with individual allocation, stratified by general practice, of ...
Desarrollo infantil y condición socioeconómica: artículo de revisión
Introduction: Child development is influenced by both endogenous factors and exogenous factors such as socio-economic status, which may affect health and life chances in adulthood. Objectives: To recognize and analyze the influence of socioeconomic conditions on child development. Materials and methods: A literature review was performed in 10 datab...
Influence of the socieconomic level on the temporal resolution hearing skills in adults
ABSTRACT Objective: to investigate the influence of the socioeconomic level on the temporal resolution auditory ability of adults. Methods: the sample consisted of 48 subjects aged 18 to 50 years, divided into three groups: G1, 11 subjects at level A; G2, 19 in B1 and B2 and G3, 18 in C1, C2, D and E. All subjects presented responses in 20 dB HL in...
The Sharing Economy and Discrimination : Evidence from a Field Experiment in Sweden
To investigate whether there is unequal treatment for ethnic minorities in the sharing economy this paper conducts a field experiment on Airbnb in Sweden. The key findings report that inquiries from guests with Arabic-sounding names are 17 percentage points less likely to receive a booking invitation compared to guests with Swedish-sounding names. ...
