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Analyzing data from the 2015-2016 Indian Demographic and Health Survey (N = 41,768), we investigate how women's circulating glucose varies with the severity of intimate partner violence (IPV) they have experienced in the last year and how their likelihoods of corresponding noncommunicable diseases vary with IPV severity in their lifetime. Consisten...
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There is widespread concern about the potential impact on health and social care services of the ageing population and long-term health conditions, such as dementia. To effectively plan services it is important to understand current need and use and identify gaps in provision. Using data from the Cognitive Function and Ageing Study Wales (CFAS Wale...
Published in SSM - Population Health
• Deterioration of housing may affect physical and mental health. • Validated, practicable measurement tools for deterioration do not currently exist. • We constructed an index to assess deterioration of small-area housing environment. • Validation study showed high inter/intra-rater reliability and internal consistency. • Cognitive interviews and ...
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• Few studies exist on social mobility and long-term body mass index (BMI) changes. • Rising BMI trajectories were found in all social mobility groups. • Stable low socioeconomic position (SEP) was related to higher BMI trajectories. • Stable high SEP and upward social mobility may protect from excessive weight gain. • Social mobility–BMI associati...
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• Suitability of recursive partitioning methods for intersectionality-informed and sex/gender sensitive health monitoring. • Enhanced gender sensitivity by inclusion of modifiable solution-linked sex/gender variables into quantitative analysis. • Identification of different subgroups with high prevalence of mental distress depending on applied theo...
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• Racial differences in impact of work-family spillover on depression largely ignored. • White women reported higher levels of both kinds of negative spillover. • Negative family-to-work spillover related to depression in Black women only. • White women reported higher levels of positive work-to-family spillover. • Positive family-to-work spillover...
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• Survivors of sexual violence experience more threats to physical and social integrity than others. • Stigma is high and predicted by the average attitudes in the community, education and witness of others’ victimization. • Restricted disclosure of victimization is associated with elevated levels of rape myths acceptance in the community. • The co...
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• Racial and ethnic minorities are more likely to report high fear of coronavirus. • Racial and ethnic minorities are more likely to perceive coronavirus as a major threat to population. • Racial and ethnic minorities are more likely to perceive coronavirus as a major threat to individual health. • Women are generally more likely to report high lev...
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• Social independence & Decision-making vital for child's nutrition in South-Central Asia. • Empowering poorer women important for reducing stunting and underweight rates. • Associations point to variation in empowerment needs in different settings. • Empowerment initiatives need to be tailored on identified contextual gaps and needs.
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• Prevalence of multiple health risk behaviours among adolescents in Ghana is high. • Multiple health risk behaviours cluster among adolescents in Ghana. • Some demographic and psychological factors are associated with clusters among adolescents.
