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  1. 1. The presence of the past : a life course approach to the social determinants of health and health inequalities in northern Sweden

    Författare :Frida Jonsson; Per E. Gustafsson; Miguel San Sebastian; Anne Hammarström; Ilona Koupil; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; social determinants; life course; health inequalities; long-term health consequences; functional somatic symptoms; northern Sweden; Public health; folkhälsa;

    Sammanfattning : Background: Positioned at the intersection between the social and life course epidemiological sub-fields, this thesis builds on the idea that the health implications of life and living conditions can extend over years and decades before becoming expressed in the population patterns of ill-health. The overall purpose was to assess how multiple types of social determinants of health across the life course may contribute to ill-health and health inequalities in midlife. LÄS MER

  2. 2. Social capital and well-being in the transitional setting of Ukraine

    Författare :Kateryna Karhina; Malin Eriksson; Nawi Ng; Mehdi Ghazinour; Mikael Rostila; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; social capital; social support; volunteering; transformation; crisis; military conflict; transitional; well-being; health; inequality; Ukraine; socialt kapital; socialt stöd; volontärarbete; omvandling; kris; militär konflikt; övergångssamhälle; Ukraina; välbefinnande; hälsa; ojämlikhet; folkhälsa; Public health;

    Sammanfattning : Background: The military conflict in Ukraine that started in 2014 was accompanied with many changes in the political, economic and social spheres. It brought informal volunteering activities (i.e. one form of social capital) to emerge, function and later to be formalized, in order to support soldiers and their families. LÄS MER

  3. 3. Den ojämlika dödligheten : Hjärtdödlighet och samhällsutveckling i två städer

    Författare :Björn Grip; Hans Nilsson; Roger Qvarsell; Göran Therborn; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Inequality; coronary heart disease mortality; Linköping; Norrköping; city neighborhoods; change; social development; socio-economic factors; life-style; Ojämlikhet; hjärtkärldödlighet; Linköping; Norrköping; stadsdelar; förändringar; samhällsutveckling; socio-ekonomi; levnadssätt;

    Sammanfattning : Den ojämlika dödligheten är en studie av främst hjärt–kärldödlighet avseende perioden 1950–2010 i tvillingstäderna Linköping och Norrköping och konsekvenserna av ojämlikhet. Skillnaderna mellan städerna i dödlighet är stora. Under 1970-talet, då jämlikheten stod i focus, minskade dessa. LÄS MER

  4. 4. Yesterday once more? Unemployment and health inequalities across the life course in northern Sweden

    Författare :Anna Brydsten; Miguel San Sebastian; Anne Hammarström; Mattias Strandh; Per-Olof Östergren; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; unemployment; life course; long-term health consequences; health inequity; national unemployment rates; neighbourhood unemployment rates; northern Sweden; arbetslöshet; livslopp; långsiktiga hälsokonsekvenser; ojämlikhet i hälsa; nationella arbetslöshet; arbetslöshet i bostadsområdet; norra Sverige; folkhälsa; Public health; Epidemiology; epidemiologi; socialmedicin; Social Medicine;

    Sammanfattning : AbstractBackground. It is relatively well established in previous research that unemployment has direct health consequences in terms of mental and physical ill health. Recently, knowledge has emerged indicating that unemployment can lead to economic consequences that remain long after re-establishment in the labour market. LÄS MER

  5. 5. Abdominal obesity among older population in Indonesia : socioeconomic and gender inequality, pattern and impacts on disability and death

    Författare :Cahya Utamie Pujilestari; Nawi Ng; Margareta Norberg; Lennarth Nyström; Lars Weinehall; Mohammad Hakimi; Alexandra Krettek; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Abdominal obesity; concentration index; disability; focus-group discussion; gender inequality; Indonesia; mortality; older people; socioeconomic inequality; Public health; folkhälsa; epidemiologi; Epidemiology;

    Sammanfattning : Background: Population ageing has contributed to the rise of chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Concurrently, obesity prevalence is increasing in all age groups and has become a serious public health problem. Obesity is the main risk factors of the major chronic NCDs such as type 2 diabetes and has been linked to disability and mortality. LÄS MER