Background: There is an established link between socioeconomic status (SES) and performance of health behaviors with more health protective and fewer health risking behaviors in higher SES groups. Purpose: This research is novel in testing the moderating effect of SES on the relationship between intention, self-efficacy and subsequent behavior. Methods: Effects were tested on data from three pr...

background:childhood and adolescence injuries are still frequently occuring in developing countries. this study aims to assess the association  of socio-economic status (ses) with injuriesin iranian children and adolescents. materials and methods: this multicentricsurvey was part of a national surveillance program, which was conducted in 2011-2012 amongst 14,880 students aged6-18 years. partici...

OBJECTIVE The current study examined trajectories of socioeconomic status (SES) throughout childhood and their relationship to markers of cardiovascular health in adolescence. The goal was to determine whether early-life SES, current SES, cumulative SES, and/or social mobility best explained the relationship between SES experiences across an adolescent's life span and current blood pressure (BP...

background: improper nutritional knowledge is one of the most important causes of nutritional problems, which can affect practice and cause more complications. the aim of this study was to assess the association between nutritional knowledge, attitude and practice (kap) of iranian households with socioeconomic status (ses).   methods: the study population was 14,136 households (57 clusters of 8...

Background: Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) has become a major concern in the field of children’s health research. We assessed HRQoL among Iranian children and adolescents according to the socioeconomic status (SES) of their living region.Methods: Via multistage cluster sampling from rural and urban school students aged 6 to 18 years, this nationwide study was conducted from 2011 to 2012...

BACKGROUND Early-life socioeconomic status (SES) may play a role in cancer risk in adulthood. However, measuring SES retrospectively presents challenges. Parental occupation on the birth certificate is a novel method of ascertaining early-life SES that has not been applied in cancer epidemiology. METHODS For a Baby-Boom cohort born from 1945-1959 in two Utah counties, individual-level Nam-Pow...