This study aims to investigate the impact of socio-demographic factors on health in Bangladesh using World Health Survey dataset. Using seemingly unrelated regression models reveals that female compared male faces more challenges terms problems regarding mobility, self-care, bodily pain, sleeping, remembering and depression. The also finds as level education increases severity facing these redu...

The purpose of the study was to identify, systematize and evaluate influence regional environmental factors on dynamics demographic processes in Arctic regions Russia. Based use correlation regression analysis authors revealed highly differentiated relationships between indicators characterizing key environment. established connections allow a deeper understanding factorial impact Arctic, devel...

background: this study aimed to evaluate the perception of lay people regarding determinants of health at global level and factors affecting it. methods: data was collected from international social survey program (issp) and world bank website. multilevel regression analysis was done and lay people’s perception regarding health behavior, environment, poverty and genes as health determinants was...

BACKGROUND As little is known about the determinants of smoking in large ethnic minorities in the Netherlands and other Western European countries, we studied the determinants of smoking young adult offspring of Turkish migrants to the Netherlands. METHODS Cross-sectional survey of 439 Turkish adults (18-28 y) in 2003. Smokers were compared with never smokers for five groups of determinants: ...

"A common hypothesis regarding the distribution of income is that it tends to become more unequal in the initial and middle stages of economic development, in part because of demographic changes. However, previous studies of the effect of demographic changes on income distribution are not based on the underlying micro determinants of the income components." In the present paper, "the micro de...

Digital technologies are increasingly important as ways to gain access to most of the important social determinants of health including employment, housing, education and social networks. However, little is known about the impact of the new technologies on opportunities for health and well-being. This paper reports on a focus group study of the impact of these technologies on people from low so...

The WONCA Special Interest Group on Health Equity was established in 2014 to provide a focus of support, education, research and policy on issues relating to promotion of health equity in primary care settings. In keeping with this remit, the group hosted a workshop at the WONCA Europe conference held in Istanbul in October 2015. The aim of the session was to engage practitioners from across Eu...