There is growing concern in the United States about avoidable, unjust differences in health associated with sociodemographic characteristics, such as socioeconomic status and race/ethnicity. This concern has sparked research to identify how disparities develop and how they can be reduced. Studies showing that disparities occur at all levels of socioeconomic status, not simply at the very bottom...

INTRODUCTION Understanding the characteristics of early and late survey responders has implications for recruitment efforts and for informing potential response bias. The main objective of this analysis was to examine survey responder status (ie, early vs late response) by sociodemographic characteristics and by salience of study variables among respondents. METHODS We analyzed data from a su...

Introduction: Maternal mortality remains a critical issue in achieving optimal health status. Evaluation through near-miss cases provides valuable data about morbidity to monitor the quality of obstetric services, which can be used estimate incidence life-threatening complications. A study reported that pregnant women had significant relationship with various non-medical factors, included socio...

Objective: To explore reporting differences related to sociodemographic characteristics affecting different health status indicators to assess their impact on the measurement of self-reported health status among the Tunisian population using the Tunisian version of the 12item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-12). Methods: Psychometric properties of the SF-12 were validated for a random sample of in...

Older adults, particularly those with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, are advised to receive 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPV23). However, the PPV23 vaccination rate in Taiwan and the determinants of receipt remain unclear.We analyzed the data of 1475 community-dwelling older adults aged ≥75 years who participated in the Healthy Aging Longitudinal Study in Taiwan. Each ...

OBJECTIVE To assess regional and sociodemographic differences in self-perceived health status among older adults. METHODS A face-to-face quality of life survey was conducted in a representative sample of the Spanish population comprising 1,106 non-institutionalized elderly aged 60 or more in 2008. Logistic regression models were used to explain self-perceived health status according to the Eu...

Significant sociodemographic disparities exist in the prevalence of obesity among adolescent girls, and in girls' participation in physical activity, sedentary activity, and healthful dietary intake. However, little is known of how factors in the family environment associated with weight and behavior vary by sociodemographic groups. We examined differences and similarities in the weight-related...

INTRODUCTION Preschool age is critical for the development of adequate eating and physical activity habits. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to analyze the nutritional status, physical activity (PA) and fitness levels in preschool children in relation to gender and parental sociodemographic outcome measures. MATERIAL AND METHODS Preschool children selected from 30 school facilities i...

We explored the extent to which prisoner sociodemographic variables (age, education, marital status, employment, and whether their parents were married or not) influenced offending in 64 randomly selected Brunei inmates, comprising both sexes. A quantitative field survey design ideal for the type of participants used in a prison context was employed to investigate the problem. Hierarchical mult...

BACKGROUND The objectives of this study were to describe the accelerometer based total and bout-specific PA levels for a representative sample of adults from Cuernavaca, Mexico, and to examine the relationships with sociodemographic characteristics and BMI status. METHODS Cross sectional study of adults from Cuernavaca, Mexico (2011, n = 677). Participants wore Actigraph GT3X accelerometers f...