background: to seek pleasure is man’s innate nature. in his search for gratification, man has discovered a world of substances that intoxicated him. those who fell within its trap, their life changed, their families aggrieved and they shrank from company. the addiction remained alone in the end. to many death was a relief. methods: a community based cross-sectional study was conducted in the ca...

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 There are inconsistent findings on associations between low-to-moderate level of arsenic in water and diabetes risk from previous epidemiological reports. In Ron Phibun subdistrict, Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, Thailand, a low level of arsenic exposure among population was observed and increased diabetes mellitus (DM) rate was identified. OBJECTIVES We aimed to investigate the ass...

background and aims. tooth loss may lead to mastication disability, which in turn has important impact on individual’s quality of life. social and psychological factors have been shown to be associated with tooth loss. this study aimed to investigate the social determinants and prevalence of tooth loss, and presence of functional dentition among female heads of household under support of welfar...

INTRODUCTION Several well-established determinants of health are associated with premature mortality. Using data from the 2010 County Health Rankings, we describe the association of selected determinants of health with premature mortality among counties with broadly differing levels of income. METHODS County-level data on 3,139 US counties from the 2010 County Health Rankings were linked to c...

OBJECTIVE The present study examined whether characteristics such as quality, selection and convenience are associated with dietary intake of fruits and vegetables independent of perceived costs in an inner-city, low-income population. DESIGN Secondary analysis of baseline data from a social marketing intervention designed to change household dietary practices among parents of 3- to 7-year-ol...

Abstract This article analyses the sociodemographic determinants associated with financial literacy levels of Chilean population based on three dimensions: (1) knowledge; (2) behaviour; and (3) attitude. The study draws from data first and, thus far, only national survey that has measured competency, conducted in 2016 by Organisation for Economic Cooperation Development (OECD), funded Financial...