Differences in the association of cardiovascular risk factors with education: a comparison of Costa Rica (CRELES) and the USA (NHANES)David H Rehkopf
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco 185 Berry Street, Lobby 3, Suite 6600, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA
J Epidemiol Community Health 64:821-8. 2010
..This contrast motivates an examination of behavioural and biological correlates underlying this difference...
- The non-linear risk of mortality by income level in a healthy population: US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey mortality follow-up cohort, 1988-2001
David H Rehkopf
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, 185 Berry Street, Lobby 5, Suite 5700, Campus Box 0560, San Francisco CA 94118, USA
BMC Public Health 8:383. 2008
..The purpose of this study is to describe the non-linear risks of all-cause and cause-specific mortality across the income distribution...
Biologic risk markers for coronary heart disease: nonlinear associations with incomeDavid H Rehkopf
Department of Society, Human Development and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
Epidemiology 21:38-46. 2010
..Stronger associations at certain levels of income would have implications for underlying mechanisms...
- The relative importance of predictors of body mass index change, overweight and obesity in adolescent girls
David H Rehkopf
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
Int J Pediatr Obes 6:e233-42. 2011
..To determine the relative importance of familial, dietary, behavioral, psychological and social risk factors for predicting body mass index (BMI) change, and onset of overweight and obesity among adolescent girls...
- Monitoring socioeconomic disparities in death: comparing individual-level education and area-based socioeconomic measures
David H Rehkopf
Department of Society, Human Development and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Mass 02115, USA
Am J Public Health 96:2135-8. 2006
..2 vs 0.8 for census tract measures and individual education, respectively)...
- Painting a truer picture of US socioeconomic and racial/ethnic health inequalities: the Public Health Disparities Geocoding Project
Nancy Krieger
Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Am J Public Health 95:312-23. 2005
..We describe a method to facilitate routine monitoring of socioeconomic health disparities in the United States...
- Mapping and measuring social disparities in premature mortality: the impact of census tract poverty within and across Boston neighborhoods, 1999-2001
Jarvis T Chen
Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
J Urban Health 83:1063-84. 2006
..We recommend that these methods be incorporated into routine analyses of public health surveillance data to highlight continuing social disparities in premature mortality...
- Racial disparities in context: a multilevel analysis of neighborhood variations in poverty and excess mortality among black populations in Massachusetts
S V Subramanian
Department of Society, Human Development and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Ave, KRESGE 7th Floor, Boston MA 02115 6096, USA
Am J Public Health 95:260-5. 2005
..We analyzed neighborhood heterogeneity in associations among mortality, race/ethnicity, and area poverty...
- Socioeconomic status in relation to early menarche among black and white girls
Dejana Braithwaite
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, 185 Berry Street, Lobby 4 Suite 5700, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA
Cancer Causes Control 20:713-20. 2009
..Early menarche is a risk factor for breast cancer. We investigated the variation in age at menarche by socioeconomic status (SES) and race...
- The fall and rise of US inequities in premature mortality: 1960-2002
Nancy Krieger
Department of Society, Human Development and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
PLoS Med 5:e46. 2008
..We accordingly decided to test the hypothesis that health inequities widen-or shrink-in a context of declining mortality rates, by examining annual US mortality data over a 42 year period...
The association between suicide and the socio-economic characteristics of geographical areas: a systematic reviewDavid H Rehkopf
Department of Society, Human Development and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
Psychol Med 36:145-57. 2006
..Enhanced attention to size of region and measurement strategies provide a clearer picture of how suicide rates vary by region. Resources for suicide prevention should be targeted to high poverty/deprivation and high unemployment areas...
- Race/ethnicity and changing US socioeconomic gradients in breast cancer incidence: California and Massachusetts, 1978-2002 (United States)
Nancy Krieger
Department of Society, Human Development and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
Cancer Causes Control 17:217-26. 2006
..We tested the hypothesis that the US socioeconomic gradient in breast cancer incidence is declining, with the decline most pronounced among racial/ethnic groups with the highest incidence rates...
- The association of earnings with health in middle age: Do self-reported earnings for the previous year tell the whole story?
David H Rehkopf
University of California, San Francisco, United States
Soc Sci Med 71:431-9. 2010
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- Race/ethnicity, gender, and monitoring socioeconomic gradients in health: a comparison of area-based socioeconomic measures--the public health disparities geocoding project
Nancy Krieger
Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Am J Public Health 93:1655-71. 2003
..g., percentage below poverty) were most sensitive to expected socioeconomic gradients in health, with the most consistent results and maximal geocoding linkage evident for tract-level analyses...
- Socioeconomic gradients in health in international and historical context
William H Dow
Division of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 7360, USA
Ann N Y Acad Sci 1186:24-36. 2010
..S. health disparities substantially increased. A comparison with Canada suggests that exploring broad social policy differences, such as the weaker social safety net in the United States, may be a promising area for future investigation...
- U.S. disparities in health: descriptions, causes, and mechanisms
Nancy E Adler
Department of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA
Annu Rev Public Health 29:235-52. 2008
..Finally, we discuss potential pathways, including exposure to chronic stress and resulting psychosocial and physiological responses to stress, that serve as mechanisms by which social disadvantage results in health disparities...
- Chronic psychological stress and racial disparities in body mass index change between Black and White girls aged 10-19
A Janet Tomiyama
Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, 90095 1563, USA
Ann Behav Med 45:3-12. 2013
..One of the largest health disparities in the USA is in obesity rates between Black and White females...
- Discrepancy between objective and subjective measures of job stress and sickness absence
David H Rehkopf
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California San Francisco, 185 Berry Street, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA
Scand J Work Environ Health 36:449-57. 2010
..The aim of this study was to examine the association of the discrepancy between externally and self-assessed measures of work environment with long- and short-term sickness absence...
- Evaluating vancomycin use at a pediatric hospital: new approaches and insights
Maureen K Bolon
Division of Infectious Diseases, Children s Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 26:47-55. 2005
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