Sarah Wamala

Summary

Affiliation: Swedish National Institute of Public Health
Country: Sweden

Publications

  1. ncbi Can the Millennium Development Goals database be used to measure the effects of globalisation on women's health in Sub-Saharan Africa? A critical analysis
    Sarah Wamala
    Swedish National Institute of Public Health and Karolinska Institute, Sweden
    Scand J Public Health 38:18-28. 2010
  2. ncbi Socioeconomic disadvantage and primary non-adherence with medication in Sweden
    Sarah Wamala
    Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
    Int J Qual Health Care 19:134-40. 2007
  3. ncbi Perceived discrimination, socioeconomic disadvantage and refraining from seeking medical treatment in Sweden
    Sarah Wamala
    Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
    J Epidemiol Community Health 61:409-15. 2007
  4. ncbi Perceived discrimination and psychological distress in Sweden
    Sarah Wamala
    Swedish National Institute of Public Health and Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
    Br J Psychiatry 190:75-6. 2007
  5. ncbi Inequity in access to dental care services explains current socioeconomic disparities in oral health: the Swedish National Surveys of Public Health 2004-2005
    Sarah Wamala
    National Institute of Public Health, Olof Palmes gata 17, 103 52 Stockholm, Sweden
    J Epidemiol Community Health 60:1027-33. 2006
  6. ncbi Trends in absolute socioeconomic inequalities in mortality in Sweden and New Zealand. A 20-year gender perspective
    Sarah Wamala
    Swedish National Institute of Public Health and Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
    BMC Public Health 6:164. 2006
  7. ncbi Health in relation to unemployment and sick leave among immigrants in Sweden from a gender perspective
    Sharareh Akhavan
    Research and Development Department, National Institute for Working Life, Stockholm, Sweden
    J Immigr Health 6:103-18. 2004
  8. ncbi Work-related health factors for female immigrants in Sweden
    Sharareh Akhavan
    National Institute for Working Life, Sweden
    Work 28:135-43. 2007
  9. ncbi Gender inequity and public health. Getting down to real issues
    Sarah Wamala
    Eur J Public Health 12:163-5. 2002
  10. ncbi Living with globalization: a menace or a chance?
    Fauziah Rabbani
    J Pak Med Assoc 56:195-6. 2006

Detail Information

Publications10

  1. ncbi Can the Millennium Development Goals database be used to measure the effects of globalisation on women's health in Sub-Saharan Africa? A critical analysis
    Sarah Wamala
    Swedish National Institute of Public Health and Karolinska Institute, Sweden
    Scand J Public Health 38:18-28. 2010
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  2. ncbi Socioeconomic disadvantage and primary non-adherence with medication in Sweden
    Sarah Wamala
    Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
    Int J Qual Health Care 19:134-40. 2007
    ..To analyse the association between socioeconomic disadvantage and primary non-adherence with medication, and to explore possible mediating effects of trust in health care and lifestyle profile...
  3. ncbi Perceived discrimination, socioeconomic disadvantage and refraining from seeking medical treatment in Sweden
    Sarah Wamala
    Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
    J Epidemiol Community Health 61:409-15. 2007
    ..To analyse the association between perceived discrimination and refraining from seeking required medical treatment and the contribution of socioeconomic disadvantage...
  4. ncbi Perceived discrimination and psychological distress in Sweden
    Sarah Wamala
    Swedish National Institute of Public Health and Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
    Br J Psychiatry 190:75-6. 2007
    ..After adjustment for age and long-term illness, frequent experiences of discrimination were associated with increased likelihood of psychological distress. Socio-economic disadvantage explained about 25% of this association...
  5. ncbi Inequity in access to dental care services explains current socioeconomic disparities in oral health: the Swedish National Surveys of Public Health 2004-2005
    Sarah Wamala
    National Institute of Public Health, Olof Palmes gata 17, 103 52 Stockholm, Sweden
    J Epidemiol Community Health 60:1027-33. 2006
    ..A socioeconomic disadvantage index (SDI) was developed, consisting of social welfare beneficiary, being unemployed, financial crisis and lack of cash reserves...
  6. ncbi Trends in absolute socioeconomic inequalities in mortality in Sweden and New Zealand. A 20-year gender perspective
    Sarah Wamala
    Swedish National Institute of Public Health and Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
    BMC Public Health 6:164. 2006
    ..We analysed trends in socioeconomic differentials by mortality from early 1980s to late 1990s, comparing Sweden with New Zealand...
  7. ncbi Health in relation to unemployment and sick leave among immigrants in Sweden from a gender perspective
    Sharareh Akhavan
    Research and Development Department, National Institute for Working Life, Stockholm, Sweden
    J Immigr Health 6:103-18. 2004
    ..Immigration may also bring about an inferior position in the labor market, which leads to poor health due to exposure effects. The influence on health is more marked for immigrant women than for immigrant men...
  8. ncbi Work-related health factors for female immigrants in Sweden
    Sharareh Akhavan
    National Institute for Working Life, Sweden
    Work 28:135-43. 2007
    ..Female immigrants over the age of 50 experience gender and ethnic discrimination and lack of access to skills training programs more often than younger immigrants. They also participate in health-care activities more often...
  9. ncbi Gender inequity and public health. Getting down to real issues
    Sarah Wamala
    Eur J Public Health 12:163-5. 2002
  10. ncbi Living with globalization: a menace or a chance?
    Fauziah Rabbani
    J Pak Med Assoc 56:195-6. 2006