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Do we have real poverty in the United States of America?Paula Braveman
Prev Chronic Dis 4:A84. 2007
We also need bold experiments: a response to Starfield's "Commentary: Pathways of influence on equity in health"Paula A Braveman
University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
Soc Sci Med 64:1363-6; discussion 1371-2. 2007- Socioeconomic disparities in health in the United States: what the patterns tell usPaula A Braveman
Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, 3333 California St, Suite 365, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA
Am J Public Health 100:S186-96. 2010..We aimed to describe socioeconomic disparities in the United States across multiple health indicators and socioeconomic groups... 
Poverty, near-poverty, and hardship around the time of pregnancyPaula Braveman
Center on Social Disparities in Health, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA
Matern Child Health J 14:20-35. 2010..Low income and major hardships around the time of pregnancy should be addressed as mainstream U.S. maternal-infant health and social policy issues...- The question is not: "is race or class more important?"Paula Braveman
Center on Social Disparities in Health, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
J Epidemiol Community Health 59:1029. 2005 - Socioeconomic status in health research: one size does not fit allPaula A Braveman
Center on Social Disparities in Health and Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California, San Francisco 94143 0900, USA
JAMA 294:2879-88. 2005..Better SES measures are needed in data sources, but improvements could be made by using existing information more thoughtfully and acknowledging its limitations... - Health disparities beginning in childhood: a life-course perspectivePaula Braveman
Center on Social Disparities in Health, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, 3333 California St, San Francisco, CA 94118 0943, USA
Pediatrics 124:S163-75. 2009.... - Health disparities and health equity: concepts and measurementPaula Braveman
Center on Social Disparities in Health, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143 0900, USA
Annu Rev Public Health 27:167-94. 2006..g., the wealthiest, the most powerful racial/ethnic group-and all others, not only between the best- and worst-off groups. Pursuing health equity means pursuing the elimination of such health disparities/inequalities... - A health disparities perspective on obesity researchPaula Braveman
University of California, San Francisco Family and Community Medicine, UCSF Box 0900, 500 Parnassus Ave, MU3E, San Francisco, CA 94143 0900, USA
Prev Chronic Dis 6:A91. 2009..A disparities perspective guides us to consider multiple dimensions and levels of social advantage and disadvantage and how those advantages and disadvantages produce disparities in obesity and its consequences... - The social determinants of health: coming of agePaula Braveman
Center on Social Disparities in Health, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, 94118, USA
Annu Rev Public Health 32:381-98. 2011.... - Monitoring equity in health and healthcare: a conceptual frameworkPaula A Braveman
Center on Social Disparities in Health, Department of Family and Community Medicine, School of Medicine University of California, San Francisco, 500 Parnassus Avenue, MU 3E, San Francisco, CA 94143 0900, USA
J Health Popul Nutr 21:181-92. 2003..Although monitoring health equity is a scientific endeavour, its fundamental objective is guided by values; technical challenges should be addressed as part of a broader strategy to confront the political obstacles to greater equity... - Health disparities and health equity: the issue is justicePaula A Braveman
University of California, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA
Am J Public Health 101:S149-55. 2011..We explain the definition, its underlying concepts, the challenges it addresses, and the rationale for applying it to United States public health policy... - Social conditions, health equity, and human rightsPaula Braveman
Center on Social Disparities in Health, University of San Francisco, 3333 California St, San Francisco, CA 94118 0943, USA
Health Hum Rights 12:31-48. 2010.... - When do we know enough to recommend action on the social determinants of health?Paula A Braveman
Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94118 0943, USA
Am J Prev Med 40:S58-66. 2011.... - Improvements in prenatal insurance coverage and utilization of care in California: an unsung public health victoryDiane R Rittenhouse
Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143 0900, USA
Matern Child Health J 7:75-86. 2003..To examine trends in prenatal insurance coverage and utilization of care in California over two decades in the context of expansions in Medi-Cal (California's Medicaid) and other public efforts to increase prenatal care utilization... - Sociocultural determinants of teenage childbearing among Latinas in CaliforniaChristine Dehlendorf
Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
Matern Child Health J 14:194-201. 2010..This study was designed to investigate the roles of socioeconomic factors and acculturation in teenage childbearing in this population... - Social inequalities in health within countries: not only an issue for affluent nationsPaula Braveman
Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California, San Francisco 94143 0900, USA
Soc Sci Med 54:1621-35. 2002..Particularly in the context of an increasingly globalized world, improvements in health for privileged groups should suggest what could, with political will, be possible for all... - Is neighborhood deprivation independently associated with maternal and infant health? Evidence from Florida and WashingtonCatherine Cubbin
Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California, 500 Parnassus Avenue, MU 3E, Box 0900, San Francisco, CA, 94143 0900, USA
Matern Child Health J 12:61-74. 2008.... - MSJAMA. Measuring health equity within countries: the challenge of limited informationPaula Braveman
University of California, San Francisco, USA
JAMA 288:1650. 2002 - Potential implications of missing income data in population-based surveys: an example from a postpartum survey in CaliforniaSoowon Kim
Center on Social Disparities in Health, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, 500 Parnassus Ave, San Francisco, CA 94143 0900, USA
Public Health Rep 122:753-63. 2007..To explore the implications of excluding records with missing income, we examined characteristics of survey participants with and without income information... - "It's the skin you're in": African-American women talk about their experiences of racism. an exploratory study to develop measures of racism for birth outcome studiesAmani Nuru-Jeter
Divisions of Community Health and Human Development and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of California, 50 University Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720 7360, USA
Matern Child Health J 13:29-39. 2009..We explored the racism experiences of childbearing African-American women to inform subsequent development of improved measures for birth outcomes research... - Infant sleep position: associated maternal and infant factorsEsther K Chung
Division of General Pediatrics, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, Calif, USA
Ambul Pediatr 3:234-9. 2003..To determine the maternal and infant characteristics associated with the back sleep position for infants to guide efforts to increase its use and reduce the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome... - Poverty, equity, human rights and healthPaula Braveman
Department of Family and Community Medicine and Center on Social Disparities in Health, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 94143 0900, USA
Bull World Health Organ 81:539-45. 2003.... - Neighborhood context and sexual behaviors among adolescents: findings from the national longitudinal study of adolescent healthCatherine Cubbin
Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
Perspect Sex Reprod Health 37:125-34. 2005..Associations between neighborhood characteristics and adolescents' initiation of sex and contraceptive use are poorly understood... - An approach to studying social disparities in health and health carePaula A Braveman
Center on Social Disparities in Health, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143 0900, USA
Am J Public Health 94:2139-48. 2004..We explored methods and potential applications of a systematic approach to studying and monitoring social disparities in health and health care... - Pregnancy intention and preterm birth: differential associations among a diverse population of womenAimee Afable-Munsuz
Department of Clinical Pharmacy, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
Perspect Sex Reprod Health 40:66-73. 2008..Studies published to date provide mixed evidence on the relationship between unintended pregnancy and preterm birth, and none take into consideration that the meaning of unintended pregnancy may vary across racial and ethnic groups... - Timing of insurance coverage and use of prenatal care among low-income womenSusan Egerter
Department of Family and Community Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, Box 0900, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
Am J Public Health 92:423-7. 2002..This study examined the relationship between timing of insurance coverage and prenatal care among low-income women... - Socioeconomic and racial/ethnic disparities in unintended pregnancy among postpartum women in CaliforniaCatherine Cubbin
Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, USA
Matern Child Health J 6:237-46. 2002.... - Most pregnant women in California do not receive dental care: findings from a population-based studyKristen S Marchi
Center on Social Disparities in Health, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, 3333 California St, Ste 365, Box 0943, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA
Public Health Rep 125:831-42. 2010..We examined the prevalence of dental care during pregnancy and reasons for lack of care... - Socioeconomic disparities in adverse birth outcomes: a systematic reviewPhilip Blumenshine
Center on Social Disparities in Health, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94118, USA
Am J Prev Med 39:263-72. 2010.... - Limited socioeconomic opportunities and Latina teen childbearing: a qualitative study of family and structural factors affecting future expectationsAlexandra M Minnis
Women s Global Health Imperative, RTI International, 114 Sansome Street, Suite 500, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA
J Immigr Minor Health 15:334-40. 2013..In contrast, family disintegration tied to poverty figured prominently in US-born adolescents' childbearing. Limited socioeconomic opportunities may play a large role in persistently high pregnancy rates among Latina adolescents... - Clinician support and psychosocial risk factors associated with breastfeeding discontinuationElsie M Taveras
Harvard Pediatric Health Services Research Fellowship Program, Children s Hospital of Boston, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Pediatrics 112:108-15. 2003.... - Newborn early discharge revisited: are California newborns receiving recommended postnatal services?Alison A Galbraith
Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195 7183, USA
Pediatrics 111:364-71. 2003..Little is known about the postnatal services newborns are receiving... - Global Equity Gauge Alliance: reflections on early experiencesDavid McCoy
Medact, 601 Holloway Road, London N19 4DJ, UK
J Health Popul Nutr 21:273-87. 2003..Sustainability of this promising experiment depends, in part, on adequate resources but also on the ability to attract and develop talented leadership... - Surveillance for disparities in maternal health-related behaviors--selected states, Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS), 2000-2001Tanya M Phares
Division of Reproductive Health National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC, USA
MMWR Surveill Summ 53:1-13. 2004..The data described in this report should serve as a baseline that states can use to measure the impact of policies and programs on eliminating these health disparities... - Early postnatal care among healthy newborns in 19 States: pregnancy risk assessment monitoring system, 2000Amy Lansky
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Division of Reproductive Health, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Matern Child Health J 10:277-84. 2006..These findings indicate the need for continued monitoring and for programmatic and policy strategies to improve receipt of recommended care...