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The overweight epidemic increasingly hits children of lower educated parents in Belgium

increasing trend seems to be levelling off since 2000. The purpose of this study is to examine this trend over the past two decades in Belgium and whether this trend differs by the parents’ socioeconomic ...

Social inequalities and long-term health impact of COVID-19 in Belgium: protocol of the HELICON population data linkage

sociodemographic characteristics, socioeconomic indicators, healthcare use and related costs. Two main research questions will be addressed. First, can we identify socioeconomic and sociodemographic risk factors in ...

Socioeconomic factors contributing to under-five mortality in sub-Saharan Africa: a decomposition analysis

Health, Volume 19, Issue 1 (2019) Keywords: Decomposition inequality under-five mortality Abstract: Background In sub-Saharan Africa, socioeconomic factors such as place of residence, mother’s educational ...

Contribution of chronic conditions to functional limitations using a multinomial outcome: results for the older population in Belgium and Brazil

differences in socioeconomic conditions, health care access and quality, disease diagnosis, stage of epidemiology transition, life expectancy, and the prevalence of lifestyle risk factors in the two countries. ...

Contribution of chronic conditions to gender disparities in disability in the older population in Brazil, 2013.

disease Diabetes Mellitus Disabled Persons Female Health Status Disparities health surveys Humans Male middle aged prevalence Sex Distribution Socioeconomic Factors Abstract: OBJECTIVES: To assess the ...

Socioeconomic Inequalities in Smoking and Smoking Cessation Due to a Smoking Ban: General Population-Based Cross-Sectional Study in Luxembourg.

Aged cross-sectional studies Female Health behavior Humans Luxembourg Male middle aged prevalence SMOKING Smoking cessation social class Socioeconomic Factors Surveys and Questionnaires Young adult ...

Comparison of socio-economic indicators explaining inequalities in Healthy Life Years at age 50 in Europe: 2005 and 2010.

Life expectancy life tables Male middle aged Poverty Sex Distribution Socioeconomic Factors Abstract: BACKGROUND: The first estimates of Healthy Life Years at age 50 (HLY50) across the EU25 countries in ...

Factors associated with excessive polypharmacy in older people.

the interview. Excessive polypharmacy was defined as the use of nine different kind of medicines or more in the past 24 h; the relation with the Region of residence, age, gender and additional factors ...

The effect of smoking on the duration of life with and without disability, Belgium 1997-2011.

the prevalence of disability by age, gender and smoking status adjusted for socioeconomic position. The Sullivan method was used to estimate DFLE and DLE at age 30. The contribution of mortality and of ...

Educational inequalities in leisure-time physical activity in 15 European countries.

J Public Health, Volume 24, Issue 2, p.199-204 (2014) Keywords: ADOLESCENT Adult Educational Status Europe Female Humans Leisure Activities Male middle aged prevalence Socioeconomic Factors Abstract: ...

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