It reveals that differential selectivity, marital quality, and health practices
explain health disparities between married and widowed persons, but they fail to explain why widowed persons previously in age heterogamous unions are more vulnerable to the adverse effects of widowhood than their counterparts in age homogamous unions.
Understanding the interactions between the social and physical environment will help to
explain health disparities and create interventions to prevent health and developmental problems in children.
Minority stress theory represents the most plausible conceptual framework for
explaining health disparities for gay and bisexual men (GBM).
Not exact matches
Not all of that is completely
explained by socio - economic and
health disparities.
«Black children were slightly older at the first admission than white children, which could represent a subtle marker of diminished access to medical care or a delay in disease recognition,» said Dr. Dotson, who
explained other studies have shown that the role of biology in
health disparities in chronic diseases is often modest, and there are many other factors, such as access to care and
health literacy, that contribute to
disparities in care.
The researchers say their findings, published in the October / December 2015 issue of the journal Family & Community
Health, indicate that differences in social and living environments may help to explain racial disparities that exist nationally for habits and lifestyle choices that play a key role in the health of U.S
Health, indicate that differences in social and living environments may help to
explain racial
disparities that exist nationally for habits and lifestyle choices that play a key role in the
health of U.S
health of U.S. men.
While socioeconomic factors such as income,
health insurance and access to
health services contribute to those
disparities, they can not
explain the whole difference.
This work of cross-disciplinary impact would advance our understanding of lymphocyte processes, help design effective combinatorial immune strategies that strengthen lymphocyte function and overcome cancer - associated immunosuppression, and could identify immunogenetic signatures to
explain the cancer
health disparities observed in various ethnicities.
NCPI is committed to building a unified science of child development to
explain the early roots of lifelong
health, learning, and behavior in Brazil; translating and communicating science effectively to inform the public discourse around issues that affect children and families; and preparing leaders to leverage the science of healthy development in the design and implementation of innovative policies and programs that reduce preventable
disparities and promote well - being for all Brazilian children.
Role of allostatic load and
health behaviours in
explaining socioeconomic
disparities in mortality: a structural equation modelling approach
Specifically, the addition of covariates accounting for differential selection
explains 8 % [100 × (− 1.93 + 2.10) / − 2.10 ≈ 8] of the
health disparities between widowed and married persons.
Our results suggest that differential selection accounts for some of the
health disparities between married and widowed persons, but it fails to
explain why individuals in age heterogamous unions are particularly vulnerable to the adverse consequences of widowhood for
health.