scholarly journals From tearful toddler to strident youth: Tackling health inequalities through primary care

2004 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 13
Author(s):  
John Catford
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Health Policy ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Health Inequalities ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Health Service Delivery ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
The World ◽  
Disadvantaged People

Australia, over many decades, has experienced marked differences in health status between population groups as defined by gender, geography, ethnicity and socio-economic status. For example, affluent, privileged people have better health and lower mortality than poor, disadvantaged people. Australia?s health is now one of the best in the world - but the only way for it to improve further is to tackle health inequalities as a central plank of health research, health policy, and health service delivery.

scholarly journals PSYCHO-SOCIAL FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO SUPERSTITIOUS BEHAVIOR: LITERATURE REVIEW

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (5) ◽  
pp. 42-47
Author(s):  
Manasvi Shrivastav ◽  
Anuradha Kotnala
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Social Factors ◽  
Confidence Level ◽  
Psychological Factors ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
The Past ◽  
Superstitious Behavior ◽  
The World ◽  
People Today

Most superstition from the past have been proven by science as unnecessary, ineffective or just plain silly but are still practiced by normal intelligent people today. Around the world, there are many reappearing themes for superstition. Every country has its own localized take on each theme. In this article researcher reviews on previous researches. There is much different kind of researches in the field of superstition and there are different theories related to the origin of superstition. Superstition is influenced by different social and psychological factors. In this article those researches have been discussed which through light on social and psychological factors of superstition. Psychological factors like fear, locus of control, confidence level etc. and social factors such as locale, socio-economic status etc.

scholarly journals The real inequalities

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (Supplement_4) ◽  
Author(s):  
C Bambra ◽  
A Reeves
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Health Inequalities ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Intergenerational Transfers ◽  
Older Population ◽  
The Real ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
Working Age ◽  
The Many ◽  
Significant Health

Abstract Background The ‘greedy geezer’ and ‘poor elderly’ narratives both assume that the older population are homogeneous and that the experiences of older people are universal. This ignores the fact that there are significant health inequalities (i) amongst the older population and (ii) in terms of who gets to be ‘old’ (and for how long). Further, the focus on intergenerational inequality is a deliberate distraction from the far more significant health inequalities that exist in terms of gender, geography, ethnicity, socio-economic status etc across the whole population - regardless of age. Methods Health inequalities amongst the older population and inequalities in terms of who gets to be ‘old’ will be examined through health inequalities across the population by gender, geography, ethnicity, socio-economic status etc. Results Given, for example, that total intergenerational transfers incorporating private transfers are from the older to the younger, it is quite possible that if we reduce public intergenerational transfers (working age to older) then all we are doing is increasing inherited inequality. Conclusions Policy focused on ‘intergenerational equity’ and ‘intergenerational accounting’ will often exacerbate inequalities within generations, to the benefit of the wealthiest and the detriment of much of the population. Win-win solutions only emerge if there is a focus on addressing the many and more profound health inequalities that cross-cut generations.

scholarly journals Practice makes voters? Effects of student mock elections on turnout

Politics ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 377-393
Author(s):  
Richard Öhrvall ◽  
Sven Oskarsson
Keyword(s):  
Voter Turnout ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Political Interest ◽  
Parliamentary Election ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
The World ◽  
Short And Long Term ◽  
Different Parts

Student mock elections are conducted in schools around the world in an effort to increase political interest and efficacy among students. There is, however, a lack of research on whether mock elections in schools enhance voter turnout in real elections. In this article, we examine whether the propensity to vote in Swedish elections is higher among young people who have previously experienced a student mock election. The analysis is based on unique administrative population-wide data on turnout in the Swedish 2010 parliamentary election and the 2009 European Parliament election. Our results show that having experienced a mock election as a student does not increase the likelihood of voting in subsequent real elections. This result holds when we study both short- and long-term effects, and when we divide our sample into different parts depending on their socio-economic status and study each part separately.

scholarly journals The influence of age, gender and socio-economic status on multimorbidity patterns in primary care. first results from the multicare cohort study

2012 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ingmar Schäfer ◽  
Heike Hansen ◽  
Gerhard Schön ◽  
Susanne Höfels ◽  
Attila Altiner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Cohort Study ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
First Results

scholarly journals Care in Chronic Diseases and in "Frail" Patients in General Practice

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-31
Author(s):  
Lucio Mango
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
General Practice ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Chronic Diseases ◽  
Frail Patients ◽  
The World ◽  
Progressive Growth ◽  
At Home

The world of chronicity is an area in progressive growth that involves a considerable commitment of resources, requiring continuity of assistance for long periods of time and a strong integration of health services with social ones and those requiring residential and territorial services often not sufficiently designed and developed. The fundamental aim of the treatment of chronic systems is to keep as much as possible the patient at home and prevent or reduce the risk of institutionalization. GP could put their expertise to good use in the Complex of Primary Care Units and Territorial Functional Aggregations, reducing the costs of the health service.

Transforming and Facilitating Quality Education in Developing Knowledge Economy

2021 ◽  
pp. 85-121
Author(s):  
Ekta Sinha
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Knowledge Economy ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Knowledge Society ◽  
Quality Education ◽  
Economic Issues ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
Critical Areas ◽  
The World ◽  
Development Goals

In 2015, world leaders gathered at the United Nations (UN) to adopt 17 Sustainable Development Goals to achieve several extraordinary things by 2030. Among these 17 goals of sustainable development, ‘Quality Education' has been recognized as the fourth most important thing in order to transform our world. Obtaining a quality education is the foundation to improving people's lives and sustainable development. India, which is now one of the fastest growing economies of the world, is continuously thriving to transform and facilitate quality education for all, irrespective of the gender, caste, and socio-economic status to leverage county's demographic dividend. Such initiatives have been helpful in creating and sustaining a knowledge society and economy where people learn and build their capabilities to add value through knowledge development, improvement, and innovation. The efforts taken by India to improve the creation, storage, and dissemination of knowledge have helped her to build human capital and face the challenges of dynamic and ambiguous environment. This chapter discusses critical activities contributing to the desired change, highlights prevailing structural and socio-economic issues, and in the course of the analysis identifies some critical areas for improvement.

Utilization of the Emergency Department

2010 ◽  
pp. 305-326
Author(s):  
David Nfodjo
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Emergency Department ◽  
Primary Care Physicians ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Urgent Care ◽  
Primary Role ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
Free Care ◽  
Treat All

The primary role of the Emergency Department (ED) is to treat the seriously injured and seriously sick patients. However, because of federal regulations requiring the ED to treat all who enter, EDs have become the providers of a large number of unscheduled, non-urgent care patients. The role of the ED has changed considerably in recent years to treat those without insurance, and without primary care physicians. The main purpose of this study is to investigate the use of the hospital ED for non-urgent care in relationship to socio-economic status and payer type. This study will identify the Socio-economic factors related to the utilization of the emergency department for health care. The study will identify for the purpose of shifting patients that use the Ed as primary care to a nearby clinic. The clinic is within a mile of the ED. It is a Nurse-managed health center that provides free care.

Prevalence of psychotic symptoms: comparation of immigrants and native- born primary care service users

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (S2) ◽  
pp. 467-467
Author(s):  
P. Martinena-Palacio ◽  
F. Eiroa ◽  
A. Qureshi ◽  
F. Collazos ◽  
H.W. Revollo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Life Span ◽  
Care Setting ◽  
Psychotic Disorders ◽  
Primary Care Setting ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Psychotic Symptoms ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Socio Economic Status

IntroductionEpidemiological studies reveal higher rates of psychotic disorders among immigrants of ethnic minorities. However, the variation in prevalence of psychosis differs, and the proposed explanations and risk factors vary across the literature.Objectives1) to examine the prevalence of psychotic symptoms in a sample of immigrants and native-born in a primary care setting context2) to explore the effect that certain socio-demographic characteristics have in the difference in prevalence.AimsIt is expected that the presence of psychotic symptoms will be greater for the immigrant population than for the native-born population. Low educational level, a low socio-economic status and the presence of a physical illness will partly explain these differences.Methods3000 patients (1500 immigrants and 1500 native-born outpatients paired in age and gender) were interviewed in a primary care setting. They completed the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview, including the psychotic disorders sections, and a questionnaire that probed demographic characteristics and physical health status.ResultsImmigrants showed significantly higher rates of psychotic symptoms than native-born patients in both sections of diagnosis: life-span psychotic symptoms only (9.8% in immigrants and 5.3% in native-born) and life span with current psychotic symptoms (7% of the immigrants and 4.8% of the native-born). Immigrants also showed a lower education level, and a lower socio-economic status. When controlling for these factors, a relationship between these factors and the symptoms was found.ConclusionsFindings are discussed in the context of culture and etiology of psychotic symptoms, and suggestions with regard to future research are made.

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