scholarly journals Differences in health status, health behaviour and healthcare utilisation between Immigrant and native homeless people in Spain: An exploratory study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alejandro Gil‐Salmeron ◽  
Lee Smith ◽  
Lin Yang ◽  
Anita Rieder ◽  
Igor Grabovac
Keyword(s):  
Health Status ◽  
Health Behaviour ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Homeless People ◽  
Healthcare Utilisation

Is Fringe Baking A Component of Socially Determined Health?

2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Courtney L Hundley ◽  
Richard W. Wilson ◽  
John Chenault ◽  
Jamie L. Smimble
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Health It ◽  
Lower Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Health Measures ◽  
Lower Socioeconomic ◽  
Level Data ◽  
Indirect Association ◽  
Zip Code

This was an exploratory study to assess the association between density of fringe lenders (e.g.payday) and health status. For Louisville, Kentucky, ZIP code level data on hospitalizations and mortalityrates as health measures were compared to fringe bank locations. We found lower socioeconomic status(SES) positively correlated with greater frequency of fringe banks; rates of illness appear to be higher in ZIPcodes with more fringe banks, but this finding was not statistically significant. In conclusion, neighbor-hoods between higher frequencies of fringe banks appear to have poorer health; it is premature to rule in orrule out a direct or indirect association between neighborhood presence of fringe banks, but there is enoughevidence to justify additional research to put any conclusions on a firmer footing.

scholarly journals How Does Health Literacy Modify Indicators of Health Behaviour and of Health? A Longitudinal Study with Trainees in North Germany

Healthcare ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 2
Author(s):  
Peter Koch ◽  
Zita Schillmöller ◽  
Albert Nienhaus
Keyword(s):  
Health Status ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Health Behaviour ◽  
Odds Ratio ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Subjective Health ◽  
Subjective Health Status ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Over Time

Background: Health literacy (HL) is a resource that can help individuals to achieve more control over their health and over factors that influence health. In the present follow-up study, we have investigated the extent to which HL in trainees changes over time and whether or to what extent HL influences health behaviour and health. Methods: In 2017, we performed a baseline survey (T0) of trainees from six different branches, who were contacted through vocational colleges in four northern federal states in Germany. The survey was repeated at the midpoint of their training in 2019 (T1). Demographic data were surveyed, together with information on HL (HLS-EU-Q16), health behaviour and on health status (psychological well-being, subjective health status). Multivariate regression analyses were performed in SPSS 26. Results: Three hundred and ninety-one (391) data sets were evaluated, with a follow-up rate of 27%; 79% of the trainees were female. The mean age was 21.2 years. Over all subjects, the mean HL increased over time ( (SD): 11.9 (2.9) to 12.2 (2.9), p = 0.070). This increase was only statistically significant for the health service trainees ( (SD): 12.1 (2.8) to 12.5 (2.9), p = 0.019). Relative to persons with adequate HL, the odds ratio over time for impaired psychological well-being was increased by 230% in persons with inadequate HL (OR: 3.3, 95% CI: 1.70–6.32, p < 0.001). For persons with problematical HL, the corresponding increase in odds ratio was 110% (OR: 2.1, 95% CI: 1.30–3.38, p = 0.002). Relative to persons with adequate HL, trainees with inadequate HL exhibited a significant increase in odds ratio of 2.8 over time for poor or less good subjective health status (OR: 2.8, 95% CI: 1.23–6.33, p = 0.014). Conclusions: We observed a positive longitudinal association between HL and health. A significant increase in HL was observed in trainees in the health service. Thus the study shows that the concept of HL may provide a potential preventive approach for trainees.

scholarly journals Health and Access to Healthcare in Homeless People: Protocol for a Mixed-methods Study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miguel A. Bedmar Pérez ◽  
Miquel Bennasar-Veny ◽  
Berta Artigas Lelong ◽  
Francisca Salvà Mut ◽  
Joan Pou Bordoy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Homeless People ◽  
Premature Death ◽  
Access To Healthcare ◽  
Mixed Methods Study ◽  
Poor Health ◽  
Barriers And Facilitators ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Structural Factors

Abstract BackgroundHomelessness is a more complex problem than the simple lack of a place to live. Homeless people (HP) often suffer from poor health and premature death due to their limited access healthcare, and are also deprived of basic human and social rights. The study protocol described here aims to evaluate the complex relationship between homelessness and health, and identify the barriers and facilitators that impact access to healthcare by HP.MethodsThis is a mixed-methods study that uses an explanatory sequential design. The first phase will consist of a cross-sectional study of 300 HP. Specific health questionnaires will be used to obtain information on health status, challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic, self-reported use of healthcare, diagnoses and pharmacologic treatments, substance abuse (DAST-10), diet quality (IASE), depression (PHQ-9), and human basic needs and social support (SSQ-6). The second phase will be a qualitative study of HP using the “life story” technique with purposive sampling. We will determine the effects of different personal, family, and structural factors on the life and health status of participants. The interviews will be structured and defined using Nussbaum's capability approach. DiscussionIt is well-known that HP experience poor health and premature death, but more information is needed about the influence of the different specific social determinants of these outcomes and about the barriers and facilitators that affect the access of HP to healthcare. The results of this mixed methods study will help to develop global health strategies that improve the health and access to healthcare in HP.

Literacy and Cancer Anxiety as Predictors of Health Status: An Exploratory Study

2009 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 218-224 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Hoffman-Goetz ◽  
H. I. Meissner ◽  
M. D. Thomson
Keyword(s):  
Health Status ◽  
Exploratory Study

scholarly journals Associations between multimorbidity, healthcare utilisation and health status: evidence from 16 European countries

2016 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 431-435 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raffaele Palladino ◽  
John Tayu Lee ◽  
Mark Ashworth ◽  
Maria Triassi ◽  
Christopher Millett
Keyword(s):  
Health Status ◽  
Healthcare Utilisation ◽  
European Countries
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