Marital Status and Health, United States 1999-2002
Author : Charlotte A. Schoenborn
Publisher :
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 12,11 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Health status indicators
ISBN :
Marital Status and Health, United States 1999-2002
Author : Charlotte A. Schoenborn
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 12,83 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Health status indicators
ISBN :
Book Description
In Sickness and in Health
Author : Ryan Smith
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 34,54 MB
Release : 2006
Category :
ISBN :
Book Description
Abstract: Using data from the 1999 and 2002 waves of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), I examine the relationship between marital status and the occurrence of obesity. Obesity rates have risen rapidly in the U.S. over the past several decades. Because it is unlikely that rapid biological or genetic changes are responsible for this pattern, understanding the social determinants of obesity is crucial to creating solutions to this health problem. Prior research indicates that married individuals have better self-assessed health. It unclear, however, whether this association extends to specific health problems such as obesity. Results of the present study indicate that marital status is significantly associated with obesity. Specifically, married individuals are more likely to be obese then their never married counterparts. The present analysis also considers whether the average association of marriage with increased obesity differs across a range of sociodemographic characteristics including age, race, education, and gender.
Health at a Glance 2015 OECD Indicators
Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 50,87 MB
Release : 2015-11-04
Category :
ISBN : 9264243518
Book Description
This book presents the most recent comparable data on the performance of health systems in OECD and certain partner countries. It includes a dashboard of health indicators, a special focus chapter on the pharmaceutical sector, and indicators on health workforce migration and health care quality.
The Future of the Public's Health in the 21st Century
Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 24,43 MB
Release : 2003-02-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0309133181
Book Description
The anthrax incidents following the 9/11 terrorist attacks put the spotlight on the nation's public health agencies, placing it under an unprecedented scrutiny that added new dimensions to the complex issues considered in this report. The Future of the Public's Health in the 21st Century reaffirms the vision of Healthy People 2010, and outlines a systems approach to assuring the nation's health in practice, research, and policy. This approach focuses on joining the unique resources and perspectives of diverse sectors and entities and challenges these groups to work in a concerted, strategic way to promote and protect the public's health. Focusing on diverse partnerships as the framework for public health, the book discusses: The need for a shift from an individual to a population-based approach in practice, research, policy, and community engagement. The status of the governmental public health infrastructure and what needs to be improved, including its interface with the health care delivery system. The roles nongovernment actors, such as academia, business, local communities and the media can play in creating a healthy nation. Providing an accessible analysis, this book will be important to public health policy-makers and practitioners, business and community leaders, health advocates, educators and journalists.
Communities in Action
Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 583 pages
File Size : 26,68 MB
Release : 2017-04-27
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0309452961
Book Description
In the United States, some populations suffer from far greater disparities in health than others. Those disparities are caused not only by fundamental differences in health status across segments of the population, but also because of inequities in factors that impact health status, so-called determinants of health. Only part of an individual's health status depends on his or her behavior and choice; community-wide problems like poverty, unemployment, poor education, inadequate housing, poor public transportation, interpersonal violence, and decaying neighborhoods also contribute to health inequities, as well as the historic and ongoing interplay of structures, policies, and norms that shape lives. When these factors are not optimal in a community, it does not mean they are intractable: such inequities can be mitigated by social policies that can shape health in powerful ways. Communities in Action: Pathways to Health Equity seeks to delineate the causes of and the solutions to health inequities in the United States. This report focuses on what communities can do to promote health equity, what actions are needed by the many and varied stakeholders that are part of communities or support them, as well as the root causes and structural barriers that need to be overcome.
Critical Perspectives on Racial and Ethnic Differences in Health in Late Life
Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 753 pages
File Size : 49,73 MB
Release : 2004-10-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0309092116
Book Description
In their later years, Americans of different racial and ethnic backgrounds are not in equally good-or equally poor-health. There is wide variation, but on average older Whites are healthier than older Blacks and tend to outlive them. But Whites tend to be in poorer health than Hispanics and Asian Americans. This volume documents the differentials and considers possible explanations. Selection processes play a role: selective migration, for instance, or selective survival to advanced ages. Health differentials originate early in life, possibly even before birth, and are affected by events and experiences throughout the life course. Differences in socioeconomic status, risk behavior, social relations, and health care all play a role. Separate chapters consider the contribution of such factors and the biopsychosocial mechanisms that link them to health. This volume provides the empirical evidence for the research agenda provided in the separate report of the Panel on Race, Ethnicity, and Health in Later Life.
Cognitive Aging
Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 12,35 MB
Release : 2015-07-21
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0309368650
Book Description
For most Americans, staying "mentally sharp" as they age is a very high priority. Declines in memory and decision-making abilities may trigger fears of Alzheimer's disease or other neurodegenerative diseases. However, cognitive aging is a natural process that can have both positive and negative effects on cognitive function in older adults - effects that vary widely among individuals. At this point in time, when the older population is rapidly growing in the United States and across the globe, it is important to examine what is known about cognitive aging and to identify and promote actions that individuals, organizations, communities, and society can take to help older adults maintain and improve their cognitive health. Cognitive Aging assesses the public health dimensions of cognitive aging with an emphasis on definitions and terminology, epidemiology and surveillance, prevention and intervention, education of health professionals, and public awareness and education. This report makes specific recommendations for individuals to reduce the risks of cognitive decline with aging. Aging is inevitable, but there are actions that can be taken by individuals, families, communities, and society that may help to prevent or ameliorate the impact of aging on the brain, understand more about its impact, and help older adults live more fully and independent lives. Cognitive aging is not just an individual or a family or a health care system challenge. It is an issue that affects the fabric of society and requires actions by many and varied stakeholders. Cognitive Aging offers clear steps that individuals, families, communities, health care providers and systems, financial organizations, community groups, public health agencies, and others can take to promote cognitive health and to help older adults live fuller and more independent lives. Ultimately, this report calls for a societal commitment to cognitive aging as a public health issue that requires prompt action across many sectors.
Care Without Coverage
Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 21,60 MB
Release : 2002-06-20
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0309083435
Book Description
Many Americans believe that people who lack health insurance somehow get the care they really need. Care Without Coverage examines the real consequences for adults who lack health insurance. The study presents findings in the areas of prevention and screening, cancer, chronic illness, hospital-based care, and general health status. The committee looked at the consequences of being uninsured for people suffering from cancer, diabetes, HIV infection and AIDS, heart and kidney disease, mental illness, traumatic injuries, and heart attacks. It focused on the roughly 30 million-one in seven-working-age Americans without health insurance. This group does not include the population over 65 that is covered by Medicare or the nearly 10 million children who are uninsured in this country. The main findings of the report are that working-age Americans without health insurance are more likely to receive too little medical care and receive it too late; be sicker and die sooner; and receive poorer care when they are in the hospital, even for acute situations like a motor vehicle crash.
The Time Bind
Author : Arlie Russell Hochschild
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 32,67 MB
Release : 1997-05-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0805044701
Book Description
Hochschild's groundbreaking study exposes our crunch-time world and reveals how, after the first shift at work and the second at home, comes the third, and hardest, shift of repairing the damage created by the first two.
