Search for dissertations about: "Neighborhood deprivation"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 swedish dissertations containing the words Neighborhood deprivation.

  2. 1. Obesity and bariatric surgery in Sweden. Sociodemographic aspects and neighbourhood deprivation

    Author : Ensieh Memarian; kardiovaskulär epidemiologi och levnadsvanor Allmänmedicin; []
    Keywords : Obesity; fetmakirurgi; socioeconomicfactors; Sweden; Obesity; Bariatric surgery; socioeconomic aspects; Neighborhood deprivation;

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  4. 2. Neighborhood-level factors : barriers and assets to cardiovascular disease

    Author : Naomi Kawakami; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Aims: To examine whether the availability of goods, services, and resources differs by level of neighborhood deprivation (study I). To examine whether there are associations between neighborhood availability of potentially health-damaging (fast food restaurants and bars/pubs) and health-promoting (physical activity facilities and health care facilities) goods, services, and resources and CHD incidence (study II). READ MORE

  5. 3. Individual health, neighborhood characteristics, and allocation of primary health care resources

    Author : Kristina Sundquist; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Aims: To examine whether neighborhood education and neighborhood income predict incidence rates of coronary heart disease (CHD), beyond individual characteristics (study 1); to examine whether neighborhood deprivation, measured with Care Need Index (CNI), predicts CHD incidence rates, beyond individual characteristics (study 2); to examine whether low scores in a social participation index predict CHD incidence rates, after adjustment for individual characteristics (study 3); and to examine the relationship between CNI and poor self-reported health at neighborhood level, to examine whether the transformed CNI can be used for a total allocation of primary health care resources and to compare the transformed CNI with the official Stockholm model (study 4). Methods: In study 1 25,319 individuals between 1986 and 1993 from the Swedish Annual Level of Living Survey (SALLS) were followed until December 31, 1997, for CHD incidence events. READ MORE

  6. 4. Exploring the causal nature of neighborhood influences on violent criminality, substance misuse and psychiatric morbidity

    Author : Amir Sariaslan; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Individuals who live in socioeconomically deprived neighborhoods, particularly in urban settings, experience elevated risk of being convicted of violent criminality, to engage in substance misuse and to be diagnosed with psychiatric disorders. The causal nature of these associations is questioned in the literature because previous studies have insufficiently accounted for genetic and environmental risks shared within families. READ MORE

  7. 5. Diabetes: Sociodemographic predictors, comorbidity and causes of death

    Author : Åsa Chaikiat; kardiovaskulär epidemiologi och levnadsvanor Allmänmedicin; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES;

    Abstract : Specific aims: To examine whether the sociodemographic characteristics of patients with type 2 diabetes affect the odds of reaching the recommended treatment goals for HbA1c and blood lipids (study 1). To investigate whether the odds of coronary heart disease are higher in patients with diabetes living in deprived neighborhoods than in those living in wealthy neighborhoods (Study 2). READ MORE