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  2. 1. Social Inequalities in Child Health : Type 1 Diabetes, Obesity, Cardiovascular Risk Factors and the Role of Self-control

    Author : Pär Andersson White; Tomas Faresjö; Johnny Ludvigsson; Anders Hjern; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Socioeconomic Status; Socioeconomic Disparities in Health; Type 1 Diabetes; Autoimmune Disease; Obesity; Cardiovascular Risk Factors; Self-control;

    Abstract : The Swedish Commission on Health Inequality defined health inequality as systematic differences in health between groups in society with different social positions. All avoidable socioeconomic health inequalities are unfair, and as stated by WHO's Commission on the Social Determinants of Health, we have a moral obligation to try to reduce them. READ MORE

  4. 2. The Bumpy Road to Universal Health Coverage : Access to Primary and Emergency Care in Rural Tropical Ecuador

    Author : Martin Eckhardt; Magnus Falk; Tomas Faresjö; Birger Forsberg; Miguel San Sebastián; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES;

    Abstract : Background: By the turn of the new millennium 84% of families in rural coastal Ecuador had difficulties to access health services. A health reform some years earlier to improve this situation had not been implemented. READ MORE

  5. 3. Impact of medical and non-medical Factors on Quality and Costs in Primary Care : A Conscious Look at Subconcious Processes

    Author : Kristian Gjessing; Tomas Faresjö; Torbjörn Ledin; Madeleine Abrandt Dahlgren; Carl Johan Östgren; Hasse Melbye; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES;

    Abstract : Background / IntroductionPhysicians and patients may be influenced by more than just the medical facts of the situation at hand. The physician is a part of the sociocultural environment and is under influence of this. The physician could be afraid of making mistakes and thus choose the safest option. In addition, economic considerations may apply. READ MORE

  6. 4. Early stress, cortisol in hair and health among children in different psychosocial environments

    Author : Jerker Karlén; Tomas Faresjö; Johnny Ludvigsson; Töres Theorell; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES;

    Abstract : Psychosocial circumstances during early life are increasingly recognized as crucial, not only for the growing individual but also for health throughout life. A possible mechanism could be physiologic dysregulation due to stress. READ MORE

  7. 5. Risks for cardiovascular disease in middle-aged women in different social environments

    Author : Carina Wennerholm; Tomas Faresjö; AnnaKarin Johansson; Susanna Toivanen; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES;

    Abstract : Background: The importance of the social environment and human life conditions for public health was early recognized in community medicine. Despite major reductions in recent decades, cardiovascular diseases (CVD) is one of the leading causes of mortality and morbidity for both genders in all European countries. READ MORE