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- Norén Bretzer, Ylva, 1969, et al.
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Introduktion: TIllit mellan människor
- 2018
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In: Socialmedicinsk Tidskrift. - 0037-833X. ; 95:3, s. 245-250
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Artikeln utgör en introduktion till SMTs temanummer om tillit mellan människor
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- Serratos, Luis, et al.
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The long-term economic effects of polio: Evidence from the introduction of the polio vaccine to Sweden in 1957
- 2019
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In: Economics and Human Biology. - : Elsevier BV. - 1570-677X .- 1873-6130. ; 35, s. 32-41
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This study explores the impact an exogenous improvement in childhood health has on later-life outcomes. Using extensive and detailed register data from the Swedish Interdisciplinary Panel covering up to 2011, we follow individuals exposed to the introduction of the first vaccine against polio in Sweden (birth cohorts 1937–1966) until adulthood in order to quantify the causal effect of polio vaccination on long-term economic outcomes. The results show that, contrary to what has been found in the literature for other health-related interventions, including other vaccines, exposure to the vaccine against polio did not seem to have any long-term effects on the studied adult economic outcomes. Upon closer inspection of how the disease affects children, this might be explained by the fact that no scarring effects from exposure to high incidence of polio were found on adult income, educational achievement, or hospitalizations, which seems to suggest that those who contracted the illness but suffered only the milder symptoms of the disease made a full recovery and had no lifelong sequels as a consequence of the condition. The absence of scarring effects is hypothesized to be related to the pathology and epidemiology of the disease itself, which infects many, but scars only those who suffer the most recognizable paralytic symptoms.
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- Serratos, Luis
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Were there long-term economic effects of exposure to Polio Vaccination?: An analysis of migrants to Sweden 1946-2003
- 2019
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Other publication (other academic/artistic)abstract
- Recent research showed that exposure to the vaccine against polio in early life had no long-term economic benefits among native Swedes. However, whether this result holds for individuals from other countries remains unexplored. This study explores the relationship between exposure to the vaccine and later-life outcomes, but focuses on individuals who migrated to Sweden (birth cohorts 1946-1971), who constitute a diverse sample in terms of national origin. Using adifferences-in-differences approach and register data from the Swedish Longitudinal Immigrant Database, this study explores if being exposed to the vaccine against polio in the year of birth in the country of origin has any impact on adult income, educational achievement, or days or number of hospitalizations. The results are in line with the previous research in showing that there are no statistically significant effects on adult income, education, or health from exposure to the vaccine against polio, regardless of national origin. Furthermore, no scarring effects of exposure to polio epidemics were found on any of the outcomes, reinforcing the hypothesis that polio did not scar individuals in the same way as other contemporary epidemic diseases did, andthat the lack of scarring could explain the absence of long-term impact from vaccine exposure.
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- Grip, Björn
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Den ojämlika dödligheten : Hjärtdödlighet och samhällsutveckling i två städer
- 2016
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Doctoral thesis (other academic/artistic)abstract
- Den ojämlika dödligheten är en studie av främst hjärt–kärldödlighet avseende perioden 1950–2010 i tvillingstäderna Linköping och Norrköping och konsekvenserna av ojämlikhet. Skillnaderna mellan städerna i dödlighet är stora. Under 1970-talet, då jämlikheten stod i focus, minskade dessa. Efterhand som ekonomisk politik och samhällsvärderingar mera anpassades till en global monetaristisk politik ökade också den ojämlika dödligheten mellan städerna.Stora förändringar ägde rum inom respektive stad när det gäller hjärtdödligheten. Miljonprogramområdena i de båda städerna blev relativt sett fattigare och präglades allt mer av flyktinginvandring, samtidigt som städernas centra gentrifierades, inte minst i Linköping. Skillnaderna i dödlighet mellan ytterområdena och centrum ökade under 1990- och 2000-talen. Detta gäller i större utsträckning i Linköping än i Norrköping.Avhandlingen består av tre delar. I licentiatuppsatsen analyseras städernas utveckling från 1950-talet till 2006. Studien gör också ett försök att spåra orsaker till ohälsoskillnader och för tidig död. Artikel 1 handlar om vad som hände med folkhälsan på vägen från ett högindustriellt till ett postindustriellt samhälle. Ett särskilt focus har varit att studera skillnader i hjärtsjuklighet mellan olika stadsdelar i de bägge tvillingstäderna. I artikel 2 analyseras skillnader i hjärt–kärldödlighet på stadsdelsnivå under perioden 1976 till 2010.
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- Karlsson, Omar
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Religion and child health in West and Central Africa
- 2019
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In: Population and Development Review. - : Wiley. - 0098-7921 .- 1728-4457. ; 45:4, s. 707-738
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Studies have suggested a causal link between behaviors and attitudes prescribed by religious doctrine and child health. However, religious affiliation can also be a marker of differential access to resources and living standards. Studies have found that children born to Muslims in West Africa have poorer health outcomes than children born to Christians. Despite coexisting within national borders, communities affiliated with these two religions are highly clustered, geographically. This study investigates differences in child health between Christians and Muslims within 13 religiously heterogeneous West and Central African countries and explores the implications of geographic clustering and community-level religious composition for child health. The results of the study reveal substantially worse health for Muslims living within religiously homogenous communities that are explained by measured for region, living standards, fertility, and maternal education. Conversely, Muslims and Christians coexisting within religiously heterogeneous communities showed no differences in child health.
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- Karlsson, Omar, et al.
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Weakening association of parental education: analysis of child health outcomes in 43 low- and middle-income countries
- 2018
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In: International Journal of Epidemiology. - : Oxford University Press (OUP). - 0300-5771 .- 1464-3685. ; 48:1, s. 83-97
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- BackgroundParental education has been suggested to be an effective instrument for improving child health in low- and middle-income countries. Both education and child health have improved, however, as well as related factors. These changes may have implications for the observed association.MethodsWe used Demographic and Health Surveys conducted in 43 countries at two points in time, between 1991 and 2016, to test if the association of parental education with child health has changed over time. We explored how changes relate to commonly cited confounders and pathways, including fertility, household living standards, health care use, urbanicity and geographical clustering. We used linear probability models, Gelbach decomposition, and assessed a range of sensitivity specifications.ResultsThe point estimate for an additional year of maternal education has attenuated by 0.27% points (56%) for under-5 mortality, 0.34% points (15%) for child stunting, 0.42% points (30%) for child underweight and 0.09% points (24%) for child wasting. The point estimate for paternal education has attenuated by 0.20% points (53%) for under-5 mortality, 0.15% points (8%) for child stunting, 0.28% points (24%) for underweight and 0.06% points (19%) for wasting. Changes in confounding and mediation by fertility, household living standards and urban-rural differences explain to a large extent the attenuations. Geospatial clustering increasingly drives the association of parental education with child health.ConclusionsThe role of parental education in child health has attenuated considerably over time in low-resource settings. Decision makers should take into account this weakening association when designing policies aimed at improving child health.
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- Jukkala, Tanya, et al.
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The Historical Development of Suicide Mortality in Russia, 1870-2007
- 2015
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In: Archives of Suicide Research. - : Routledge. - 1381-1118 .- 1543-6136. ; 19:1, s. 117-130
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Russia has one of the highest suicide mortality rates in the world. This study investigates the development of Russian suicide mortality over a longer time period in order to provide a context within which the contemporary high level might be better understood. Annual sex- and age-specific suicide-mortality data for Russia for the period 1870-2007 were studied, where available. Russian suicide mortality increased 11-fold over the period. Trends in male and female suicide developed similarly, although male suicide rates were consistently much higher. From the 1990s suicide has increased in a relative sense among the young (15-34), while the high suicide mortality among middle-aged males has reduced. Changes in Russian suicide mortality over the study period may be attributable to modernization processes.
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- Strömberg, Helén, 1962-
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Genus, ekonomi och teknik i sjukvården
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In: Genusperspektiv på vård och omvårdnad. - Lund : Studentlitteratur AB. - 9789144115788 ; , s. 31-51
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Book chapter (other academic/artistic)
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