Although social and economic policies are not considered part of health services
infrastructure, such policies may influence health and disease by altering social …

It is generally assumed that income is strongly and positively associated with health.
However, much of the evidence supporting this assumption comes from cross-sectional data …

The analysis of repeated measures or panel data allows control of some of the biases which
plague other observational studies, particularly unmeasured confounding. When this bias is …

Background By improving two social determinants of health (poverty and unemployment) in
low‐and middle‐income families on or at risk of welfare, in‐work tax credit for families …

Background: Studies have shown that low childhood socioeconomic status (SES) is
associated with a high prevalence of depressive symptoms. Childhood trauma, as a …

Purpose The purposes of this paper are twofold: first, to articulate why social business
represents an important area of consideration for public policy based on the limits of …

Abstract The World Health Organization has recently received the findings of its Commission
on the Social Determinants of Health. The Commission's report offers a remarkable …

Background Child allowance payment is one form of social security policy that aims to
mitigate the child poverty gap by providing financial support to families. This study aimed to …

Alcohol misuse is increasing in Southeast Asia. We investigated the extent of and risk factors
for alcohol use disorder (AUD) and heavy episodic drinking (HED) in a rural community in …

“What is peculiar about the duck-billed platypus? It has a duck-type bill, a furry body like a
mole, it lays eggs, and it suckles its young! Now the type of analysis you have employed …