Psychologists, 1 sociologists, 2 3 demographers, 4 anthropologists, 5 and biologists6 have
actively promoted such an approach for many years. The interdisciplinary research area of …

The effects of socioeconomic status (SES) on health are well documented in adulthood, but
far less is known about its effects in childhood. The authors reviewed the literature and found …

Yoav Ben-Shlomo a and Diana Kuh b (but it applies to many other continuous physiological
measures eg muscle strength, cognitive function), different periods across the life course …

This study merged two theoretical constructs: cumulative risk and allostatic load. Physical
(crowding, noise, housing quality) and psychosocial (child separation, turmoil, violence) …

Explanations of the socioeconomic gradient in health status must account for the
observations that the gradient cuts across a wide range of disease processes and is capable …

Aim: This paper offers an overview of the current state of knowledge of the critical social
determinants of child development and the complex ways in which these can influence …

This paper provides an overview of the Black Report, published in Britain in 1980. It outlines
its place in the history of British concern about socio-economic differentials in death rates …

In the light of a still prevalent view that health inequalities are an invariant feature of the life-
course, this paper re-examines the thesis that youth, in contrast to childhood, is …

Background Self-rated health is a commonly used measure of health status, usually having
three to five categories. The measure is often collapsed into a dichotomous variable of good …

Background: Poverty and female gender have been found to be associated with depression
and anxiety in developed countries. The rationale behind this paper was to bring together …