Purpose Social determinants of health that have been examined in relation to breast cancer
incidence, stage at diagnosis, and survival include socioeconomic status (income …

Unhealthy behaviors and their social patterning have been frequently proposed as factors
mediating socioeconomic differences in health. However, a clear quantification of the …

Introduction The County Health Rankings (CHR) provides data for nearly every county in the
US on four modifiable groups of health factors, including healthy behaviors, clinical care …

When I started writing this book, I knew I'd need to read piles of research but failed to foresee
the enormity of the piles. Education isn't just a major industry; it inspires researchers' …

Background: Measures of socioeconomic disadvantage may enable improved targeting of
programs to prevent rehospitalizations, but obtaining such information directly from patients …

Socioeconomic differences in behaviour are pervasive and well documented, but their
causes are not yet well understood. Here, we make the case that a cluster of behaviours is …

Importance Understanding the major health problems in the United States and how they are
changing over time is critical for informing national health policy. Objectives To measure the …

Background To date, the scientific literature on socioeconomic correlates and determinants
of physical activity behaviours has been dispersed throughout a number of systematic …

It has long been known that despite well-documented improvements in longevity for most
Americans, alarming disparities persist among racial groups and between the well-educated …

Link and Phelan (1995) developed the theory of fundamental causes to explain why the
association between socioeconomic status (SES) and mortality has persisted despite radical …