The relationship between education and health: reducing disparities through a contextual approach

A Zajacova, EM Lawrence - Annual review of public health, 2018 - annualreviews.org
Adults with higher educational attainment live healthier and longer lives compared with their
less educated peers. The disparities are large and widening. We posit that understanding …

Pain trends among American adults, 2002–2018: patterns, disparities, and correlates

A Zajacova, H Grol-Prokopczyk, Z Zimmer - Demography, 2021 - read.dukeupress.edu
Determining long-term trends in chronic pain prevalence is critical for evaluating and
shaping US health policies, but little research has examined such trends. This study (1) …

Factors of change and cumulative factors in self-rated health trajectories: A systematic review

S Cullati, E Rousseaux, A Gabadinho… - Advances in life course …, 2014 - Elsevier
In Western societies, self-rated health (SRH) inequalities have increased over the past
decades. Longitudinal studies suggest that the SRH trajectories of disadvantaged …

[HTML][HTML] The relationship between education and pain among adults aged 30–49 in the United States

A Zajacova, RG Rogers, E Grodsky… - The journal of pain, 2020 - Elsevier
Pain is a major health problem among US adults. Surprisingly little, however, is known about
educational disparities in pain, especially among the nonelderly. In this study, we analyze …

[HTML][HTML] Educational attainment and exercise frequency in American women; Blacks' diminished returns

S Assari - Women's health bulletin, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Minorities' Diminished Returns (MDRs) refer to smaller protects health effects
of socioeconomic status (SES) indicators for Blacks and other minority groups than Whites …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding America: unequal economic returns of years of schooling in Whites and Blacks

S Assari - World journal of educational research (Los Angeles …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Higher schooling is associated with higher economic wellbeing.
Marginalization-related Diminished Returns (MDRs) framework, however, refers to smaller …

Educational expansion and the education gradient in health: A hierarchical age-period-cohort analysis

K Delaruelle, V Buffel, P Bracke - Social Science & Medicine, 2015 - Elsevier
Researchers have recently been investigating the temporal variation in the educational
gradient in health. While there is abundant literature concerning age trajectories, theoretical …

The role of education in psychological response to adverse health shocks

C Di Novi, L Leporatti, M Montefiori - Health Policy, 2021 - Elsevier
The prevalence of common mental disorders is on the rise: in the last decade mental
disorders have become one of the major contributors to the global burden of disease and …

Parental educational attainment, the superior temporal cortical surface area, and reading ability among American children: a test of marginalization-related diminished …

S Assari, S Boyce, M Bazargan, A Thomas, RJ Cobb… - Children, 2021 - mdpi.com
Background: Recent studies have shown that parental educational attainment is associated
with a larger superior temporal cortical surface area associated with higher reading ability in …

Social epidemiology of perceived discrimination in the United States: Role of race, educational attainment, and income

S Assari - Epidemiology and Health System Journal, 2020 - ehsj.skums.ac.ir
Background and aims: This study aimed to compare non-Hispanic Black (NHB) and non-
Hispanic White (NHW) American adults for the associations of educational attainment and …