As a concept, social exclusion has considerable potential to explain and respond to
disadvantage in later life. However, in the context of ageing populations, the construct …

Background The association between socioeconomic position (SEP) and health is well-
established. However, the association between SEP and healthy ageing as a …

With thorough coverage of inequality in health care access and practice across the field it
surveys, The Sociology of Health, Healing, and Illness is widely acclaimed by instructors as …

Background Despite the importance of socioeconomic position for survival, total wealth,
which is a measure of accumulation of assets over the life course, has been …

Background Low back pain is an important public health issue across the world. However, it
is unclear whether socioeconomic status (SES) is associated with low back pain. This study …

As research focused on personalized medicine has developed over the past decade,
bioethics scholars have contemplated the ethical, legal and social implications of this type of …

A growing body of work identifies distinct health lifestyles among children, adolescents, and
young adults and documents important social correlates. This study contributes to that line of …

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To describe the prevalence of the practice of physical activity (PA)
among older Brazilian adults and associated factors. In addition, potential effect modifiers of …

With rapid aging, many of the elderly suffer from poverty and high healthcare needs. In
Korea, there is a means-tested and non-contributory public assistance, the National Basic …

Research into health inequalities in the elderly population of Germany is relatively scarce.
This study examines socioeconomic inequalities in health and perceived unmet needs for …