CONTEXT: Adverse birth outcomes, such as preterm birth and low birth weight, have serious
health consequences across the life course. Socioeconomic disparities in birth outcomes …

BACKGROUND: Health researchers rarely measure accumulated wealth to reflect
socioeconomic status/position (SES). In order to determine whether health research should …

▪ Abstract Injuries continue to place a tremendous burden on the public's health and rates
vary widely among different groups in the population. Increasing attention has recently been …

Problems with measuring socioeconomic status (SES)—frequently included in clinical and
public health studies as a control variable and less frequently as the variable (s) of main …

Objectives. We aimed to describe socioeconomic disparities in the United States across
multiple health indicators and socioeconomic groups. Methods. Using recent national data …

STUDY OBJECTIVE This study examined both individual and neighbourhood correlates of
injury mortality to better understand the contribution of socioeconomic status to cause …

Objectives: To assess the effects of neighbourhood level socioeconomic status (SES) and
convenience store concentration on individual level smoking, after consideration of …

CONTEXT: Adolescent sexual behaviors are a significant public health concern because of
the risks of STDs and the negative social consequences of teenage pregnancies …

Objectives. To examine multiple dimensions of socioeconomic status and breastfeeding
among a large, random sample of ethnically diverse women. Methods. This study used …

Background Previous studies suggest that the physical availability of alcohol may mediate
the association between neighbourhood-level material deprivation and alcohol …