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Tag: Socioeconomic Status
Hot Streets, Historic Bias: Effects on Neighborhood Walking in Older Adults
Redlining from the 1930s, marked minority and low-income neighborhoods as “hazardous,” which influenced mortgage and insurance decisions. Results show that redlined areas have less greenspace and more pavement, intensifying urban heat. While higher temperatures generally decreased walking in “still desirable” or “best” neighborhoods, this effect was not significant in “definitely declining” or “hazardous” areas, possibly due to greater reliance on walking for essential activities. Findings underscore the lasting impact of discriminatory policies on environmental vulnerability and physical activity.
Emerging digital inequality in early life: Parenting and differential usage of digital devices among urban preschoolers in China
Abstract Objective This study aims to investigate the following questions: (1) how Chinese preschoolers’ usage of digital devices differ by their family socioeconomic status (SES), and (2) how socioeconomic differences in children’s usage of digital devices can be accounted for…
Evaluating the impact of socioeconomic status on patient satisfaction in radiation oncology
Background: Patient satisfaction (PS) is a critical indicator in evaluating healthcare quality. While the impact of socioeconomic status (SES), on healthcare outcomes is well-documented, its specific connection to PS in the context of radiation oncology remains unclear. This study aims to…
Parents, wealth, race drive girls’ chances to play sports
The likelihood that a girl will participate in high school sports in the United States is driven not so much by individual choice, new research suggests. Instead, decisions made by parents, the wealth of one’s family and community, and racial dynamics matter.
Preschoolers From Low-Income Families May Have Worse Health and Benefit Less From Health Promotion Interventions Than Children With Higher Socioeconomic Status
Mount Sinai study focused on Harlem preschools emphasizes the need for specialized health promotion programs in classrooms starting at an early age
Study Finds Doctors’ Recommendations Associated with Healthy Behaviors Among Brazilians with Hypertension
A new study conducted by researchers from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign sheds light on the impact of doctors’ recommendations on healthy behaviors among individuals with hypertension in Brazil.
Poverty negatively impacts structural wiring in children’s brains, study indicates
A study by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis reveals that household and community poverty may influence brain health in children. Childhood obesity and lower cognitive function may explain, at least partially, poverty’s influence on the brain.
Higher socioeconomic status linked to increased air pollution exposure in China
For the first time, a University of Washington led team has uncovered that people living in China who have a higher socioeconomic status are actually more exposed to outdoor air pollution, also known as ambient air pollution. This finding runs contrary to existing studies conducted throughout North America, which have shown that higher pollution levels tend to be experienced among people with lower socioeconomic status.
Mexico’s poor have little luck obtaining opioids intended for palliative care
Despite a Mexican government initiative launched in 2015 to improve access to prescription opioids among palliative care patients, the country has seen only a marginal increase in dispensing levels, and inequities in dispensing have left many of the nation’s poorest residents without comfort in their final days
If you’re poor, poverty is an environmental issue
A survey from Cornell researchers – conducted among more than 1,100 U.S. residents – found that there were, in fact, demographic differences in how people viewed environmental issues, with racial and ethnic minorities and lower-income people more likely to consider human factors such as racism and poverty as environmental, in addition to more ecological issues like toxic fumes from factories or car exhaust.