Socioeconomic status, health inequalities and non-communicable diseases: a systematic review

A comprehensive approach to health highlights its close relationship with the social and economic conditions, physical environment and individual lifestyles. However, this relationship is not exempt from methodological problems that may bias the establishment of direct effects between the variables...

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Authors: Lago, Santiago, Cantarero Prieto, David|||0000-0001-8082-0639, Rivera, Berta, Pascual Sáez, Marta|||0000-0002-4697-5247, Blázquez Fernández, Carla|||0000-0002-0204-7174, Casal Laraña, Bruno, Reyes, Francisco
Format: article
Publication Date:2018
Country:España
Institution:Universidad de Cantabria (UC)
Repository:UCrea Repositorio Abierto de la Universidad de Cantabria
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unican.es:10902/15787
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10902/15787
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Socioeconomic status
Health inequalities
Non-communicable diseases
Systematic review
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Summary:A comprehensive approach to health highlights its close relationship with the social and economic conditions, physical environment and individual lifestyles. However, this relationship is not exempt from methodological problems that may bias the establishment of direct effects between the variables studied. Thus, further research is necessary to investigate the role of socioeconomic variables, their composition and distribution according to health status, particularly on non-communicable diseases.