Blar i Senter for velferds- og arbeidslivsforskning (SVA) på emneord "Health inequalities"
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Addressing the social determinants of health at the local level: Opportunities and challenges
(Scandinavian Journal of Public Health;Vol 46, Issue 20, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-03-19)Aims: The gradient in health inequalities reflects a relationship between health and social circumstance, demonstrating that health worsens as you move down the socio-economic scale. For more than a decade, the Norwegian ... -
Black-White disparities in 2009 H1N1 vaccination among adults in the United States: A cautionary tale for the COVID-19 pandemic
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Background Prior research has highlighted racial and ethnic disparities in H1N1 vaccination in the United States. Our study adds to this literature by utilizing an intersectionality framework to examine the joint influence ... -
Contribution of smoking and alcohol consumption to income differences in life expectancy: Evidence using Danish, Finnish, Norwegian and Swedish register data
(Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health; Volume 73, Issue 4, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Background: Despite being comparatively egalitarian welfare states, the Nordic countries have not been successful in reducing health inequalities. Previous studies have suggested that smoking and alcohol contribute to this ... -
Is There Less Labor Market Exclusion of People With Ill Health in “Flexicurity” Countries? Comparative Evidence From Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, and Belgium
(International Journal of Health Services;Volume: 49, issue: 3, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-06-10)Higher employment rates among vulnerable groups is an important policy goal, and it is therefore vital to examine which (mix of) social policies that are best able to incorporate vulnerable groups – such as people with ill ... -
Life-course income trajectories of men and women in Norway: Implications for self-rated health in later life
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Socioeconomic inequalities in health are well-established, but studies addressing lagged effects of income or of fluctuations in income over the life course are relatively rare. The current study aims to (i) identify and ... -
Social pathways to health: On the mediating role of the social network in the relation between socio-economic position and health
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Good health is one of the key qualities of life, but opportunities to be and remain healthy are unequally distributed across socio-economic groups. The beneficial health effects of the social network are well known. However, ... -
Socioeconomic inequalities in health during the Great Recession: A scoping review of the research literature
(Scandinavian Journal of Public Health;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-10-10)Aims: The so-called “Great Recession” in Europe triggered widespread concerns about population health, as reflected by an upsurge in empirical research on the health impacts of the economic crisis. A growing body of empirical ...