March/April 2005 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
...rom the family, with the shared characteristics of income and health insurance accounting for only a modest portion of the effect. While the study does not seek to disentangle the contribution of specific family-level determinants to health status, because of the study design, the authors conclude that most...Bullying among sixth graders a daily occurrence, UCLA study finds
...rs in one form or another across ethnic groups and income brackets, Juvonen said. "Our data show that children are emotionally affected on the days they get picked on, regardless of whether it's 'harmless' name-calling or joking around," Juvonen said. "The students who were beat up and those who were called...Single mothers at higher risk for depression
...s support previous research in this area that low- income single mothers reported a high level of depressive symptoms including negative thinking and chronic stressors. The resulting depression could interfere with their ability to parent, seek education and employment as well as significantly affect the e...Minorities, poor, uneducated bear the burden
...se and stroke were inversely related to education, income and poverty status. Among Medicare enrollees, congestive heart failure hospitalization was higher in blacks, Hispanics and American Indians/Alaska Natives than among whites. Residents of the southeastern United States had the highest rates of hospi...Medicaid enrollment at late stages may partly explain poor outcomes for cancer
...ndividuals have both a disabling condition and low income and assets. Therefore, many of those enrolling in Medicaid after diagnosis have late stage cancers. The authors say their findings have far reaching implications for Medicaid's enrollment policies. Recent studies demonstrate that access to healthcar...English-speaking Hispanic youth more likely to have sex early
...e the contribution of other social factors such as income or family structure to reported differences among ethnic/racial groups in sexual behavior, sexually transmitted diseases, and pregnancy, a focus on between-group differences within racial/ethnic groups is also necessary to understand these difference...Medical technologies may hinder rather than help newborn survival
...ld Health, UK) and colleagues conclude: "In middle income countries with high institutional usage, a focus on quality of perinatal care is a priority, and health outcomes must be monitored rigorously. Doing the simple things better is probably the most cost-effective policy: increasing coverage of syphilis ...Men more likely to get screened for prostate cancer than colon cancer, U-M study finds
...ing guidelines tended to be older and had a higher income level and more education than men who did not foll...re younger, were Hispanic, had lower education and income levels, and were smokers. Outreach efforts could focus on predominantly Hispanic neighborhoods or be...Slow growth in infancy signals poor economic prospects in adulthood
...nts to their educational levels and information on income and occupation, taken from the 1990 census. The analysis showed that boys who were taller between birth and 1 year earned more than their shorter peers, irrespective of family background. Growth after the first 12 months seemed to be much less import...... line. Poverty was measured by two yardsticks: low income and deprivation - having to go without things, which the public regard as necessities of life: such as enough money to pay heating, electricity and telephone bills on time and new, not second hand clothes. The Bottom Line also showed that children an...Illness and medical bills cause half of all bankruptcies
...cases, high medical bills coincided with a loss of income as illness forced breadwinners to lose time from w... melts in the rain." "When medical debts and lost income from illnesses leave families facing a mountain of bills, bankruptcy is their last chance to stop th...Smoking hurts wealth as well as health, study suggests
...the money smokers spend on cigarettes comes out of income that normally would be saved," Zagorsky said. "It may be that smokers spend as much as others on everything else, and pay for smoking out of potential savings." The study was published in the current issue of the journal Tobacco Control . The study ...Many of George Bush's health policies likely to be controversial
...ough the country spends almost 15% of its national income on health care, its outcomes are appalling, with death rates among young people from some common chronic diseases three or four times higher than in European countries. The reforms that are being proposed contain some potentially good ideas, such as ...Happy home and social life makes living in a poor neighbourhood more bearable for adolescents
...e from areas with higher deprivation in education, income and employment had a generally poorer perception of local amenities, whereas those from areas near to parks or major roads were more positive in their views. Children from areas of educational deprivation also tended to express greater dissatisfactio...'Temp doctors' choose career for flexibility, easier lifestyle
...r top reasons for choosing LT work was to increase income (15.5 percent), to travel (9.5 percent) and to experience a different practice setting (9 percent). About 3 percent said their main reason was to be free from administrative responsibilities. "It wasn't a dominant focus, but some physicians don't wan...Government solutions won't cure kids' obesity, survey says
...more than 70 percent said they would support a $25 income tax increase to support government or school-sponsored childhood obesity intervention programs. Evans and colleagues also found that households with children at home and individuals with at least some college education were less likely to support sch...Novartis announces collaboration with Bayer for EMSELEX
...esses achieved sales of USD 24.9 billion and a net income of USD 5.0 billion. The Group invested approximately USD 3.8 billion in R&D. Headquartered in Basel, Switzerland, Novartis Group companies employ about 81,000 people and operate in over 140 countries around the world. For further information please c...Report on health insurance coverage of Iowa children shows gaps
...ble for Medicaid. For a family of four that annual income would be about $18,400 per year. "One of the big policy implications is that we are not doing a very effective job enrolling children who are eligible for these health insurance programs," Damiano said. "Overall, we are doing better in Iowa than in o...Prevalence of overweight increasing in young children from low-income families
...weight in children ages two to four years from low income families participating in federally funded programs. The researchers used state-specific data for participants in the PedNSS program in 1989, 1994, and 2000. They defined overweight as a body mass index (BMI) for age in the 95th percentile or higher,...Blacks and poor more likely to donate than receive many types of transplant organs
...incentives to the system might make these race and income disparities even worse," said Sehgal. Kidney transplants were an exception to the general pattern. Blacks and poor people were more likely to receive than donate kidneys. This is probably due to two factors. First, Medicare pays for virtually all ...