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Sex differences in the associations of socioeconomic status with stroke in the Turkish Population
ConclusionsIn this Turkish population, stroke risk was greater in women than in men. Increasing education was associated with a reduced risk of stroke in Turkish women, whereas the only completion of primary education was protective for men, with no further protection at increased educational levels. Further exploration of sex and gender risk differences in moderate-income countries may lead to improved efforts at risk reduction.Key messagesEducation level as a social determinant of health in middle-income countries may affect men and women differently with regards to the risk of strokeUnderstanding sex differences in the ...
Source: The European Journal of Public Health - October 20, 2021 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research

Cluster Enrollment: A Screening Tool for Stroke Risk Factors in Minority Women Caregivers.
CONCLUSIONS: Using cluster enrollment, we discovered minority female caregivers were more likely to have unknown or poorly controlled vascular risk factors compared to stroke patients. Innovative health screening tools may benefit the extended family of minority patients participating in clinical trials. PMID: 30442422 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of the National Medical Association - November 19, 2018 Category: General Medicine Tags: J Natl Med Assoc Source Type: research

The Effectiveness of Loyalty Rewards to Promote the Use of an Internet-Based Heart Health Program
Conclusions: Our findings suggest that a single exposure of loyalty rewards may be used to encourage individuals to enroll in an Internet-based preventative health program, but additional strategies are required to maintain engagement level. Future studies need to examine the schedules of loyalty reward reinforcement on the long-term engagement level of Internet-based health programs.
Source: Journal of Medical Internet Research - July 2, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Sam LiuCorinne HodgsonAhmad M ZbibAda YM PayneRobert P Nolan Source Type: research

Fruit, vegetable, and legume intake, and cardiovascular disease and deaths in 18 countries (PURE): a prospective cohort study
Publication date: Available online 29 August 2017 Source:The Lancet Author(s): Victoria Miller, Andrew Mente, Mahshid Dehghan, Sumathy Rangarajan, Xiaohe Zhang, Sumathi Swaminathan, Gilles Dagenais, Rajeev Gupta, Viswanathan Mohan, Scott Lear, Shrikant I Bangdiwala, Aletta E Schutte, Edelweiss Wentzel-Viljoen, Alvaro Avezum, Yuksel Altuntas, Khalid Yusoff, Noorhassim Ismail, Nasheeta Peer, Jephat Chifamba, Rafael Diaz, Omar Rahman, Noushin Mohammadifard, Fernando Lana, Katarzyna Zatonska, Andreas Wielgosz, Afzalhussein Yusufali, Romaina Iqbal, Patricio Lopez-Jaramillo, Rasha Khatib, Annika Rosengren, V Raman Kutty, Wei Li...
Source: The Lancet - August 31, 2017 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research

Sex differences in the risk of coronary heart disease associated with socioeconomic status in Turkey
ConclusionsThis study of health outcomes in Turkey did not find sex differences in CVD in association with educational status but did show sex differences in association with employment status. This finding suggests that social determinants in middle-income countries may affect men and women differently than in high-income countries.Key messagesSocial determinants in middle-income countries may affect men and women differently with regards to the risk of CHD than in high-income countries.Employment status can predict the risk of CHD in middle-income countries.
Source: The European Journal of Public Health - October 20, 2021 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research

Cardiovascular-related conditions and risk factors in primary care for deprived communities before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: an observational study in Northern England
Conclusion Recorded CVD-related risk factors and conditions remained comparable before and during COVID-19. These are higher in the Deep End than in England and similar or lower than the non-Deep End, with a higher optimal statin prescribing rate. However, it was not possible to control for age and sex. More work is needed to estimate the consequences of the pandemic on disadvantaged communities and to compare whether the findings are replicated in other areas of deprivation.
Source: BMJ Open - November 22, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: Fu, Y., Price, C., Haining, S., Gaffney, B., Julien, D., Whitty, P., Newton, J. L. Tags: Open access, Public health, COVID-19 Source Type: research

Prevalence of and factors associated with multimorbidity among 18 101 adults in the South East Asia Community Observatory Health and Demographic Surveillance System in Malaysia: a population-based, cross-sectional study of the MUTUAL consortium
Conclusions The current single-disease services in primary and secondary care should be accompanied by strategies to address complexities associated with multimorbidity, taking into account the factors associated with multimorbidity identified. Future research is needed to identify the most commonly occurring clusters of chronic diseases and their risk factors to develop more efficient and effective multimorbidity prevention and treatment strategies.
Source: BMJ Open - December 23, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: Tan, M. M. C., Prina, A. M., Muniz-Terrera, G., Mohan, D., Ismail, R., Assefa, E., Keinert, A. A. M., Kassim, Z., Allotey, P., Reidpath, D., Su, T. T. Tags: Open access, Epidemiology Source Type: research

The relationship between state-level structural racism and disparities between the non-hispanic black and non-hispanic white populations in multiple health outcomes
CONCLUSIONS: There is a robust relationship between structural racism and Black-White disparities in multiple health outcomes across states. Programs and policies to reduce racial heath disparities must include strategies to help dismantle structural racism and its consequences.PMID:36801076 | DOI:10.1016/j.jnma.2023.01.010
Source: Journal of the National Medical Association - February 21, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Michael Siegel Emma Wiklund Source Type: research

Structural racism and racial health disparities at the state level: A latent variable approach
Conclusions This research provides further evidence that structural racism is a fundamental cause of racial health disparities and that to repair these inequities, macro-level changes in societal structures, institutions, resource allocation, representation, and power will be necessary.PMID:37500328 | DOI:10.1016/j.jnma.2023.07.003
Source: Journal of the National Medical Association - July 27, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Michael Siegel Madeline Rieders Hannah Rieders Jinan Moumneh Julia Asfour Jinseo Oh Seungjin Oh Source Type: research