Decolonization and life expectancy in the Caribbean

Verstraeten, Soraya; Oers, Hans van; Mackenbach, Johan P.

doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.08.048

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“…Our study provides indirect evidence that Cuba has limited health care resources for the older population, as the treatments and procedures needed by older patients tend to be expensive and sophisticated and often involve more risk due to the presence of comorbid conditions. Furthermore, Verstraeten et al ( 2016 ) showed that women in the Caribbean were generally more disadvantaged than men because of their poorer working conditions, higher risk of experiencing sexual and physical violence, and disproportionately large care burdens as heads of single-parent families. Our study has highlighted the disadvantages of Cuban women in several key health dimensions and points towards a contradiction between the formally declared high levels of gender and social equality under communism (Sarmiento 2010 ) and the actual gender gaps observed.…”

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Gender differences in health in Havana versus in Mexico City and in the US Hispanic population

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Health progress in the 1960s and 1970s placed Cuba at the vanguard of longevity in Latin America and the Caribbean. This success has often been attributed to equity of access to the health care system and its cost-effectiveness in the country. Cuba also has a small gender gap in life expectancy. In this study, we examined how this pattern is reflected in the gender differences in health among the population aged 60+ in Havana. We compared gender differences in health in samples drawn from Havana, Mexico City, and the US Hispanic population: three geographic settings with very different political, health care, and social systems. The data come from the Survey on Health, Well-Being, and Aging in Latin America and the Caribbean and the 2000 Health and Retirement Study. Age-adjusted prevalence and logistic regressions were estimated for poor self-rated health, limitations on activities of daily living, depression, and mobility limitations. While an absolute female disadvantage in health was apparent in all three populations, the relative gender differences were inconsistent across all four health domains. Gender differences were most pronounced in Havana, even after adjusting for age, socio-economic status, family characteristics, and smoking behaviour. Despite having higher overall life expectancy and more equitable and universal access to primary care and preventive medicine, women in Havana appear to have a larger burden of ill health than women in less equitable societies. The study provides indirect evidence that Cuba faces challenges in combating the health threats posed by chronic diseases and other diseases and conditions common among the population aged 60+.

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“…24 Transport accidents are the main contributor to external cause mortality in Aruba and an important additional contributor to external cause mortality in the Netherlands Antilles/Curaçao. Just like after decolonization, 5,25 increases in a dependency's autonomy may weaken bureaucracies and subsequently challenge its government's capacity to address organized crime and to implement and enforce traffic regulations.…”

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“…Carme Borrell 1,2,3,4 , Laia Palè ncia 2,3,5 , Marc Marí Dell'Olmo 2,3,6 , Joana Morrisson 7 , Patrick Deboosere 8 , Mercè Gotsens 3,9 , Dagmar Dzurova 10 , Claudia Costa 11 , Michala Lustigova 10 , Bo Burstrom 12 , Maica Rodríguez-Sanz 2,3,4,13 , Lucia Bosakova 14,15 , Nicolas Zengarini 16 , Klea Katsouyanni 17,18 , Paula Santana 11…”

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“…On the one hand, the weakening of bureaucracies after decolonization challenge a governments' capacity to influence areas that contribute to population health. 5 On the other hand, affiliation to some of the most advanced countries in the world (France, the Netherlands, UK and USA) likely promotes a process of policy diffusion that is, directly or indirectly, beneficial for population health. 6 In other words, an absence of the disadvantages of sovereignty, and the presence of the advantages of a strong political, cultural and (socio)economic relationship with a prosperous country, probably results in the relatively high life expectancies in affiliated territories.…”

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Differences in life expectancy between four Western countries and their Caribbean dependencies, 1980–2014

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Mackenbach

2019

European Journal of Public Health

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“…The interpretation in this approach relies on the empirically determined locations of the joinpoints and their fit with the timing of the event, in our case the time window 2004-2007. The datadriven approach is more appropriate for studies in which the lag between the onset of the intervention and its effects cannot be confidently assumed; for example, when examining the effects of technological or socio-political changes (cf., Hoffmann et al, 2013;Verstraeten et al, 2016).…”

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The Short-Term Effects of European Integration on Mortality Convergence: A Case Study of European Union’s 2004 Enlargement

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Although European integration can be expected to result in mortality convergence (reduced mortality differences), a life expectancy divide persists in the European Union (EU) between the old Member States (OMS) in the west and the new Member States (NMS) in the east. Studies investigating the impact of European integration on mortality convergence are rare and did not consider regional differences. We examine the short-term effects of the 2004 enlargement on mortality convergence at the supranational, national, and subnational levels. Using sex-specific life expectancies for 23 Member States (1990–2017) and the NUTS 2 regions in Czechia, Hungary, and Poland for 1992–2016, we examined the trend in sigma and beta mortality convergence measures at the country and regional levels using joinpoint regression. We found no compelling evidence that EU accession influenced the process of mortality convergence between OMS and NMS, or within the three NMS, over the short term. While there was overall beta and sigma convergence at the national level during 1990–2017, no regional convergence showed, and the trends in convergence did not significantly change at the time of EU accession or soon after (2004–2007). The accession in 2004 did not visibly impact the overall process of mortality convergence over the short term, likely because of the greater influence of country and region-specific policies and characteristics. The interaction of Member State and regional contexts with the mechanisms of European integration requires further study. Future enlargement procedures should emphasise tailored support to ensure more equitable gains from European integration.

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Decolonization and life expectancy in the Caribbean

Cited by 9 publications

References 24 publications

Gender differences in health in Havana versus in Mexico City and in the US Hispanic population

Gender differences in health in Havana versus in Mexico City and in the US Hispanic population

Differences in life expectancy between four Western countries and their Caribbean dependencies, 1980–2014

The Short-Term Effects of European Integration on Mortality Convergence: A Case Study of European Union’s 2004 Enlargement

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