Health, economy and social capital in Nordic children aged 13-17 years and their families: changes between 1984, 1996 and 2011

Bernntsson, Leeni T; Ringsberg, Karin C.; Eriksson, Berne; Köhler, Lennart

doi:10.5430/ijh.v2n1p51

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“…Similar evidence was found concerning the children's population. Both cross-sectional and longitudinal data showed family social capital to have a greater positive impact on children's health than a family's economic conditions [33,34]. This study adds evidence to the formulation that family social capital plays an important role in adults' health.…”

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Family SES, family social capital, and general health in Chinese adults: exploring their relationships and the gender-based differences

Yun

Jiang

et al. 2020

BMC Public Health

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Background Numerous studies have clarified that family socioeconomic status (SES) is positively associated with health. However, the mechanism of family SES on health needs to be further investigated from a social epidemiological perspective. This study aims to analyze the relationships among family SES, family social capital, and adult general health and tests whether gender-based differences exist in the relationship between family social capital and general health. Methods A cross-sectional survey was used to collect data from 4187 representative households in six Chinese provinces. Family SES was conceptualized based on household income, family education, and family occupational status. Family social capital was measured by using family cohesion and health-related family support. General health was assessed by using five general health perception items of the Health Survey Short Form. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was applied to examine the relationships among family SES, family social capital, and general health, and a linear regression model was used to test gender-based differences. Results The SEM showed that the direct effects of family SES, family cohesion, and health-related family support on health were 0.08 (P < 0.001), 0.17 (P < 0.001), and 0.10 (P < 0.001), respectively. Family SES had indirect effect (β = 0.05, P < 0.01) on general health via health-related family support. The total effect of family social capital (β = 0.27, P < 0.001) on general health was greater than that of family SES (β = 0.13, P < 0.001). Besides, the regression showed that the effect of health-related family support on general health was greater for women (β = 0.13, P < 0.001) than men (β = 0.04, P > 0.05). Conclusions The results provide strong support for the positive association between family SES, family social capital, and adult health. Family intervention programs should focus on establishing a harmonious family relationship to mobilize family support, particularly for the families with low cohesion and low SES.

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Family SES, family social capital, and general health in Chinese adults: exploring their relationships and the gender-based differences

Yun

Jiang

et al. 2020

BMC Public Health

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“…In the meantime, a more fundamental solution is needed. A common agreement is that addressing issues that appear on the surface among disadvantaged populations is only a temporary and secondary solution and therefore, that the inequality itself should be the ultimate target to focus on ( Bernntsson et al, 2016 , Wilkinson and Pickett, 2009 ). For example, in the current study, the examined individual-level issue of unaffordability is simply one indicator of wider-scale issues that come with having a disadvantaged position.…”

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Mental health problems among economically disadvantaged adolescents in an increasingly unequal society: A Swedish study using repeated cross-sectional data from 1995 to 2011

Kim

Hagquist

2018

SSM - Population Health

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Increasing inequality in many societies highlights the importance of paying attention to differences in mental health between the economically disadvantaged adolescents and the non-disadvantaged adolescents. Also important is to understand how changing inequality in society over time influences adolescents’ mental health at the population- and individual-level. The current study examined to what extent increased societal-level income inequality over time, individual-level experiences of economic disadvantage and the cross-level interaction between the two explained Swedish adolescents’ mental health problems from 1995 to 2011. We used repeated cross-sectional data collected 6 times between 1995 and 2011 in Sweden. Each time, approximately 2500 students in grade 9 completed a questionnaire during the spring semester. The adolescents provided self-report data on the frequency of their experiences of unaffordability of daily leisure activities (concert, movie, sports, and dance). They also reported their psychosomatic symptoms, which was used as a measure of mental health problems. We used the household equalised disposable income Gini coefficient as an indicator of societal income inequality. A real gross domestic product (GDP) per capita was controlled for in order to rule out potential effects of economic growth in the society over time. Multilevel regression analyses were conducted in which students were nested in years of investigations. Adolescents who experienced unaffordability of daily leisure activities reported more mental health problems. Societal income inequality was not directly associated with the adolescents’ mental health. However, among girls the effects of experiences of unaffordability on mental health were stronger for all but one (sports) activities, and among boys for one activity (sports) when societal-level inequality was greater. Individual-level economic disadvantage are detrimental for adolescents’ mental health, both directly and interactively with societal-level economic inequality. Some suggestions for practice and future studies are made for mental health among adolescents in societies where increasing inequality is observed.

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“…This has also been stressed in earlier studies. [32,33] The participants expressed a clear child perspective. They explained that they viewed the child as an individual person and stressed that it is important to reach the child directly.…”

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Health care professionals’ perceptions of health promotion with preschool children

Forinder

Daniels

Clarke

et al. 2016

IJH

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Background: The growing burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) all over the world calls for a change in peoples' lifestyles. One way to prevent NCDs is to work with health promotion. The burden of communicable diseases (CDs), however, is still high and resources are limited. Studies suggest that promotion of health should start early in life and in cooperation between preschool teachers and parents. Also health care workers should be included in such work. The aim of the present study was to explore health care professionals' experiences and their reflections on health promotion in relation to children's health in two different Western Cape settings, South Africa. Methods: Data was collected in two focus group discussions (FGDs) with twelve health care professionals from health clinics situated in two different settings; one upper-middle income urban suburb and one peri-urban township. Data was analysed with latent content analysis. Results: The findings are presented in four categories and twelve subcategories. The focus group (FG) participants had a holistic view on health and they talked about children's health from a health promotion perspective where they saw children's health as affected by an interplay between family, societal and structural factors. Further they saw several possibilities and expressed ideas about how to work from a health promotion perspective. They had a positive attitude to working intersectorally and interdisciplinary and believed that they could contribute to such a work. However, the cooperation with doctors and social service must be improved in order to succeed. Conclusions: The organizers of the health care sector should see to that health professionals have the possibility to work according to health promotion principles. Also the health care workers themselves must engage more actively in the work by considering the attitudes of the staff, the parents and grandparents and develop cultural awareness and sensibility.

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Health, economy and social capital in Nordic children aged 13-17 years and their families: changes between 1984, 1996 and 2011

Cited by 8 publications

References 45 publications

Family SES, family social capital, and general health in Chinese adults: exploring their relationships and the gender-based differences

Family SES, family social capital, and general health in Chinese adults: exploring their relationships and the gender-based differences

Mental health problems among economically disadvantaged adolescents in an increasingly unequal society: A Swedish study using repeated cross-sectional data from 1995 to 2011

Health care professionals’ perceptions of health promotion with preschool children

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