Socioeconomic status, neighborhood social conditions, and neural tube defects.

Wasserman, Cathy R.; Shaw, Gary M.; Selvin, Steve; Gould, Jeffrey B.; Syme, S. Leonard

doi:10.2105/ajph.88.11.1674

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“…Likewise, the size of our social networks relates to brain structure (93,94). Given that the social environment is known to affect a wide array of biological responses (5,17,19,95), a next important goal for neuroscience will be to further understand how experience at multiple levels (e.g., culture, family, social networks, SES) affects neural structure and function (46,(96)(97)(98)(99)(100)(101). In parallel, it is certain that social and environmental variables moderate the link between brain and behavior (12), but further research is needed to examine such interactions.…”

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What is a representative brain? Neuroscience meets population science

Falk

Hyde

Mitchell³

et al. 2013

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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The last decades of neuroscience research have produced immense progress in the methods available to understand brain structure and function. Social, cognitive, clinical, affective, economic, communication, and developmental neurosciences have begun to map the relationships between neuro-psychological processes and behavioral outcomes, yielding a new understanding of human behavior and promising interventions. However, a limitation of this fast moving research is that most findings are based on small samples of convenience. Furthermore, our understanding of individual differences may be distorted by unrepresentative samples, undermining findings regarding brain-behavior mechanisms. These limitations are issues that social demographers, epidemiologists, and other population scientists have tackled, with solutions that can be applied to neuroscience. By contrast, nearly all social science disciplines, including social demography, sociology, political science, economics, communication science, and psychology, make assumptions about processes that involve the brain, but have incorporated neural measures to differing, and often limited, degrees; many still treat the brain as a black box. In this article, we describe and promote a perspective-population neuroscience-that leverages interdisciplinary expertise to (i) emphasize the importance of sampling to more clearly define the relevant populations and sampling strategies needed when using neuroscience methods to address such questions; and (ii) deepen understanding of mechanisms within population science by providing insight regarding underlying neural mechanisms. Doing so will increase our confidence in the generalizability of the findings. We provide examples to illustrate the population neuroscience approach for specific types of research questions and discuss the potential for theoretical and applied advances from this approach across areas.neuroimaging | life course | statistics | survey methodology | physics Why Population Neuroscience? How do biology, social situations, and the broader environmental context interact to guide behavior, health, and development? This question is fundamental to most, if not all, social and behavioral sciences. We argue that to effectively address the many topics that stem from this larger question across disciplines, it is necessary to (i) bring a "population perspective" to neuroscience and (ii) leverage neuroscience tools within population sciences, which are subdisciplines of many fields, areas, and departments focused on documenting and understanding the dynamics of human populations, including outcomes such as health, well-being, behavior, etc.

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What is a representative brain? Neuroscience meets population science

Falk

Hyde

Mitchell³

et al. 2013

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

214

191

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“…Finalmente, al ser la pobreza una condición asociada a los DTN, 42 todos los factores involucrados deberían analizarse dentro del marco de la pobreza en la que vive cerca de 70% de la población en México. 43 Como en muchos otros países, en México también prevalece el esquema de contraste entre los estados del norte y los del sur.…”

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Mortalidad por defectos del tubo neural en México, 1980-1997

Ramírez-Espitia¹,

Benavides²,

Lacasaña-Navarro

et al. 2003

Salud pública Méx

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“…This suggests that supplementation policies have had limited impact on the population, even in high-income countries [13] . The population living in poor folate-diet consuming countries exhibited the highest incidence of NTDs [14,15] . Low maternal educational status in high-income countries is associated with higher risk of NTDs [16] .…”

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Folic acid usage and awareness in pregnant women in Istanbul, Turkey

Tekkeşin

Taşer

2012

JHA

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Intake of folic in the periconceptional period reduces the risk of neural tube defects (NTDs). The aim of this study was to assess the level of awareness regarding the use of folic acid in pregnacy. We assessed the consumption of folic acid during pregnancy among Turkish women presented to the hospital and analyzed the difference of folic acid supplementation between planned and unplanned pregnancies. Of the 1076 women, 677 (62.9%) reported current use of a prenatal folic acid at the time of the department visit, while 399 pregnant women (37.0%) identified themselves as non-users (p = 0.006). In the unplanned pregnancy group, 302 (65.22%) women reported taking folic acid during pregnancy, but 161 (34.77%) women began three months prior to conception as recommended by their gynecologists (p<0.0001).Although, the study group was a significant user with a high awareness of folic acid, our findings may not be generalizable to other areas of the country. Because, parcitipants were likely to be one of the most educated group with a medium or high socio-economical status. Besides these hopeful results, we believe the necessity to re-evaluate our educational strategies and consider reduction of unplanned pregnancies as part of our goals.

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Socioeconomic status, neighborhood social conditions, and neural tube defects.

Cited by 157 publications

References 54 publications

What is a representative brain? Neuroscience meets population science

What is a representative brain? Neuroscience meets population science

Mortalidad por defectos del tubo neural en México, 1980-1997

Folic acid usage and awareness in pregnant women in Istanbul, Turkey

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