Characteristics associated with self-rated health in the CARDIA study: Contextualising health determinants by income group

Autor: Shilpa Nayak, Alan Hubbard, Stephen Sidney, S. Leonard Syme

Publikováno v: Preventive Medicine Reports, Vol 4, Iss , Pp 199-208 (2016)

An understanding of factors influencing health in socioeconomic groups is required to reduce health inequalities. This study investigated combinations of health determinants associated with self-rated health (SRH), and their relative importance, in i

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Promoting Health : Intervention Strategies From Social and Behavioral Research

Autor: Institute of Medicine, Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Committee on Capitalizing on Social Science and Behavioral Research to Improve the Public's Health, S. Leonard Syme, Brian D. Smedley

At the dawn of the twenty-first century, Americans enjoyed better overall health than at any other time in the nation's history. Rapid advancements in medical technologies, breakthroughs in understanding the genetic underpinnings of health and ill he

'My Hope Is . . . ': A Hope-Based Typology of Homeless Youth

Autor: S. Leonard Syme, Jeffrey Schonberg, Neil S. Zhang, Colette L. Auerswald

Publikováno v: Youth & Society. 52:1523-1543

Many youth experiencing homelessness (YEH) are surprisingly hopeful. We propose a typology of the hopes for the future (HFTF) of YEH, based on a qualitative study employing grounded theory. YEH fell into four categories: (a) nonmainstream HFTF youth

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https://doi.org/10.1177/0044118x19826418

A recursive partitioning approach to investigating correlates of self-rated health: The CARDIA Study

Autor: Alan Hubbard, Shilpa Nayak, Stephen Sidney, S. Leonard Syme

Publikováno v: SSM: Population Health, Vol 4, Iss, Pp 178-188 (2018)
SSM-Population Health

Self-rated health (SRH) is an independent predictor of mortality; studies have investigated correlates of SRH to explain this predictive capability. However, the interplay of a broad array of factors that influence health status may not be adequately

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http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352827317302525

The Battle of Worldviews: A Case Study of Liver Fluke Infection in Khon Kaen, Thailand

Autor: S. Leonard Syme, Sara Samiphak

Publikováno v: Journal of Evidence-based Complementary & Alternative Medicine
Journal of Evidence-Based Complementary & Alternative Medicine, Vol 22 (2017)

Control efforts to reduce infection from the parasitic flatworm Opisthorchis viverrini have progressed through understanding the epidemiology of Opisthorchis viverrini, antiparasitic drug developments, technological innovations, health education prom

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https://doi.org/10.1177/2156587217723497