Deaths of Despair in Florida: Assessing the Role of Social Determinants of Health
| Autor: | Danielle R. M. Niemela, Christopher W. Baynard, Robert J. Zeglin |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Social Determinants of Health Poison control Drug overdose Suicide prevention Occupational safety and health 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Injury prevention Medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Social determinants of health 030505 public health business.industry Public health Mortality rate Liver Diseases Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health medicine.disease Suicide Florida Female Drug Overdose 0305 other medical science business Demography |
| Zdroj: | Health educationbehavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education. 46(2) |
| ISSN: | 1552-6127 |
| Popis: | Deaths of despair (DOD) is a new term appearing in public health literature to describe deaths attributable to suicide, liver disease, and drug overdose. In Florida, suicide and liver disease are the 8th and 10th leading causes of death, respectively. Additional mortality data show that the rate of drug overdose deaths in Florida is 12.5% higher than the suicide death rate. Some have hypothesized that economic social determinants of health (SDH) may be responsible for the recent increase in DOD. The current study, using secondary data, sought to identify what county-level SDH were significantly associated with county-level DOD. Using backward regression methodology, the results of the analysis indicate that 44% of the variance in county-level DOD is significantly associated with six county-level SDH: (a) Recent Medical Checkup, (b) Income, (c) Education Level, (d) Age, (e) Mental Health Professionals, and (f) the Income × Age interaction term. Higher than average income, age, and mental health professionals in a Florida county was associated with significantly higher rates of DOD. Higher than average levels of education and recent checkups in a Florida county were associated with a significant decrease in DOD. Possible explanations and implications are discussed. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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