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dc.contributor.authorElgar, Frank J
dc.contributor.authorPförtner, Timo-Kolja
dc.contributor.authorMoor, Irene
dc.contributor.authorDe Clercq, Bart
dc.contributor.authorStevens, Gonneke W J M
dc.contributor.authorCurrie, Candace
dc.date.accessioned2015-05-14T11:01:02Z
dc.date.available2015-05-14T11:01:02Z
dc.date.issued2015-05-23
dc.identifier.citationElgar , F J , Pförtner , T-K , Moor , I , De Clercq , B , Stevens , G W J M & Currie , C 2015 , ' Socioeconomic inequalities in adolescent health 2002-2010 : a time-series analysis of 34 countries participating in the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children study ' , Lancet , vol. 385 , no. 9982 , pp. 2088-2095 . https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61460-4en
dc.identifier.issn0037-9808
dc.identifier.otherPURE: 169153143
dc.identifier.otherPURE UUID: 8dcef7f7-6a63-4970-9277-f4e0c4f35c0b
dc.identifier.otherPubMed: 25659283
dc.identifier.otherScopus: 84930090492
dc.identifier.otherWOS: 000354979100028
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/6645
dc.descriptionThe study was supported by research grants from the Canadian Institutes for Health Research, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, and the Canada Research Chairs programme awarded to FJE. The Health Behaviour in School-aged Children study is a WHO collaborative study and funded by public sources in each member country.en
dc.description.abstractBackground Information about trends in adolescent health inequalities is scarce, especially at an international level. We examined secular trends in socioeconomic inequality in five domains of adolescent health and the association of socioeconomic inequality with national wealth and income inequality. Methods We undertook a time-series analysis of data from the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children study, in which cross-sectional surveys were done in 34 North American and European countries in 2002, 2006, and 2010 (pooled n 492 788). We used individual data for socioeconomic status (Health Behaviour in School-aged Children Family Affluence Scale) and health (days of physical activity per week, body-mass index Z score [zBMI], frequency of psychological and physical symptoms on 0–5 scale, and life satisfaction scored 0–10 on the Cantril ladder) to examine trends in health and socioeconomic inequalities in health. We also investigated whether international differences in health and health inequalities were associated with per person income and income inequality. Findings From 2002 to 2010, average levels of physical activity (3·90 to 4·08 days per week; p<0·0001), body mass (zBMI −0·08 to 0·03; p<0·0001), and physical symptoms (3·06 to 3·20, p<0·0001), and life satisfaction (7·58 to 7·61; p=0·0034) slightly increased. Inequalities between socioeconomic groups increased in physical activity (−0·79 to −0·83 days per week difference between most and least affluent groups; p=0·0008), zBMI (0·15 to 0·18; p<0·0001), and psychological (0·58 to 0·67; p=0·0360) and physical (0·21 to 0·26; p=0·0018) symptoms. Only in life satisfaction did health inequality fall during this period (−0·98 to −0·95; p=0·0198). Internationally, the higher the per person income, the better and more equal health was in terms of physical activity (0·06 days per SD increase in income; p<0·0001), psychological symptoms (−0·09; p<0·0001), and life satisfaction (0·08; p<0·0001). However, higher income inequality uniquely related to fewer days of physical activity (−0·05 days; p=0·0295), higher zBMI (0·06; p<0·0001), more psychological (0·18; p<0·0001) and physical (0·16; p<0·0001) symptoms, and larger health inequalities between socioeconomic groups in psychological (0·13; p=0·0080) and physical (0·07; p=0·0022) symptoms, and life satisfaction (−0·10; p=0·0092). Interpretation Socioeconomic inequality has increased in many domains of adolescent health. These trends coincide with unequal distribution of income between rich and poor people. Widening gaps in adolescent health could predict future inequalities in adult health and need urgent policy action.
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dc.language.isoeng
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dc.rightsCopyright © 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. This is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in The Lancet. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in The Lancet 4 February 2015: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61460-4en
dc.subjectRJ101 Child Health. Child health servicesen
dc.subjectH Social Sciencesen
dc.subject3rd-DASen
dc.subjectBDCen
dc.subjectR2Cen
dc.subjectSDG 10 - Reduced Inequalitiesen
dc.subject.lccRJ101en
dc.subject.lccHen
dc.titleSocioeconomic inequalities in adolescent health 2002-2010 : a time-series analysis of 34 countries participating in the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children studyen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.description.versionPostprinten
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. School of Medicineen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. WHO Collaborating Centre for International Child & Adolescent Health Policyen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Child and Adolescent Health Research Uniten
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61460-4
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden


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