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School Programs and Characteristics and Their Influence on Student BMI: Findings from Healthy Passages
(Public Library of Science, 2014)
Background: Little is known about the contribution of school contextual factors to individual student body mass index (BMI). We set out to determine if school characteristics/resources: (1) are associated with student BMI; ...
Addictive Internet Use among Korean Adolescents: A National Survey
(Public Library of Science, 2014)
Background: A psychological disorder called ‘Internet addiction’ has newly emerged along with a dramatic increase of worldwide Internet use. However, few studies have used population-level samples nor taken into account ...
Poverty in the Midst of Plenty: Unmet Needs and Distribution of Health Care Resources in South Korea
(Public Library of Science, 2012)
Background: The unmet needs for health care have been used as an alternative measurement to monitor equity in health services. We sought to examine contextual influences on unmet needs for health care whereas precedent ...
The Effects of Employment Conditions on Smoking Status and Smoking Intensity: The Analysis of Korean Labor & Income Panel 8th–10th Wave
(Public Library of Science, 2013)
Background: The neoliberal policies and its socioeconomic consequences in Korea have made employment conditions insecure and affected employees' health as well. Methods and Findings: To examine the association between ...
School Social Fragmentation, Economic Deprivation and Social Cohesion and Adolescent Physical Inactivity: A Longitudinal Study
(Public Library of Science, 2014)
Objectives: To examine the independent influence of school economic deprivation, social fragmentation, and social cohesion on the likelihood of participating in no physical activity among students. Methods: Data are from ...
The Association between Oxytocin and Social Capital
(Public Library of Science, 2012)
Background: Oxytocin is known to be related to social behaviors, including trust. However, few studies have investigated the association between oxytocin levels and social capital. Thus, we tested the hypothesis that ...
Social and Geographical Inequalities in Suicide in Japan from 1975 through 2005: A Census-Based Longitudinal Analysis
(Public Library of Science, 2013)
Background: Despite advances in our understanding of the countercyclical association between economic contraction and suicide, less is known about the levels of and changes in inequalities in suicide. The authors examined ...
Geographic Inequalities in All-Cause Mortality in Japan: Compositional or Contextual?
(Public Library of Science, 2012)
Background: A recent study from Japan suggested that geographic inequalities in all-cause premature adult mortality have increased since 1995 in both sexes even after adjusting for individual age and occupation in 47 ...
Development and Validation of a Social Capital Questionnaire for Adolescent Students (SCQ-AS)
(Public Library of Science, 2014)
Objectives: Social capital has been studied due to its contextual influence on health. However, no specific assessment tool has been developed and validated for the measurement of social capital among 12-year-old adolescent ...
Life Course Socioeconomic Position and C-Reactive Protein: Mediating Role of Health-Risk Behaviors and Metabolic Alterations. The Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil)
(Public Library of Science, 2014)
Background: Chronic inflammation has been postulated to be one mediating mechanism explaining the association between low socioeconomic position (SEP) and cardiovascular disease (CVD). We sought to examine the association ...