Ruth Watkinson, Matt Sutton, Alex Turner
BACKGROUND: The population of older adults (ie, those aged ≥55 years) in England is becoming increasingly ethnically diverse. Previous reports indicate that ethnic inequalities in health exist among older adults, but information is limited by the paucity of data from small minority ethnic groups. Th...
Albert Esteve, Iñaki Permanyer, Diederik Boertien, James W. Vaupel
Based on harmonized census data from 81 countries, we estimate how age and coresidence patterns shape the vulnerability of countries' populations to outbreaks of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). We estimate variation in deaths arising due to a simulated random infection of 10% of the population ...
Matthew R. Grigsby, Trishul Siddharthan, Muhammad Chowdhury, Ali Tanweer Siddiquee et al.
BACKGROUND: Socioeconomic status (SES) is a strong social determinant of health. There remains a limited understanding of the association between SES and COPD prevalence among low- and middle-income countries where the majority of COPD-related morbidity and mortality occurs. We examined the associat...
Ryo Naito, Darryl P. Leong, Shrikant I. Bangdiwala, Martin McKee et al.
OBJECTIVE: To examine the association between social isolation and mortality and incident diseases in middle-aged adults in urban and rural communities from high-income, middle-income and low-income countries. DESIGN: Population-based prospective observational study. SETTING: Urban and rural communi...
Vanessa Burholt, Bethan Winter, Marja Aartsen, Costas Constantinou et al.
Social exclusion is complex and dynamic, and it leads to the non-realization of social, economic, political or cultural rights or participation within a society. This critical review takes stock of the literature on exclusion of social relations. Social relations are defined as comprising social res...
Benjamin Palafox, Martin McKee, Dina Balabanova, Khalid F. AlHabib et al.
BACKGROUND: Effective policies to control hypertension require an understanding of its distribution in the population and the barriers people face along the pathway from detection through to treatment and control. One key factor is household wealth, which may enable or limit a household's ability to...
Philip Joseph, V. Raman Kutty, Viswanathan Mohan, Rajesh Kumar et al.
AIM: To examine the incidence of cardiovascular disease (CVD), of death, and the comparative effects of 12 common modifiable risk factors for both outcomes in South Asia. METHODS AND RESULTS: Prospective study of 33 583 individuals 35-70 years of age from India, Bangladesh, or Pakistan. Mean follow-...
Jahidur Rahman Khan, Nabil Awan
BACKGROUND: Bangladesh has experienced a significant reduction of child mortality over the past decades which helped achieve the Millennium Development Goal 4 (MDG 4) target. But the mortality among under-5 aged children is still relatively high and it needs a substantial effort to achieve the Susta...
Vahé Nafilyan, Nazrul Islam, Rohini Mathur, Daniel Ayoubkhani et al.
Ethnic minorities have experienced disproportionate COVID-19 mortality rates in the UK and many other countries. We compared the differences in the risk of COVID-19 related death between ethnic groups in the first and second waves the of COVID-19 pandemic in England. We also investigated whether the...
Ghose Bishwajit
BACKGROUND: In South Asia, women were reported to be more likely to have higher normal body weight. However, nationally representative evidence on the association between socioeconomic status and body weight in terms of regional cut-offs for body mass index is limited for South Asian women. This stu...
Md Mahbub Hossain, Neetu Purohit, Abida Sultana, Ping Ma et al.
Mental disorders are highly prevalent in eight South Asian countries, yet there is a gap of a synthesized overview of the prevalence of mental disorders in this region. This umbrella review aims to summarize the prevalence of mental disorders from systematic reviews and meta-analyses of South Asian ...
Md Azim Uddin Repon, Sajuti Akter Pakhe, Sumaiya Quaiyum, Rajesh Das et al.
The COVID-19 has been spreading across the world since December 2019. The pandemic has created tremendous fear of death from infection and awful psychological pressure on healthcare professionals (HCPs). The measures of psychological effects of the COVID-19 outbreak on the Bangladeshi HCPs are unkno...
Ram B. Singh, Raheena Beegom, Amita S Mehta, Mohammad A. Niaz et al.
Objective To find out the association between social class and coronary risk factors in women. Design and setting Cross-sectional surveys were conducted in six-twelve urban streets in each of five cities from various regions of India following a common study protocol and criteria of diagnosis. Subje...
Takashi Izutsu, Atsuro Tsutsumi, Akramul Md. Islam, Seika Kato et al.
This study aims to clarify the quality of life (QOL), mental health, and nutritional status of adolescents in Dhaka city, Bangladesh by comparing non-slum areas and slums, and to find the factors associated with their mental health problems. A sample of 187 boys and 137 girls from non-slum areas, an...
Lisa Hurt, C Ronsmans, S Saha
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To examine socioeconomic gradients in mortality in adult women and their husbands in Bangladesh, paying particular attention to the independent effects of the educational status of each spouse. DESIGN: Historical cohort study. SETTING: Matlab, a rural area 60 km south east of Dhaka,...