The Biology of Disadvantage: Socioeconomic Status and Health
Nancy E. Adler and Judith Stewart
University of California , San Francisco , California
Annals of the New York Academy
Website: http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/123291860/issue
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“….How does socioeconomic status "get into the body" to affect health? A decade ago, when the MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Socioeconomic Status and Health began to answer this question, few studies directly tested the pathways and mechanisms that contribute to the gradient relationship between socioeconomic staus and health.
The scientific research presented here captures where the field stands after 10 years of intense research by the MacArthur Network and others into the mechanisms of health disparities. In addition, it illustrates the power of a multidisciplinary approach to complex social issues. Finally, it presents potential applications of the accumulated knowledge for social interventions and raises pragmatic issues that are important to consider when science is translated into policy and intervention….”
Preface to The Biology of Disadvantage: Socioeconomic Status and Health (p 1-4)
Nancy E. Adler, Judith Stewart
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.05385.x
Original Articles
Health disparities across the lifespan: Meaning, methods, and mechanisms (p 5-23)
Nancy E. Adler, Judith Stewart
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.05337.x
Abstract PDF (Size: 349K)
“…..Over the past two decades, exponential growth of empirical research has fueled markedly increased concern about health disparities. In this paper, we show the progression of research on socioeconomic status (SES) and health through several eras. The first era reflected an implicit threshold model of the association of poverty and health.
The second era produced evidence for a graded association between SES and health where each improvement in education, income, occupation, or wealth is associated with better health outcomes.
Moving from description of the association to exploration of pathways, the third era focused on mechanisms linking SES and health, whereas the fourth era expanded on mechanisms to consider multilevel influences, and a fifth era added a focus on interactions among factors, not just their main effects or contributions as mediators. Questions from earlier eras remain active areas of research, while later eras add depth and complexity…..”
Socioeconomic gradients in health in international and historical context (p 24-36)
William H. Dow, David H. Rehkopf
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.05384.x
Childhood socioeconomic status and adult health (p 37-55)
Sheldon Cohen, Denise Janicki-Deverts, Edith Chen, Karen A. Matthews
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.05334.x
Money, schooling, and health: Mechanisms and causal evidence (p 56-68)
Ichiro Kawachi, Nancy E. Adler, William H. Dow
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.05340.x
Race, socioeconomic status, and health: Complexities, ongoing challenges, and research opportunities (p 69-101)
David R. Williams, Selina A. Mohammed, Jacinta Leavell, Chiquita Collins
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.05339.x
Work and its role in shaping the social gradient in health (p 102-124)
Jane E. Clougherty, Kerry Souza, Mark R. Cullen
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.05338.x
Neighborhoods and health (p 125-145)
Ana V. Diez Roux, Christina Mair
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.05333.x
Are psychosocial factors mediators of socioeconomic status and health connections? : A progress report and blueprint for the future (p 146-173)
Karen A. Matthews, Linda C. Gallo, Shelley E. Taylor
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.05332.x
Multiple risk exposure as a potential explanatory mechanism for the socioeconomic status–health gradient (p 174-189)
Gary W. Evans, Pilyoung Kim
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.05336.x
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Central role of the brain in stress and adaptation: Links to socioeconomic status, health, and disease (p 190-222)
Bruce S. McEwen, Peter J. Gianaros
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.05331.x
Socio-economic differentials in peripheral biology: Cumulative allostatic load (p 223-239)
Teresa Seeman, Elissa Epel, Tara Gruenewald, Arun Karlamangla, Bruce S. McEwen
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.05341.x
Evaluating the evidence base: Policies and interventions to address socioeconomic status gradients in healtha (p 240-251)
William H. Dow, Robert F. Schoeni, Nancy E. Adler, Judith Stewart
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.05386.x
Using team science to address health disparities: MacArthur network as case example (p 252-260)
Nancy E. Adler, Judith Stewart
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.05335.x
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