The Role of Psychosocial Processes in Explaining the Gradient Between Socioeconomic Status and Health

2003 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 119-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy E. Adler ◽  
Alana Conner Snibbe
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Allostatic Load ◽  
Direction Of Causation ◽  
Race Ethnicity ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Psychosocial Processes ◽  
The Life Course ◽  
Ethnicity And Gender ◽  
The Impact

The gradient between socioeconomic status (SES) and health is well established: Many measures of health show that health increases as SES increases. However, the mechanisms underlying this association are not well understood. Behavioral, cognitive, and affective tendencies that develop in response to the greater psychosocial stress encountered in low-SES environments may partially mediate the impact of SES on health. Although these tendencies might be helpful for coping in the short term, over time they may contribute to the development of allostatic load, which increases vulnerability to disease. Debate remains regarding the direction of causation between SES and health, the impact of income inequality, the interaction of SES with race-ethnicity and gender, and the effects of SES over the life course.

scholarly journals Race/Ethnicity, Gender, Weight Status, and Colorectal Cancer Screening

2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heather Bittner Fagan ◽  
Ronald E. Myers ◽  
Constantine Daskalakis ◽  
Randa Sifri ◽  
Arch G. Mainous ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Colorectal Cancer ◽  
Weight Status ◽  
Normal Weight ◽  
Crc Screening ◽  
Interview Survey ◽  
Multivariable Analyses ◽  
Race Ethnicity ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Ethnicity And Gender ◽  
The Impact

Background. The literature on colorectal cancer (CRC) screening is contradictory regarding the impact of weight status on CRC screening. This study was intended to determine if CRC screening rates among 2005 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) respondent racial/ethnic and gender subgroups were influenced by weight status.Methods. Univariable and multivariable logistic regression analyses were performed to determine if CRC screening use differed significantly among obese, overweight, and normal-weight individuals in race/ethnic and gender subgroups.Results. Multivariable analyses showed that CRC screening rates did not differ significantly for individuals within these subgroups who were obese or overweight as compared to their normal-weight peers.Conclusion. Weight status does not contribute to disparities in CRC screening in race/ethnicity and gender subgroups.

scholarly journals Associations between socioeconomic status and obesity in diverse, young adolescents: Variation across race/ethnicity and gender.

2015 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Fradkin ◽  
Jan L. Wallander ◽  
Marc N. Elliott ◽  
Susan Tortolero ◽  
Paula Cuccaro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Young Adolescents ◽  
Race Ethnicity ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Ethnicity And Gender

Investigating the Influence of Mentor–Mentee Race and Gender Pairs on Public Health Persistence

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1_suppl) ◽  
pp. 63S-70S
Author(s):  
Cynthia Trawick ◽  
Thema Monroe-White ◽  
Michael Joseph ◽  
NyThea Campbell Tolbert ◽  
Jigsa Tola ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Further Education ◽  
White Female ◽  
Graduate Degree ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Race Ethnicity ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Ethnicity And Gender ◽  
The Impact

Background. Mentoring and immersive experiences through internships are important means of increasing underrepresented (UR) students’ persistence in public health. However, while the positive effects of mentoring are well established, studies on the effect of race/ethnicity and gender mentor matching on persistence have produced mixed results. Aims. This article investigates the impact of homogeneous and heterogeneous mentor–mentee pairs on UR intern persistence for Project Imhotep, a summer internship program at Morehouse College. Method. The authors employ multivariable logistic regression analyses to examine the relationship between mentor and mentee race/ethnicity and gender characteristics on undergraduate intern academic persistence and career attainment. Results. Mentor demographics and institution type are predictors associated with intern academic and career persistence; however, the predictive importance of model attributes varied by outcome. Mentees paired with UR mentors (female or male) were more likely to attend graduate school, and mentees mentored by female mentors (UR female or White female) were more likely to pursue a graduate degree in public health. Finally, mentees mentored by UR females had the highest likelihood of either pursuing a graduate degree in public health or a public health career. Discussion. This article advances our understanding of how mentor–mentee race/ethnicity and gender affects the recruitment and retention of undergraduate students from racially and ethnically UR populations into public health. Conclusions. The findings suggest that the degree of shared racial/ethnic and/or gender identity between a public health intern and mentor influenced the likelihood of the intern pursuing further education or a public health career.

The Great Text in Our Economy Today

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sean P. Holmes
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Creative Process ◽  
Shop Floor ◽  
Early Twentieth Century ◽  
Race Ethnicity ◽  
Production Practices ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Ethnicity And Gender ◽  
Conditions Of Employment

This chapter explores the origins of the organizational impulse that animated the American acting community in the early twentieth century. It begins by examining the transformation of the theatrical economy that was brought about by the rise of the theater trusts at the end of the nineteenth century. It goes on to consider production practices in the metropolitan theater industry, highlighting the growing emphasis on rationalization and standardization and exploring how this dual imperative impacted upon the creative process. It also looks at the experience of work in the early twentieth-century theater, documenting conditions on the theatrical shop floor and highlighting the role of race, ethnicity, and gender in determining the degree of opportunity available to individual performers. The chapter argues that while actors undoubtedly had grievances against their employers, the theater trusts had actually done a great deal to improve their lot by stabilizing a notoriously volatile employment market. The formation of the Actors' Equity Association in 1913 had less to do with conditions of employment than with a perception on the part of an influential section of the acting community that it had relinquished its accustomed autonomy to a group of employers whom they held responsible for declining standards in the theater.

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