Objectives. Studies have reported an inverse association between fear of crime and subjective
mental and physical health. We investigated the direction of causality and the curtailment …

Background Neighbourhood socioeconomic status (SES) may affect rich and poor residents
differentially. Two models are proposed. Model 1: living in a non-deprived neighbourhood is …

Multiple deprivation indicators are frequently used to capture the characteristics of an area.
This is a useful approach for identifying the most deprived areas, and summary indices are …

Objective: To measure within-person change in scores on the short form general health survey
(SF-36) by age, sex, employment grade, and disease status. Design: Longitudinal study …

BackgroundLittle is known about international variations in employment rates among
people with schizophrenia or about the factors associated with employment in this disorder.AimsTo …

OBJECTIVES: This study measured the association between socioeconomic status and the
eight scale scores of the Medical Outcomes Study short form 36 (SF-36) general health …

Context: Evidence for the association of cortisol with mortality or disease events is mixed,
possibly due to a failure to consider diurnal cortisol patterns. Objective: Our objective was to …

Studies in the United Kingdom (UK) show a consistent inequality between the health of
ethnic minorities and that of white people. This is exacerbated by the over-representation of …

The objective was to investigate associations between type of area, individuals’ perceptions
of their neighbourhoods, and indicators of social and physical functioning. Social …

Objectives: To investigate associations between measures of neighbourhood social and
material environment and self rated health. Design: New contextual measures added to cross …