Nordic research on health inequalities: A scoping review of empirical studies published in Scandinavian Journal of Public Health 2000–2021
AIMS: An important task for the Scandinavian Journal of Public Health is to address health inequality topics. This scoping review characterises Nordic empirical studies within this research field, published 2000–2021 by the Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. METHODS: Original empirical research...
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ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:9578093 2023-05-15T16:51:10+02:00 Nordic research on health inequalities: A scoping review of empirical studies published in Scandinavian Journal of Public Health 2000–2021 Elstad, Jon Ivar Heggebø, Kristian Dahl, Espen 2022-06-22 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9578093/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35731011 https://doi.org/10.1177/14034948221101304 en eng SAGE Publications http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9578093/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35731011 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/14034948221101304 © Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage) CC-BY Scand J Public Health Health Inequalities and Their Social Determinants Text 2022 ftpubmed https://doi.org/10.1177/14034948221101304 2022-10-23T01:08:22Z AIMS: An important task for the Scandinavian Journal of Public Health is to address health inequality topics. This scoping review characterises Nordic empirical studies within this research field, published 2000–2021 by the Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. METHODS: Original empirical research studies using data from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and/or Sweden, which linked differences in health or health-related aspects to socioeconomic positions, immigrant status, family structures and/or residential areas, were included in the review. The initial search in the Web of Science article database resulted in 294 possibly relevant articles, and 171 were judged to comply with our criteria. RESULTS: Only one study was based on qualitative data, while all others used either surveys or register data, or both in combination. A wide variety of outcomes was addressed. Most studies had a social causation design, but 16 studies analysed health-related mobility processes and four reported intervention results. The most common statistical method was logistic regression. Poisson, Cox and ordinary least squares regression were less used. Few studies engaged explicitly with health inequality theories or with rigorous causality designs. CONCLUSIONS: The empirical health inequality studies published by the Scandinavian Journal of Public Health are rich sources for knowledge on a large array of health and health-related inequalities in Nordic countries. Drawbacks are underuse of qualitative data, few theoretical discussions and lack of studies assessing effects of interventions and policies. Text Iceland PubMed Central (PMC) Norway Scandinavian Journal of Public Health 50 7 843 851 |
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AIMS: An important task for the Scandinavian Journal of Public Health is to address health inequality topics. This scoping review characterises Nordic empirical studies within this research field, published 2000–2021 by the Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. METHODS: Original empirical research studies using data from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and/or Sweden, which linked differences in health or health-related aspects to socioeconomic positions, immigrant status, family structures and/or residential areas, were included in the review. The initial search in the Web of Science article database resulted in 294 possibly relevant articles, and 171 were judged to comply with our criteria. RESULTS: Only one study was based on qualitative data, while all others used either surveys or register data, or both in combination. A wide variety of outcomes was addressed. Most studies had a social causation design, but 16 studies analysed health-related mobility processes and four reported intervention results. The most common statistical method was logistic regression. Poisson, Cox and ordinary least squares regression were less used. Few studies engaged explicitly with health inequality theories or with rigorous causality designs. CONCLUSIONS: The empirical health inequality studies published by the Scandinavian Journal of Public Health are rich sources for knowledge on a large array of health and health-related inequalities in Nordic countries. Drawbacks are underuse of qualitative data, few theoretical discussions and lack of studies assessing effects of interventions and policies. |
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