Aligning method with theory: A comparison of two approaches to modeling the social determinants of health

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1870-1878

  O'Campo, Patricia ^a,b,c   Urquia, Marcelo ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomedical model; Birth; Generalized health impact; Health inequalities; Multinomial regression; Pregnancy; Social determinants; Socioeconomic position

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANADA; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871797752     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-011-0935-1     Document Type: Article

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