SynthesisInternational journal for equity in health2016
Connecting the dots on health inequalities--a systematic review on the social determinants of health in Portugal.
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- Intersectoral actions in decreasing social inequities faced by children and adolescents.Revista latino-americana de enfermagem · 2021Review
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- Cluster Analysis of Health-Related Lifestyles in University Students.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Do self-reported data accurately measure health inequalities in risk factors for cardiovascular disease?International journal of public health · 2019Article
- Health Perception According to the Lifestyle of University Students.Journal of community health · 2019Observational
- Development and validation of a search filter to identify equity-focused studies: reducing the number needed to screen.BMC medical research methodology · 2018Article
- The effect of socioeconomic position in the experience of disability among people with mental disorders: findings from the World Mental Health Survey Initiative Portugal.International journal for equity in health · 2018Article
- Areas with evidence of equity and their progress on mortality from tuberculosis in an endemic municipality of southeast Brazil.Infectious diseases of poverty · 2017Article
- "Evolution and financial cost of socioeconomic inequalities in ambulatory care sensitive conditions: an ecological study for Portugal, 2000-2014".International journal for equity in health · 2017Article
- Impact of the global financial crisis on low birth weight in Portugal: a time-trend analysis.BMJ global health · 2017Article
- Neighbourhood socioeconomic deprivation and health-related quality of life: A multilevel analysis.PloS one · 2017Article
- National health inequality monitoring: current challenges and opportunities.Global health actionArticle
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Abstract
introductionHealth inequalities are recognised as a public health issue worldwide, but only a few countries have developed national strategies to monitor and reduce them. Despite its considerable health inequalities, Portugal seems to lack a systematic strategy to tackle them, possibly due to the absence of organised evidence on the issue. We performed a systematic review that aimed to describe the available evidence on social inequalities in health in Portugal, in order to contribute towards a comprehensive and focused strategy to tackle them.
methodsWe followed the PRISMA guidelines and searched Scopus, Web of Science and PubMed for studies that looked at the association between a measure of socioeconomic status and a health outcome in the Portuguese resident population since the year 2000. We excluded health behaviours and healthcare use from our search. We performed a qualitative description of the results.
resultsSeventy-one publications were selected, all reporting observational analyses, most of them using cross-sectional data. These publications showed strong evidence for health inequalities related to education and gender, chiefly for obesity, self-rated health and mental health.
conclusionsAnalysis of the eligible publications showed that current research does not seem to have consistently covered the link between health and key Portuguese social problems. A strategy focusing on the monitoring of most prevalent diseases, most determining socioeconomic factors and vulnerable populations would be crucial to guide academic research in a country in which health inequalities are so ubiquitous and deeply rooted. REGISTRATION: This systematic review is not registered.
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