Socioeconomic Status and Health in Industrial Nations: Social, Psychological, and Biological Pathways

by Adler, Nancy E.; Marmot, Michael; McEwen, Bruce S.; Stewart, Judith

• ISBN13: 9781573312127
• ISBN10: 1573312126
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-12-01
• Publisher: New York Academy of Sciences

Table of Contents

Preface	xiii
Nancy E. Adler
Judith Stewart
Part I. Overview
Summary	1	(2)
Michael Marmot
Socioeconomic Status and Health: What We Know and What We Don't.	3	(13)
Nancy E. Adler
Joan M. Ostrove
Epidemiology of Socioeconomic Status and Health: Are Determinants Within Countries the Same as Between Countries?	16	(14)
Michael Marmot
Protective and Damaging Effects of Mediators of Stress: Elaborating and Testing the Concepts of Allostasis and Allostatic Load.	30	(18)
Bruce S. McEwen
Teresa Seeman
Health, Hierarchy, and Social Anxiety.	48	(18)
Richard G. Wilkinson
Part II. Developmental Influences across the Life Span
Summary	64	(2)
Teresa Seeman
Maternal Care, Gene Expression, and the Development of Individual Differences in Stress Reactivity.	66	(19)
Darlene D. Francis
Frances A. Champagne
Dong Liu
Michael J. Meaney
The Biological Embedding of Early Experience and Its Effects on Health in Adulthood.	85	(11)
Clyde Hertzman
Hierarchies of Life Histories and Associated Health Risks.	96	(24)
Burton Singer
Carol D. Ryff
Part III. Effects of the Social Environment
Summary: What Is the Role of the Social Environment in Understanding Inequalities in Health?	116	(4)
George A. Kaplan
Social Capital and Community Effects on Population and Individual Health.	120	(11)
Ichiro Kawachi
Socioeconomic Status and Chronic Stress: Does Stress Account for SES Effects on Health?	131	(14)
Andrew Baum
J.P. Garofalo
Ann Marie Yali
Status, Stress, and Atherosclerosis: The Role of Environment and Individual Behavior.	145	(17)
Jay R. Kaplan
Stephen B. Manuck
Stress Responses in Low-Status Jobs and Their Relationship to Health Risks: Musculoskeletal Disorders	162	(11)
Ulf Lundberg
Race, Socioeconomic Status, and Health: The Added Effects of Racism and Discrimination.	173	(18)
David R. Williams
Part IV. Psychobiological and Psychosocial Pathways and Mechanisms to Disease
Summary	189	(2)
Mark R. Cullen
Pathways by Which SES and Ethnicity Influence Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors.	191	(19)
Marilyn A. Winkleby
Catherine Cubbin
David K. Ahn
Helena C. Kraemer
Psychosocial Resources and the SES-Health Relationship.	210	(16)
Shelley E. Taylor
Teresa E. Seeman
Do Negative Emotions Mediate the Association between Socioeconomic Status and Health?	226	(20)
Linda C. Gallo
Karen A. Matthews
Social Status and Susceptibility to Respiratory Infections.	246	(8)
Sheldon Cohen
Sleep as a Mediator of the Relationship between Socioeconomic Status and Health: A Hypothesis.	254	(8)
Eve Van Cauter
Karine Spiegel
Cardiovascular Pathways: Socioeconomic Status and Stress Effects on Hypertension and Cardiovascular Function.	262	(19)
Thomas Pickering
Part V. Aspects of Policy Implications for Health and Research
Summary: What Is to Be Done?	278	(3)
Katherine Newman
Public Policy Frameworks for Improving Population Health.	281	(13)
Alvin R. Tarlov
Socioeconomic Status and Health: Policy Implications in Research, Public Health, and Medical Care.	294	(8)
Philip R. Lee
Solving the Puzzle of Socioeconomic Status and Health: The Need for Integrated, Multilevel, Interdisciplinary Research.	302	(11)
Norman B. Anderson
Part VI. Poster Papers
Social Class Differences in Morbidity Using the New U.K. National Statistics Socio-Economic Classification: Do Class Differences in Employment Relations Explain Class Differences in Health?	313	(3)
Tarani Chandola
Crispin Jenkinson
Orthostatic Blood Pressure Responses as a Function of Ethnicity and Socioeconomic Status: The ARIC Study.	316	(2)
Rodney Clark
Herman A. Tyroler
Gerardo Heiss
Social Class as a Moderator of Income Effects on Stress and Health Outcomes across Nine Years.	318	(4)
David S. DeGarmo
Deborah M. Capaldi
Socioeconomic Disparities in Adult Oral Health in the United States.	322	(3)
T.F. Drury
I. Garcia
M. Adesanya
Income Inequality, Social Trust, and Self-Reported Health Status in High-Income Countries.	325	(4)
George T.H. Ellison
The Human Development Index and Per Capita Gross National Product as Predictors of Dental Caries Prevalence in Industrialized and Industrializing Countries.	329	(3)
M.H. Hobdell
R. Lalloo
N.G. Myburgh
Pathways between Area-Level Income Inequality and Increased Mortality in U.S. Men.	332	(3)
H. S. Kahn
A.V. Patel
E.J. Jacobs
E.E. Calle
B.P. Kennedy
I. Kawachi
Education, Income, Wealth, and Health among Whites and African Americans.	335	(3)
Joan M. Ostrove
Pamela Feldman
Income Inequality and Mortality in Canada and the United States: An Analysis of Provinces/States.	338	(3)
Nancy A. Ross
Michael C. Wolfson
For Richer, for Poorer, in Sickness and in Health: Socioeconomic Status and Health among Married Couples.	341	(3)
Diane S. Shinberg
Determinants of Health: Testing of a Conceptual Model.	344	(3)
Barbara Starfield
Leiyu Shi
The Direct and Indirect Effects of Metropolitan Area Inequality on Mortality: A Hierarchical Analysis.	347	(3)
Norman J. Waitzman
Ken R. Smith
Antoinette Stroup
Unbundling Education: A Critical Discussion of What Education Confers and How It Lowers Risk for Disease and Death.	350	(2)
Irene H. Yen
Nancy Moss
Socioeconomic Disparities in Adolescent Health: Contributing Factors.	352	(4)
Kathleen Thiede Call
James Nonnemaker
Effects of Socioeconomic Status and Psychosocial Stress on the Development of the Fetus	356	(3)
Janet A. DiPietro
Kathleen A. Costigan
Sterling C. Hilton
Eva K. Pressman
Social Position, Age, and Memory Performance in the Whitehall II Study.	359	(4)
R. Fuhrer
J. Head
M.G. Marmot
Social Dominance and Cardiovascular Reactivity in Preschoolers: Associations with SES and Health.	363	(4)
Lauren Heim Goldstein
Anika Trancik
Jennifer Bensadoun
W. Thomas Boyce
Nancy E. Adler
Markers of Transition to Adulthood, Socioeconomic Status of Origin, and Trajectories of Health.	367	(3)
Carolyn Harley
Jeylan T. Mortimer
Racial Differences in Education, Obesity, and Health in Later Life.	370	(3)
Christine L. Himes
Limitations to the Use of Education as an SES Indicator in Studies of the Elderly: Confounding by Cognition.	373	(3)
Diane S. Lauderdale
Kathleen A. Cagney
Parenting Behavior and Emotional Health as Mediators of Family Poverty Effects upon Young Low-Birthweight Children's Cognitive Ability.	376	(3)
Miriam R. Linver
Jeanne Brooks-Gunn
Dafna Kohen
Socioeconomic Factors and Emergency Pediatric ICU Admissions.	379	(4)
Anne L. Naclerio
John W. Gardner
Murray M. Pollack
Socioeconomic Status and Health among Elderly People in Sweden.	383	(3)
M.G. Parker
K. Ahacic
M. Thorslund
O. Lundberg
A Multivariate Model of Functional Decline in the Elderly: The Differential Influence of Income versus Education.	386	(4)
Joyce C. Pressley
Socioeconomic Status, Social Support, Age, and Health.	390	(3)
Toni C. Antonucci
Kristine J. Ajrouch
Mary Janevic
Measurement of Social Capital.	393	(3)
James N. Burdine
Michael R.J. Felix
Nina Wallerstein
Amy L. Abel
Charles J. Wiltraut
Yvette J. Musselman
Chris Stidley
Racism and Health: Segregation and Causes of Death Amenable to Medical Intervention in Major U.S. Cities.	396	(3)
Chiquita A. Collins
Identifying Social Pathways for Health Inequalities: The Role of Housing.	399	(4)
James R. Dunn
Michael V. Hayes
Transitions into Poverty Following Job Loss and the Depression-Reemployment Relationship.	403	(3)
Elizabeth M. Ginexi
George W. Howe
Robert D. Caplan
Longitudinal Effects of Occupational, Psychological, and Social Background Characteristics on Health of Older Workers.	406	(3)
Mesfin Samuel Mulatu
Carmi Schooler
Social Class and Social Cohesion: A Content Validity Analysis Using a Nonrecursive Structural Equation Model.	409	(5)
Carles Muntaner
Gary Oates
John Lynch
The Effect of Job Strain on Ambulatory Blood Pressure in Men: Does It Vary by Socioeconomic Status?	414	(3)
Paul A. Landsbergis
Peter L. Schnall
Katherine Warren
Thomas G. Pickering
Joseph E. Schwartz
Socioeconomic Differences in Social Information Processing and Cardiovascular Reactivity.	417	(3)
Edith Chen
Karen A. Matthews
Social Environmental Stress in Indigenous Populations: Potential Biopsychosocial Mechanisms.	420	(4)
Mark Daniel
Kerin O'Dea
Kevin G. Rowley
Robyn McDermott
Shona Kelly
Social Status, Anabolic Activity, and Fat Distribution.	424	(3)
Elissa Epel
Nancy Adler
Jeannette Ickovics
Bruce McEwen
Socioeconomic Status as a Correlate of Sleep in African-American and Caucasian Women.	427	(4)
Martica Hall
Joyce Bromberger
Karen Matthews
The Differential Effects of Sleep Quality and Quantity on the Relationship between SES and Health.	431	(4)
Amy E. Sickel
Philip J. Moore
Nancy E. Adler
David R. Williams
James S. Jackson
Stress Responsivity and Body Fatness: Links between Socioeconomic Status and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Youth.	435	(4)
Frank Treiber
Gregory Harshfield
Harry Davis
Gaston Kapuku
Donna Moore
Social Class Differences in Maternal Stress Appraisal During Pregnancy.	439	(3)
Melissa Hawkins
Janet A. DiPietro
Kathleen A. Costigan
The Effects of Race, Gender, and Education on the Structure of Self-Rated Health among Community-Dwelling Older Adults.	442	(6)
Beth Han
Brent J. Small
William E. Haley
Socioeconomic Differences in Measures of Hostility.	448	(3)
Ari Haukkala
SES and Oral Health Status in an Elderly Population.	451	(4)
Noelle Lalley Huntington
Elizabeth A. Krall
Raul I. Garcia
Avron Spiro III
Hostility, Coronary Heart Disease, and Ischemia: The Role of Socioeconomic Status.	455	(3)
Amy R. Malkin
Michael Milgraum
Stephen Boyle
Susan Townsend
Aron W. Siegman
Education, Infant Health, and Cigarette Smoking.	458	(3)
Ellen Meara
Morbidity and Health-National Health Interview Survey, 1987: In Generalized Additive Models.	461	(4)
Jean C. Norris
Mark van der Laan
Gladys Block
Neighborhood Socioeconomic Context and Adult Health: The Mediating Role of Individual Health Behaviors and Psychosocial Factors.	465	(4)
Stephanie A. Robert
Goal-Striving Stress, Social Economic Status, and the Mental Health of Black Americans.	469	(5)
Sherrill L. Sellers
Harold W. Neighbors
Moderating and Mediating Effects of Socioeconomic Status, Perceived Peer Condom Use, and Condom Negotiation on Sexual Risk Behavior among African-American and White Adolescent Females.	474	(3)
Catlainn Sionean
Rick S. Zimmerman
Dissociative Disruptions-Psychological (Psychosocial) Pathways Uncovered in the Healing Process.	477	(3)
Lauren E. Storck
Does Cognitive Functioning Mediate the Well-Documented Link between Education and Functional Disability in Middle-Aged Adults?	480	(4)
Linda A. Wray
John W. Lynch
Socioeconomic Status and Health: A New Explanation.	484	(3)
Frank W. Young
A Framework for Evidence-Based Reviews of Interventions for Supportive Social Environments.	487	(3)
L. Anderson
M. Fullilove
S. Scrimshaw
J. Fielding
J. Normand
S. Zaza
L. Wright-DeAguero
D. Higgins
Social Ordering in Developing Countries: Does Hierarchy Have the Same Effect as in Post-Industrial Nations? A Look at Nepal.	490	(3)
Stephen Bezruchka
SES, Medicare Coverage, and Flu Shot Utilization among Vulnerable Women in the Women's Health and Aging Study.	493	(4)
Kevin D. Frick
Eleanor M. Simonsick
The Association of Race/Socioeconomic Status and Use of Medicare Services: A Little-Known Failure in Access to Care.	497	(4)
Marian E. Gornick
Index of Contributors	501