| Titre : | Socioeconomic position, health, and possible explanations : A tale of two cohorts. (2002) |
| Auteurs : | R. FUHRER ; J.F. CHASTANG ; M. GOLDBERG ; M.G. MARMOT ; I. NIEDHAMMER ; A. SCHMAUS ; M.J. SHIPLEY ; S.A. STANSFELD |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | American journal of public health (vol. 92, n° 8, 2002) |
| Pagination : | 1290-1294 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Mots-clés : | Facteur socioéconomique ; Etat santé ; Morbidité ; Morbidité [épidémiologie] ; Epidémiologie ; Facteur risque ; Homme ; Angleterre ; Grande Bretagne ; Royaume Uni ; Europe ; France ; Etude comparée |
| Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS oGR0xlVI. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Objectives. We examined whether the social gradient for measures of morbidity is comparable in English and French public employees and investigated risk factors that may explain this gradient. Methods. This longitudinal study of 2 occupational cohorts-5825 London civil servants and 6818 French office-based employees-used 2 health outcomes : long spells of sickness absence during a 4-year follow-up and self-reported health. Results. Strong social gradients in health were observed in both cohorts. Health behaviors showed different relations with socioeconomic position in the 2 samples. Psychosocial work characteristics showed strong gradients in both cohorts. Cohort-specific significant risk factors explained between 12% and 56% of the gradient in sickness absence and self-reported health. Conclusions. Our cross-cultural comparison suggests that some common susceptibility may underlie the social gradient in health and disease, which explains why inequalities occur in cultures with different patterns of morbidity and mortality. |
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