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Statistical Properties of Generalized Gini Coefficient with Application to Health Inequality Measurement
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Lai, Dejian; Huang, Jin; Risser, Jan M.; Kapadia, Asha S. – Social Indicators Research, 2008
In this article, we report statistical properties of two classes of generalized Gini coefficients (G1 and G2). The theoretical results were assessed via Monte Carlo simulations. Further, we used G1 and G2 on life expectancy to measure health inequalities among the provinces of China and the states of the United States. For China, the results…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Statistical Significance, Foreign Countries, Social Indicators
The Cultural Implications of Primary Health Care and the Declaration of Alma-Ata: The Health District of Kedougou, Senegal
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Blanas, Demetri A. – Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 2008
In 1978, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the international health community convoked a conference in Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan, to address global inequalities in health. The conference resulted in the publication of the "Declaration of Alma-Ata," which made the ambitious call "for urgent action by all governments, all health and…
Descriptors: Community Development, Primary Health Care, Rural Areas, Foreign Countries
Modeling Quality-Adjusted Life Expectancy Loss Resulting from Tobacco Use in the United States
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Kaplan, Robert M.; Anderson, John P.; Kaplan, Cameron M. – Social Indicators Research, 2007
Purpose: To describe the development of a model for estimating the effects of tobacco use upon Quality Adjusted Life Years (QALYs) and to estimate the impact of tobacco use on health outcomes for the United States (US) population using the model. Method: We obtained estimates of tobacco consumption from 6 years of the National Health Interview…
Descriptors: Smoking, Health Conditions, Quality of Life, Models
Occupational and Environmental Health Problems along the U.S.-Mexico Border.
Abrams, Herbert K. – Southwest Economy & Society, 1979
Comments on the health of migrant farmworkers in the U.S. and the Border Industrialization ("twin plants") Program with a brief description of the unique U.S.-Mexico border region, emphasizing the status of air pollution, housing, nutrition, and health care. Available from Southwest Economy & Society, Box 4482, Albuquerque, New…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Braceros, Environment, Health