Variability and Vulnerability at the Ecological Level: Implications for Understanding the Social Determinants of Health
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Karpati, Adam, Sandro Galea, Tamara Awerbuch, and Richard Levins. 2002. “Variability and Vulnerability at the Ecological Level: Implications for Understanding the Social Determinants of Health.” American Journal of Public Health 92 (11): 1768–72. https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.92.11.1768.Abstract
Objectives. We examined variability in disease rates to gain understanding of the complex interactions between contextual socioeconomic factors and health.Methods. We compared mortality rates between New York and California counties in the lowest and highest quartiles of socioeconomic status (SES), assessed rate variability between counties for various outcomes, and examined correlations between outcomes' sensitivity to SES and their variability.Results. Outcomes with mortality rates that differed most by county SES were among those whose variability across counties was high (e.g., AIDS, homicide, cirrhosis). Lower-SES counties manifested greater variability among outcome measures.Conclusions. Differences in health outcome variability reflect differences in SES impact on health. Health variability at the ecological level might reflect the impact of stressors on vulnerable populations.Citable link to this page
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