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Producing Change to Understand the Social Determinants of Health: The Promise of Experiments for Social Epidemiology by Berkman, Lisa F, Avendano, Mauricio, Courtin, Emilie

“…Abstract In this commentary, invited for the 100th anniversary of the Journal, we discuss the addition of randomized experiments, along with natural…”
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Social Epidemiology : Social Determinants of Health in the United States: Are We Losing Ground? by BERKMAN, Lisa F

“…The United States ranks in the lower tiers of OECD countries in life expectancy, and recent studies indicate that socioeconomic inequalities in health have…”
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The long-run effect of maternity leave benefits on mental health: Evidence from European countries by Avendano, Mauricio, Berkman, Lisa F., Brugiavini, Agar, Pasini, Giacomo

“…This paper examines whether maternity leave policies have an effect on women's mental health in older age. We link data for women aged 50 years and above from…”
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Measuring sleep: accuracy, sensitivity, and specificity of wrist actigraphy compared to polysomnography by Marino, Miguel, Li, Yi, Rueschman, Michael N, Winkelman, J W, Ellenbogen, J M, Solet, J M, Dulin, Hilary, Berkman, Lisa F, Buxton, Orfeu M

“…We validated actigraphy for detecting sleep and wakefulness versus polysomnography (PSG). Actigraphy and polysomnography were simultaneously collected during…”
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Work Redesign for the 21st Century: Promising Strategies for Enhancing Worker Well-Being by Lovejoy, Meg, Kelly, Erin L., Kubzansky, Laura D., Berkman, Lisa F.

“…Work is a key social determinant of population health and well-being. Yet, efforts to improve worker well-being in the United States are often focused on…”
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Trends in the educational gradient of mortality among US adults aged 45 to 84 years: bringing regional context into the explanation by Montez, Jennifer Karas, Berkman, Lisa F

“…We investigated trends in the educational gradient of US adult mortality, which has increased at the national level since the mid-1980s, within US regions. We…”
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Long-term effects of compulsory schooling on physical, mental and cognitive ageing: a natural experiment by Courtin, Emilie, Nafilyan, Vahe, Glymour, Maria, Goldberg, Marcel, Berr, Claudine, Berkman, Lisa F, Zins, Marie, Avendano, Mauricio

“…Longer schooling is associated with better physical, mental and cognitive functioning, but there is controversy as to whether these associations are causal. We…”
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Longer schooling but not better off? A quasi-experimental study of the effect of compulsory schooling on biomarkers in France by Courtin, Emilie, Nafilyan, Vahe, Avendano, Mauricio, Meneton, Pierre, Berkman, Lisa F., Goldberg, Marcel, Zins, Marie, Dowd, Jennifer B.

“…Less schooling is associated with increased biological risks for chronic disease, but whether increasing years of schooling through policy interventions…”
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Is economic growth associated with reduction in child undernutrition in India? by Subramanyam, Malavika A, Kawachi, Ichiro, Berkman, Lisa F, Subramanian, S V

“…Economic growth is widely perceived as a major policy instrument in reducing childhood undernutrition in India. We assessed the association between changes in…”
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Socioeconomic disparities and risk of hypertension among older Americans: the Health and Retirement Study by Neufcourt, Lola, Zins, Marie, Berkman, Lisa F., Grimaud, Olivier

“…Reducing hypertension represents a critical point of intervention to lower the burden of cardiovascular disease worldwide. Although the relationship between…”
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Age and Gender Differences in Social Network Composition and Social Support Among Older Rural South Africans: Findings From the HAALSI Study by Harling, Guy, Morris, Katherine Ann, Manderson, Lenore, Perkins, Jessica M, Berkman, Lisa F

“…Abstract Objectives Drawing on the “Health and Aging in Africa: A Longitudinal Study of an INDEPTH community in South Africa” (HAALSI) baseline survey, we…”
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Quantifying the Contribution of Work Characteristics to Educational Disparities in Health-Induced Work Limitations by Abrams, Leah R, Berkman, Lisa F

“…Abstract Objectives To quantify how poor health and inhospitable working conditions each contribute to educational disparities in work disability in midlife…”
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Eight-Year Depressive Symptom Trajectories and Incident Stroke: A 10-Year Follow-Up of the HRS (Health and Retirement Study) by Soh, Yenee, Tiemeier, Henning, Kawachi, Ichiro, Berkman, Lisa F., Kubzansky, Laura D.

“…Evidence suggests a link between depressive symptoms and risk of subsequent stroke. However, most studies assess depressive symptoms at only one timepoint,…”
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Socioeconomic inequalities in childhood undernutrition in India: analyzing trends between 1992 and 2005 by Subramanyam, Malavika A, Kawachi, Ichiro, Berkman, Lisa F, Subramanian, S V

“…India experienced a rapid economic boom between 1991 and 2007. However, this economic growth has not translated into improved nutritional status among young…”
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Cardiometabolic risk in a population of older adults with multiple co-morbidities in rural south africa: the HAALSI (Health and Aging in Africa: longitudinal studies of INDEPTH communities) study by Gaziano, Thomas A, Abrahams-Gessel, Shafika, Gomez-Olive, F Xavier, Wade, Alisha, Crowther, Nigel J, Alam, Sartaj, Manne-Goehler, Jennifer, Kabudula, Chodziwadziwa W, Wagner, Ryan, Rohr, Julia, Montana, Livia, Kahn, Kathleen, Bärnighausen, Till W, Berkman, Lisa F, Tollman, Stephen

“…A consequence of the widespread uptake of anti-retroviral therapy (ART) is that the older South African population will experience an increase in life…”
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Job strain, time strain, and well-being: A longitudinal, person-centered approach in two industries by Fan, Wen, Moen, Phyllis, Kelly, Erin L., Hammer, Leslie B., Berkman, Lisa F.

“…The notion of constellations is central to many occupational health theories; empirical research is nevertheless dominated by variable-centered methodologies…”
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Association Between Depressive Symptoms and Incident Cardiovascular Diseases by Harshfield, Eric L, Pennells, Lisa, Schwartz, Joseph E, Willeit, Peter, Kaptoge, Stephen, Bell, Steven, Shaffer, Jonathan A, Bolton, Thomas, Spackman, Sarah, Wassertheil-Smoller, Sylvia, Kee, Frank, Amouyel, Philippe, Shea, Steven J, Kuller, Lewis H, Kauhanen, Jussi, van Zutphen, E. M, Blazer, Dan G, Krumholz, Harlan, Nietert, Paul J, Kromhout, Daan, Laughlin, Gail, Berkman, Lisa, Wallace, Robert B, Simons, Leon A, Dennison, Elaine M, Barr, Elizabeth L. M, Meyer, Haakon E, Wood, Angela M, Danesh, John, Di Angelantonio, Emanuele, Davidson, Karina W

“…IMPORTANCE: It is uncertain whether depressive symptoms are independently associated with subsequent risk of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). OBJECTIVE: To…”
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Bidirectional, Temporal Associations of Sleep with Positive Events, Affect, and Stressors in Daily Life Across a Week by Sin, Nancy L., Almeida, David M., Crain, Tori L., Kossek, Ellen Ernst, Berkman, Lisa F., Buxton, Orfeu M.

“…Background Sleep is intricately tied to emotional well-being, yet little is known about the reciprocal links between sleep and psychosocial experiences in the…”
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Effects of Social Integration on Preserving Memory Function in a Nationally Representative US Elderly Population by Ertel, Karen A, Glymour, M. Maria, Berkman, Lisa F

“…We tested whether social integration protects against memory loss and other cognitive disorders in late life in a nationally representative US sample of…”
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Work-Family Conflict, Cardiometabolic Risk, and Sleep Duration in Nursing Employees by Berkman, Lisa F., Liu, Sze Yan, Hammer, Leslie, Moen, Phyllis, Klein, Laura Cousino, Kelly, Erin, Fay, Martha, Davis, Kelly, Durham, Mary, Karuntzos, Georgia, Buxton, Orfeu M.

“…We investigated associations of work-family conflict and work and family conditions with objectively measured cardiometabolic risk and sleep. Multilevel…”
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