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Are There Changes in Inequalities in Injuries? A Review of Evidence in the WHO European Region
Decreases in injury rates globally and in Europe in the past decades, although encouraging, may mask previously reported social inequalities between and within countries that persist or even increase. European research on this issue has not been systematically reviewed, which is the aim of this arti...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6406953/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30813329 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16040653 |
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author | Sengoelge, Mathilde Leithaus, Merel Braubach, Matthias Laflamme, Lucie |
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description | Decreases in injury rates globally and in Europe in the past decades, although encouraging, may mask previously reported social inequalities between and within countries that persist or even increase. European research on this issue has not been systematically reviewed, which is the aim of this article. Between and within-country studies from the WHO European Region that investigate changes in social inequalities in injuries over time or in recent decades were sought in PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science. Of the 27 studies retained, seven were cross-country and 20 were country-specific. Twelve reported changes in inequalities over time and the remaining 15 shed light on other aspects of inequalities. A substantial downward trend in injuries is reported for all causes and cause-specific ones—alongside persisting inequalities between countries and, in a majority of studies, within countries. Studies investigate diverse questions in different population groups. Depending on the social measure and injury outcome considered, many report inequalities in injuries albeit to a varying degree. Despite the downward trends in risk levels, relative social inequalities in injuries remain a persisting public health issue in the European Region. |
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spelling | pubmed-64069532019-03-21 Are There Changes in Inequalities in Injuries? A Review of Evidence in the WHO European Region Sengoelge, Mathilde Leithaus, Merel Braubach, Matthias Laflamme, Lucie Int J Environ Res Public Health Review Decreases in injury rates globally and in Europe in the past decades, although encouraging, may mask previously reported social inequalities between and within countries that persist or even increase. European research on this issue has not been systematically reviewed, which is the aim of this article. Between and within-country studies from the WHO European Region that investigate changes in social inequalities in injuries over time or in recent decades were sought in PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science. Of the 27 studies retained, seven were cross-country and 20 were country-specific. Twelve reported changes in inequalities over time and the remaining 15 shed light on other aspects of inequalities. A substantial downward trend in injuries is reported for all causes and cause-specific ones—alongside persisting inequalities between countries and, in a majority of studies, within countries. Studies investigate diverse questions in different population groups. Depending on the social measure and injury outcome considered, many report inequalities in injuries albeit to a varying degree. Despite the downward trends in risk levels, relative social inequalities in injuries remain a persisting public health issue in the European Region. MDPI 2019-02-22 2019-02 /pmc/articles/PMC6406953/ /pubmed/30813329 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16040653 Text en © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Review Sengoelge, Mathilde Leithaus, Merel Braubach, Matthias Laflamme, Lucie Are There Changes in Inequalities in Injuries? A Review of Evidence in the WHO European Region |
title | Are There Changes in Inequalities in Injuries? A Review of Evidence in the WHO European Region |
title_full | Are There Changes in Inequalities in Injuries? A Review of Evidence in the WHO European Region |
title_fullStr | Are There Changes in Inequalities in Injuries? A Review of Evidence in the WHO European Region |
title_full_unstemmed | Are There Changes in Inequalities in Injuries? A Review of Evidence in the WHO European Region |
title_short | Are There Changes in Inequalities in Injuries? A Review of Evidence in the WHO European Region |
title_sort | are there changes in inequalities in injuries? a review of evidence in the who european region |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6406953/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30813329 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16040653 |
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