Copious evidence shows a positive association between socio-economic status and health both within and across countries. In this axis, we take a rather broad view of the social determinants of health literature and examine how social and economic factors, as well as institutions and policies, shape individuals鈥� vulnerability to and experience of poor health outcomes. For example, researchers in this axis have worked on several key questions such as 1) how access to private health insurance influences use of health care, 2) how the social and economic conditions in childhood affects adult men鈥檚 and women鈥檚 health in Mexico, 3) how social factors such as race, education, and neighborhood effects are associated with adverse reproductive health outcomes, 4) how pregnancy, fertility, and marriage impact women鈥檚 mental health, and 5) how social factors influence adolescent men and women鈥檚 risks of acquiring HIV in sub-Saharan Africa. Research conducted in this axis pays particular attention to issues of population health, sexual and reproductive health, and child health.
Members working in this area: Jill Baumgartner,听Simona Bignami, Matthieu Chemin, Shelley Clark, Diana Daklallah,听Frank Elgar,听Rebecca Fuhrer, 听Sam Harper, Jay Kaufman, Alissa Koski,听Fabian Lange,听Sonia Laszlo,听Mathieu Maheu-Giroux, Arijit Nandi, Dimitra Panagiotoglou,听Am茅lie Quesnel-Vall茅e, Mylene Riva,听Eran Shor, Erin Strumpf听补苍诲 Seungmi Yang.
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