Publications by authors named "Wanda Monika Johanna Van Hemelrijck"
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- - The study investigates how smoking-attributable mortality (SAM) affects socioeconomic mortality inequalities across England, Wales, Finland, and Italy from 1972 to 2017, focusing on trends related to education levels and sex.
- - Results show that while inequalities in SAM decreased for males in England and Wales, and Finland, they increased for females—except in Italy, where trends were different, especially among men.
- - The research indicates that changing trends in SAM based on education and gender significantly impact overall mortality inequalities, highlighting risks for Finnish and Italian women in future smoking-related health inequalities.
Background And Aims: This paper assesses the impact of estimation methods for general and education-specific trends in alcohol-attributable mortality (AAM), and develops an alternative method that can be used when the data available for study is limited.
Methods: We calculated yearly adult (30+) age-standardised and age-specific AAM rates by sex for the general population and by educational level (low, middle, high) in Finland and Turin (Italy) from 1972 to 2017. Furthermore the slope index of inequality and relative inequality index were computed by country and sex.
Introduction: Cross-national comparison suggests that the timing of the obesity epidemic differs across socio-economic groups (SEGs). Similar to the smoking epidemic, these differences might be described by the diffusion of innovations theory, which states that health behaviours diffuse from higher to lower SEGs. However, the applicability of the diffusion of innovations theory to long-term time trends in obesity by SEG is unknown.
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- Diabetes is a serious illness that needs constant care, and it's even harder for people who have to leave their homes and migrate.
- The study interviewed 20 people with diabetes living in Belgium to see how they managed their condition during their journey.
- It found that while Belgium had good diabetes care, many struggles like finding healthy food and worrying about safety made it tough for them to manage their health.
This study explored views of Moroccan migrant women on barriers and facilitators to the organized breast cancer screening program in Brussels (Belgium), and the potential of targeted printed invitations to increase this population's attendance to the program. We conducted one expert interview with the breast cancer screening program coordinator on current practices and challenges with regards to inviting Moroccan migrant women in Brussels for screening. Secondly, we held focus groups with Moroccan women aged 26-66.
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