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School of Public Health

AG 8: Demography and health

Campus der Universität Bielefeld
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G-HEALTH - Project

Gender Inequalities in Health and Mortality: Role of Biology and Social Factors

The second pillar of the G-HEALTH project investigates how men and women change their health behaviors after a stressful life event, such as a diagnosis of a new (incurable) disease, (acute) hospitalization, or a death in the family. Leveraging high-quality Nordic register data, we extend this research to examine whether and how the effect of a health shock on health behaviors differ between same-sex and different-sex couples.

Other studies within this project examine whether women and men report their health differently, and whether gender-specific patterns of health reporting are consistent across different levels of education and across race/ethnicity groups. To investigate whether reporting behavior modifies gender differences in general health, we apply a cutting-edge statistical method to the large-scale population-based surveys, such as the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe and the U.S. Health and Retirement Survey.

 

Publications:

  1. Höhn, A., Oksuzyan, A, Lindahl-Jacobsen, R., Christensen, K., Seaman, R. Decomposing Sex Differences in Remaining Hospitalization-Free Years at Age 60 by Age and Cause of Admission to Hospital in Denmark, 1995–2014. European Journal of Aging 2021; 18:443–451. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10433-021-00614-w
  2. Caputo, J., Danko, M.J., Brønnum-Hansen, H., Oksuzyan, A. Helpful Reminders? Health Survey Participation and Doctor’s Visits. Survey Research Methods 2020; 14:5, 487-497.  https://doi.org/10.18148/srm/2020.v14i5.7642
  3. Höhn, A., Gampe, J., Lindahl-Jacobsen, R., Christensen, K., Oksuzyan, A. Do men avoid seeking medical advice? A register-based analysis of gender-specific changes in primary healthcare use after first hospitalization at ages 60+ in Denmark. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health 2020; 74:573-579. https://doi.org/10.1136/jech-2019-213435 
  4. Oksuzyan, A., Dańko, M.J., Caputo, J., Jasilionis, D., Shkolnikov, V.M. Is the story about sensitive women and stoical men true? Gender differences in health after adjustment for reporting behavior. Social Science & Medicine 2019; 228: 41-50. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.03.002
  5. Carollo, A., Oksuzyan, A., Drefahl, S., Camarda, C. G., Christensen, K., van Raalte, A. A. Does the age difference between partners influence the career achievements of women? Demographic Research 2019; 41: 15, 425–460. DOI:10.4054/DemRes.2019.41.15
  6. Santacroce, A., Wastesson J.W., Höhn, A., Christensen, K., Oksuzyan, A. Gender differences in the use of anti-infective medications before and after widowhood: A register-based study. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2018; 72:526-531 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jech-2017-210114
  7. Zarulli, V., Barthold Jones, J. A., Oksuzyan, A., Lindahl-Jacobsen, R., Christensen, K., Vaupel, J. W. Women live longer than men even during severe famines and epidemics. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2018: 115 (4) E832-E840. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1701535115
  8. Oksuzyan, A., Jacobsen, R., Glaser, K., Tomassini, C., Vaupel, J.W., Christensen K. Sex differences in medication and primary healthcare use before and after spousal bereavement at older ages in Denmark – nationwide register study of over 6000 bereavements. Journal of Aging Research, 2011; 2011: 1-8. http://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2011/678289
  9. Oksuzyan, A., Maier, H., McGue, M., Vaupel, J.W., Christensen, K. Sex differences in the level and rate-of-change of physical function and grip strength in the Danish 1905-Cohort Study. Journal of Aging and Health 2010; 22(5):589-610. https://doi.org/10.1177/0898264310366752
  10. Oksuzyan, A., Petersen, I., Stovring, H., Bingley, P., Vaupel, J.W., Christensen K. The male-female health-survival paradox: A survey and register study of the impact of sex-specific selection and information bias. Annals of Epidemiology 2009; 19:504-511. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annepidem.2009.03.014
  11. Oksuzyan, A., Juel, K., Vaupel, J. W., Christensen, K. Men: good health and high mortality; sex differences in health and aging. Aging Clinical and Experimental Research 2008; 20(2):91-102. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03324754
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