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Jacob Spallek

Researcher at Brandenburg University of Technology

Publications -  147
Citations -  2206

Jacob Spallek is an academic researcher from Brandenburg University of Technology. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 22, co-authored 120 publications receiving 1714 citations. Previous affiliations of Jacob Spallek include University of Mainz & Leibniz Association.

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What do we have to know from migrants' past exposures to understand their health status? a life course approach

TL;DR: An extended approach to understand migrant health comprising a life course epidemiology perspective is discussed, which enables the consideration of risk factors and disease outcomes over the different life phases of migrants, which is necessary to understand the health situation of migrants and their offspring.
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Explaining socioeconomic inequalities in self-rated health: a systematic review of the relative contribution of material, psychosocial and behavioural factors

TL;DR: The findings show that multiple factors are important for tackling social inequalities in health, and strategies for reducing these inequalities should focus on material/structural living conditions as they shape conditions of psychosocial resources and health behaviour.
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Soziale Ungleichheit und Gesundheit

TL;DR: In this article, a vorliegende beitrag beschreibt die Entwicklung und Etablierung der Sozialepidemiologie in Deutschland and stellt den aktuellen empirischen Forschungsstand dar, weshalb die Analyse der sozialen Unterschiede in der Morbiditat and Mortalitat auch kunftig eine zentrale Aufgabe der Public-Health-Forschung im
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[Social inequality and health: Status and prospects of socio-epidemiological research in Germany].

TL;DR: The development and establishment of social epidemiology in Germany is described and the current status of research is presented and different models for explaining health inequalities are described.
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Migration und Gesundheit

TL;DR: Munz et al. as discussed by the authors show that Deutschland is ein Zuwanderungsland, obwohl deutschland und seine Vorlauferstaaten durch die zentralale Lage in Europa schon immer Durchwanderings-and Zuzugsgebiete waren.