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The impact of a private sector living wage intervention on consumption and cardiovascular disease risk factors in a middle income country

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Public Health, January 2018
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Title
The impact of a private sector living wage intervention on consumption and cardiovascular disease risk factors in a middle income country
Published in
BMC Public Health, January 2018
DOI 10.1186/s12889-018-5052-2
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David H. Rehkopf, Katharine Burmaster, John C. Landefeld, Sarah Adler-Milstein, Emily P. Flynn, Maria Cecilia Acevedo, Jessica C. Jones-Smith, Nancy Adler, Lia C. H. Fernald

Abstract

A positive association of socioeconomic position and health is well established in high-income countries. In poorer nations, however, higher income individuals often have more cardiovascular risk factors (including obesity) than do those with less income. Our study goal was to estimate the effects of receiving a living wage (340% higher income) on short-term changes in consumption and cardiovascular risk factors among low-wage workers in a middle-income country. This cross-sectional study matched workers at an apparel factory (n=105) in the Dominican Republic with those at a similar factory (n=99) nearby, 15 months after the intervention factory introduced a substantially higher living wage. Statistical matching on non-time varying individual characteristics (childhood health, childhood living conditions, work experience, demographic factors) strengthened causal inference. Primary outcomes were blood pressure (systolic and diastolic), pulse rate, body mass index and waist circumference. Secondary outcomes were dietary consumption and spending on services, consumables and durable goods. Receiving the living wage was associated with increased consumption of protein, dairy, soda and juice and sugars, but not with cardiovascular risk factors. Intervention factory workers spent more on grocery items and household durable goods. While having a higher income in a middle-income country might be expected to increase obesity and its associated health risks, the current study found no short-term negative associations. There may be possible longer-term negative health consequences of increases in consumption of soda, juice and sugars, however. It is important to consider complementary interventions to support healthy dietary intake in areas with increasing wages.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 62 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 9 15%
Student > Master 6 10%
Student > Bachelor 6 10%
Researcher 5 8%
Student > Doctoral Student 4 6%
Other 9 15%
Unknown 23 37%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Social Sciences 7 11%
Medicine and Dentistry 7 11%
Nursing and Health Professions 7 11%
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 5 8%
Engineering 3 5%
Other 5 8%
Unknown 28 45%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 63. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 16 November 2020.
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