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Punching above their weight: a network to understand broader determinants of increasing life expectancy

Overview of attention for article published in International Journal for Equity in Health, August 2018
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
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Title
Punching above their weight: a network to understand broader determinants of increasing life expectancy
Published in
International Journal for Equity in Health, August 2018
DOI 10.1186/s12939-018-0832-y
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Authors

Fran Baum, Jennie Popay, Toni Delany-Crowe, Toby Freeman, Connie Musolino, Carlos Alvarez-Dardet, Vinya Ariyaratne, Kedar Baral, Paulin Basinga, Mary Bassett, David M. Bishai, Mickey Chopra, Sharon Friel, Elsa Giugliani, Hideki Hashimoto, James Macinko, Martin McKee, Huong Thanh Nguyen, Nikki Schaay, Orielle Solar, Sundararaman Thiagarajan, David Sanders

Abstract

Life expectancy initially improves rapidly with economic development but then tails off. Yet, at any level of economic development, some countries do better, and some worse, than expected - they either punch above or below their weight. Why this is the case has been previously researched but no full explanation of the complexity of this phenomenon is available. In order to advance understanding, the newly formed Punching Above Their Weight Research Network has developed a model to frame future research. It provides for consideration of the following influences within a country: political and institutional context and history; economic and social policies; scope for democratic participation; extent of health promoting policies affecting socio-economic inequities; gender roles and power dynamics; the extent of civil society activity and disease burdens. Further research using this framework has considerable potential to advance effective policies to advance health and equity.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 61 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 9 15%
Student > Master 8 13%
Student > Ph. D. Student 7 11%
Student > Postgraduate 4 7%
Student > Doctoral Student 3 5%
Other 8 13%
Unknown 22 36%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Nursing and Health Professions 11 18%
Medicine and Dentistry 7 11%
Social Sciences 6 10%
Psychology 2 3%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 1 2%
Other 5 8%
Unknown 29 48%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 43. 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 29 December 2023.
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#948,302
of 25,311,095 outputs
Outputs from International Journal for Equity in Health
#113
of 2,204 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#19,867
of 337,389 outputs
Outputs of similar age from International Journal for Equity in Health
#7
of 57 outputs
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