Educational attainment and health transitions over the life course: testing the potential mechanisms | Zendy

Marko Elovainio | Zendy; Tom Rosenström | Zendy; Christian Hakulinen | Zendy; Laura Pulkki-Råbäck | Zendy; Sari Mullola | Zendy; Markus Jokela | Zendy; Kim Josefsson | Zendy; Olli T. Raitakari | Zendy; Liisa KeltikangasJärvinen | Zendy

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Educational attainment and health transitions over the life course: testing the potential mechanisms

Author(s) -

Marko Elovainio,

Tom Rosenström,

Christian Hakulinen,

Laura Pulkki-Råbäck,

Sari Mullola,

Markus Jokela,

Kim Josefsson,

Olli T. Raitakari,

Liisa KeltikangasJärvinen

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.916

H-Index - 82

eISSN - 1741-3850

pISSN - 1741-3842

DOI - 10.1093/pubmed/fdv124

Subject(s) - life course approach , educational attainment , association (psychology) , psychology , public health , self rated health , health education , gerontology , developmental psychology , medicine , nursing , economics , psychotherapist , economic growth

It has been shown that higher education associates with health outcomes, but the less is known about the specific mechanisms mediating this association. We examined whether higher education would associate with long-term health transitions from childhood to adulthood and whether health behaviors, self-esteem, social support and work-related health hazards could mediate or confound this association.

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