Uwe Helmert

Biographic Data

ID	1729595
NAME	Uwe Helmert
GIVEN NAMES	Uwe
FAMILY NAME	Helmert
SIGNATURE	HELMERT U
AFFILIATIONS	University of Bremen
VERIFIED	No
TOTAL WORKS	12
TOTAL CITATIONS	74
AUTHOR COUNT	12
EDITOR COUNT	0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR	1992
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR	2011
H-INDEX	4

Social inequalities, regional disparities and health inequity in North African countries
Open AccessAbdesslam Boutayeb, Uwe HelmertARTICLEInternational Journal for Equity…2011
During the last decades, North African decision makers have endeavoured to improve social and economic conditions of their populations. Globally, health, education and living standard in general have substantially improved in average. However, North African countries have still a long way to go to reduce social inequalities and health inequity at different levels: rural-urban, advantaged-marginalised regions and cities, between groups of differen…
State and Healthcare: Comparing OECD Countries
Achim Schmid, Claus Wendt et al.BOOKState and Healthcare2010
Association between educational level and vegetable use in nine European countries
Open AccessRitva Prättälä, Samu Hakala et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2009
Objective The relationship of socio-economic status and vegetable consumption is examined in nine European countries. The aim is to analyse whether the pattern of socio-economic variation with regard to vegetable consumption is similar in all studied countries with high v . low vegetable availability and affordability, and whether education has an independent effect on vegetable consumption once the effects of other socio-economic factors have be…
Female ever-smoking, education, emancipation and economic development in 19 European countries
Open AccessM Schaap, Maartje M Schaap et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2009Cited by: 10References: 1
Time to retire - Time to die? A prospective cohort study of the effects of early retirement on long-term survival
Open AccessHilke Brockmann, Rolf Müller et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2009Cited by: 11References: 19
Effect of nationwide tobacco control policies on smoking cessation in high and low educated groups in 18 European countries
M Schaap, M M Schaap et al.ARTICLETobacco Control2008
Countries with more developed tobacco control policies have higher quit ratios than countries with less developed tobacco control policies. High and low educated smokers benefit about equally from the nationwide tobacco control policies
Higher smoking prevalence in urban compared to non-urban areas: Time trends in six European countries
Open AccessBashir Idris, Katrina Giskes et al.ARTICLEHealth & Place2006Cited by: 11References: 3
Trends in socioeconomic inequalities in self-assessed health in 10 European countries
Anton E Kunst, Vivian Bos et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2005
BACKGROUND: Changes over time in inequalities in self-reported health are studied for increasingly more countries, but a comprehensive overview encompassing several countries is still lacking. The general aim of this article is to determine whether inequalities in self-assessed health in 10 European countries showed a general tendency either to increase or to decrease between the 1980s and the 1990s and whether trends varied among countries. METH…
Der Wandel der Staatlichkeit im Gesundheitswesen von OECD-Ländern - Fragestellungen, Untersuchungsdesign und erste Ergebnisse
Uwe Helmert, Mirella Cacace et al.ARTICLEDas Gesundheitswesen2005
In the framework of the DFG-Research-Unit 597 "Transformation of the State" is Project C3 investigating the change of the role of the state in health care systems in OECD-countries between 1970 and 2000. The primary research hypothesis is, that a tendency of convergence exists regarding the role of the state for the three main dimensions of health care systems, namely service provision, financing and regulation. This is carried out firstly based …
Persistent variations in average height between countries and between socio-economic groups: An overview of 10 European countries
Open AccessAdriënne E J M Cavelaars, Anton E Kunst et al.ARTICLEAnnals of Human Biology2000
The persistence of international differences in average height into the youngest birth cohorts indicates a high degree of continuity of differences between countries in childhood living conditions. Similarly, the persistence of education-related height differences indicates continuity of socio-economic differences in childhood living conditions, and also suggests that socio-economic differences in childhood living conditions will continue to cont…
Differences in self reported morbidity by educational level: A comparison of 11 western European countries
Adriënne E J M Cavelaars, A E Cavelaars et al.ARTICLEJournal of Epidemiology and…1998Cited by: 39References: 11
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To assess whether there are variations between 11 Western European countries with respect to the size of differences in self reported morbidity between people with high and low educational levels. DESIGN AND METHODS: National representative data on morbidity by educational level were obtained from health interview surveys, level of living surveys or other similar surveys carried out between 1985 and 1993. Four morbidity indicator…
Social inequities in cardiovascular disease risk factors in East and West Germany
Open AccessUwe Helmert, Andreas Mielck et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine1992Cited by: 3References: 19

Social inequities in cardiovascular disease risk factors in East and West Germany
Open AccessUwe Helmert, Andreas Mielck et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine1992Cited by: 3References: 19
Differences in self reported morbidity by educational level: A comparison of 11 western European countries
Adriënne E J M Cavelaars, A E Cavelaars et al.ARTICLEJournal of Epidemiology and…1998Cited by: 39References: 11
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To assess whether there are variations between 11 Western European countries with respect to the size of differences in self reported morbidity between people with high and low educational levels. DESIGN AND METHODS: National representative data on morbidity by educational level were obtained from health interview surveys, level of living surveys or other similar surveys carried out between 1985 and 1993. Four morbidity indicator…
Persistent variations in average height between countries and between socio-economic groups: An overview of 10 European countries
Open AccessAdriënne E J M Cavelaars, Anton E Kunst et al.ARTICLEAnnals of Human Biology2000
The persistence of international differences in average height into the youngest birth cohorts indicates a high degree of continuity of differences between countries in childhood living conditions. Similarly, the persistence of education-related height differences indicates continuity of socio-economic differences in childhood living conditions, and also suggests that socio-economic differences in childhood living conditions will continue to cont…
Trends in socioeconomic inequalities in self-assessed health in 10 European countries
Anton E Kunst, Vivian Bos et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2005
BACKGROUND: Changes over time in inequalities in self-reported health are studied for increasingly more countries, but a comprehensive overview encompassing several countries is still lacking. The general aim of this article is to determine whether inequalities in self-assessed health in 10 European countries showed a general tendency either to increase or to decrease between the 1980s and the 1990s and whether trends varied among countries. METH…
Der Wandel der Staatlichkeit im Gesundheitswesen von OECD-Ländern - Fragestellungen, Untersuchungsdesign und erste Ergebnisse
Uwe Helmert, Mirella Cacace et al.ARTICLEDas Gesundheitswesen2005
In the framework of the DFG-Research-Unit 597 "Transformation of the State" is Project C3 investigating the change of the role of the state in health care systems in OECD-countries between 1970 and 2000. The primary research hypothesis is, that a tendency of convergence exists regarding the role of the state for the three main dimensions of health care systems, namely service provision, financing and regulation. This is carried out firstly based …
Higher smoking prevalence in urban compared to non-urban areas: Time trends in six European countries
Open AccessBashir Idris, Katrina Giskes et al.ARTICLEHealth & Place2006Cited by: 11References: 3
Effect of nationwide tobacco control policies on smoking cessation in high and low educated groups in 18 European countries
M Schaap, M M Schaap et al.ARTICLETobacco Control2008
Countries with more developed tobacco control policies have higher quit ratios than countries with less developed tobacco control policies. High and low educated smokers benefit about equally from the nationwide tobacco control policies
Association between educational level and vegetable use in nine European countries
Open AccessRitva Prättälä, Samu Hakala et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2009
Objective The relationship of socio-economic status and vegetable consumption is examined in nine European countries. The aim is to analyse whether the pattern of socio-economic variation with regard to vegetable consumption is similar in all studied countries with high v . low vegetable availability and affordability, and whether education has an independent effect on vegetable consumption once the effects of other socio-economic factors have be…
Female ever-smoking, education, emancipation and economic development in 19 European countries
Open AccessM Schaap, Maartje M Schaap et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2009Cited by: 10References: 1
Time to retire - Time to die? A prospective cohort study of the effects of early retirement on long-term survival
Open AccessHilke Brockmann, Rolf Müller et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2009Cited by: 11References: 19
State and Healthcare: Comparing OECD Countries
Achim Schmid, Claus Wendt et al.BOOKState and Healthcare2010
Social inequalities, regional disparities and health inequity in North African countries
Open AccessAbdesslam Boutayeb, Uwe HelmertARTICLEInternational Journal for Equity…2011
During the last decades, North African decision makers have endeavoured to improve social and economic conditions of their populations. Globally, health, education and living standard in general have substantially improved in average. However, North African countries have still a long way to go to reduce social inequalities and health inequity at different levels: rural-urban, advantaged-marginalised regions and cities, between groups of differen…