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Matthias Richter
Researcher at Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg
Publications - 248
Citations - 6321
Matthias Richter is an academic researcher from Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg. The author has contributed to research in topics: Socioeconomic status & Public health. The author has an hindex of 35, co-authored 215 publications receiving 5430 citations. Previous affiliations of Matthias Richter include Robert Koch Institute & Bielefeld University.
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Researching health inequalities in adolescents: the development of the Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children (HBSC) family affluence scale.
Candace Currie,Michal Molcho,William F. Boyce,Bjørn Evald Holstein,Torbjørn Torsheim,Matthias Richter +5 more
TL;DR: An overview of HBSC papers published to date that examine FAS-related socioeconomic inequalities in health and health behaviour suggests consistent inequalities in self-reported health, psychosomatic symptoms, physical activity and aspects of eating habits at both the individual and country level.
Inequalities in young people's health: HBSC international report from the 2005/2006 Survey
Candace Currie,Saoirse Nic Gabhainn,Emmanuelle Godeau,Chris Roberts,Rebecca Smith,Dorothy Currie,William Pickett,Matthias Richter,Antony Morgan,Vivian Barnekow +9 more
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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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The role of behavioural factors in explaining socio-economic differences in adolescent health: A multilevel study in 33 countries
Matthias Richter,Michael Erhart,Carine Vereecken,Alessio Zambon,William F. Boyce,Saoirse Nic Gabhainn +5 more
TL;DR: It is suggested that behavioural factors in early adolescence partly account for the association between self-rated health and socio- economic status and prevention programmes should target unhealthy behaviours of adolescents from lower socio-economic groups to help prevent future life-course disadvantages.
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Socio-economic inequality in multiple health complaints among adolescents: international comparative study in 37 countries.
Bjørn Evald Holstein,Candace Currie,William F. Boyce,Mogens Trab Damsgaard,Inese Gobina,Gyöngyi Kökönyei,Jørn Hetland,Margaretha de Looze,Matthias Richter,Pernille Due +9 more
TL;DR: There was a significant association between low FAS and high level of health complaints in 30 of 37 countries and the socio-economic gradient in health complaints at the individual level was somewhat attenuated in the multilevel models which included macro level data.