Quantifying reciprocal relationships between poverty and health: combining a causal loop diagram with longitudinal structural equation modelling

• Main Authors: Laurens Reumers (Author), Niels Hameleers (Author), Henk Hilderink (Author), Marleen Bekker (Author), Maria Jansen (Author), Dirk Ruwaard (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background This study takes on the challenge of quantifying a complex causal loop diagram describing how poverty and health affect each other, and does so using longitudinal data from The Netherlands. Furthermore, this paper elaborates on its methodological approach in order to facilitate r...