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‘Shelter is a Dignity’: Rental Racism, Stress and Housing (In)justice
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Australia's private rental sector is in crisis, and culturally and racially minoritised renters face compounded harms through both covert and everyday direct forms of rental racism. Drawing on five community‐based focus groups in Melbourne (n = 37), the paper explores how racism manifests across the rental pathway and how it structures the ...
Erika Martino +3 more
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PLoS ONEBackgroundStunting poses a significant health risk to adolescent girls aged 15-19 in low- and middle-income countries, leading to lower education levels, reduced productivity, increased disease vulnerability, and intergenerational malnutrition.
Hiwot Altaye Asebe +10 more
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The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract The preauricular sulcus has long been debated as a pelvic feature variably attributed to obstetric stress, ligamentous traction, and broader biomechanical processes. To clarify its determinants, we analyzed 409 adult individuals from three archeological and one early modern skeletal collection from the Iberian Peninsula, integrating graded ...
Rebeca García‐González +5 more
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Nutritional Status of Adolescent Girls in Rural Area of Kolar District -A Cross-Sectional Study [PDF]
Al Ameen Journal of Medical Sciences, 2011 Objective: To assess the nutritional status of adolescent girls in selected villages of the Kolar district. Methods: A community-based cross-sectional study was carried out over a period of two months.
M. Sarithareddy +2 more
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The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract Maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality have declined dramatically during the last century. Historical data are therefore important sources to study the evolutionary selection pressures related to childbirth and how they have fluctuated over time.
Mirella Woodert +7 more
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The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract The obstetrical dilemma hypothesis (ODH) proposes an evolutionary trade‐off between obstetric requirements and locomotor performance. However, whether external pelvic breadth measures influence walking energetics during human growth remains poorly understood.
Guillermo Zorrilla‐Revilla +4 more
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Advocacy Case Study: Transforming Indigenous Girls' Lives in Guatemala [PDF]
, 2013 This case study examines how Let Girls Lead partner Asociacion IDEI advocated for increased government funding for adolescent girls' health and education programs by engaging indigenous adolescent girls as leaders in their own advocacy ...
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Adolescent girls’ sexual and reproductive health information needs and barriers in Cape Town
Health SA Gesondheid: Journal of Interdisciplinary Health SciencesBackground: The sexual and reproductive health (SRH) information needs of adolescent girls in developing countries are not being met. Aim: The study explored the sexual and reproductive health information needs, information-seeking behaviour and ...
Natheerah Holtman +2 more
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The “costly son” hypothesis: Sons exacerbate obstetrical dilemmas in humans and other mammals
The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract Human childbirth has often been considered uniquely difficult among mammals, yet recent evidence suggests that obstructed labor and fetopelvic disproportion are widespread across placental mammals. Here, we propose the “costly son” hypothesis: because male offspring are typically larger at birth, they impose greater obstetric risk on mothers ...
Nicole D. S. Grunstra +1 more
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National Journal of Community Medicine, 2018 Background: Adolescence is an intermediate phase of develop- ment between childhood and adulthood. In 2000, Kishori Shakti Yojana (KSY) was initiated with aim of improving nutrition, health status and empowerment of adolescent girls.
Swathi S Aithal +2 more
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