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Working‐Class Muscles? Co‐Operative Gyms in Interwar Britain

History, EarlyView.
Abstract The Health & Strength League's network of co‐operative gymnasiums constituted one of interwar Britain's most significant yet overlooked physical culture institutions, affiliating over 800 gyms across Britain and Ireland by 1939. Drawing on Health & Strength magazine's editorial content and reader contributions, this article argues that these ...
CONOR HEFFERNAN
wiley   +1 more source

Leprosy and Christian conversion in twentieth-century Inhambane, Mozambique. [PDF]

Hist Cienc Saude Manguinhos
Casimiro I, Machele J.
europepmc   +1 more source

Folklore Studies, Fieldwork and the Making of a Domestic Anthropology in Fin‐de‐Siècle Britain

History, EarlyView.
Abstract This article follows the ‘communities of knowledge‐making’ that formed around folklore collection at the end of the nineteenth century. Often regarded as eccentric or marginal figures in the history of human science, these collectors in fact engaged in lively and sophisticated discussions about the methodologies needed to study the mental ...
HARRY PARKER
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From Accra to Tokyo: African Sportswomen's Excellence and Respectability in Twentieth‐Century Global Sports

History, EarlyView.
Abstract This article analyses the racialized and gendered constraints faced by African sportswomen in international sporting competitions, from the interwar period to the 1980s, with a focus on the policing and expectations framing young international athletes’ acceptable behaviour.
Claire Nicolas
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Framings of Intervention in Spain: From the Civil War to the Franco Dictatorship

History, EarlyView.
Abstract Despite the role of foreign intervention in the Spanish Civil War, the word intervención rarely appeared in contemporary media and official discourse. This article examines the expressions that Republican and rebel authorities used to represent the presence of outside forces in Spain.
Marta Costa Costa
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Sexual Health Problems and Service Needs of Menopausal Women: A Mixed Method Study in Osun State Nigeria. [PDF]

J Menopausal Med
Adedeji AO, Olajubu AO, Aladegboye MK, Olowokere AE.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Normative Turn: Back to Hobhouse?

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Supporters of a recently announced normative turn in sociology acknowledge that what they recommend is by no means entirely new. However, they have given little attention to an early precursor: the British sociologist Leonard Hobhouse. He focussed on the role of the normative in social life and insisted that sociology could, and must, play an ...
Martyn Hammersley
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Demographic predictors on traditional prenatal service uptake among rural Zimbabwean pregnant women. [PDF]

Afr Health Sci
Muzingili T, Chatindo N, Zinyemba L.
europepmc   +1 more source

Towards the Development of a Conceptual Framework of the Determinants of Pre‐Eclampsia: A Hierarchical Systematic Review of Social Determinants

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics &Gynaecology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Existing reviews of pre‐eclampsia determinants have focused on clinical and genetic risk factors. Objective To evaluate social determinants for pre‐eclampsia prevention. Search Strategy Systematic searches were conducted from relevant electronic databases from inception of each database to 30th December 2024.
Mai‐Lei Woo Kinshella, Kelly Pickerill, Sarina Prasad, Olivia Campbell, Jalila Devji, Lívia Vieira Lopes, Rosa Balleny, Terteel Elawad, Rachel Craik, Marie‐Laure Volvert, Hiten D. Mistry, Hannah Blencowe, Véronique Filippi, Peter von Dadelszen, Laura A. Magee, Marianne Vidler, the PRECISE Network   +16 more
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Exploring Water Storage Practices and Determinants for Sustainable Water Supply in Tropical Environments: Advancing SDG 6 Implementation. [PDF]

Environ Health Insights
Ogunbode TO, Oyebamiji VO, Akinkuolie TA.   +2 more
europepmc   +1 more source