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Cold war of strains: the 'Bulgarian' BCG vaccine between Paris, Copenhagen, and Moscow (1940s-1950s). [PDF]

Med Hist
Angelova M.
europepmc   +1 more source

With the Rise of Right‐Wing Governments, Why a One‐Time “50% Health Tax” Will Be a Hard Sell and How It Could Be Implemented

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Recent calls from the World Health Organization (WHO) to globally impose a one‐time tax, labelled as “Health tax”, on tobacco, alcohol and sugar sweetened beverages (SSBs) aim to achieve a 50% retail price increase to reduce consumption and improve health outcomes.
Hazem Abbas, Maha El Tantawi, Manami Hoshi‐Harada, Kenji Takeuchi, Ken Osaka, Carol C. Guarnizo‐Herreño, Marco A. Peres   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Trade-Off Between Entropy and Gini Index in Income Distribution. [PDF]

Entropy (Basel)
Koutsoyiannis D, Sargentis GF.
europepmc   +1 more source

Accountability and Hyperaccountability in Child Protection Scandals

Child &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The number of child abuse–related deaths has decreased significantly in the United Kingdom over the past 50 years, but there remains public and political concern about the actual and perceived risk of child deaths, with resultant processes enacted to supervise child protection practice.
Robin Sen, John Devaney
wiley   +1 more source

Hyperreality, Polarization and Prejudice: Social Media Descriptions of Swedish Child Welfare Services

Child &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines how the Swedish child welfare services (CWSs) are described in Arabic‐speaking social media, with a focus on the ‘LVU campaign.’ The material consists of Facebook and YouTube posts and comments about the Swedish CWSs' actions in child mistreatment cases involving migrant families.
Dana Sofi, Jonas Stier, Emmie Wahlström
wiley   +1 more source

What silence reveals: the quiet abandonment of free health care in North Korea. [PDF]

BMJ Glob Health
Han JH, Ha S, Choi M, Park H, Lee EH, Yu S, Lee YH.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Schools as Sites of Activism: Students' Political Socialisation and Activism at School

Children &Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper explores students' political socialisation and activism at school. It draws on research from two datasets: interviews with 24 activists aged 15–25, and data from a national survey of 1600 school students in Wales. Wales offers a unique perspective as a case study for the enactment of young people's civil and political rights, given ...
Rhian Barrance, Esther Muddiman, Mark Connolly, Kate Marston   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

'At least our pituitaries will see the world': Pituitary gland export from communist Bulgaria. [PDF]

Med Hist
Koleva D.
europepmc   +1 more source

Stressing Equality or Embracing Diversity? How Teen Activists Navigate Societal Beliefs About Youth Activism

Children &Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Civically and politically participating children and teens encounter contrasting societal beliefs about their identities and actions. Some portray them as heroes, others as naive or rebellious; some celebrate their efforts, while others dismiss or diminish them.
Markéta Supa, Martin Nekola, Karolína Šimková, Lydie Karníková   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

From Dissidence to Heroism: Constructing an Ideal Post-Communist Identity in the Czech Republic. [PDF]

East Eur Polit Soc
Blaive M.
europepmc   +1 more source