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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, Ilan Wiesel, Ang Li, Rebecca Bentley   +3 more
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Competition and Wide Outreach of Microfinance Institutions [PDF]

While the theoretical literature has found that intense competition leads to the poorest borrowers dropping out of the microfinance market, we do not possess sufficient research accumulated for empirical analysis in this field.
KAI, Hisako
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Building the cancer research workforce through implementation of the RACE21 undergraduate cancer research and education program

Discover Education
Background Cancer remains the second leading cause of death in the state of Alabama and disproportionately affects communities that are rural, of lower socioeconomic status, and individuals with high-risk, predisposing conditions such as obesity ...
Michelle S. Johnson, Kathleen C. Haynie, Lalita A. Shevde, J. Michael Wyss   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Genetic counseling toolkit for Vietnamese community outreach

Background. Genetic counseling and genetic testing can inform individuals of appropriate medical management for hereditary cancer predisposition syndromes, yet many underserved populations experience barriers to genetic services.

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Volunteering, Crime and Secondary School Attendance: Evidence From Queensland

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Student absenteeism is a critical issue in Australia and worldwide, with alarming declines in attendance rates further exacerbated by the COVID‐19 pandemic. While research has long highlighted the relevance of school and family factors, less is known about how the broader community context shapes attendance.
Matthias Kubler, Brooklyn Corbett, Annemaree Carroll, Martin Mills, Deborah Lynch, Wojtek Tomaszewski   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rural adolescent attitudes and use of helmets while snowmobiling

Injury Epidemiology
Background Helmet-preventable head injuries are a common cause of snowmobiling-related injury. Our objective was to determine the demographics, helmet use, and attitudes regarding snowmobile helmet use among rural adolescents. Methods An anonymous survey
Brianna J. Iverson, Devin E. Spolsdoff, Pam J. Hoogerwerf, Brenda Vergara, Charles A. Jennissen   +4 more
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More Care, More Workers? Gauging the Impact of Child Care Access on Labor Force Participation

Social Sciences
This study investigates the critical link between child care accessibility and local labor force participation, addressing a gap in current research that often lacks local spatial granularity. While over half of the U.S.
John Reaves, Hope O. Akaeze, Holli A. Schlukebir, Steven R. Miller, Henry O. Akaeze, Jamie Heng-Chieh Wu   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Exceptional Education Outreach Bahamas: 2020-2021 Impact Report

, 2020
Exceptional Education Outreach (EEO) is a non-profit special education and literacy program that operates in the Bahamian Family Islands. EEO’s mission is to partner with the Bahamian Ministry of Education to create a sustainable special education ...
Exceptional Education Outreach (EEO)
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What is the 'problem' that outreach work seeks to address and how might it be tackled? Seeking theory in a primary health prevention programme [PDF]

, 2011
<b>Background</b> Preventive approaches to health are disproportionately accessed by the more affluent and recent health improvement policy advocates the use of targeted preventive primary care to reduce risk factors in poorer individuals and
Mhairi Mackenzie, Mackenzie, M., Wang Yingying, O'Donnell, Catherine, Mackenzie Mhairi, O'Donnell, C.A., Wang, Yingying, Sridharan, Sanjeev, Stephen Platt, Reid Maggie, Yingying Wang, Reid, M., Platt, Stephen, Fiona Turner, Platt Stephen, Clark Julia, Turner, F., Julia Clark, Mackenzie, Mhairi, Clark, J., O'Donnell Catherine A, Maggie Reid, Sridharan Sanjeev, Clark, Julia, Reid, Maggie, Turner, Fiona, Platt, S., Catherine A O'Donnell, Sridharan, S., Turner Fiona, Wang, Y., O'Donnell, Catherine A., Sanjeev Sridharan, O'Donnell, Catherine A   +33 more
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Rheumatology Informatics System for Effectiveness Registry Participation Associated With Significant Gains in Quality Measure Performance: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis

Arthritis &Rheumatology, EarlyView.
Objective To examine the association between participation in a qualified clinical data registry and quality measure performance. Methods We included practices that joined the American College of Rheumatology's Rheumatology Informatics System for Effectiveness (RISE) registry between 2015 and 2021.
Gabriela Schmajuk, Jessica Fitzpatrick, Jing Li, Stephen Shiboski, Emma Kersey, Jinoos Yazdany   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source