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Gender and exposure pathways to zoonotic infections in communities at the interface of wildlife conservation areas of Uganda: A qualitative study

Global Public Health
The changing climate and increasingly frequent environmental shocks are creating new pressures on land use and intensifying inter-species contact that might foster zoonotic disease transmission.
Collins Agaba, Laura Ferguson, Sarah Emoto, Mercy Haumba, Dennison Kizito, Margarita Kolchina, Ssali Ogwal, Ebenezer Paul, Ruth Stephans, Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, Janet Seeley, Julius J. Lutwama   +11 more
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Food Tastes in the United States: Convergence or Divergence?

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how food consumption tastes have changed in recent decades across the United States. Using NielsenIQ data for over 77 million transactions, there is evidence of divergence in food tastes across regions from 2007 to 2016 and across households of different income, education, and race/ethnicity groups.
Michael DeDad
wiley   +1 more source

The economic burden of health disparities related to socioeconomic status in Israel

Israel Journal of Health Policy Research, 2019
Background Low socioeconomic status (SES) is often associated with excess morbidity and premature mortality. Such health disparities claim a steep economic cost: Possibly-preventable poor health outcomes harm societal welfare, impair the domestic product,
Eran Politzer, Amir Shmueli, Shlomit Avni   +2 more
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The Power of Unity: Collective Action and Smallholder Agricultural Performance in West Africa

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We analyze the impact of collective action through farmer‐based organizations (FBOs) on smallholders' farm performance and income inequality in Ghana, Benin, The Gambia, and Mali. We find that FBO membership increases cereal yield in Ghana and The Gambia, legume yield in Mali, ruminant numbers in Benin and The Gambia, and total farm income in ...
Emmanuel Donkor, Bright Owusu Asante, David Boansi, Victor Owusu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Health inequalities annual report 2020. [PDF]

, 2020
This annual publication presents a comprehensive analysis of health inequality gaps between the most and least deprived areas of Northern Ireland, and within health and social care (HSC) trust and local government district (LGD) areas.
Dunbar, Stewart, Laverty, Caolan, Carson, Philip, Blakley, Hannah   +3 more
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Mental health inequalities and mental health nursing

, 2009
Reducing inequalities in health, including mental health, is of high priority in many national policies. However, it is not yet known how mental health nurses might respond to these policies.
L. ELLIOTT, H. MASTERS, Masters, Hugh, Elliott, Lawrie   +3 more
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THE ECONOMIC BURDEN OF HEALTH INEQUALITIES IN THE UNITED STATES [PDF]

, 2009
We estimated the economic burden of health disparities in the United States using three measures: (1) direct medical costs of health inequalities, (2) indirect costs of health inequalities, and (3) costs of premature death.
LaVeist, Thomas A., Gaskin, Darrell J., Richard, Patrick   +2 more
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Mental health care reform in Belgium: interorganisational networks

International Journal of Integrated Care, 2012
Griet De Roeck, Mark Leys
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Barriers and Facilitators to Retaining and Reengaging HIV Clients in Care

Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care, 2016
Retention in HIV care is critical to decrease disease-related mortality and morbidity and achieve national benchmarks. However, a myriad of barriers and facilitators impact retention in care; these can be understood within the social–ecological model. To
Miriam B. Berger MPH, Kristen A. Sullivan MSW, MA, PhD, Heather E. Parnell MSW, Jennifer Keller MPH, Alice Pollard MSW, MSPH, Mary E. Cox MPH, Jacquelyn M. Clymore MS, Evelyn Byrd Quinlivan MD   +7 more
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What Explains Racial Differences in Farm Succession Planning? Evidence From Decomposition and Counterfactual Analysis

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines racial differences in farm succession planning using survey data from Tennessee farmers. While observed differences between White and Black farmers are small, decomposition and counterfactual analyses show that structural characteristics, particularly farm size, would predict higher succession planning among White farmers ...
Abdelaziz Lawani, Anna‐Liisa Ihuhwa, Armine Poghosyan   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source