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Volunteering, Crime and Secondary School Attendance: Evidence From Queensland

open access: yesAustralian 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   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Functional polymorphisms in the TERT promoter are associated with risk of serous epithelial ovarian and breast cancers.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2011
Genetic variation at the TERT-CLPTM1L locus at 5p15.33 is associated with susceptibility to several cancers, including epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC). We have carried out fine-mapping of this region in EOC which implicates an association with a single ...
Jonathan Beesley   +63 more
doaj   +1 more source

Where Imprisonment, Housing Instability and Wellbeing Intersect: Evidence From Over Two Decades of Data

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study draws on life event data on housed former prisoners from the nationwide indefinite life panel, Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey, spanning more than two decades. This study investigates, using panel data methods, if social connectedness mediates the association between incarceration and unstable ...
Christopher L. Ambrey, Renee Zahnow
wiley   +1 more source

Medicated Optimism

open access: yesHealth Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Do people experiencing depression form accurate expectations about losing their jobs? Linking Estonian panel survey data to administrative employment, diagnosis, and prescription records, I track within‐person changes in expected job loss and subsequent realized job loss as individuals move into and out of depression and depression medication.
Penglong Li
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of climate-related disasters on loneliness, social support, social functioning, and social contacts: longitudinal analyses of impact and recovery

open access: yesScientific Reports
Climate-related changes and disasters may disrupt relationships and ties. Drawing on 10 years of data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) surveys, we examine the effects of climate-related disasters on loneliness, social ...
Jack Lam, Ang Li
doaj   +1 more source

The Impact of ESG on Green Innovation: The Mediating Roles of Digitalization and Information Disclosure

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how ESG performance influences green innovation, focusing on its underlying mechanisms and heterogeneous effects across firms and regions. Using panel data for Chinese A‐share listed companies from 2009 to 2023, we employ a two‐way fixed effects model and use ESG fund exposure as an instrumental variable to support causal ...
Yingying Ouyang   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Optimal Resources for Children's Surgery 2: Tiered Quality Improvement Recommendations for Children's Surgical Care Across Health System Levels

open access: yesWorld Journal of Surgery, EarlyView.
The previously published Optimal Resources for Children's Surgical Care (OReCS) addressed disparities in access to high‐quality children's surgery in low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs) with an emphasis on physical and human resources. Data from high‐income countries (HICs) show a clear advantage in outcomes when there is an investment in quality ...
Sabrina Sedano   +120 more
wiley   +1 more source

Optimal Resources for Children's Surgery 2: Updates on Training and Education Recommendations

open access: yesWorld Journal of Surgery, EarlyView.
The practice of pediatric surgery, and surgery in general, in low‐and middle‐income countries (LMICs) presents multiple challenges. Beyond limitations in physical and human resources, there is a great disparity in the quality and accessibility of training programs in LMICs.
Cathrine Nixon   +121 more
wiley   +1 more source

Optimal Resources for Children's Surgery 2: Tiered Recommendations for Minimum Essential Children's Surgical Procedures Across Health System Levels

open access: yesWorld Journal of Surgery, EarlyView.
In 2015 the World Health Assembly (WHO), based on recommendations by the Lancet Commission on Global Surgery, passed resolution (68:15) on strengthening emergency and essential surgical care and anesthesia as a component of universal health coverage. However, children's surgery was not adequately represented and in response, the Global Initiative for ...
Arpita Biswangree   +121 more
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond Inflation: The Adequacy of Out‐of‐Home Care Allowances in Australia

open access: yesAustralian Economic Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Research Question This study examines whether home‐based (foster, kinship or relative) out‐of‐home care (OOHC) allowances in New South Wales, Australia, adequately reflect the contemporary costs of caring for children. Research Findings We find that real median expenditure among families with children increased by 23%–30% between 2006 and 2022,
Ou Yang   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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