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Availability of informal social support and the impact on health services utilization among women in community corrections who engage in substance use and risky sexual behavior: New York City, 2009–2012

Health & Justice, 2022
Background Women under community supervision in the U.S. experience high rates of substance use and HIV/STDs and face multiple barriers to healthcare services.
Karli R. Hochstatter, Melissa N. Slavin, Louisa Gilbert, Dawn Goddard-Eckrich, Nabila El-Bassel   +4 more
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Controle social informal e a responsabilização de jovens infratores [PDF]

Caderno CRH, 2014
Explicações da criminalidade baseadas em teorias de controle social defendem que o enfraquecimento dos laços sociais e a não internalização dos padrões morais favorecem o cometimento de crimes. O objetivo deste estudo foi verificar se jovens infratores que cumprem medidas socioeducativas em meio aberto e já passaram, ou não, por medida de internação ...
Mourão, Aline Nogueira Menezes, Silveira, Andréa Maria   +1 more
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‘Value-based methodology for person-centred, integrated care supported by Information and Communication Technologies’ (ValueCare) for older people in Europe: study protocol for a pre-post controlled trial

BMC Geriatrics, 2022
Background Older people receive care from multiple providers which often results in a lack of coordination. The Information and Communication Technology (ICT) enabled value-based methodology for integrated care (ValueCare) project aims to develop and ...
E. L. S. Bally, A. van Grieken, L. Ye, M. Ferrando, M. Fernández-Salido, R. Dix, O. Zanutto, M. Gallucci, V. Vasiljev, A. Carroll, A. Darley, A. Gil-Salmerón, S. Ortet, T. Rentoumis, N. Kavoulis, O. Mayora-Ibarra, N. Karanasiou, G. Koutalieris, J. A. Hazelzet, B. Roozenbeek, D. W. J. Dippel, H. Raat, on behalf of the ValueCare consortium   +22 more
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The Impact of Social Capital on Community Resilience: A Comparative Study of Seven Flood-Prone Communities in Nanjing, China

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Social capital plays a crucial role in enhancing community resilience during flood disasters. This study investigates the influence of social capital on community resilience in Nanjing, China.
Yi Chen, Hui Liu, Shuchang Lin, Yueping Wang, Qian Zhang, Liaoling Feng   +5 more
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Association between Social Relationship and Glycemic Control among Older Japanese: JAGES Cross-Sectional Study.

PLoS ONE, 2017
AimThe present study examined whether social support, informal socializing and social participation are associated with glycemic control in older people.MethodsData for this population-based cross-sectional study was obtained from the Japan ...
Kenichi Yokobayashi, Ichiro Kawachi, Katsunori Kondo, Naoki Kondo, Yuiko Nagamine, Yukako Tani, Kokoro Shirai, Susumu Tazuma, JAGES group   +8 more
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Social Structure and Informal Social Control in Rural Communities [PDF]

International Journal of Rural Criminology, 2011
The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between social structure and crime in rural counties of the United States. Social structures are assumed to be associated with informal control of crime, and as well, it is assumed that structural changes in rural communities influence changes in the level of informal social control of crime ...
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An investigation of the factors underlying informal settlement growth: The case of Burayu City, Ethiopia

Heliyon
Informal settlements in developing countries' cities are becoming more and more widespread. The city of Burayu is no exception to this trend. To address the challenges involved, it is important to understand the reasons for the prevalence and ...
Tefera Beyera Bayuma, Birhanu Girma Abebe   +1 more
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Elderly patients’ decision-making embedded in the social context: a mixed-method analysis of subjective norms and social support

BMC Geriatrics, 2020
Background Older patients are increasingly encouraged to be actively involved but how they perceive their role in the decision-making process varies according to their health care providers and their health situation.
Kirti D. Doekhie, Martina Buljac-Samardzic, Mathilde M. H. Strating, Jaap Paauwe   +3 more
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Predictors of the prevalence and importance of the observed trinary control system in rural China

Humanities & Social Sciences Communications
Western criminological literature continues to focus on the binary control system (formal vs. informal), while China has long employed the trinary system (formal, semiformal, and informal) in its construction of social control.
Shanhe Jiang, Dawei Zhang, Darrell D. Irwin, Xin Jiang, Yichen Zhao   +4 more
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It takes a village: Fixed-effects analysis of neighborhood collective efficacy and children's development

Journal of Epidemiology, 2017
Background: Previous studies suggest that neighborhood social capital is associated with children's mental health. The purpose of this study was to examine the association between neighborhood collective efficacy and children's psychosocial development.
Kayoko Ichikawa
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