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Island Studies Journal 1(2), Book Reviews
Island Studies Journal, 2006 _Island Studies Journal_, 1(2), Book reviews.
Island Studies Journal
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Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 2023 Background A preponderance of evidence suggests that higher income inequality is associated with poorer population health, yet recent research suggests that this association may vary based on other social determinants, such as socioeconomic status (SES ...
Steven A. Cohen +3 more
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A critical analysis of the impact of Island Studies Journal: retrospect and prospect
Island Studies Journal, 2015 This paper offers a critical review and reflection on the first decade of publishing of scholarly and review articles in Island Studies Journal. Following brief comments on the politics of publishing in any field, and in island studies per se, attention ...
E. Stratford
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Community-based social determinants of three measures of mortality in Rhode Island cities and towns
Archives of Public Health, 2020 Background Efforts to understand and address the causes of place-based health disparities have focused primarily on understanding the social determinants of health on a large geographic level, such as the region, state, or county.
Steven A. Cohen +2 more
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Archaeology’s Contribution to Island Studies
Island Studies Journal, 2007 Archaeology has, and will continue to make, some important contributions to the broad field of ‘island studies’. In this essay, I discuss four major topics in island archaeology that are helping to shape the way we think about islands. These include: (1) seafaring and the human maritime diaspora; (2) the effects of aquatic boundaries and isolation; (
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Introduction: Towards an Expanded Concept of Island Studies
, 2016 In one sense, islands are easy to characterise, the working definition being that they are areas of land wholly surrounded by water. But the edges of that definition are blurred.
P. Hayward
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Returning from the Horizon: Introducing Urban Island Studies
, 2015 Island studies tends to focus on peripheral, isolated, and marginal aspects of island communities, while urban studies has showed scant awareness of islandness: Although many people research cities on islands, there is little tradition of researching ...
Adam Grydehøj +8 more
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A note on the significance of geographic location in island studies
Island Studies Journal, 2014 This exploratory study suggests that over half of island welfare can be explained primarily by geographic proximity to world markets and affiliated political status.
J. Mcelroy, H. Lucas
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BMJ Open, 2020 Objectives To determine if adults with overweight or obesity received counselling from their healthcare providers (HCPs) to lose weight and/or adopt healthful behaviours associated with weight loss, and whether they took action on their HCPs ...
Mary L. Greaney +4 more
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Island Studies Journal, 2(1), Book Reviews
Island Studies Journal, 2007 _Island Studies Journal_, 2(1), Book ...
Island Studies Journal
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