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Measuring Resilience in Marginalised Urban Communities: A South African Township Pilot Study [PDF]

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2021
Marginalised urban communities need to build their resilience to environmental and social shocks and stressors. A first step in this process will be measuring the existing resilience strengths and weaknesses of such communities. Past approaches to this can appear constrained in their understanding of resilience, or may not convert resilience frameworks
Haley, Justin, Heeks, Richard, Van Belle, Jean-Paul   +2 more
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Opposing book bans: a resilient and subversive information practice

Information Research: An International Electronic Journal
Introduction. In this paper, we discuss the concepts of censorship, resilience and information precarity. We explain the framework of information precarity and emphasise the agentic responses of marginalised communities, then show that book bans ...
Shannon M. Oltmann, Fatima Espinoza Vasquez   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Securitization and the construction of security [PDF]

, 2008
Those interested in the construction of security in contemporary international politics have increasingly turned to the conceptual framework of `securitization'.
Aradau, Claudia, Beck, Ulrich, Bigo, Didier, Booth, Ken, Butler, Judith, Buzan, Barry, Buzan, Barry, Buzan, Barry, Campbell, David, Ciuta, Felix, Croft, Stuart, Dalby, Simon, Dalby, Simon, Doty, Roxanne, Guild, Elspeth, Hansen, Lene, Hansen, Lene, Huysmans, Jef, Huysmans, Jef, Klein, Bradley S., Matt McDonald, Wæver, Ole   +21 more
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Doing gender locally: The importance of ‘place’ in understanding marginalised masculinities and young men’s transitions to ‘safe’ and successful futures [PDF]

, 2017
Observable anxieties have been developing about the position of boys and young men in contemporary society in recent years. This is expressed as a crisis of masculinity, in which place is often implicitly implicated, but is rarely considered for its role
Anderson E., Anderson E., Anna Tarrant, Bannister J., Brandth B., Brid Featherstone, Connell R. W., Deuchar R., Gareth Terry, Goffman E., Goffman E., Gorman-Murray A., Gunter A., Heward C., Hoff Summers C., Kimmel M., Kimmel M., Majors R., Martin Robb, Martino W., Michael R. M. Ward, Miller J., Morris E., Rutherford J., Sandy Ruxton, Sewell T., van Hoven B., Ward M. R.M., Whitehead S. M., Willis P.   +29 more
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Disparities and intersectionality in social support networks: addressing social inequalities during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond

Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought social injustice and inequalities to the forefront of global public health. Members of marginalised communities, such as racial/ethnic and sexual minorities, and persons with disabilities, have been shown to be more ...
Yusen Zhai, Xue Du
doaj   +1 more source

Re‐Awakening Public Attention to the Silent Pandemic of Cancer Among Older Adults in Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries

Aging and Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As global populations age, cancer is increasingly becoming a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among older adults, particularly in low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs). Despite accounting for the majority of new cancer cases and deaths, older individuals remain underrepresented in cancer research, clinical guidelines, and health ...
Ibrahim Bidemi Abdullateef, Sunkanmi Folorunsho, Abdulazeez Opeyemi Abdulganiyu   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

An investigation of culturally competent terminology in healthcare policy finds ambiguity and lack of definition

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2013
Objective : This research explored how the concept of cultural competence was represented and expressed through health policies that were intended to improve the quality and efficacy of healthcare provided to families from culturally marginalised ...
Julian Grant, Yvonne Parry, Pauline Guerin   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The interaction between non-governmental organisations and marginalized communities to build self-sustaining capacity to transfer, absorb and use building technologies in indigenous housing [PDF]

, 2009
Different organisations outside the public and private sectors, such as non governmental organisations (NGOs), are involved in generating, introducing, and promoting capacity building and technology, particularly in marginal areas of less developed ...
Ingirige, MJB, Madubuko, LN, Sexton, MG
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Health, community and development : towards a social psychology of participation [PDF]

, 2000
Population ageing is one of the major contemporary issues facing societies across the world. Originally framed as a major social and economic challenge, demographic ageing is now beginning to be seen as offering huge potential to individuals as well as ...
Bernard, Brown, Buffel, Campbell, Cheng, Cong, Cotten, Emlet, Flick, Golant, Guo, Hoffman, Hosegood, Howarth, Keating, Kirkby-Geddes, Knodel, Lehning, Li, Lui, Lui, Martinson, McCall, Means, Menec, Nelson, Phillipson, Raymond, Roos, Roos, Scharf, Scharlach, Stephens, Sum, Tang, Vasunilashorn, Wahl, Walsh, Warburton, Warburton, Warburton, Wiles, World Health Organization (WHO), World Health Organization (WHO)   +43 more
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Testing a Personalized Approach to Chronic Low Back Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial in Older Veterans

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective We aimed to test the efficacy of personalized treatment of older veterans with chronic low back pain (CLBP) delivered by Aging Back Clinics (ABCs) as compared with usual care (UC). Methods Two hundred ninety‐nine veterans aged 65 to 89 with CLBP from three Veterans Affairs (VA) medical centers underwent baseline testing, randomization to ABC ...
Debra K. Weiner, Angela Gentili, Meika A. Fang, Edward Garay, Laura Lawson, Lenore Joseph, Cathy C. Lee, Michelle I. Rossi, Beverly Thorn, Subashan Perera   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source