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Factors Contributing to the Health of 0- to 5-Year-Old Low-Birth-Weight Children in the United States: Application of the Multiple Disadvantage Model

European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education
This secondary data analysis of 1731 low-birth-weight children and their parents in the United States investigated children’s health and its associations with social disorganization, social structural factors, social relationships, health/mental health ...
Tyrone C. Cheng, Celia C. Lo
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Political Identity Convergence: On Being Latino, Becoming a Democrat, and Getting Active

RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences, 2016
The majority of Latinos in the United States identify with the Democratic Party, a tendency with broad political implications as Latinos become an increasingly large segment of the population. Little research, however, has delved into the origins of this
Leonie Huddy, Lilliana Mason, S. Nechama Horwitz   +2 more
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The Interface Between Australia's Aged Care System and the National Disability Insurance Scheme: Population Perspectives

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The interface between Australia's aged care and disability systems has come into sharper focus with the 2023 Review of the National Disability Insurance Scheme recommendation to retain the upper age limit for entry and the introduction of an age criterion for assessment in the Aged Care Act 2024. Both are set at age 65.
Anna L. Howe
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Am J Public Health [PDF]

ObjectivesTo describe long-term national trends in health insurance among veterans in the U.S. from 2000 to 2016, in the context of recent health care reform.MethodsUsing data (2000\u20132016) on veterans aged 18 to 64 from the National Health Interview ...

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Alternative Systeme der Arbeitslosenversicherung: das Beispiel der Vereinigten Staaten und des Vereinigten Königreichs [PDF]

, 2001
Comparing the unemployment insurance systems of the United States and of the United Kingdom it is shown that the US unemployment insurance (UI) is the only system that provides for a negative feedback between UI expenditures and layoffs (“experience ...
Glismann, Hans H., Schrader, Klaus
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Placing Rural in the National Disability Insurance Scheme Review

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The National Disability Insurance Scheme is considered Australia's landmark disability support policy reform. The Scheme's implementation has revealed several benefits but also critical shortcomings. The Scheme's benefits have not been equitably distributed with people living in regional, rural and remote areas receiving less.
Claire Quilliam, Luke Wakely, Louise French, Natalie Ellis, Robyn McNeil, Tony Fallon, Michelle Kersten, Kerryn Bagley, Jo Spong, Robyn Doney, Casey Stubbs, Alison Devitt, Carol McKinstry   +12 more
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County-level factors associated with a mismatch between opioid overdose mortality and availability of opioid treatment facilities.

PLoS ONE
BackgroundOpioid overdose deaths in the United States remain a major public health crisis. Little is known about counties with high rates of opioid overdose mortality but low availability of opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment facilities.
John G Rizk, Jannat Saini, Kyungha Kim, Uzma Pathan, Danya M Qato   +4 more
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U.S. Government Manual 2008-2009 Edition: Department of Labor [PDF]

, 2008
[Excerpt] The purpose of the Department of Labor is to foster, promote, and develop the welfare of the wage earners of the United States, to improve their working conditions, and to advance their opportunities for profitable employment.
U.S. Government Printing Office
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Understanding the Housing and Support Experience of People With Complex Disability in Australia: A Qualitative Analysis of Submissions to the Disability Royal Commission

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In 2019, the Australian government established the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability (‘Disability Royal Commission’, DRC) to investigate widespread mistreatment of people with disability. Nearly 10,000 people with disability, their families and supporters engaged with the DRC.
Kate D'Cruz, Fiona Carey, Libby Witts, Jessie Spence, Peter Mulherin, Megan Topping, Di Winkler, Jacinta Douglas   +7 more
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J Community Health [PDF]

Pertussis is a common vaccine-preventable disease (VPD) worldwide. Its reported incidence has increased steadily in the United States, where it is endemic. Tetanus is a rare but potentially fatal VPD.

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