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From Poverty to Disaster and Back: a Review of the Literature
Economics of Disasters and Climate Change, 2020 Poor people are disproportionally affected by natural hazards and disasters. This paper provides a review of the multiple factors that explain why this is the case.
S. Hallegatte +4 more
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Effectiveness of the non-profit organisation 'Grandmothers Against Poverty and AIDS' - a study
Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine, 2005 No abstract available.
Kathleen Brodrick, Mandisa Mafuya
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Microbiology Research, 2023 The rising migration and travel from and towards endemic areas has brought renewed concerns about many parasitic infections, including neglected tropical diseases, such as schistosomiasis.
Valentina Dimartino +4 more
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, 2023 Poverty is typically measured with respect to some measure of individual or household resources, such as income or expenditure. However, there is no formal reason why poverty can not also be measured with respect to other important dimensions of the human condition, such as health or education. Here we review the analysis of health poverty.
Bénédicte Apouey, David Madden
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Timing of poverty in childhood and adolescent health: Evidence from the US and UK [PDF]
, 2018 Childhood poverty is associated with poorer adolescent health and health behaviours, but the importance of the timing of poverty remains unclear.
Crosnoe, Robert +4 more
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Clinical Correlates of Deliberate Self-Harm Among Migrant Trauma-Affected Subgroups
Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2021 Introduction: Studies have shown that exposure to potentially traumatic events (PTEs) during the migration process has serious consequences on mental health.
Francesca Baralla +7 more
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A New Statistic: The US Census Bureau’s Supplemental Poverty Measure [PDF]
, 2012 This article examines the dynamic relationship between macroeconomic performance and measures of poverty in the United States. The article is organized as follows.
Jefferson, Philip N.
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Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 2005 This glossary addresses the complex nature of poverty and raises some conceptual and measurement issues related to poverty in the public health literature, with a focus on poor countries.
M, Mowafi, M, Khawaja
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Reproductive Health, 2019 Background Expanding contraceptive method choices for sexually active youth is critical to prevent STIs/HIV and unintended pregnancies. However, preferences and decision making around contraception among young adults are not well understood. A new female
Katherine Gambir +3 more
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Social assistance programme impacts on women's and children's diets and nutritional status
Maternal and Child Nutrition, 2022 Investments in social assistance programmes (SAPs) have accelerated alongside interest in using SAPs to improve health and nutrition outcomes. However, evidence of how design features within and across programme types influence the effectiveness of SAPs ...
Deanna K. Olney +5 more
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