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Assessing the Impact of Shallow Renovation on Energy Poverty: A Primary Data Study
Energies, 2023 One of the main identified causes of energy poverty (EP) is the low energy efficiency of housing. In this line, since 2018, public administrations and NGOs collaborating with the Naturgy Foundation’s Energy Renovation Solidarity Fund have implemented ...
Roberto Barrella +3 more
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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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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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, 2020 This paper discusses the role of social scientific expertise in the emergence of poverty as a problem and a priority for public intervention in the United States during the 1960s. That the social scientific experts defined “the poverty problem” narrowly, as a problem of individuals lacking income or otherwise caught in a “cycle of poverty,” can be ...
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BMC Public Health, 2019 Background In Italy, the number of individuals who have forgone medical examinations or treatments for economic reasons is one of the highest in Europe.
Alessio Petrelli +4 more
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International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2020 Objective: This study aimed to address the prevalence of infectious diseases in a population of unaccompanied immigrant minors living in reception centres of Rome, Italy. Methods: The study was carried out from January 2013 to January 2019.
Rosalia Marrone +5 more
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International Journal of Agricultural Research, Innovation and Technology, 2020 Bangladesh is one of the most densely populated countries with immense pressure on agricultural land in rural areas. Mainstream of the rural households depend on either agriculture or its associated activities for their livelihood.
AK Ghosh, MHK Sujan
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The poverty of the concept of ‘poverty eradication’
South African Medical Journal, 2015 It is clear that the World Bank definition of poverty is outdated and requires revision. A brief review of how poverty and income levels are defined is offered to provide insight into the shortcomings of such definitions and into what ‘eradicating poverty in all its forms’ would mean if considered within more realistic boundaries.
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Poverty Relief or Poverty Eradication?
Acta Theologica, 2013 The author challenges the reader to make two mindshifts: from a focus on poverty relief to an emphasis on poverty eradication; and from viewing the poor as the objects of poverty alleviation to accepting them as the subjects of poverty eradication. The case is argued and a practical approach towards poverty eradication is proposed.
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Pathogens, 2023 Background: Female Sex Workers (FSWs) are at high risk for acquisition and transmission of sexually transmission infections (STIs). Although several studies investigated the diffusion of STIs in this population, none of them investigated the occurrence ...
Rosalia Marrone +8 more
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