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Social assistance programme impacts on women's and children's diets and nutritional status

open access: yesMaternal 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
doaj   +1 more source

Child poverty and changes in child poverty [PDF]

open access: yesDemography, 2008
Abstract This article offers a cross-country overview of child poverty, changes in child poverty, and the impact of public policy in North America and Europe. Levels and changes in child poverty rates in 12 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries during the 1990s are documented using data from the ...
Wen-Hao, Chen, Miles, Corak
openaire   +2 more sources

The poverty of the concept of ‘poverty eradication’

open access: yesSouth 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It is clear that the World Bank definition of poverty is outdated and requires revision.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.
openaire   +4 more sources

Poverty in Scotland 2016: Tools for Transformation

open access: yes, 2016
Poverty in Scotland 2016, the latest edition in a now well-established series, provides an indispensable and authoritative overview of the poverty and anti-poverty policies that form the context for a newly elected Scottish Parliament set to enjoy ...

core   +5 more sources

Causal effects of education on sexual and reproductive health in low and middle-income countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis

open access: yesSSM: Population Health, 2019
Background: Despite strong theoretical grounding, important gaps in knowledge remain regarding the degree to which there is a causal relationship between education and sexual and reproductive health, as many claims have been made based on associations ...
Stephanie R. Psaki   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Assessing the Impact of Shallow Renovation on Energy Poverty: A Primary Data Study

open access: yesEnergies, 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
doaj   +1 more source

The geography and economics of forgoing medical examinations or therapeutic treatments in Italy during the economic crisis

open access: yesBMC 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
doaj   +1 more source

Understanding Changes in Poverty

open access: yes, 2014
Understanding Changes in Poverty brings together different methods to decompose the contributions to poverty reduction. A simple approach quantifies the contribution of changes in demographics, employment,
Saavedra-Chanduvi, Jaime   +6 more
core   +1 more source

Ovarian Sex Cord Stromal Tumors in Children and Adolescents—The European Standard Clinical Practice Recommendations

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As part of the European Cooperative Study Group for Paediatric Rare Tumours initiative, we developed standard clinical practice guidelines for ovarian sex cord stromal tumors, based on comprehensive national and international cohort analyses, literature review, and a final expert consensus conference.
Dominik T. Schneider   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Challenges of Poverty: Parents' voices [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The Child Poverty Action Group Early Warning System (EWS) gathers information and case studies about the impact of welfare reform on children and families across Scotland.  This EWS short report is published as part of Challenge Poverty Week 2017 to
Treanor, Morag   +2 more
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