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Social Support Network among People Living with HIV/AIDS in Iran

AIDS Research and Treatment, 2013
This study considers social network interactions as a potential source of support for individuals living with HIV/AIDS in Iran. This cross-sectional study was conducted on 224 people with HIV/AIDS who refer to behavioral counseling centers.
Ameneh Setareh Forouzan, Zahra Jorjoran Shushtari, Homeira Sajjadi, Yahya Salimi, Masoumeh Dejman   +4 more
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Incidence of Plasmodium falciparum malaria infection in 6-month to 45-year-olds on selected areas of Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea

Malaria Journal, 2021
Background Extensive malaria control measures have been implemented on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea over the past 16 years, reducing parasite prevalence and malaria-related morbidity and mortality, but without achieving elimination.
Vicente Urbano Nsue Ndong Nchama, Ali Hamad Said, Ali Mtoro, Gertrudis Owono Bidjimi, Marta Alene Owono, Escolastica Raquel Mansogo Maye, Martin Eka Ondo Mangue, Genaro Nsue Nguema Okomo, Beltran Ekua Ntutumu Pasialo, Dolores Mbang Ondo, Maria-Silvia Angue Lopez, Fortunata Lobede Mochomuemue, Mariano Obiang Obono, Juan Carlos Momo Besaha, Raul Chuquiyauri, Said Abdallah Jongo, Kassim Kamaka, Ummi Abdul Kibondo, Thabit Athuman, Carlos Cortez Falla, Jeremías Nzamio Mba Eyono, Jordan Michael Smith, Guillermo A. García, José Raso, Elizabeth Nyakarungu, Maxmillian Mpina, Tobias Schindler, Claudia Daubenberger, Laurence Lemiale, Peter F. Billingsley, B. Kim Lee Sim, Thomas L. Richie, L. W. Preston Church, Ally Olotu, Marcel Tanner, Stephen L. Hoffman, Salim Abdulla   +36 more
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Prevalence of problem drinking in the Swedish workforce: differences between labour market industries based on gender composition and main job activity

BMC Public Health
Background Identifying problem drinking patterns across industries is essential for addressing drinking problems in the workforce. Still, it is not well understood how problem drinking differs across industries and whether it is associated with industry ...
Hasan Tareq, Anna Nyberg, Peter Wennberg, David Redmalm, Susanna Toivanen, Aziz Mensah   +5 more
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Social Welfare in the Public-Private State

University of Pennsylvania Law Review, 1966
A new philosophy of social welfare is struggling for recognition in this country. Today's public welfare programs still embody much of the old theory that welfare is a form of charity and that dependency is to be blamed on the individual. A more modern school of thought considers dependency a condition beyond the control of any individual, and seeks to
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From charity to 'not-for-profit': Changes in the role and structure of voluntary social service agencies

, 2006
This chapter discusses findings from a study undertaken in 2001-02 on not-for-profit social service organisations in the regional city of Hamilton, a city of 166,000 people, in the context of changes in New Zealand welfare governance from 1984 to 1999 ...
Barnes, Jo, Jo Barnes
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Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Infection and Risk Behavior in Vaccinated and Non-Vaccinated Paraguayan Young Women

Pathogens
Cervical cancer is a global health concern and ranks fourth among the most prevalent cancers in women worldwide. Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is a known precursor of cervical cancer and preventive measures include prophylactic vaccines.
María Liz Bobadilla, Verónica Villagra, Héctor Castro, Marta von Horoch, Soraya Araya, Gerardo Deluca, Vanessa Salete de Paula   +6 more
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Potentially traumatic experiences pre-migration and adverse pregnancy and childbirth outcomes among women of Somali- and Kurdish-origin in Finland

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2023
Background Women in precarious conditions in their countries of origin, especially those who have left the country as refugees, may have been victims of serious mental and physical violence.
Satu Majlander, Tarja I. Kinnunen, Eero Lilja, Mika Gissler, Anu E Castaneda, Lara Lehtoranta, Päivikki Koponen   +6 more
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In search of factors related to migration affecting children’s health – an analysis of documents guiding health visits within the Swedish school health services

Archives of Public Health, 2023
Background Migration affects the health of children worldwide. Therefore, school nurses who encounter these children as part of their everyday practice need support from guidelines on how to promote the health of children who have migrated or whose ...
Emmie Wahlström, Marie Golsäter, Inger K. Holmström, Peter Larm, Maria Harder   +4 more
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Education policy and welfare regimes in OECD countries. Social stratification and equal opportunity in education. CEPS Working Document No. 357, December 2011 [PDF]

, 2011
In this Working Document we look at which OECD countries deliberately attempt to reproduce social stratification through educational policies, and which countries put greater emphasis on intervening in the stratification process.
Veselkova, Marcela, Thum, Anna-Elisabeth., Beblavy, Miroslav.   +2 more
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Financing Higher Education: Public Choice and Social Welfare [PDF]

Fiscal Studies, 1994
This paper considers the use of fees versus the use of taxation for the finance of higher education in a framework that pays special attention to some of the interdependencies involved. In particular, the use of subsidies, in the form of a higher education grant to students, involves, via the government’s budget constraint, an increase in taxation ...
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