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Social inequalities [PDF]

Brussels Studies, 2009
Observations Economic and cultural globalisation The Brussels Capital Region has experienced a significant period of economic growth over the past few decades. The service sector has been particularly responsible for this economic performance, largely comprising the European, federal and regional administrations.
Christian Kesteloot, Maarten Loopmans
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Cross-border mobility in European countries: associations between cross-border worker status and health outcomes

BMC Public Health, 2021
Background Mobility of workers living in one country and working in a different country has increased in the European Union. Exposed to commuting factors, cross-border workers (CBWs) constitute a potential high-risk population.
Lucas Nonnenmacher, Michèle Baumann, Etienne le Bihan, Philippe Askenazy, Louis Chauvel   +4 more
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Pathways to social inequality [PDF]

Evolutionary Human Sciences, 2019
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Hannah J. Haynie, Patrick H. Kavanagh, Fiona Jordan, Carol Ember, Russell Gray, Simon J. Greenhill, Kathryn R. Kirby, Geoff Kushnick, Bobbi S. Low, Ty Tuff, Bruno Vilela, Carlos A. Botero, Michael C. Gavin   +12 more
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Why and how has the United Kingdom become a high producer of health inequalities research over the past 50 years? A realist explanatory case study

Health Research Policy and Systems, 2023
Background Evidence on health inequalities has been growing over the past few decades, yet the capacity to produce research on health inequalities varies between countries worldwide and needs to be strengthened.
Lucinda Cash-Gibson, Eliana Martinez-Herrera, Joan Benach   +2 more
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Key epidemiological indicators and spatial autocorrelation patterns across five waves of COVID-19 in Catalonia

Scientific Reports, 2023
This research studies the evolution of COVID-19 crude incident rates, effective reproduction number R(t) and their relationship with incidence spatial autocorrelation patterns in the 19 months following the disease outbreak in Catalonia (Spain).
Francesc Belvis, Alberto Aleta, Álvaro Padilla-Pozo, Juan-M. Pericàs, Juan Fernández-Gracia, Jorge P. Rodríguez, Víctor M. Eguíluz, Charles Novaes De Santana, Mireia Julià, Joan Benach, the COVID-SHINE group   +10 more
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Precarious Employment and Stress: The Biomedical Embodiment of Social Factors. PRESSED Project Study Protocol

Frontiers in Public Health, 2021
The PRESSED project aims to explain the links between a multidimensional measure of precarious employment and stress and health. Studies on social epidemiology have found a clear positive association between precarious employment and health, but the ...
Mireia Bolibar, Mireia Bolibar, Francesc Xavier Belvis, Francesc Xavier Belvis, Pere Jódar, Alejandra Vives, Fabrizio Méndez, Fabrizio Méndez, Xavier Bartoll-Roca, Oscar J. Pozo, Alex Gomez-Gomez, Alex Gomez-Gomez, Eva Padrosa, Eva Padrosa, Joan Benach, Joan Benach, Joan Benach, Mireia Julià, Mireia Julià   +18 more
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Employment and working conditions of nurses: where and how health inequalities have increased during the COVID-19 pandemic?

Human Resources for Health, 2021
Background Nurses and midwives play a critical role in the provision of care and the optimization of health services resources worldwide, which is particularly relevant during the current COVID-19 pandemic. However, they can only provide quality services
Alba Llop-Gironés, Ana Vračar, Gisela Llop-Gironés, Joan Benach, Livia Angeli-Silva, Lucero Jaimez, Pramila Thapa, Ramesh Bhatta, Santosh Mahindrakar, Sara Bontempo Scavo, Sonia Nar Devi, Susana Barria, Susana Marcos Alonso, Mireia Julià   +13 more
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A binational analysis of infant mortality among crisis-driven diasporas and those who remain: a population-based study in Colombia and Venezuela

BMJ Global Health, 2022
Objective To assess the health cost (or benefit) of crisis-driven migration by focusing on the infant mortality rate (IMR) of the Colombian diaspora in Venezuela and the Venezuelan diaspora in Colombia.Methods We compare national to diaspora IMRs over ...
Jenny Alejandra Garcia Arias, Andres Felipe Castro Torres   +1 more
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A novel conceptual model and heuristic tool to strengthen understanding and capacities for health inequalities research

Health Research Policy and Systems, 2020
Background Despite increasing evidence on health inequalities over the past decades, further efforts to strengthen capacities to produce research on this topic are still urgently needed to inform effective interventions aiming to address these ...
Lucinda Cash-Gibson, Matthew Harris, Germán Guerra, Joan Benach   +3 more
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Social media, social justice? Consideration from a career development perspective [PDF]

, 2016
Inside the overall context of careers development, this article will explore how social media relates to social justice through exploring two contrasting perspectives.
Staunton, Tom
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