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SOCIAL INEQUALITIES AND POVERTY [PDF]

Hum, 2019
We live in the period of high and fast technical and technological progress, in the period in which human destinies are burdened by new temptations and new challenges, period in which globalization process activities multiplied individuals and groups of ...
Irena Musa
doaj  

Socioeconomic inequalities in coronary heart disease risk in older age: contribution of established and novel coronary risk factors

, 2009
Background: Evidence on socioeconomic inequalities in coronary heart disease (CHD) and their pathways in the elderly is limited. Little is also known about the contributions that novel coronary risk factors (particularly inflammatory/hemostatic markers ...
Morris, RW, R. W. MORRIS, Whincup, PH, Papacosta, O, Lennon, L., G. LOWE, O. PAPACOSTA, Lowe, G., Rumley, A., A. RUMLEY, S. G. WANNAMETHEE, Whincup, P. H., Ramsay, S. E., Wannamethee, SG, Morris, R. W., P. H. WHINCUP, Lowe, G.D., Papacosta, O., Wannamethee, S. G., S. E. RAMSAY, Ramsay, SE, Rumley, A, Lennon, L, L. LENNON, Lowe, G   +24 more
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Artificial Intelligence and Access to Justice at the ‘Shop Front’: The Potential and Limitations of Meeting Legal Need Through Technology

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In Australia, governments fund Community Legal Centres (CLCs) as part of the legal assistance sector (LAS) to meet the ‘legal needs’ of people experiencing disadvantage who cannot afford private legal services. Persistent unmet demand for CLCs is well‐documented. As artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly used in private legal practice to
Catherine Hastings, Art Cotterell, Farzana Bruce   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Excess winter mortality in Finland, 1971–2019: a register-based study on long-term trends and effect modification by sociodemographic characteristics and pre-existing health conditions

BMJ Open
Objectives Excess winter mortality is a well-established phenomenon across the developed world. However, whether individual-level factors increase vulnerability to the effects of winter remains inadequately examined.
Hanna Remes, Pekka Martikainen, Lasse Tarkiainen, Michael Murphy, Ulla Suulamo   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

To What Extent Do Australian Government Metrics Align With Indigenous and Non‐Indigenous Conceptualisations of Wellbeing? A Scoping Review of Wellbeing Frameworks

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Indigenous wellbeing theories offer potential to better measure social and cultural determinants. This scoping review aimed to identify the types of metrics used by the Australian government to assess wellbeing and evaluate the alignment of current frameworks against Indigenous and non‐Indigenous conceptualisations of wellbeing.
Sophie Wright‐Pedersen, Edward J. O'Connor, Megan Rebuli, Tiana Thorne, Naomi Kakoschke, Ray Mahoney   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mortality inequalities in times of economic growth: time-trends in socio-economic and regional inequalities in under-5 mortality in Indonesia, 1982-1997

, 2006
Study objective: To examine time trends in socioeconomic and regional inequalities in under 5 mortality in Indonesia during almost two decades of economic growth.
Houweling, A.J. (Tanja), Houweling, AJ, Kunst, A.E. (Anton), Mackenbach, Johan, Borsboom, Gerard, Houweling, Tanja, Kunst, AE, Houweling, Tanja A. J., Mackenbach, JP, Borsboom, G.J.J.M. (Gerard), Borsboom, G, Kunst, Anton E., Mackenbach, Johan P., Kunst, Anton, Houweling, Tanja; id_orcid, Mackenbach, J.P. (Johan)   +15 more
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Quantifying the Sites of Government, Commercial, and Personal Systems‐Perpetrated Financial Abuse

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study explores the institutional systems through which post‐separation financial abuse is perpetrated. While existing measures seek to quantify the harms experienced by women post‐separation, this study draws on financial, welfare and legal service casefiles to identify where such harms occur. Drawing on 76 de‐identified Victorian service
Kay Cook, Adrienne Byrt, Rachael Burgin, Georgina Dimopoulos   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Programmatic Bias in the Discussion on Social Mechanisms in Sociology

, 2013
Cardona A. The Programmatic Bias in the Discussion on Social Mechanisms in Sociology. SFB 882 Working Paper Series. Vol 23. Bielefeld: DFG Research Center (SFB) 882 From Heterogeneities to Inequalities; 2013.Over the last two decades, the concepts of ...
Cardona, Andrés
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Sociodemographic Factors Associated with Hours Worked by Primary Carers in Australia

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Primary caregivers constitute a major unpaid workforce in Australia. The aim of this study was to determine the sociodemographic factors that are associated with carer workloads. Multinomial logistic regression modelling was applied to the nation‐wide Australian Government survey.
Andrew J. Hamilton
wiley   +1 more source

Smoking and social inequality [PDF]

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2004
openaire   +3 more sources