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Conceptualising quality early childhood education: Learning from young children in Brazil and South Africa through creative and play‐based methods

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract Early childhood has increasingly been acknowledged as a vital time for all children. Inclusive and quality education is part of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, with the further specification that all children have access to quality pre‐primary education.
Laura H. V. Wright, Irene Rizzini, Malibongwe Gwele, Lynn McNair, Cristina Laclette Porto, Marsha Orgill, E. Kay M. Tisdall, Malcolm Bush, Linda Biersteker   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Measuring health inequalities between genders and age groups with realization of potential life years (RePLY)

, 2007
Objective We propose a new method to measure health inequalities caused by conditions amenable to policy intervention and use this to identify health differences between sexes and age groups.
Petrie, Dennis, Tang, K. K., Dennis Petrie, Kam Ki Tang, Tang, Kam Ki, Rao, D. S. Prasada, DS Prasada Rao, Rao, D. S. P., Petrie, D.   +8 more
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Social inequalities in health in the Arctic region: from observing to serving. [PDF]

Scand J Public Health, 2023
Lundblad MW, Broderstad AR, Njølstad I.
europepmc   +1 more source

How cold is too cold? A theoretical analysis of the optimal trigger for index insurance for frost damage to crops

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Crop insurance is undoubtedly an extremely valuable element in protecting agricultural businesses, but in many cases standard indemnity‐based products have had very low uptake due to high transaction costs elevating premiums to unaffordable levels.
Amogh Prakasha Kumar, Laura Meriluoto, Richard Watt   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Do differences in the administrative structure of populations confound comparisons of geographic health inequalities? [PDF]

, 2010
<p>Background: Geographical health inequalities are naturally described by the variation in health outcomes between areas (e.g. mortality rates). However, comparisons made between countries are hampered by our lack of understanding of the effect of
Jackson, A.L., Carolyn A Davies, Alastair H Leyland, Andrew L Jackson, Davies Carolyn A, Leyland Alastair H, Davies, C.A., Leyland, A.H., Jackson Andrew L   +8 more
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Mental health care reform in Belgium: interorganisational networks

International Journal of Integrated Care, 2012
Griet De Roeck, Mark Leys
doaj   +3 more sources

Editorial: Women in science: life-course epidemiology and social inequalities in health 2022. [PDF]

Front Public Health, 2023
Lee M.
europepmc   +1 more source

Trade Realignments and the Need for Integrated Modeling Research in Latin America's Agri‐Food Sector

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Emiliano Lopez Barrera
wiley   +1 more source

Redistributive land reforms, agricultural productivity, and structural change: New cross‐national evidence

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Large‐scale land reforms constitute a substantial redistribution of wealth and reallocation of agricultural land, which is a major form of asset and production input in developing countries. While land redistribution (from the rich to the poor) remains a highly controversial issue, extensive evidence on its effect is limited.
Devashish Mitra, Abdulaziz B. Shifa, Lan Anh Tong, Mehmet A. Ulubasoglu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Economic Determinants of Health Inequalities [PDF]

It has been argued by several commentators (e.g. Wilkinson, Evans) that psycho-social stress associated with an individual’s relative position in the social and economic hierarchy is a predominant determinant of their health status, with an individual’s ...
David Mayston
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