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Perceived difficulty of getting help to reduce or abstain from substances among sexual and gender minority men who have sex with men (SGMSM) and use methamphetamine during the early period of the COVID-19 pandemic

Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 2021
Background This study examined the perceived difficulty of getting help with substance use among sexual and gender minorities who have sex with men (SGMSM) who use methamphetamine during the early COVID-19 period.
Kiffer Card, Madison McGuire, Jordan Bond-Gorr, Tribesty Nguyen, Gordon A. Wells, Karyn Fulcher, Graham Berlin, Nicole Pal, Mark Hull, Nathan J. Lachowsky   +9 more
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Combining climate, economic, and social policy builds public support for climate action in the US

Environmental Research Letters, 2020
Despite the gravity of the climate threat, governments around the world have struggled to pass and implement climate policies. Today, politicians and advocates are championing a new idea: linking climate policy to other economic and social reforms.
Parrish Bergquist, M. Mildenberger, L. Stokes   +2 more
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The Inclusiveness of Maternity Leave Rights over 120 Years and across Five Continents

Social Inclusion, 2021
Even though paid maternity leave was the earliest form of social protection specifically aimed at women workers and is fundamental in securing their economic independence vis-à-vis employers and spouses, it has received scant scholarly attention. Neither
Keonhi Son, Tobias Böger
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Hearing dogs for people with severe and profound hearing loss: a wait-list design randomised controlled trial investigating their effectiveness and cost-effectiveness

Trials, 2021
Background Hearing loss increases the risk of poor outcomes across a range of life domains. Where hearing loss is severe or profound, audiological interventions and rehabilitation have limited impact.
Lucy Stuttard, Philip Boyle, Caroline Fairhurst, Catherine Hewitt, Francesco Longo, Simon Walker, Helen Weatherly, Emese Mayhew, Bryony Beresford   +8 more
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International Policy Responses and Early Management of Threats Posed by the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic to Social Care

Journal of Long-Term Care, 2020
Context: People with prior health conditions are susceptible to severe and sometimes fatal outcomes of the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, that causes the disease COVID-19.
Caroline Emmer De Albuquerque Green, Jill Manthorpe, Nicole Steils, Martin Stevens, Stephen Martineau, John Woolham, Katharine Orellana, Caroline Norrie, Amelia Ionescu, Esther Wiskerke, Kritika Samsi, Stephanie Bramley, Michelle Cornes, Anne Marie Rafferty, Ivanka Ezhova, Ann Leahy   +15 more
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Evaluating the feasibility and impact of case rate payment for recovery support navigator services: a mixed methods study

BMC Health Services Research, 2020
Background Acute 24-h detoxification services (detox) are necessary but insufficient for many individuals working towards long-term recovery from opiate, alcohol or other drug addiction.
Maria E. Torres, Mary Brolin, Lee Panas, Grant Ritter, Dominic Hodgkin, Margaret Lee, Elizabeth Merrick, Constance Horgan, Jonna C. Hopwood, Andrea Gewirtz, Natasha De Marco, Nancy Lane   +11 more
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Decentring social policy? [PDF]

Journal of Social Policy, 2008
AbstractConstitutional change offers the opportunity for a major departure in the nature and direction of policy, practices and governance in social policy. This article explores some of the impacts devolution has for the discipline of social policy, suggesting that devolutionmattersfor social policy as a field of research and study, and for the ...
Williams, Charlotte, Mooney, Gerry
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Creating Overall Measurements of Unidimensional Constructs for Comparative Research: A Methodological Study

Ask, 2021
Standardization of measurement is a prerequisite for cross-national and/or overtime comparative analyses. However, there are instances in the literature where the validation of constructs resulted in producing scales or subscales defined differently from
Anastasia Charalampi, Eva Tsouparopoulou, Joanna Tsiganou, Catherine Michalopoulou   +3 more
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Collecting survey data among the 50+ population during the COVID-19 outbreak: The Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE)

Survey Research Methods, 2020
While the COVID-19 crisis resulted in a vast number of new research projects springing up like mushrooms everywhere, it had severe consequences for ongoing survey research and in particular for running data collections.
Annette Scherpenzeel, Kathrin Axt, Michael Bergmann, Salima Douhou, Andrea Oepen, Gregor Sand, Karin Schuller, Stephanie Stuck, Melanie Wagner, Axel Börsch-Supan   +9 more
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Socioeconomic inequalities in health behaviors: exploring mediation pathways through material conditions and time orientation

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2021
Background Socioeconomic inequalities in health behaviors have been attributed to both structural and individual factors, but untangling the complex, dynamic pathways through which these factors influence inequalities requires more empirical research ...
Andrea L. Mudd, Frank J. van Lenthe, Sanne E. Verra, Michèlle Bal, Carlijn B. M. Kamphuis   +4 more
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