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PRECARIOUSNESS AND FOOD: SOCIAL AND SUPPORT NETWORKS IN SOCIAL CANTEENS

Demetra, 2018
The current study was carried out in the economic crisis context that has been affecting Europe and, consequently, Spain since 2008. Based on the ethnographic approach, it analyzes the reconfiguration of social networks focused on supporting people who ...
Ursula Verthein
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The role of social networks and women empowerment in medicine

Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Pública, 2020
Today, the number of doctors and health professionals who use social networks as main venues for communication is increasing. Social networks offer new ways to connect and can facilitate almost instantaneous communication without geographical boundaries ...
Elizabeth Espinoza-Portilla, Victor J. Linares-Cabrera   +1 more
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The Social Networks and Social Support of Siblings of Children with Cancer

Children, 2022
Siblings of children with cancer need support to ameliorate the challenges they encounter; however, little is known about what types and sources of support exist for siblings.
Sarah E. Wawrzynski, Melissa A. Alderfer, Whitney Kvistad, Lauri Linder, Maija Reblin, Jia-Wen Guo, Kristin G. Cloyes   +6 more
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Support Networks for Social Innovation: Insights from Ireland

Journal of Social Entrepreneurship, 2023
This article explores the support structures for social innovation from a network perspective, applying a qualitative enriched Social Network Analysis (SNA) to investigate them. The analysis draws on a survey distributed among three hundred and twenty-one (321) social innovation organisation in Ireland, of which sixty-two (62) valid responses were ...
Chatzichristos, Georgios, Olmedo, Luca, van Twuijver, Mara, O'Shaughnessy, Mary   +3 more
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The Economic Resource Receipt of New Mothers [PDF]

, 2006
U.S. federal policies do not provide a universal social safety net of economic support for women during pregnancy or the immediate postpartum period but assume that employment and/or marriage will protect families from poverty.
Angrist, J., Becker, G. S., Bumpass, L., Chandler, T. D., Cheryl Elman, Coontz, S., Durkheim, E., Edin, K., England, P., Federman, M., Goldin, C., Gordon, L., Hatchett, S. J., Hays, S., Iams, H. M., Kathryn M. Feltey, Laabs, J., Laura Nichols, Martinson, B. C., Mincer, J., Modell, J., Moynihan, D., Murray, C., National Partnership for Women and Families, Patterson, O., Petersen, T., Piven, F. F., Retsinas, N. P., Rossi, A. S., Smith, K. E., Spalter-Roth, R., Stack, C. B., Sweet, J., Sweet, J. A., U. S. Census Bureau, U. S. Census Bureau, U. S. Census Bureau, Wellman, B.   +37 more
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SOCIAL CAPITAL, SUPPORT NETWORKS AND BLACK ELDERLY PERSONS

Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk, 2007
The Department of Social Services and Poverty Alleviation in the Western Cape sees itself as the lead Department for social capital formation. (Department of Social Services and Poverty Alleviation, 2005:5).
Francis Howes
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The role of informational support from women’s social networks on antenatal care initiation: qualitative evidence from pregnant women in Uganda

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2022
Background Early and appropriate use of antenatal care services is critical for reducing maternal and neonatal mortality and morbidity. Yet most women in sub-Saharan Africa, including Uganda, do not seek antenatal care until later during pregnancy.
Alison B. Comfort, Alison M. El Ayadi, Carol S. Camlin, Alexander C. Tsai, Hadija Nalubwama, Josaphat Byamugisha, Dilys M. Walker, James Moody, Tatyana Roberts, Umar Senoga, Paul J. Krezanoski, Cynthia C. Harper   +11 more
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Electronic Social Networks as Supporting Means of Educational Process in Higher Education Institutions [PDF]

, 2019
Given research describes experience of electronic social networks use in educational practices. It was determined that electronic social networks can be a powerful tool for support of educational process in higher education institutions, namely to ...
Buriachok, Volodymyr, Deinega, I, Iatsyshyn, A, Iatsyshyn, A, Kovach, V, Kovalenko, V   +5 more
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Hikester - the event management application

, 2018
Today social networks and services are one of the most important part of our everyday life. Most of the daily activities, such as communicating with friends, reading news or dating is usually done using social networks.
Khatipov, Rinat, Mazzara, Manuel, Negimatzhanov, Aydar, Rivera, Victor, Zakirov, Anvar, Zamaleev, Ilgiz   +5 more
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Interaction design and emotional wellbeing [PDF]

, 2012
The World Health Organisation has concluded that emotional wellbeing is fundamental to our quality of life. It enables us to experience life as meaningful and is an essential component of social cohesion, peace and stability in the living environment
Coyle, David, Lindley, Sian, Linehan, Conor, Tang, Karen P.   +3 more
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