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Association of social vulnerability with access to treatment in ovarian cancer patients [PDF]
Gynecologic Oncology ReportsObjectives: To understand disparities in access to treatment for ovarian cancer patients. Methods: A retrospective review of patients who had surgery for ovarian cancer at a comprehensive cancer center from 2018 to 2024 was completed.
Nikita Bastin +4 more
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Transitioning out of illegalization: Cross-border mobility experiences
Frontiers in Human Dynamics, 2022 It is known that opportunities to cross borders legally, acquired through regularization programs, are acknowledged by previously illegalized migrants as one of the main positive effects of obtaining a residence permit.
Liala Consoli +4 more
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BMC Public Health, 2023 Background Health literacy is the ability to find, understand, assess, and apply health information. Individuals suffering from multiple chronic conditions have complex healthcare needs that may challenge their health literacy skills. This study aimed to
Maud Wieczorek +6 more
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International Journal of Public Health, 2023 Objectives: To investigate the association between health literacy (HL) and unhealthy lifestyle behaviours and to explore the moderating role of social connectedness in this relationship in older adults in Switzerland.Methods: We used data from 1,455 ...
Maud Wieczorek +8 more
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Vulnerability assessment of rural social-ecological system to climate change: a case study of Yunnan Province, China [PDF]
International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management, 2021 Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to quantitatively measure the vulnerability level of the whole rural social-ecological system in Yunnan Province and to analyze the spatial differences of the vulnerability in different regions.
Yueyue He, Changchun Zhou, Tanveer Ahmed
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Constructing a social vulnerability index for flooding: insights from a municipality in Sweden
Frontiers in Climate, 2023 Floods disproportionately affect disadvantaged groups. Social vulnerability assessments are the first step in designing just and equitable flood risk reduction strategies. In Sweden, earlier social vulnerability indices apply top-down approaches. In this
Mathilda Englund +5 more
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Adversity specificity and life period exposure on cognitive aging
Scientific Reports, 2023 This study set out to examine the role of different adversities experienced at different life course stages on cognitive aging (i.e., level and change). Data from the longitudinal study: Survey of Health, Ageing, and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) with the
M. Künzi +8 more
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Social vulnerability, frailty and mortality in elderly people. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2008 BACKGROUND:Social vulnerability is related to the health of elderly people, but its measurement and relationship to frailty are controversial. The aims of the present study were to operationalize social vulnerability according to a deficit accumulation ...
Melissa K Andrew +2 more
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Urban Social Vulnerability Modeling to Earthquake Using Analytic Hierarchy Process and ARC GIS Software (Case Study: Zone1 of Tabriz City) [PDF]
برنامهریزی توسعه شهری و منطقهای, 2017 Natural disasters, specially earthquake has always been a treat for human activities, which resulting damages and losses are being seen specially in developing countries, despite technological progresses in various dimensions.
Mohsen Ahad Nejad +2 more
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Jurnal Pembangunan Wilayah dan Kota, 2021 Coastal innudation which is still happening today in the coastal area of Semarang City has caused the affected area to become socially vulnerable. This study aims to identify the effect of coastal innudation on conditions of social vulnerability in North
Vica Gitya Haryanti, Nany Yuliastuti
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