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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, Marlon Vieira Passos, Karin André, Åsa Gerger Swartling, Lisa Segnestam, Karina Barquet   +5 more
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Social vulnerability in a multi-hazard context: a systematic review

Environmental Research Letters, 2022
The interacting effects of multiple hazards pose a substantial challenge to poverty reduction and national development. Yet, social vulnerability to multiple hazards is a relatively understudied, though growing concern.
Oronde Drakes, Eric Tate
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Risk-based mapping of pesticide usage and social vulnerability in the contiguous United States [PDF]

BMC Public Health
Background In the contiguous United States, environmental justice burdens and disparities in pesticide exposure are prevalent among racial and ethnic minorities and low socioeconomic groups.
Jabeen Taiba, Cheryl Beseler, Alan Kolok, Muhammad Zahid, Shannon Bartelt-Hunt, Eleanor Rogan   +5 more
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Social vulnerability, social-ecological resilience and coastal governance

Global Sustainability, 2022
Non-technical summary Our analysis shows that the framing of social vulnerability is shaped by a narrow definition of resilience, focusing on post-disaster return and recovery responses.
Javad Jozaei, Wen-Ching Chuang, Craig R. Allen, Ahjond Garmestani   +3 more
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Association of social vulnerability with access to treatment in ovarian cancer patients [PDF]

Gynecologic Oncology Reports
Objectives: 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, Marc Robinson, Amir Javid, Lauren S. Prescott, Alaina J. Brown   +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, Liala Consoli, Claudine Burton-Jeangros, Claudine Burton-Jeangros, Yves Jackson   +4 more
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Association between multiple chronic conditions and insufficient health literacy: cross-sectional evidence from a population-based sample of older adults living in Switzerland

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, Clément Meier, Sarah Vilpert, Robert Reinecke, Carmen Borrat-Besson, Jürgen Maurer, Matthias Kliegel   +6 more
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Relationship Between Health Literacy and Unhealthy Lifestyle Behaviours in Older Adults Living in Switzerland: Does Social Connectedness Matter?

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, Maud Wieczorek, Clément Meier, Clément Meier, Clément Meier, Matthias Kliegel, Matthias Kliegel, Jürgen Maurer, Jürgen Maurer   +8 more
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Vulnerability in Social Epistemic Networks [PDF]

International Journal of Philosophical Studies, 2020
Social epistemologists should be well-equipped to explain and evaluate the growing vulnerabilities associated with filter bubbles, echo chambers, and group polarization in social media. However, almost all social epistemology has been built for social contexts that involve merely a speaker-hearer dyad.
Sullivan, Emily, Sondag, Max, Rutter, Ignaz, Cunningham, Scott, Meulemans, Wouter, Speckmann, Bettina, Alfano, Mark   +6 more
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Social vulnerability indices: a scoping review

BMC Public Health, 2023
Background Social vulnerability occurs when the disadvantage conveyed by poor social conditions determines the degree to which one’s life and livelihood are at risk from a particular and identifiable event in health, nature, or society.
J. Mah, J. Penwarden, H. Pott, O. Theou, M. Andrew   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source