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BACKGROUND Social determinants of health are implicated in the geographic variation in cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). The social vulnerability index (SVI) is an estimate of a neighborhood's potential for deleterious outcomes when faced with natural ...
Graham H. Bevan +9 more
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Background Racial and social disparities exist in outcomes related to cancer and cardiovascular disease (CVD). Objectives The aim of this cross-sectional study was to study the impact of social vulnerability on mortality attributed to comorbid cancer and
S. Ganatra +29 more
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Key Points Question What is the association between social vulnerability and breast, cervical, or colorectal cancer screening rates at the county level in the US?
Cici Bauer +5 more
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Social Vulnerability and Premature Cardiovascular Mortality Among US Counties, 2014 to 2018
Supplemental Digital Content is available in the text. Background: Substantial differences exist between United States counties with regards to premature (
Safi U. Khan +11 more
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The Relationship Between Social Vulnerability and COVID-19 Incidence Among Louisiana Census Tracts
Objective: To examine the association between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)'s Social Vulnerability Index (SVI) and COVID-19 incidence among Louisiana census tracts.
E. N. Biggs +4 more
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The social disintegration from a mixed approach of quantitative and qualitative analysis
This paper aims to analyze, through a quantitative and qualitative approach, social categories related to vulnerability. This reflection is based on the analysis of concepts that are part of the sociology of poverty, exclusion, and social vulnerability ...
Mafalda Gomes, Ana Luisa Martinho
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A social wearable that affords vulnerability
We present 'True Colors': a social wearable prototype designed to augment co-located social interaction of players in a LARP (live action role play). We designed it to enable the emergence of rich social dynamics between wearers and non-wearers. True Colors is Y-shaped, worn around the upper body, and has front and back interfaces to distinguish ...
Ella Dagan +4 more
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Social Vulnerability and Racial Inequality in COVID-19 Deaths in Chicago
Although the current COVID-19 crisis is felt globally, at the local level, COVID-19 has disproportionately affected poor, highly segregated African American communities in Chicago. To understand the emerging pattern of racial inequality in the effects of
Sage J. Kim, Wendy B. Bostwick
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Social Vulnerability A qualitative research on the reasons behind social vulnerability in Erbil city
The term "social vulnerability" is not frequently used to describe people or communities in Erbil. It is a new term that is common.y used in social sciences for academic purposes.
Muzhda Mohammed Azeez
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Introduction Because of their inability to access adequate medical care, transportation, and nutrition, socially vulnerable populations are at an increased risk of health challenges during disasters.
I. Karaye, J. Horney
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