Breastfeeding practices in Masaya, Nicaragua: a facility based cross-sectional study
International Breastfeeding Journal, 2020 Background The World Health Organization recommends exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months and total breastfeeding for at least 2 years. Despite this and multiple interventions promoting breastfeeding, early breastfeeding cessation remains high with little
Aleisha M. Nabower +3 more
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Income-related inequality in completed suicide across the provinces of Iran [PDF]
Epidemiology and Health, 2018 OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to measure income-related inequality in completed suicide across the provinces of Iran. METHODS This ecological study was performed using data from the Urban and Rural Household Income and Expenditure Survey-2010 ...
Mohammad Hassan Kazemi-Galougahi +5 more
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How important are socioeconomic factors for hurricane performance of power systems? An analysis of disparities through machine learning [PDF]
arXiv, 2022 This paper investigates whether socioeconomic factors are important for the hurricane performance of the electric power system in Florida. The investigation is performed using the Random Forest classifier with Mean Decrease of Accuracy (MDA) for measuring the importance of a set of factors that include hazard intensity, time to recovery from maximum ...
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A Socioeconomic Well-Being Index [PDF]
Applied Economics and Finance, Vol. 7, No. 4; July 2020, 2020 An annual well-being index constructed from thirteen socioeconomic factors is proposed in order to dynamically measure the mood of the US citizenry. Econometric models are fitted to the log-returns of the index in order to quantify its tail risk and perform option pricing and risk budgeting.
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Clusters of African countries based on the social contacts and associated socioeconomic indicators relevant to the spread of the epidemic [PDF]
arXiv, 2023 Introduction. It is well known that social contact patterns differ from country to country. This variation coincides with significant socioeconomic heterogeneity that complicates the design of effective non-pharmaceutical interventions. This study examined how socioeconomic heterogeneity in selected African countries might be factored in to explain ...
arxiv
The factors influencing municipal solid waste generation in bauchi town, Nigeria [PDF]
, 2017 This study investigated the factors influencing municipal solid waste generation (MSWG) in Bauchi town, the administrative headquarters of Bauchi state, Nigeria.
Gana, Bukar Abba +3 more
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Epidemiology and Socioeconomic Factors in Egypt [PDF]
Neuroepidemiology, 2011 n ...
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Socioeconomic factors and asthma control in children [PDF]
Pediatric Pulmonology, 2008 AbstractObjectivesThe objective of this study was to evaluate the association between socioeconomic factors and asthma control in children, as defined by the Canadian Pediatric Asthma Consensus Guidelines.Patients and MethodsCross‐sectional data from a completed study of 879 asthmatic children between the ages of 1 and 18 residing in the Greater ...
Richard H. Glazier +5 more
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Determinant factors of toothache in 8- and 9-year-old schoolchildren, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
Brazilian Oral Research, 2009 A cross-sectional study was carried out to determine the prevalence, severity and impact of toothache among schoolchildren associated with socio-demographic variables (gender, degree of maternal schooling, economic group, and oral health status).
Eliane Paula Reis Barrêtto +2 more
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Association between socioeconomic status and the utilization of maternal health services in Nigeria
Iranian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Research, 2023 Background: Maternal health is the mother's state of well-being before, during, and after conception. Studies have suggested that the increasing maternal mortality rate is preventable provided maternal health services are accessible during pregnancy ...
Bukola T Maitanmi +5 more
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