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Socioeconomic disparities in Papanicolaou test utilization in Western Iran

open access: yesBMC Public Health
Background Cervical cancer remains the fourth most frequently diagnosed cancer among women, and its impact is particularly significant in women residing in less developed countries. This study aims to assess socioeconomic inequality in using Papanicolaou
Bahare Safari-Faramani   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Income, inequality, and criteria air pollutants in the CAMA counties [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Socioeconomic factors have long been incorporated into environmental research to examine the effects of human dimensions on coastal natural resources. Boyce (1994) proposed that inequality is a cause of environmental degradation and the Environmental ...
Huffer, Hillary
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Emerging cancer incidence, mortality, hospitalisation and associated burden among Australian cancer patients, 1982 - 2014: an incidence-based approach in terms of trends, determinants and inequality [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Objective Cancer is a leading killer worldwide, including Australia. Cancer diagnosis leads to a substantial burden on the individual, their family and society.
Alam, Khorshed   +3 more
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Young people's occupational aspirations beyond the aspiration discourse: A sociocultural perspective

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Young people's aspirations have been the focus of many educational, sociological and psychological studies. This paper argues, firstly, that the concept of aspirations holds greater generative potential than suggested by the policy‐oriented ‘aspiration discourse’.
Jelena Popov
wiley   +1 more source

Index-Based Inequality in Quality of Care: An Empirical Comparison of Apples and Pears

open access: yesClinical Epidemiology, 2021
Vibe Bolvig Hyldgård,1,2 Søren Paaske Johnsen,3 Rikke Søgaard1,4 1Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark; 2Health Economics, DEFACTUM, Central Region Denmark, Aarhus, Denmark; 3Danish Center for Clinical Health Services Research,
Hyldgård VB, Johnsen SP, Søgaard R
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How far behind in number are socioeconomically disadvantaged pupils when they start school in England?

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper examines the gap in number skills between socioeconomically disadvantaged and non‐disadvantaged children in the first year of compulsory schooling in England. Past research mostly relies on statutory assessment data collected towards the end of the first year of school and does not show the attainment gap associated with ...
Martin Culliney, Joanne Robson
wiley   +1 more source

‘A double‐edged tool’: A psychological needs perspective of generative AI and postgraduate international students' engagement in UK higher education

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The integration of generative artificial intelligence (generative AI) in higher education is reshaping student engagement, yet its impact on postgraduate international students remains underexplored. This study examines how generative AI shapes postgraduate international students' engagement through a psychological needs perspective.
Olatunji David Adekoya   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Health disparities in chronic liver disease

open access: yesHepatology, EarlyView., 2022
Abstract The syndemic of hazardous alcohol consumption, opioid use, and obesity has led to important changes in liver disease epidemiology that have exacerbated health disparities. Health disparities occur when plausibly avoidable health differences are experienced by socially disadvantaged populations.
Ani Kardashian   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Accounting for the decline in Spanish household expenditures inequality during the 1980s. [PDF]

open access: yes
In this paper we apply decomposition methods to analyze some of the factors accounting for the decrease in household expenditures inequality in Spain during the 1980s.
Ruiz-Castillo, Javier, Río, Coral del
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Essays on Socioeconomic Inequality

open access: yes, 2022
In this thesis I study socioeconomic inequalities with a focus on health. In the first two chapters I study the causes of these inequalities: first looking at geographic inequalities in health behavior, and then looking at historical inequalities in health behavior by different socioeconomic groups.
openaire   +1 more source

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