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Has the relation between income inequality and life expectancy disappeared? Evidence from Italy and top industrialised countries [PDF]

, 2005
Objective: To investigate the relation between income inequality and life expectancy in Italy and across wealthy nations.Design and setting: Measure correlation between income inequality and life expectancy at birth within Italy and across the top 21 ...
De Vogli, R, Mistry, R, Gnesotto, R, De Vogli, R., Cornia, GA   +4 more
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Sociodemographic Factors Associated with Hours Worked by Primary Carers in Australia

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Primary caregivers constitute a major unpaid workforce in Australia. The aim of this study was to determine the sociodemographic factors that are associated with carer workloads. Multinomial logistic regression modelling was applied to the nation‐wide Australian Government survey.
Andrew J. Hamilton
wiley   +1 more source

Trends In Socioeconomic Inequalities In Primary Caries In China

International Dental Journal
Aim or purpose: This study aimed to evaluate the socioeconomic inequality of primary caries in children aged 5 years in China in 2005 and 2015 and analyze changes during ten years.
Shuo Du
doaj   +1 more source

Shifting Child Protection Assessments From a Deficit Focus to Assessments Informed by Strengths and Protective Factors: Translating Research Knowledge to Practice

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Child protection systems play a critical role in preventing and responding to child maltreatment, yet practices are often predominantly deficit focused. This paper presents a rapid literature review on the strengths, protective factors, and cultural considerations to inform child protection assessment.
Gabrielle R. Hunt, Carmela Bastian, Luke Cantley, Ulrike Marwitz, Daryl J. Higgins   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘Shelter is a Dignity’: Rental Racism, Stress and Housing (In)justice

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Australia's private rental sector is in crisis, and culturally and racially minoritised renters face compounded harms through both covert and everyday direct forms of rental racism. Drawing on five community‐based focus groups in Melbourne (n = 37), the paper explores how racism manifests across the rental pathway and how it structures the ...
Erika Martino, Ilan Wiesel, Ang Li, Rebecca Bentley   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Anatomy of provincial level inequality in maternal mortality in China during 2004–2016: a new decomposition analysis

BMC Public Health, 2020
Background The maternal mortality ratio (MMR) is an important indicator of maternal health and socioeconomic development. Although China has experienced a large decline in MMR, substantial disparities across regions are still apparent. This study aims to
Xinyu Zhang, Yingfeng Ye, Chaowei Fu, Guanshen Dou, Xiaohua Ying, Mengcen Qian, Shenglan Tang   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cohesion Without Consensus: Attitudinal Profiles of Social Cohesion in Australia

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Headline indicators of social cohesion in Australia have remained stable in recent years despite rising political polarisation and declining institutional trust worldwide. Yet recent protests and incidents of ethnically and politically motivated violence suggest that cohesion may be under strain. If cohesion is understood not as the pursuit of
John van Kooy
wiley   +1 more source

Histories in bone: Navigating the ethical landscape of human skeletal collections in South Africa

Anatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.
Abstract Provenance is at the center of addressing the complicated ethical stewardship of legacy human skeletal collections. Many South African (SA) health science institutions have skeletal collections. While the history of the collections and the demographics of the skeletons have been reported, the provenance of the individuals within the ...
Quenth Chinenere, Beverley Kramer, Brendon K. Billings   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Socioeconomic Disparities in the Prevalence of Disability in Iran: A Decomposition Analysis Using the Concentration Index [PDF]

Journal of Rehabilitation
Objective Various factors, including injuries, health conditions, demographics, environmental influences, and socioeconomic factors, can elevate the risk of disability.
Fardin Moradi, Ali Kazemi-Karyani, Behzad Karami Matin, Pegah Soltani, Mohammad Kamali, Faramarz Jalili, Shahin Soltani   +6 more
doaj  

Socioeconomic inequality in childhood obesity and its determinants: a Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition

Jornal de Pediatria
Objective Childhood obesity has become a priority health concern worldwide. Socioeconomic status is one of its main determinants. This study aimed to assess the socioeconomic inequality of obesity in children and adolescents at national and provincial ...
Roya Kelishadi, Mostafa Qorbani, Ramin Heshmat, Shirin Djalalinia, Ali Sheidaei, Saeid Safiri, Nastaran Hajizadeh, Mohammad Esmaeil Motlagh, Gelayol Ardalan, Hamid Asayesh, Morteza Mansourian   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source