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Beyond Emergency Measures: Assessing Preexisting Social Policy and Labor Program Expansion in Latin America During COVID‐19

open access: yesLatin American Policy, Volume 16, Issue 2, June 2025.
ABSTRACT This study examines the effects of the Covid‐19 pandemic on preexisting cash transfers and labor programs across Latin America, analyzing their temporal expansion and identifying the determinants of changes in their generosity and coverage, with a particular focus on the inclusion of informal workers.
Luis Vargas‐Faulbaum   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Asistencia personal en la promoción de vida independiente para personas con discapacidad intelectual: una investigación básica y aplicada

open access: yesSiglo Cero, 2019
Planteamiento del problema: El asistente personal es una figura de apoyo a la mejora de la autonomía y la vida independiente, coherente con los nuevos modelos de intervención con personas con discapacidad intelectual.
Sandra RUIZ AMBIT   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Design of a short personal assistance model for people with intellectual disabilities in Chile

open access: yesSiglo Cero, 2020
Personal assistance for people with intellectual disabilities can contribute to the application of the new paradigms of self-determination and social inclusion and to an improvement in the quality of life.
Alberto MINOLETTI   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Association of maternal body mass index with hemodynamic and vascular alterations at 35–37 weeks' gestation

open access: yesUltrasound in Obstetrics &Gynecology, Volume 65, Issue 3, Page 303-310, March 2025.
ABSTRACT Objective Globally, one in four pregnant women is classified as overweight or obese, based on their prepregnancy body mass index (BMI). Obese pregnant women are at increased risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes and long‐term cardiovascular disease that occurs earlier in life.
M. Charakida   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Recognition and compassion experiences of people with disabilities. Towards autonomy and independent living

open access: yesSiglo Cero, 2019
The condition of disability has been perceived as restrictive for the development of autonomy and independent life, which deepens the feelings of limitation of people in this condition.
Natali ROLDÁN BERRIO   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Intertwined precariousness and precarity: Disentangling a phenomenon that characterises Spanish youth

open access: yesInternational Journal of Social Welfare, Volume 34, Issue 1, January 2025.
Abstract The growth of non‐standard employment has emerged as a crucial factor that contributes to delays and difficulties in young people's transitions to adulthood. Previous studies have demonstrated the importance of multidimensional measures of precariousness.
Lara Maestripieri   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Vulnerabilidad jurídica-laboral de la figura del asistente personal

open access: yesRevista Española de Discapacidad, 2022
La figura laboral del asistente personal es fundamental para que las personas con discapacidad hagan realidad su derecho a vivir de forma independiente.
Mercedes López Pérez   +1 more
doaj  

La sombra alargada del patrón: Gamonalismo y hábitos hacendatarios en Chimborazo tras la reforma agraria

open access: yesThe Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology, Volume 29, Issue 4, Page 352-363, December 2024.
Abstract This paper explores selective aspects of the historical processes of organization of the kichwa peasantry in the Andes of Ecuador. Based on the analysis of two representative cases of confrontation between peasants and landowners over access to land in the province of Chimborazo, it discusses the relevance of the concept of “gamonalismo” as ...
Víctor Bretón
wiley   +1 more source

C‐reactive protein (CRP) in high altitude Bolivian peri‐urban adolescents varies by adiposity, current illness, height, socioeconomic status, sex, and menarcheal status: The potential benefits and costs of adipose reserves in arduous environments

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Human Biology, Volume 36, Issue 9, September 2024.
Abstract Objectives In non‐industrialized and low‐income populations, adipose stores can serve as a valuable buffer against harsh conditions such as seasonal food scarcity. However, these reserves may incur costs due to adipocytes' production of pro‐inflammatory cytokines; inflammation is associated with increased risk for cardiometabolic diseases ...
Virginia J. Vitzthum   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Independent Living in America.

open access: yesPsicología, Conocimiento y Sociedad, 2011
El Movimiento de Vida Independiente, como ha acontecido en los Estados Unidos de América, ha tenido un profundo impacto en la inclusión en la comunidad y la igualdad de las personas con discapacidades severas.
Carolyn Hawley, Amy Armstrong
doaj  

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