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Including Vulnerable Populations in the Assessment of Data From Vulnerable Populations

open access: yesFrontiers in Big Data, 2019
Data science has made great strides in harnessing the power of big data to improve human life across a broad spectrum of disciplines. Unfortunately this informational richesse is not equitably spread across human populations. Vulnerable populations remain both under-studied and under-consulted on the use of data derived from their communities.
Latifa Jackson   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Epigenetic Pathways in Human Disease: The Impact of DNA Methylation on Stress-Related Pathogenesis and Current Challenges in Biomarker Development

open access: yesEBioMedicine, 2017
HPA axis genes implicated in glucocorticoid regulation play an important role in regulating the physiological impact of social and environmental stress, and have become a focal point for investigating the role of glucocorticoid regulation in the etiology
M. Austin Argentieri   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Giraffe translocation population viability analysis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Most populations of giraffes have declined in recent decades, leading to the recent IUCN decision to upgrade the species to Vulnerable status, and some subspecies to Endangered.
Carter, Kerryn D.   +7 more
core   +1 more source

Global and cross-country analysis of exposure of vulnerable populations to heatwaves from 1980 to 2018

open access: yesClimatic Change, 2020
Heatwaves have become more frequent and intense due to anthropogenic global warming and have serious and potentially life-threatening impacts on human health, particularly for people over 65 years old. While a range of studies examine heatwave exposures,
J. Chambers
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Prevalence and Trajectory of Household Material Hardship Among Children With Advanced Cancer

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background/Objectives Families of children with advanced cancer living in poverty experience inferior outcomes including poor parent mental health and worse child quality of life. Household material hardship (HMH: food, housing, transportation, and/or utility insecurity) is a modifiable poverty exposure—and potential intervention target—that ...
Sarah Wright   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Protection of Vulnerable Populations in Bulgaria

open access: yesSSRN Electronic Journal, 2019
Social policy as a set of principles, legal norms, activities and institutions, aimed at creating conditions that ensure the quality of life of the citizens of a country, is an expression of the social relations between the state and its citizens. Social policy determines safety (social, health, economic) and security of the individuals in society ...
Simeon Simeonov, Venelin Terziev
openaire   +1 more source

Montefiore Medical Center: Integrated Care Delivery for Vulnerable Populations [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Describes a system of hospitals and community- and school-based clinics tailored to low-income patients through systemwide strategies, high-quality specialty and hospital care, and integrated care delivery via care management and information ...
Deborah Chase
core  

Stress and Exercise [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Age-related immunological and endocrinological changes may have implications for resilience to stress in older adults. We hypothesise that the combination of adrenopause and immunesenescence may leave this population particularly vulnerable to the ...
Bauer   +21 more
core   +1 more source

Feasibility and Preliminary Efficacy of Integrative Neuromuscular Training for Childhood Cancer Survivors: A Pilot Study

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) often exhibit early deficits in muscle and movement competence, which can compromise long‐term health. Integrative neuromuscular training (INT), a multifaceted approach combining fundamental movement activities with strength exercises, may help address these deficits during ...
Anna Maria Markarian   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Disparities in retail marketing for little cigars and cigarillos in Los Angeles, California

open access: yesAddictive Behaviors Reports, 2019
Introduction: Evidence of a concentration of cigarette advertising in predominantly low-income, non-White neighborhoods underscores the need to examine retail marketing and promotions for novel tobacco products like little cigars and cigarillos (LCCs ...
Sabrina L. Smiley   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

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