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Showing 1 to 20 of 32 for “"Health inequality"”.
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Economic development of Latin America. A series of analysis through the lens of health, inequality, and economic growth
… I. Lifestyle interventions that encourage healthy diet and exercise in Hispanic immigrants have encounter scant results due to a variety of factors such as financial limitations, lack of English language proficiency, and legal status. Mobile clinics have been shown to remove the barriers …
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Investigating Health Inequality in Primary Care Spatial Accessibility Among Races and Ethnicities in King County Using a Geospatial Approach
Distance to healthcare providers is a significant barrier to health care access in the U.S. Healthcare utilization and disease burden have been found to increase as the distance between patients and primary care physicians increase. Although spatial accessibility to primary care resources has been …
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Provision of public goods and health outcomes during political transition in Nigeria
… provision of public goods and a reduction in health inequality, given the prevalence of political capture due to lack of credible electoral competition in Nigeria. The thesis questions the assumption that transition from a military dictatorship to relatively competitive democratic rule will …
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Estimating income-related health inequalities associated with tobacco and alcohol in Namibia
… use to the socioeconomic-related inequalities in health. Such evidence has been important for the formulation of anti-smoking and alcohol policies. However, focus has been on self-assessed health, a subjective health outcome and much is not known regarding the joint contribution of tobacco and …
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Using quantitative analysis to identify binding development constraints and options for their alleviation - two case studies in health and vocational training in Zambia
… The first case study is an analysis of health inequalities which remain an important policy issue in many developing countries. Using the 2014 data for the Zambia Demographic and Health Survey (DHS), the paper assesses health inequality in Zambia using Child stunting as a health …
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The Ties That Do Not Bind: Social Capital, Minority Female Representation, and Social Inequality in the United States
… of traditionally under-represented groups affect health inequality in the US. A consequence of racial and ethnic diversity in America has been increased social inequality. Social inequality in health exists along gender, race/ethnicity, and the intersection of the two. The goal of this …
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Two essays in behavioral operations management
… improves resource allocation decisions. PAPER 2 (health inequalities): When demand for timely access to healthcare exceeds supply, doctors use available clinical information to prioritize patients at highest risk of adverse health outcomes. For many conditions, however, a patient's level of …
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THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF LIFE AND DEATH IN THE U.S.A.
… and attendant shifts in the distribution of health and illness at the dawn of the 21st century. Through the analytic lens of the political economy of public health, I shed novel light on the upstream determinants of America's overdose epidemic, which is claiming tens of thousands of lives …
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Social patterning in biomarkers of health, an analysis of health inequalities using Understanding Society: the UK Household Longitudinal Study
Health inequalities are known to be prevalent in Britain. Though testing hypothesised pathways between socio-economic position and biological markers of heath, this thesis aims to improve understanding of how socio-economic inequality becomes health inequality and how physiology is affected by …
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Caste-based healthcare inequality in Dalit communities in Makwanpur, Nepal: A mixed-methods study
… to notions of untouchability resulting in poor health outcomes. Caste-based inequality has an impact on the wellbeing of individuals, experiences of violence, and opportunities to access education, employment, and healthcare. This research will help to understand discrimination by caste through …
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Men’s Strategies after a Heart Incident: A Class-based Masculinities Approach
… status (SES). In Canada, many public health reports indicate that cardiovascular disease represent about one third of all causes of death and that men’s mortality rates from these diseases are two times higher than women, making it the main contributor to health inequality. …
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The Evaluation of Merseyside Health Action Zone (MHAZ)-Funded Projects, Focusing On Capacity-Building Strategies At District Levels.
… strategies, as implemented by Merseyside Health Action Zones (MHAZ). The aim was to determine whether capacity building activities constitute as appropriate tools to tackle the underlying causes of poor health, including unemployment, and social exclusion especially amongst young people. …
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OCCUPATIONAL STRESS AND HEALTH AMONG HOME HEALTH CARE WORKERS
<p>Home health care workers fill an essential role in the daily lives of elderly persons. However, the work is physically and emotionally exhausting. This mixed-methods study explicates sources of stress found in agency-based caregiving in the post-industrial economy. Agencies operate under a …
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Professional Doctorate in Health Psychology: Competence Assessments
… smoking is a primary contributing factor in health inequality (Raw, McNeill, & West, 1998). Current data suggests that smoking rates in England have fallen to their lowest rate in over eighty years (Brown & West, 2014). Despite the downwards trend in smoking prevalence, smoking remains the …
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Exploring the risks, harms and pleasures of licit and illicit substance use : a study of young people in a South-Yorkshire town
… rather than potential chronic and long-term health harms. The substances and practices which were not perceived to be associated with such immediate issues were differentiated as less risky, irrespective of their potential for long-term harm. The participants appeared to hold potentially …
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A realistic evaluation approach to understanding the uptake of cardiovascular health checks
… complex intervention which aims to address this health inequality. The intervention targets cardiovascular health checks at population groups who are likely to be at high risk, but tend not to engage with traditional services. Practitioners have tried to increase engagement with the target groups …
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The Influence of Culture on the Views of Black African/African-Caribbean Men Living In the UK Towards Cancer
… to social systems and establishments, such as healthcare systems. Clinical risk factors such as smoking and obesity had different meanings and symbolisation through black eyes. There were macro- and micro-level similarities and differences between BA and BAC men. Cancer-related services, such …
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Structural Sexism and Health in the United States
… I seek to begin building a new line of health inequality research that parallels the emerging structural racism literature by developing theory and measurement for the new concept of structural sexism and examining its relationship to health. Consistent with contemporary theories of …
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Socioeconomic related health inequalities in South Africa
… factors correlated with, socio economic related health inequalities in South Africa. We extend our analysis by investigating whether income has a causal effect on health outcomes. The thesis is divided into four separate, but related chapters. In chapter two, we describe the data and the …
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An automatic wearable multi-sensor based gait analysis system for older adults.
… therefore increases its affordability decreasing health inequality; and 4) its versatility increases its usability at home supporting inclusivity of patients who are home bound. A digital transformation strategy framework is proposed where stakeholders such as patients, health care professionals …
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