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Showing 1 to 20 of 22 for “"contextual-level"”.
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The Effects Of Individual-Level Income And Contextual-Level Income Inequality On Health
… health is often studied at either the individual-level or contextual-level. The purpose of this research is to assess both of these levels, by simultaneously examining the individual and contextual contributions of income inequality on health. To address this research objective, I use data for …
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Diskurz sociální sítě se zaměřením na virtuální komunitu Facebook
… to study the social network discourse on its contextual level. When using various perspectives, the concrete analysis of such disourse focuses on particular virtual interactions within their thematical and conversational scope.
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Examination of Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Ovarian Cancer Stage of Diagnosis, Surgery Treatment and Survival: Multilevel Analysis of 2001-2012 SEER Data
… deaths among women. Identifying individual- and contextual-level factors contributing to racial/ethnic disparities in ovarian cancer stage of diagnosis, surgery treatment and survival is necessary for reducing and eliminating these disparities.</p> <p><em>Objective</em>. The study aims to examine …
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Person or place? A contextual event-history analysis of homicide victimization risk
This study is a contextual event history analysis of the risk of homicide victimization in the United States from 1986 to 2002. Although the majority of research on homicide deals with how community factors influence homicide rates, a much less studied aspect of homicide victimization deals with …
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Understanding Local Political Participation In West Africa
… quantitative analyses at both the individual and contextual level. </p> <p>At the individual leveI, I find the performance of local government matters for political participation. Whether or not citizens perceive their local government as transparent and accountable, and whether government is …
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Investigating the relationship between social capital and self-rated health in South Africa
… Results indicate that both individual- and contextual-level social capital are associated with self-rated health. Policy makers in South Africa may want to consider social capital, in addition to other well-known social determinants of health, when implementing policies to improve the health …
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Investigating the relationship between social capital and self-rated health in South Africa
… Results indicate that both individual- and contextual-level social capital are associated with self-rated health. Policy makers in South Africa may want to consider social capital, in addition to other well-known social determinants of health, when implementing policies to improve the health …
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Trapped in One’s Own Housing: The Limitations of Housing Choices in Segregated Roma Neighborhoods = Az én házam az én börtönöm: A lakásdöntések korlátai a szegregátumokban
… market. There are drivers at both the policy and contextual level which foster the growth and preservation of segregated neighborhoods, reinforcing the growing inequality between segregated neighborhoods and other housing market segments which manifest at the institutional level in the current …
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Optimizing Antipsychotic Use across Nursing Homes: Implications for Dementia Care
… objectives were to (1) examine individual and contextual factors associated with initiation of antipsychotics among short-stay nursing home residents with dementia; (2) evaluate the relationship of nursing home level initiation of antipsychotics with all-cause hospitalization and mortality; and …
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Socioeconomic inequalities of childhood obesity in South Africa
… (i.e. household head characteristics) and contextual (i.e. household location) level factors. These findings suggest that there is a continuous need for surveillance of obesity in children over time across different social economic status (SES) especially in low- and middle- income …
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Sexual Self-Concept and Sexual Self-Disclosure: Examining the Role of Individual Factors within a Contextual Model of Sexual Self-Disclosure
… people. This dissertation study extends current contextual understanding of sexual self-disclosure processes by examining individual and disclosure-level factors and their impact on the sexual self-disclosure process. Using a sample of 582 emerging adults, this study examined the relationship …
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The Geography of Farmworker Health: A Mixed-Method Exploratory Analysis of Chronic Disease
… 32 interviews conducted at C/MHC’s revealed that contextual-level barriers to healthcare are numerous in all study areas and include lack of transportation, poverty, inadequate housing, cultural practices, low educational attainment, and healthcare literacy. Farmworkers were on average young …
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A multi-contextualist approach to Albert Camus's 'The New Mediterranean Culture': A case study in Intelletual-Historical Method
… nouvelle culture méditerraneeime', using a multi-contextualist version of the intellectual-historical approach to textual interpretation developed by Quentin Skinner. Whereas Skinner rejects text-centred and crude socio-historical approaches and focuses on the argumentative context of previous …
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Theoretical framework for authoring hypermedia for language learning
… theoretical framework providing a comprehensive contextual and conceptual design support. At the conceptual level, emphasis is placed on defining the design process from an HCI perspective, on delineating the authoring input and explicating the potential of the hypermedia CALL platform, in terms …
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THE GENDERED IMPACT OF THE PANDEMIC: EMPLOYMENT, INCOME AND UNPAID DOMESTIC WORK DURING COVID - 19 PANDEMIC IN EUROPE.
… already persistent gender inequalities on global level—unpaid domestic and care work, employment and earnings. Previous research on the gendered impact of the pandemic has focused mostly on the initial period of the pandemic and offers limited comparative perspective with respect to the …
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Healthcare Outcomes and Resource Utilization Associated with Neonatal Hypoglycemia: Analysis of Data from the HCUP Kid’s Inpatient Database
… has been focused on the clinical or individual level risk factors. Contextual risk factors such as hospital characteristics, neighborhood economic status, and regional variations were not considered in earlier studies. Additionally, although healthcare resources utilization of hypoglycemia has …
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The Hybrid Spirit Animating Chinese Pentecostals in Malaysia
… and complexities of identity formation on a contextual level. Unequal belonging challenges postcolonial scholars to locate the subtle workings of power and privilege that manifest even among marginalized communities.</p> <p>The study first situates the Chinese through an analysis of the …
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Narratives of gang desistance amongst former gang members
… gangsters are targeted not only on an individual level, but a contextual level too, ensuring that individuals have access to the kinds of resources in their environment that will support their desistance.
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Diversity in residential care and treatment for young people in Sweden
… for young people in Sweden on the individual level, the interactional level and the contextual level. This thesis consists of five papers based on two studies. Papers I and II use data from a survey of residential care for young persons in Sweden. Papers III, IV and V are based on qualitative …
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RELIGION AS A CULTURAL CONTEXT OF INTOLERANCE: ASSESSING THE INFLUENCE OF CULTURAL(IZED) FORMS OF RELIGION ON ATTITUDES TOWARDS IMMIGRATION ACROSS EUROPEAN COUNTRIES
… the UK. The first study delves into individual-level manifestations of culturalized religion, examining how cultural affiliation and religious practice influence intolerance towards immigrants across European countries. Findings highlight the nuanced nature of individual religiosity, with …
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