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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"social disparities"”.
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SOCIAL DISPARITIES IN HEALTHCARE UTILIZATION FOR CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS WITH MIGRAINE DISEASE
… chronic conditions. While prior research found disparities in migraine treatment, we suspect that these disparities might also involve migraine diagnosis. If so, the biases one aims to explore may also lead to selection bias for studies that identify patients by diagnosis. Migraine care also …
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Health and social disparities influence opioid misuse among adult females living in rural areas
… medication. In this thesis project we hypothesis social factors, along with biological factors, influence opioid use among adult females living in rural areas. Because no current research provides evidence-based data are available on adult female substance use disorders (SUD), we were inspired to …
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Social disparities in the efficacy of interventions for HIV: A meta-analysis of multiple behavior interventions
… outcomes once infected. Reducing health disparities requires developing HIV prevention, testing, and treatment interventions that are efficacious for these critical populations. Multiple behavior interventions have the potential to maximize effects by targeting clusters of synergistic …
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Social disparities in the epidemiology and treatment of substance-related use disorders in the United States, 2002-16
… the importance of identifying and addressing disparities in health outcomes based upon social determinants. As such, this dissertation seeks to contribute to our understanding of the scale of substance use disorders among adults in the United States by analysing social disparities in the …
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Contesting public space skateboarding, urban development, and the politics of play
… of controlled inclusion and the masking of social disparities. However, challenges to the production of leisure spaces abound as everyday practices and aesthetic interventions also shape the urban landscape. Contestation unfolds at ground level through the embrace of public space as a site …
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Predicting Gentrification Patterns in London: A Machine Learning Approach to Analysing Deprivation and Urban Change Across Neighbourhoods
… it can also exacerbate economic and social disparities. Gentrification forecasting is therefore essential to establish a comprehensive picture of neighbourhood deprivation and development. The employment of machine learning models provides an opportunity to conduct gentrification …
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An Emerging Hispanic Serving Institution Looks Toward the Future: A Case Study on a Collaborative, Community-Based Systemic Change Effort at an Urban Land-Grant College
… of organizing a variety of stakeholders around social change. The CBR model is an atypical change model due to its interdisciplinary, participatory, and collaborative structure that values multiple sources of knowledge and focuses on social justice action. As opposed to serving as the 'experts' …
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Role of healthcare in utilizing parenting programs to support childhood development: a bioethical analysis
… sensitive time period which is shaped by social disparities. Environmental inputs including caregiver interactions mediate developmental outcomes. Parenting programs were created as an educational resource for parents to help foster child development. In Chapter 1, the current research on …
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Fatal Restrictions: Exploring State-Level Abortion Laws, Sociodemographic Contexts, and Maternal Mortality in the United States
… on reproductive care intersect with broader social disparities.
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Demographic and socio-economic characteristics and education in Senegal
… constraints, infrastructural deficits, and social disparities. The problem statement identifies the complex interplay between colonial heritage, rapid population growth, and insufficient adaptation of the education system to local realities, resulting in persistent inequalities in access and …
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The role of Section 12 A (3) of the Competition Act to bring into effect the objectives of the act of addressing social and economic problems and past inequalities through the public interest assessment in merger proceedings
… role to play in bringing about economic and social reform. The challenge however was that the economy inherited, was littered with monopolies. As a result in 1995, the South African government embarked on a project to review competition policy and the process was concluded in September 1998 …
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Host heterogeneity and respiratory disease dynamics: From structural inequity to immune history
… and evolution. However, in human populations, social inequity remains underexplored as a source of heterogeneity despite having long been identified as a threat to global health and infectious disease control. In this work, we draw from established ecological frameworks such as metapopulation …
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Final Year Medical Students' Experience of Bullying: A Study at the University of Cape Town
… as most likely to be the bully). Further, social disparities seem to be associated with increased bullying, with female and black students more often targeted. Specific interventions are needed to address bullying and associated psychological distress.
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The Role of Socioeconomic Status and Race/Ethnicity in Orthotopic Liver Transplantation Outcomes in U.S. Adults Ages 50 and Older, 2002-2012
… to all populations. Racial and socioeconomic disparities exist throughout the organ transplantation and specifically orthotopic liver transplantation system today. Research has shown that these social disparities impact the development and progression of any given disease, including ESLD. This …
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Social Prescribing for Autistic Adults
… Autistic adults are affected by health and social disparities that impact life expectancy and quality of life, frequently resulting in escalating wellbeing concerns requiring costly acute care. Evidence suggests barriers to healthcare and a lack of post-diagnostic support may contribute to …
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The Literature of Loss: Modernity, Poetic Prose, and the Tendency Toward Contradiction
… on modernization’s rapid transformation of social relationships and individual and communal identities and modernity’s correspondence with a new literary expression which stylistically and conceptually exorcises an experience of loss and the contradictory conditions that modern reality has …
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The Moderating Roles Of Racial Discrimination And Covid-19 Stress On The Association Between College Students’ Cannabis Use And Psychosocial Functioning
… between College Students’ Cannabis Use and Psychosocial Functioning</p> <p>By</p> <p>Shannique Richards, MA</p> <p>Advisor: Sarah O’Neill, PhD</p> <p>Greater use of cannabis is linked to poorer psychosocial outcomes. Rates of cannabis use are particularly high in racial/ethnic minoritized (REM) …
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ESSAYS ON THE WTO ACCESSION, HOUSEHOLD INCOME AND MULTIDIMENSIONAL POVERTY: EVIDENCE FROM CHINA
… and have generated more government revenue for social progress. However, China’s economic progress, in itself, is neither sufficient for achieving desirable development outcomes nor a guarantee for expanding peoples’ capabilities. In fact, a narrow emphasis on GDP growth proves to be …
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The Scattered Accounts: Trading Dynamics and Community Formation Among Retail Investors (Sanhu) in China’s Stock Market
… continues to be experimental, representing the socialist state’s attempt to explore a market economy that aligns with its governance. Commentators often attribute this instability to the market’s immaturity and susceptibility to further regulatory adjustments. A primary concern is the …
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Investigating the association between socio-economic position and stillbirth in Brazil and the UK
… national datasets, this thesis compares the social disparities in stillbirth rates within and between the UK and Brazil as a high-income and middle-income country, respectively. The role of socio-economic position (SEP) in the likelihood of stillbirth, and how it is mediated through …
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