Understanding social inequalities in health is of great importance; it provides the conceptual frame for investigating the social factors that affect health, together with empirical evidence for improving population health. Individual and socioeconomic data, disease related conditions and self rated health (SRH) ratings were collected from a representative sample of 1,000 participants in order ...

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has crucial implications for intergroup inequalities. main aims of the current study are to examine how affects inequalities between women and men, understand causes increasing gender-based during pandemic, offer practical solutions on these can be reduced. results studies from different countries demonstrated that existed before deepened with COVID-19. After COVID...

Urban green spaces (public gardens, parks, urban and peri-urban forests) offer multiple-use opportunities for recreational activities played a key role in supporting mental physical health of dwellers during covid-19 pandemic, being ones few places where outdoor social allowed. This study was conducted Brașov city (also known as Kronstadt, by its German name), the second largest metropolitan ar...

This paper investigates how Amartya Sen’s capability approach can be applied to conceptualize and assess gender inequality in Western societies. I first argue against the need to endorse one definite list of capabilities, but instead defend a procedural approach to the selection of capabilities by proposing five criteria. This procedural account is then used to generate a list of capabilities f...