women’s issues are among basic issues of contemporary society which have been offered different solutions. while the first- wave feminists would insist on the gender equality, the second wave would emphasize that women differ from men. the third wave tried to hold on to both sides of the conundrum: equality and difference. iris marion young is one of the theorists of the third wave of feminism ...

BACKGROUND Sure Start Local Programmes (SSLPs) are area-based interventions to improve services for young children and their families in deprived communities, promote health and development, and reduce inequalities. We therefore investigated whether SSLPs affect the wellbeing of 3-year-old children and their families. METHODS In a quasi-experimental observational study, we compared 5883 3-yea...

Dr White’s interesting observations on the paper by Calderon-Larrañaga et al show the real benefit of peer-reviewed science with eagle-eyed scrutiny by readers. Calderon-Larrañaga et al highlighted the important association of deprivation with hospital admission rates and asserted that markers of primary care quality, such as GP supply, were lower in deprived areas. Dr White makes some valid po...

INTRODUCTION According to the inverse care law, there is a mismatch between patients' medical needs and medical care supply. As an example, the number of doctors is often lower in areas with high deprivation compared to areas with no deprivation, and doctors with a deprived patient population may experience a high work pressure, have insufficient time for comprehensive tasks and be at higher ri...

BACKGROUND The UK government proposed introducing partial smokefree legislation for England with exemptions for pubs and bars that do not prepare and serve food. We set out to test the hypothesis that pubs from more deprived areas and non food-serving pubs have higher levels of particulate air pollution. METHODS We conducted a cross sectional study in four mainly urban areas of the North West...

OBJECTIVES To investigate socioeconomic inequalities in outcome of pregnancy and neonatal mortality associated with congenital anomalies. DESIGN Retrospective population based registry study. SETTING East Midlands and South Yorkshire regions of England (representing about 10% of births in England and Wales). PARTICIPANTS All registered cases of nine selected congenital anomalies with poor...

OBJECTIVE Higher rates of outdoor injuries are found in older children, boys and children from more deprived areas. Some of the causes of these variations have been studied in some age groups and in different situations. To study children's perception of safety and danger and parents' views on the level of risk that their children attach to outdoor activities comparing age groups, boys and girl...