STUDY OBJECTIVE s: The factors underlying socioeconomic status differences in smoking, leisure time physical activity, and dietary choice are poorly understood. This study investigated attitudes and beliefs that might underlie behavioural choices, including health locus of control, future salience, subjective life expectancy, and health consciousness, in a nationally representative sample. DE...

BACKGROUND Adversity early in life has been suggested as a protective factor for elderly suicides. However, studies examining this relationship in general population suicide rates are scarce. METHODS The relationship between general population suicide rates and four proxy measures of adversity earlier in life was examined using data from the World Health Organization and the United Nations da...

Many people can endure economic hardships and do suffer considerably due to the social political structures within which they live. One way understand why such not give up in life or stop working hard despite low rewards is connected element of Christian faith. It a spiritual gift that enables ‘endure’ challenges grow strong amid adversity. This belief mentioned Romans 5:1-5 but does it really ...

BACKGROUND The extended recession and stagnant housing market in the 1990s following the boom of the late 1980s resulted in more than half a million housing repossessions. This study explores the impact of unsustainable housing commitments on psychological well-being. We test the hypotheses that housing payment problems and housing arrears have adverse impacts on heads of households' psychologi...

Food insecurity rose sharply in Europe after 2009, but marked variation exists across countries and over time. We test whether social protection programs protected people from food insecurity arising from economic hardship across Europe. Data on household food insecurity covering 21 EU countries from 2004 to 2012 were taken from Eurostat 2015 edition and the Organisation for Economic Cooperatio...

Acculturation may influence health behaviors, yet mechanisms underlying its effect are not well understood. In this study, we describe relationships between acculturation and health behaviors among low-income housing residents, and examine whether these relationships are mediated by social and contextual factors. Residents of 20 low-income housing sites in the Boston metropolitan area completed...

background : abortion has never been a mere medical issue; rather, because of its widespread effects on the personal, social, economic, political and cultural matters has been almost globally noticed by governments in some way. the therapeutic abortion act ratified by islamic assembly of iran in 2005 followed by instruction of the forensic medicine organization confirms this claim. although, ba...

Women are living longer than ever. A woman who is 65 today can, on average, expect to live another 19 years to age 84. Despite recognition of the essential role preventive care and healthy habits play in these later years, older women and their physicians often miss opportunities to promote good health. Medicare, which provides basic health insurance coverage for those 65 and older, does includ...

Survey data from a USDA-funded multi-state longitudinal project revealed a paradox where rural low-income families from states considered prosperous were persistently more food insecure than similar families from less prosperous states. An examination of quantitative and qualitative data found that families in the food insecure states were more likely to experience greater material hardship and...