Depression is often associated with many adverse health conditions and lower socio-economic status. Stressful conditions like presence of disability coupled with traditional negative societal attitude towards disability may result in higher level of depression in the individuals with disability than in general population and can cause other health problems as well. Therefore, the purposes of th...

It is widely recognized that social relationships and affiliation have powerful effects on physical and mental health. When investigators write about the impact of social relationships on health, many terms are used loosely and interchangeably including social networks, social ties and social integration. The aim of this paper is to clarify these terms using a single framework. We discuss: (1) ...

BACKGROUND Parents of children with rare conditions increasingly use the Internet to source information on their child's condition. This study reports on part of a larger study whose overall aim was to identify the Internet use by parents when seeking information on their child's rare condition, with the specific purpose of using the findings to aid in the development of a website specifically ...

This paper addresses the relationship between gender and mental health. First, the field of mental health and the concept of gender is introduced. This is followed by a discussion of the forms of gender bias implicated in mental health research. Next, gender differences in mental health outcomes are described, including differences in the prevalence and course of conditions. Evidence related to...

inequalities in the social determinants of health (sdh), which drive avoidable health disparities between different individuals or groups, is a major concern for a number of international organisations, including the world health organization (who). despite this, the pathways to changing inequalities in the sdh remain elusive. the methodologies and concepts within system science are now viewed ...

background negotiations surrounding the trans-pacific partnership (tpp) trade and investment agreement have recently concluded. although trade and investment agreements, part of a broader shift to global economic integration, have been argued to be vital to improved economic growth, health, and general welfare, these agreements have increasingly come under scrutiny for their direct and indirect...

OBJECTIVE Children with chronic health conditions may perform poorer at school. Associations may be confounded by numerous social factors. We aimed to estimate the effects of a chronic health condition on overall school performance in first graders with an emphasis on rigorous adjustment for potential confounders. METHODS A population-based cohort study was performed in the area of Mainz-Bing...

OBJECTIVES The study examines the meaning of good-quality social care for people with Parkinson's disease and their carers. It identifies, from their perspective, the impact of good-quality social care on health and well-being. DESIGN Qualitative case study methodology, interview and framework analysis techniques were used. SETTING community locations in the north and midlands of England. ...

Correspondence: wang4896@126. com Department of Mathematics, Hechi University, Yizhou, Guangxi 546300, P. R. China Abstract In this article, we discuss some generalized retarded nonlinear integral inequalities, which not only include nonlinear compound function of unknown function but also include retard items, and give upper bound estimation of the unknown function by integral inequality techn...