نتایج جستجو برای: socio economic

تعداد نتایج: 355476  

2009
Joe Chen Yun Jeong Choi Kohta Mori Yasuyuki Sawada Saki Sugano

In this article, we review economic theories and empirical studies on the socioeconomic aspects of suicide. Through our survey, we would like to emphasize the importance of studying suicide by employing a “rational” approach that complements the medical perspective on suicide, which assumes suicide to be the result of “irrational” behavior arising from mental illnesses such as depression and ot...

Journal: :The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India 2007
A Ramachandran

T 2 diabetes is the commonest form of diabetes constituting 90% of the diabetic population in any country. The global prevalence of diabetes is estimated to increase, from 4% in 1995 to 5.4% by the year 2025.1 The countries with the largest number of diabetic subjects are, and will be India, China and U.S. and in the former two countries diabetes occurs mostly in the age range of 45-64 yrs, in ...

2014
Rajesh Pal

Rich in potential in human and natural resources Uttar Pradesh (UP) once appeared positioned to be the pace-setter for India's economic and social development. However, the growth rate of Uttar Pradesh has declined in the Eleventh Five Year Plan as against Bihar. The paper finds the causes of poverty and unemployment in Uttar Pradesh; it also analyse important socio-economic indicators of Uttar...

Journal: :Journal of health economics 2008
Silvia Balia Andrew M Jones

This paper uses the British Health and Lifestyle Survey (1984-1985) data and the longitudinal follow-up of May 2003 to investigate the determinants of premature mortality in Great Britain and the contribution of lifestyle choices to socio-economic inequality in mortality. A behavioural model, which relates premature mortality to a set of observable and unobservable factors, is considered. A max...

2012
IFIGENEIA KOUTIVA CHRISTOS MAKROPOULOS NICK VOULVOULIS

Water systems evolve through time, changing constantly due to physical pressures or as a result of how we manage them. Changing socio-economic conditions drastically increase the uncertainty associated with such changes, particularly with regards to the outcome of water resources management decisions. There is an increasing need for such uncertainties to be recognised and addressed by more adap...

Journal: :Public health nutrition 2011
Yessica Liberona Oscar Castillo Valerie Engler Luis Villarroel Jaime Rozowski

OBJECTIVE To assess the nutritional status, food intake and physical activity patterns in schoolchildren attending 5th and 6th grade in basic schools from different socio-economic levels in the metropolitan region of Santiago. DESIGN Cross-sectional study in children 5th and 6th grade of eighteen basic schools in the metropolitan region of Santiago. SETTING Boys and girls aged 9-12 years fr...

Journal: :Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique 2014
Stephen Wood Debbie McNeil Wendy Yee Jodie Siever Sarah Rose

OBJECTIVE To evaluate a possible association between neighbourhood socio-economic status and spontaneous premature birth in Alberta births. METHODS The study design was a retrospective cohort of all births in Alberta for the years 2001 and 2006. The primary outcome was spontaneous preterm birth at <37 weeks gestation. Neighbourhood socio-economic status was measured by the Pampalon Materia...

2017
Carmel Herington Bill Merrilees Dale Miller

This paper addresses three questions in relation to perceptions of city liveability; Does social capital in a city vary across different socio-economic groups; Do lifestyle factors in a city vary across different socio-economic groups; Do different socio-economic groups perceive different levels of public sector infrastructure support? The questions were assessed using a quantitative survey to ...

Journal: :Journal of public health medicine 2003
Sally Macintyre Laura McKay Geoff Der Rosemary Hiscock

BACKGROUND A number of different socio-economic classifications have been used in relation to health in the United Kingdom. The aim of this study was to compare the predictive power of different socio-economic classifications in relation to a range of health measures. METHODS A postal questionnaire was sent to a random sample of adults in the West of Scotland (sampling from 1997 electoral rol...

2012
Tiziana Leone Ernestina Coast Shilpa Narayanan Ama de Graft Aikins

Non-communicable diseases account for more than 50% of deaths in adults aged 15-59 years in most low income countries. Depression and diabetes carry an enormous public health burden, making the identification of risk factors for these disorders an important strategy. While socio-economic inequalities in chronic diseases and their risk factors have been studied extensively in high-income countri...

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