Despite an extensive amount of published economic, psychological, and public health research, a consensual view on the causal relationship between retirement and health remains to be articulated. This lack of consensus is arguably due to the diversity in the transitional process from employment to full retirement, the usage of various characteristics of outcome measures, social and economic con...

BACKGROUND HIV/AIDS has emerged as one of the major global public health problems and it also has substantial economic impact on individuals and their families. OBJECTIVES This paper describes the economic problems of youth with HIV in Ibadan, Nigeria. METHODS A cross-sectional survey of PLWHA attending two HIV/AIDS support groups in Ibadan and the University College Hospital (UCH) antiretr...

AIMS To investigate whether length of employment as a cabin attendant was related to breast cancer risk, when adjusted for reproductive factors. METHODS Age matched case-control study nested in a cohort of cabin attendants. The cases were found from a nationwide cancer registry (followed up to end of year 2000) and the reproductive factors (age at first childbirth and number of children) from...

1.introductionone of the major strategies in rural development is agro-processing and agri-industrial plantations. the puprose of these agro-industrial establishments is to utilize indigenous resources and to bring equilibrium in rural life. moreover, meeting rural population needs, enhancement of rural welfare, and creating employment opportunities are the focus of such interventions. it aslo ...

OBJECTIVES Large disparities exist between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Canadians in both obesity and socio-economic status (SES). The purpose of this paper was to assess associations between obesity and three indicators of SES - employment, education and income - in conjunction with demographic and lifestyle factors. METHODS Using the nationally-representative Canadian Community Health Surv...

In this paper, we examine the relationship between economic growth and employment in six developed nations from 1990 to 2006. Models are developed to estimate the employment intensity of economic growth within each nation. Among those for whom a significant relationship was found, employment intensity is estimated to range from 0.14 to 0.33. Once the model is augmented to account for persistenc...

OBJECTIVE To see whether adverse relations between social class, health, and economic activity, observed between 1973 and 1993 and previously identified in a 1996 BMJ paper, were still apparent between 1994 and 2009 despite improvements in the general economic climate and overall population health. DESIGN Replication of repeated cross sectional analysis from the original paper, using the same...

In this paper, the importance of women in decision-making at family level Patna City (Bihar, India) has been studied detail. The status society is a significant indicator socio-economic development region. crucial parameters regarding women, such as their freedom movement, involvement matters, decision purchase home assets and planning, etc. are chosen to ascertain degree empowerment study area...