conventional agriculture systems of production often lead to environmental degradation, economic problems and even social conflict. the efficacy of agriculture systems conducive to the economic, environmental and social sustainability of farming operations has been demonstrated, yet the adoption of sustainable agricultural practices is not widespread. this study evaluates the barriers of sustai...

 Minority groups, including newcomers, are disproportionately affected by HIV and hepatitis C (HCV) due to social and economic factors that increase their vulnerability to infection (1;2).  Newcomers living with HIV or HCV not only face barriers to treatment, they also face unique challenges which may include language barriers, lack of social support, stigma and systemic barriers such as lack...

As populations age, the numbers of carers overall and numbers of carers from minority ethnic groups in particular are rising. Evidence suggests that carers from all sections of the community and particularly carers from minority groups often fail to access care services. This may relate to barriers in accessing services and service dissatisfaction. The aim of this systematic review was to ident...

OBJECTIVE To determine physical activity (PA) self-efficacy correlates in breast cancer survivors. METHODS Mail survey of 192 breast cancer survivors. RESULTS Structural equation analyses demonstrated significant and direct associations for perceived PA barriers (beta=-.29), fatigue (beta=-.24), social support (beta=.12), enjoyment (beta=.12), and prediagnosis PA (beta=.11) with barriers se...

Conventional agriculture systems of production often lead to environmental degradation, economic problems and even social conflict. The efficacy of agriculture systems conducive to the economic, environmental and social sustainability of farming operations has been demonstrated, yet the adoption of sustainable agricultural practices is not widespread. This study evaluates the barriers of sustai...

the current study aims to identify the effective factors and barriers to loyalty in electronic banking services in the private banks customers. for this purpose, a survey was done with a questionnaire sampling from 420 customers of private banks in golestan province, who have used electronic banking services in 2011. the results indicated that seven factors including preference, customer satisf...

home business is one of the best fields of women's economic activity and considered as an important strategy for job creation, particularly for rural women. nonetheless many barriers avoid addressing rural women to these businesses. the main purpose of this study was to analyze the most important barriers for trends of rural women and girls to home businesses. the statistical population of...

Introduction Although increasing attention is paid to HIV/AIDS, patients with HIV still experience several barriers to self-care. These barriers have been previously identified in small quantitative studies on women with HIV, but qualitative studies are required to clarify barriers to self-care. Methods We conducted our study using the grounded theory methodological approach. A total of 28 wo...

this study aims at investigating social and cultural barriers to the use of recycled water for the first time in iran from the sociological perspective. applying qualitative methods, the understanding of women from water recycling and causes and conditions for the use of recycled water was studied. the required data was collected by using semi-structured interviews with a number of women. the i...