Search for dissertations about: "Socio-economic status"

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2. 11. Gender inequity in child survival : travails of the girl child in rural north India

   Author : Anand Krishnan; Nawi Ng; Peter Byass; Chadrakant Pandav; Per Ashorn; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Conditional cash transfers; girl child; inequities; gender; prejudice; mortality; non-specific effects; sex; socio-economic; vaccines; Epidemiology; epidemiologi;

   Abstract : Background: While substantial progress has been made globally towards achieving United Nations Millennium Development Goal 4 (MDG 4) on child mortality, the decline is not sufficient to reach the targets set for 2015. The South Asian region, which includes India, was to achieve the MDG 4 target of 39 deaths per 1000 live births by 2015 but was estimated to have reached only 61 by 2011. READ MORE

4. 12. Occupational and socio-economic factors in the etiology of cancer of the esophagus and gastric cardia

   Author : Catarina Jansson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Esophageal cancer; adenocarcinoma; squamous-cell carcinoma; occupational exposures; socio-economic status; socio-economic factors;

   Abstract : Adenocarcinoma of the esophagus and gastric cardia and squamous-cell carcinoma of the esophagus have a poor prognosis. The increasing incidence and the strong male predominance of esophageal and cardia adenocarcinoma are striking, and yet unexplained, patterns that should be due to unknown environmental factors. READ MORE

5. 13. Towards a Socio-Economic and Demographic Theory of Elderly Suicide: A Comparison of 49 Countries at Various Stages of Development

   Author : Karatu Kiemo; Lars Tornstam; Illka Makinen; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sociology; Age-integration; social change and role theories; social integration; socio-economic and demographic developments; suicide.; Sociologi; Sociology; Sociologi;

   Abstract : D. Cowgill found out that the role and status of the elderly declined with modernisation, but in contradiction G. Hammarström found out that what actually affected the role and status of the elderly during modernisation was the rate at which modernisation occurred. READ MORE

6. 14. Noise and music : a matter of risk perception

   Author : Stephen E. Widén; Högskolan Väst; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Adolescents; Tinnitus; Noise sensitivity; Socio-economic status; Attitudes; Use of hearing protection; Risk behaviour; Risk-consideration; Self-image; Norms and Ideals; Psychology; Psykologi; Psychology; Psykologi; Adolescents; Tinnitus; Noise sensitivity; Socio-economic status; Attitudes; Use of;

   Abstract : The prevalence of tinnitus and hearing impairments among adolescents seems to increase as a consequence of exposure to loud noise. Several studies have highlighted the negative auditory effects of exposure to loud music at concerts and discotheques, environments in which young people today spend considerable periods of time. READ MORE

7. 15. Childhood Sexual Abuse Against Girls in Sub-Saharan Africa : Individual and Contextual Risk Factors

   Author : Ismail Yahaya; Gloria Macassa; Joaquim Soares; Antonio Ponce De Leon; Antony Beech; Mittuniversitetet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; alcohol; child sexual abuse; demographic and health survey; multilevel; neighbourhood; sexual violence; smoking; social disorganisation; socio-economic status; sub-Saharan Africa;

   Abstract : Background and objectives: Childhood sexual abuse (CSA) is a substantial public health and human rights problem, as well as a growing concern in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). It has both short and long term effects on girls: physical and psychological, including negative sexual outcomes. READ MORE