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physical activity, and amount of cigarette smoking and alcohol consumption. Depression significantly mediated the association … depression. Health damaging behaviors like unhealthy eating, smoking, and alcohol use may be used to cope, contributing to …
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The purpose of this study is to review the changes that have taken place recently in water supply and sanitation services and examine the role of various stakeholders involved in urban governance in this sector. [CSH Occassonal Paper N 22/2008].
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This study aims to investigate the impact of CFPR/TUP programme on the food and nutrient consumption. The report is … the changes in food consumption among the ultra poor households over the period. The second part describes the differences … in food and nutrient consumption between selected ultra poor (SUP) and non selected ultra poor (NSUP) households in 2004 …
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Using the recent rounds of NSS data, this paper evaluates the performance and outreach of India's public distribution system (PDS) in the rural areas. The results suggest a significant improvement in the performance of PDS in terms of its outreach and offtake. States like Bihar and Jharkhand...
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This paper focuses on poverty dynamics and their determinants, using panel survey data for rural Sindh, Pakistan. Households interviewed by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) during 1986–91, were resurveyed in 2004–05 with minimal attrition.
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and urban household income to decrease and has thus slowed down household consumption growth. The provision of broader …
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attain the subsistence level of consumption. Thus, zero percent is taken as a threshold level to define catastrophic health …
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This paper attempts to understand the various risks faced by households living in disaster prone regions of rural India and specifically examine the effectiveness of coping mechanisms adopted by households living in these areas to hedge against the risks. The study area (districts of eastern...
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Primary health care is essential to population health and there is increasing need for it, especially with an aging population with multiple comorbidities. Primary health care in the U.S. is widely considered in an ever-deepening crisis. This paper presents a detailed case study of the recent...
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Disparities in unmet health care demand resulting from socioeconomic, racial, and financial factors have received a great deal of attention in the United States. However, out-of-pocket costs alone do not fully reflect the total opportunity cost that patients must consider as they seek medical...
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