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Talking with text: Communication in therapist-led, live chat cancer support groups
Stephen, Joanne; Collie, Kate; McLeod, Deborah; … - In: Social Science & Medicine 104 (2014) C, pp. 178-186
CancerChatCanada is a pan-Canadian initiative with a mandate to make professionally led cancer support groups available … communication experiences in CancerChatCanada groups and to gain an understanding of processes associated with previously …, live chat communication that are valued by group members. …
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From Theory to Practice: Translating Research into Health Outcomes
Medicine, PLoS - eSocialSciences - 2008
Commenting on recent research articles which look at the potential health benefits of behaviour change, the PLoS Medicine Editors say that publication of the findings of such research is only one part of the behaviour-change process.
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Flexible positions, managed hopes: The promissory bioeconomy of a whole genome sequencing cancer study
Haase, Rachel; Michie, Marsha; Skinner, Debra - In: Social Science & Medicine 130 (2015) C, pp. 146-153
production in a university-based clinical research project that sought to identify novel cancer predisposition genes through … whole genome sequencing in individuals at high risk for cancer. In-depth interviews with 24 adults who donated samples to …
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Fragile health and fragile wealth: Mortgage strain among African American homeowners
Keene, Danya E.; Lynch, Julia F.; Baker, Amy Castro - In: Social Science & Medicine 118 (2014) C, pp. 119-126
Several recent studies identify illness and disability as contributors to mortgage strain, suggesting that the disproportionate burden of poor health that African Americans experience may be an important source of housing fragility in this population. In order to understand how poor health plays...
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The Occupational Segregation of Black Women in the United States: A Look at its Evolution from 1940 to 2010
Alonso-Villar, Olga; del Río, Coral - Departamento de Economía Aplicada, Facultade de … - 2015
Based on detailed occupation titles and making use of measures that do not require pairwise comparisons among demographic groups, this paper shows that the occupational segregation of Black women declined dramatically in 1940-1980, decreased slightly in 1980-2000, and remained stagnant in...
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Occupational Segregation by Race and Ethnicity in the US: Differences across States
Gradín, Carlos; del Río, Coral; Alonso-Villar, Olga - Departamento de Economía Aplicada, Facultade de … - 2011
occupational segregation by race and ethnicity across the United States. Although the unconditional analysis shows great …
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Uncrossing the U.S. Black-White Mortality Crossover: The Role of Cohort Forces in Life Course Mortality Risk
Masters, Ryan - In: Demography 49 (2012) 3, pp. 773-796
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Comparisons of changes over time in per capita health expenditures across racial and ethnic groups
Wang, Junling; Mullins, C. Daniel; Chang, Cyril F.; … - In: International Journal of Public Policy 6 (2010) 3/4, pp. 172-189
The study compared changes over time in health expenditures across race and ethnicity, using data from the Medical …
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Race and economics
Sowell, Thomas - 1976 - 2. print.
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Child health in the United States: Recent trends in racial/ethnic disparities
Mehta, Neil K.; Lee, Hedwig; Ylitalo, Kelly R. - In: Social Science & Medicine 95 (2013) C, pp. 6-15
In the United States, race and ethnicity are considered key social determinants of health because of their enduring … making progress toward reducing racial/ethnic inequalities in health. While race/ethnic disparities in infant and adult … outcomes are well documented, less is known about patterns and trends by race/ethnicity among children. Our objective was to …
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