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There is increasing recognition that non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are an important international and development issue globally, undermining health gains and imposing financial and economic costs on governments and households. NCDs are an important health challenge in the Pacific. First,...
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Samoa currently faces two important public policy challenges in the health sector. One is to stem, and then reverse, the rapid rise of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). The second challenge is to put the country on a health-financing path that is effective, efficient, and financially affordable...
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To raise awareness among policymakers and health practitioners about unhealthy diets, this document examines dietary patterns in selected Latin American countries using household surveys. The analysis shows that a large percentage of households in the countries examined have inadequate diets....
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shape of the education–mortality curve by cohort, race/ethnicity, and gender. Whereas traditional regression models assume a … accurately describe how the association varies by cohort, both between and within race/ethnic and gender subpopulations. Notably …
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“preventable” causes of death, and less preventable causes of death. We further explore race/ethnic and gender variation in these … by race/ethnicity and gender. …
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This study has three primary goals that make an important contribution to the literature on body weight and childbearing experiences among United States’ women. It sheds light on the physiological and social nature of this relationship by examining whether the consequences of early adult...
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across six occupational categories. We randomly assigned names to the resumes that convey race and gender but for which a … from particular race and gender groups …
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The continuing gender and race/ethnic pay gaps continue to be a matter of considerable concern. Using detailed NLSY …
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race, gender, class and sexuality cannot be disentangled from one another as predictors of hypertension. …, classism and heterosexism, this paper investigates the degree to which race, gender, class and sexuality manifest distinct and … interconnected associations with self-reported hypertension in nationally-representative survey data from Canada. Binary logistic …
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