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Determinants, self-management strategies and interventions for hope in people with mental disorders: Systematic search and narrative review
Schrank, Beate; Bird, Victoria; Rudnick, Abraham; … - In: Social Science & Medicine 74 (2012) 4, pp. 554-564
interventions that increase hope. This study aims to systematically summarise the available evidence to fill four relevant knowledge …, and (3) interventions to increase hope for people with mental disorders. We conducted a systematic literature search in … only with experimental studies completely missing. (4) While some recovery oriented interventions were shown to increase …
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A new perspective on the success of public sector worklessness interventions in the UK’s most deprived areas
Holden, John; Frankal, Baron - In: Local Economy 27 (2012) 5-6, pp. 610-619
No urban economic assessment is complete without an analysis of worklessness in the most deprived neighbourhoods. In Manchester, as in most other cities, there are many neighbourhoods where worklessness rates are persistently high. However, because the analysis usually done is an anonymous...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011139481
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Unemployment and Smoking: Causation, Selection, or Common Cause? Evidence from Longitudinal Data
Schunck, Reinhard; Rogge, Benedikt G. - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2012
Background: This study investigates possible mechanisms that can explain the association between unemployment and … smoking, that is a) unemployment increases smoking probability (causation), b) smoking increases the probability to become … unemployed (selection), and c) differences in both smoking and unemployment probabilities trace back to differences in socio …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010896286
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The effects of marriage and separation on the psychotropic medication use of non-married cohabiters: A register-based longitudinal study among adult Finns
Metsä-Simola, Niina; Martikainen, Pekka - In: Social Science & Medicine 121 (2014) C, pp. 10-20
Non-marital cohabitation has become increasingly common and is suggested to offer similar mental-health benefits as marriage does. We studied levels and changes in cohabiters' mental health five years before and five years after entering into marriage or separating, and compared long-term...
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Divorce and changes in the prevalence of psychotropic medication use: A register-based longitudinal study among middle-aged Finns
Metsä-Simola, Niina; Martikainen, Pekka - In: Social Science & Medicine 94 (2013) C, pp. 71-80
The annual prevalence of psychotropic medication use exceeds 10 percent in Europe and the United States, the prevalence being higher among the divorced than the married. We analysed changes in the three-month prevalence of psychotropic medication use (psycholeptics and psychoanaleptics excluding...
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Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health in Burkina Faso
Cortez, Rafael; Bowser, Diana; Quinlan-Davisonson, Meaghen - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2015
Today?s adolescents and youth face substantial physical, social, legal, and economic barriers to meeting their SRH potential. Key factors underlying these issues are a lack of adolescent SRH (ASRH) policies and access to accessible, affordable, and appropriate health services. The impact that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011213765
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Kingdom of Lesotho; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper, Prioritization, and Cost Matrix
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006
This Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper for the Kingdom of Lesotho presents a determined plan in pursuance of high and sustainable equity-based economic growth. It contains medium-term objectives and strategies to address the major challenges facing the country. These challenges include employment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244168
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Republic of Mozambique; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper: Annual Progress Report: Review of the Economic and Social Plan for 2007
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008
This Annual Progress Report reviews the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper and Economic and Social Plan for 2007 for Mozambique. The report presents the new simplified structure adopted in the Review of the First Half of 2007. In the international context, the evolution of the international...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244337
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Rwanda; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008
Rwanda’s Economic Development and Poverty Reduction Strategy provides a medium-term framework for achieving the country’s long-term development goals and aspirations as embodied in Rwanda Vision 2020, the seven-year Government of Rwanda programme, and the Millennium Development...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244912
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Democratic Republic of the Congo; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007
This paper presents an overview of the Poverty Reduction and Growth Strategy Paper (PRGSP) for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The process of preparing the final PRGSP was complicated and laborious, but the government insisted that it be carried out rigorously and systematically. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244933