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association between duration of U.S. residence with their health outcomes and behaviors may vary considerably by educational … between duration of U.S. residence and self-reported health, activity limitation status, chronic health conditions, and … current smoking are concentrated among Asian immigrants with less than a high school education; in contrast, the health …
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Agricultural innovations are seen as a key avenue to improve nutrition and health in smallholder farm households. But … details of these agriculture-nutrition-health linkages are not yet well understood. While there is a broad literature on the … and health impacts have rarely been analyzed. In this article, we argue that future impact studies should include …
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that threaten the health of the resident population. In reality, extensive empirical research over several decades and … spent in the host country, however, and immigrants' health status converges toward (or below) that of native residents. …
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This paper proposes to reveal the importance of health in accomplishing the objectives of the Europe 2020 strategy … profound changes, in order to survive, the health unit must be able to sense the transformations, opportunities and new tasks …, to adapt to the requirements of an environment which is not always favorable. The activity of health preservation has an …
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, lies a new conception of health that gives centrality to the dimension of psychological well-being and considers to be and … treatments, in a cultural scenario where tends to prevail an extensive notion of health that is, however, far from being …» means feeling «good». The perverse effect of multiplying behaviors that could be risky for health itself is investigated. …
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We study the impact of language deficiency on the health production of childhood migrants to Australia. Our … large negative effect of English deficiency on physical health that is robust to a range of different specifications. In the … upper bounds for the true effect of English deficiency on health of one half and a full standard deviation in the health …
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report also considers the rationale for conditioning the transfers on the use of specific health and education services by …" between parents and their children; or if there are large externalities to investments in health and education. Political …
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We estimate the effect of binge drinking on accident and emergency attendances, road accidents, arrests, and the number of police officers on duty using a variety of unique data from Britain and a two-sample minimum distance estimation procedure. Our estimates, which reveal sizeable effects of...
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This report addresses the potential of digital games to support social inclusion and empowerment (DGEI). It is based on a range of theoretical and empirical data, brought together for the first time in this and associated reports. The aim of the report, commissioned by DG CNECT, is to provide a...
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to ICT for health, directly supports the objectives of the Digital Agenda in the area of eHealth which are to both cope … with societal challenges and create opportunities for innovation and economic growth by reducing health inequalities … of the health status and quality of life of Europeans, especially older people; - An improvement of the sustainability …
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