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Tracking Change in Rock Art Vocabularies and Styles at Marapikurrinya (Port Hedland, Northwest Australia)
Track engravings dominate the rock art assemblage across Marapikurrinya (Port Hedland) in Northwest Australia, with social change through time linked to changes in how and when this graphic vocabulary is employed. Discrete styles have been identified within the broader engraving body, which is…
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Growing Up in Rural America
This article examines the context of growing up in rural America and how rural roots shape life chances. The distinctive physical, social, and cultural attributes of rural areas can exacerbate many of the challenges of childhood poverty. Yet rural children have better access to public childcare…
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Trends in educational and wealth inequalities in adult tobacco use in Nepal 2001–2016: secondary data analyses of four Demographic and Health Surveys
Objective To measure trends in socioeconomic inequalities tobacco use in Nepal.Setting Adults interviewed during house-to-house surveys.Participants Women (15–45 years) and men (15–49 years) surveyed in four Nepal Demographic and Health Surveys done in 2001, 2006, 2011 and 2016.Outcome measure…
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Growing Up in Rural America
This article examines the context of growing up in rural America and how rural roots shape life chances. The distinctive physical, social, and cultural attributes of rural areas can exacerbate many of the challenges of childhood poverty. Yet rural children have better access to public childcare…
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Impact of selective evidence presentation on judgments of health inequality trends: an experimental study.
Reducing health inequalities is a key objective for many governments and public health organizations. Whether inequalities are measured on the absolute (difference) or relative (ratio) scale can have a significant impact on judgments about whether health inequalities are increasing or decreasing…
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Hardcore smoking among daily smokers in male and female adults in 27 countries: a secondary data analysis of Global Adult Tobacco Surveys (2008-2014)
# Background "Hardcore smokers" (HCS) who do not want to quit make it more difficult for tobacco control efforts to further reduce smoking prevalence. We aimed to quantify the burden of HCS among daily smoking adult males and females in 27 countries. # Methods We used Global Adult Tobacco Survey…
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Cost-effectiveness of RefluxStop compared to proton pump inhibitors and Nissen fundoplication for management of persistent gastroesophageal reflux disease in Norway
Abstract Background Heartburn, chest pain, and regurgitation are characteristics of gastroesophageal reflux disease. The standard treatment in Norway is proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), but surgical alternatives such as Nissen fundoplication are pursued when medical management proves ineffective…
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Childbirth-Related Hospital Burden by Socioeconomic Status in a Universal Health Care Setting
Introduction Hospital utilization varies across socioeconomic and demographic strata in Canada, which has a universal health care system that grants essential services to everyone. Rates of adverse birth outcomes are known to differ among high and low SES women, but less is known of the excess…
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The effect of an affordable daycare program on health and economic well-being in Rajasthan, India: protocol for a cluster-randomized impact evaluation study
Abstract Background The provision of affordable and reliable daycare services is a potentially important policy lever for empowering Indian women. Access to daycare might reduce barriers to labor force entry and generate economic opportunities for women, improve education for girls caring for…
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Global and National Socioeconomic Disparities in Obesity, Overweight, and Underweight Status
Objective. To examine the association between socioeconomic factors and weight status across 53 countries. Methods. Data are cross-sectional and from the long version of the World Health Survey (WHS). There were 172,625 WHS participants who provided self-reported height and weight measures and…
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Improved Monte Carlo methods for estimating confidence intervals for eleven commonly used health disparity measures.
Health disparities are commonplace and of broad interest to policy makers, but are also challenging to measure and communicate. The Health Disparity Calculator software (HD*Calc, v1.2.4) offers Monte Carlo simulation (MCS)-based confidence interval (CI) estimation of eleven disparity measures. The…
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Neighbourhood Walkability and Daily Steps in Adults with Type 2 Diabetes.
There is evidence that greater neighbourhood walkability (i.e., neighbourhoods with more amenities and well-connected streets) is associated with higher levels of total walking in Europe and in Asia, but it remains unclear if this association holds in the Canadian context and in chronic disease…
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Budget Impact of RefluxStop™ as a Treatment for Patients with Refractory Gastro-oesophageal Reflux Disease in the United Kingdom
# Background Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD) is a common condition associated with heartburn and regurgitation. Standard of care for GORD patients in the UK involves initial treatment with proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) and laparoscopic antireflux surgery in patients unwilling to continue…
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The impact of social and psychological consequences of disease on judgments of disease severity: An experimental study.
The Global Burden of Disease (GBD) project systematically assesses mortality, healthy life expectancy, and disability across 195 countries and territories, using the disability-adjusted life year (DALY). Disability weights in the DALY are based upon surveys that ask users to rate health states…
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Increased Duration of Paid Maternity Leave Lowers Infant Mortality in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Quasi-Experimental Study.
BackgroundMaternity leave reduces neonatal and infant mortality rates in high-income countries. However, the impact of maternity leave on infant health has not been rigorously evaluated in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). In this study, we utilized a difference-in-differences approach to…