Preparing low-income communities for hurricanes begins with outreach, Rutgers study finds
Interviews with economically disadvantaged New Jerseyans in the areas hardest hit by Superstorm Sandy yield advice for future disastersCredit: Joanna ...
Tag: Socioeconomics
Does health care help us live longer?
A widely cited statistic suggests that health care services account for only a small percentage of the variation in American ...
Families with a higher socioeconomic position have a greater risk of exposure to chemicals
A higher socioeconomic position is associated to greater exposure to several environmental chemical contaminants -such as various per- and polyfluoroalkyl ...
New Mexico cancer patients have lower survival rate, study finds
A study by researchers at the Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine shows that cancer patients in New Mexico have a ...
Post-bypass survival linked to civil status and class
Credit: Photo by Laila Ostlund Civil status, education, and income are factors shown to be clearly associated with duration of ...
Eat or be eaten: Street food vendors resist and adapt to changing society
Kanazawa University study of Indonesian street vendors finds them continually grappling with aggressive urbanization, but resisting by forging relationships, engaging ...
EU sustainable development policy defines entrepreneurship in three distinct ways
New study shows mixed meanings across policies, which may muddy take-aways for firms and national governmentsCredit: Roope Kiviranta/Aalto University Entrepreneurs ...
PSU researcher investigates how hospitals can better support parents in the NICU
Thirteen years ago, Susanne Klawetter gave birth to triplets. They required a stay in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). ...
‘Good enough’ parenting is good enough, new research says
New 'secure base provision' framework is 8 times more effective than traditional framework at predicting infant attachment, which is tied ...
Negative economic messaging impacting on suicide rates, says new research
Relentless negative reporting on economic downturns is impacting on people's emotions and contributing to the suicide rate, according to new ...
Reduction and loss of SNAP benefits tied to increased food insecurity and poor health among working
BOSTON--Families with young children who experienced a reduction or cutoff in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits because of increased ...
G7: statements from science academies to heads of government to reassert role of science in society
In preparation for the 45th G7 Summit, to be held in Biarritz from 25 to 27 August 2019, the science ...
IPBES: Nature’s dangerous decline ‘unprecedented,’ species extinction rates ‘accelerating’
Current global response insufficient; 'transformative changes' needed to restore and protect nature; opposition from vested interests can be overcome for ...
High rates of Indigenous people in jail is a health crisis
The overincarceration of Indigenous people in Canada is a health crisis, causing more years of life to be lost than ...
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