In a study of women in labor in the U. S., social inequity was associated with lower use of neuraxial analgesia — an epidural or spinal pain reliever– among non-Hispanic White women and, to a greater extent, among African American women, according to research at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and Columbia Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons (P&S).
Tag: SOCIOECONOMICS
Study finds firearm injuries increased in gentrified neighborhoods
Gentrification can have a ripple effect on communities. While it can improve certain conditions in typically low-income areas, rising housing costs can displace residents, causing social disruption and other downstream effects.
Introducing the Climate Solutions Explorer
IIASA recently launched the Climate Solutions Explorer – a comprehensive resource that visualizes and presents vital data about climate mitigation, climate impacts, vulnerabilities, and risks arising from development and climate change.
Social media posts can be used to track individuals’ income and economic inequalities
Researchers from Queen Mary University of London analysed 2.6 million posts on popular social media network Nextdoor and accurately predicted individuals’ income by solely examining the posts they’ve published.
Mental distress among female individuals of reproductive age after overturning of Roe v Wade
This case control study found that for female individuals, the loss of abortion rights was associated with a 10% increase in prevalence of mental distress relative to the mean over the three months after the Supreme Court of the U.S. decision.
Predicting a recession
In the United States, publicly traded companies are required to report their recent financial performance, whether good or bad, to the public.
The expansion of capitalism led to a deterioration in human welfare
Far from reducing extreme poverty, the expansion of capitalism from the 16th century onward was associated with a dramatic deterioration in human welfare, according to a scientific study carried out by the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ICTA-UAB) in collaboration with Macquarie University, Australia, which shows that this new economic system saw a decline in wages to below subsistence, a deterioration in human stature, and a marked upturn in premature mortality.
Carbon storage in harvested wood products
Wood is infinitely useful. Critically important for our changing climate, trees store carbon.
To tax or not to tax, is that even a question?
A solution is proposed for evaluating tax efficiency, a formula expressing the marginal cost of public funds as a ratio of a net loss in social surplus to a net increase in tax revenue. This formula is derived from only a few indices, common across specific market demand conditions and cost factors. The indices clearly tell us how the degree of tax-driven social burden relates to imperfect competition.
New Insight: Socio-Economic Disparities in Physical Activity Levels During the COVID-19 Pandemic
A study conducted by Assistant Professor KYAN Akira (Kobe University Graduate School of Human Development and Environment) and Professor TAKAKURA Minoru (Faculty of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus) has identified socio-economic disparities in physical activity during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Both nature and nurture contribute to signatures of socioeconomic status in the brain
Your education, your job, your income, the neighborhood you live in: Together these factors are considered to represent socioeconomic status (SES) and contribute to a variety of health and social outcomes, from physical and mental health to educational achievement and cognitive capacities.
Skeptics of welfare schemes don’t increase with more immigrants
Some studies suggest that support for the welfare state decreases as immigration diversifies the population. However, recent research from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) shows that the story is probably not that simple.
New study shows rundown neighborhoods not slated to go into a steep decline
Scholars and criminologists have examined the relationship between urban decay and violent crime for decades.
More Than the Games: The Olympics and the Global Spotlight on Societal Issues
Millions of spectators tuned in Friday to watch the opening ceremony of the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Meeting Global Climate Targets Will Lead to 8 Million More Energy Jobs Worldwide by 2050
Researchers created a global dataset of job footprints in 50 countries and used a model to investigate how trying to meet the Paris Agreement global climate target of staying well below 2°C would affect energy sector jobs.
Water resources: Defusing conflict, promoting cooperation
Rivers are lifelines for many countries. They create valuable ecosystems, provide drinking water for people and raw water for agriculture and industry. In the Global South in particular, there is strong competition for access to freshwater resources. The increasing use…
Informing policy for long-term global food security
More than 820 million people in the world don’t have enough to eat, while climate change and increasing competition for land and water are further raising concerns about the future balance between food demand and supply. The results of a…
What makes a market transaction morally repugnant?
Study uncovers the psychological drivers of our feelings of repugnance
Renewable energies: No wind turbine disturbing the scenery
KIT researchers quantify energy system costs for stopping further expansion of wind energy use in beautiful landscapes
Medical debt in US
What The Study Did: Credit reports were analyzed to estimate the amount of medical debt in collections nationally and by geographic region and income group and its association with Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act. Authors: Neale Mahoney, Ph.D.,…
Improving access to mental health services in low-income communities
UH researcher: Communication, coordination, collaboration are key
The seeds that give: retired WVU plant pathologist donates tomato seeds to developing nations
Mannon Gallegly, professor emeritus of plant pathology at West Virginia University, is donating tomato seeds to the World Vegetable Center, a global nonprofit institute for vegetable research and development.
Of lives and life years: 1918 influenza vs COVID-19
Next time, vaccination may be too little, too late
When money’s tight, parents talk less to kids; could this explain the word gap?
Tackling income inequality could boost low-income children’s vocabulary, new study suggests
Food Insufficiency Linked to Lack of Mental Health Services During Pandemic
A new national study published in Public Health Nutrition on July 15 found that Americans experiencing food insufficiency were three times as likely to lack mental health support during the COVID-19 pandemic than those not experiencing food insufficiency.
A watershed moment for post-Covid UK social policy
Authors of a new book call for the focus to be firmly on medical care, food, housing, ‘other necessary social services’ and access to digital technology.
The GovLab launches free online course on “Open Justice”
BROOKLYN, New York, Thursday, July 15, 2021 – Today, The GovLab in partnership with the Electoral Tribunal of the Federal Judiciary of Mexico (TEPJF) , launched a first of its kind, online course on Open Justice through the edX MOOC…
New Book Defines Trend: Meet the Multispecies Family
SMU sociologist says treating pets like family impacts birth rates, budgets and job choice
July/August 2021 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
Primary Care Poised to Provide Clinical Guidance, Answers About COVID-19 Testing, Vaccine Administration Researchers examined the role of primary care physicians and other clinicians in delivering vaccinations in the United States. They used two main datasets to create an in-depth…
Association of socioeconomic characteristics with disparities in COVID-19 outcomes in Japan
What The Study Did: This study found an unequal pattern of COVID-19 outcomes that was associated with the socioeconomic circumstances in regions of Japan, suggesting that these disparities in COVID-19 outcomes aren’t unique to the United States and Europe. Authors:…
UCLA research finds the US lags 79 other nations in preventing child immigration detention
The COVID-19 pandemic has amplified calls to end the detention of migrant children, as cases surge among children held in crowded conditions; yet immigration detention’s threats to children’s fundamental rights did not begin with the current public health crisis. Unlike…
Trust me, I’m a chatbot
Göttingen University researchers investigate effect of non-human conversation partners in customer services
Banishing bandits: Other countries bear the cost
A new study reveals the strategies that stop bandits from illegally fishing in Australian waters–but warns there is a cost to the region’s poorer countries. Co-author Dr Brock Bergseth, from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies at…
Politecnico di Torino and Ithaca together for the production of maps for the European Agency Frontex
TURIN, 14 July 2021 – Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, since 2004 engaged in migration control, border management and whose responsibilities, extended in 2016 to the fight against cross-border crime and search and rescue services in the…
Cocoa bean DNA testing offers path to end slavery and child labour in chocolate industry
Research shows low-cost DNA biomarker technique can trace cocoa from a specific farm to the chocolate bar in your hand
Behavioral health integration helps practices address patients’ socioeconomic needs
Applying lessons from behavioral health integration to social care integration in primary care
Community health workers identify health-related social needs in patients
Implementation of health-related social needs screening at Michigan health centers: A qualitative study
Integration of social care into health care: Our collective path ahead
Researchers, policy makers, health care systems and payers all play a part in meeting patient social care needs
Poor and minority communities suffer more from extreme heat in US cities
Excess urban heat is common within cities, but not all communities burden the consequences equally, according to new UC San Diego research
US-wide, non-white neighborhoods are hotter than white ones
Wealthier, whiter urban and small-town residents benefit more from cooling infrastructure and trees
Allocating COVID vaccines based on health and socioeconomic factors could cut mortality
Study suggests spatial relationship between COVID-19 mortality and population-level health factors
Coastal ecosystems worldwide: Billion-dollar carbon reservoirs
Climate and ecosystem change lead to a global redistribution of wealth
Sea-level rise may worsen existing Bay Area inequities
Rather than waiting for certainty in sea-level rise projections, policymakers can plan now for future coastal flooding by addressing existing inequities among the most vulnerable communities in flood zones, according to Stanford research. Using a methodology that incorporates socioeconomic data…
Corona gets us tired
Societies act rationally and in solidarity – but also increasingly experience a sense of fatigue, says a study of Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon
Populist anti-foreign aid rhetoric has an impact on the public – but only among fans of populist politicians, study shows
Populist anti-foreign aid rhetoric works – but only fans of populist politicians are convinced by hostile messages about charity abroad, a new study shows. Those who distrust populist politicians are significantly less susceptible to these messages.
Do I buy or not?
You have probably often said to yourself: “This time, I will only buy what I need!” But then you still ended up coming home with things that were not on your shopping list.
Do I buy or not?
You have probably often said to yourself: “This time, I will only buy what I need!” But then you still ended up coming home with things that were not on your shopping list. How can you prevent such impulse buying?…
Packaged water consumption linked to cholera outbreak in DRC capital
Cholera is a diarrheal disease caused by ingestion of the Vibrio cholerae bacterium. In November 2017, a cholera epidemic occurred in Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where no outbreak had been recorded for nearly a decade. A study…
Study: How a large cat deity helps people to share space with leopards in India
The story of the Warli and the Waghoba
Wage inequality negatively impacts customer satisfaction and does not improve long-term firm performance
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