• Health is profoundly affected by certain conditions commonly referred to as the "social determinants of health".1, 2 These factors relate to the physical, social and economic environments in which people live, and they affect health by impacting on peoples' living circumstances and quality of life. (who.int)
  • Though the World Health Organization (WHO) recognized the role of key social determinants of health many years ago when it launched the Primary Health Care (PHC) strategy, not much has happened in countries since. (who.int)
  • Consequently, in 2005 WHO set up the Commission on Social Determinants of Health to look into why the PHC strategy did not work and advise on how it could be revitalized. (who.int)
  • Addressing the social determinants of health is essential if the health targets set in the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are to be met in the African Region. (who.int)
  • 2 WHO, Action on the social determinants of health: Learning from previous experiences. (who.int)
  • A paper prepared for the Commission on Social Determinants of Health, Geneva, World Health Organization, 2005. (who.int)
  • 3 Public Health Canada, The social determinants of health: An overview of the implications for policy and the role of the health sector. (who.int)
  • Proceedings of a conference on social determinants of health across the life-span held at York University, Canada, 2002. (who.int)
  • The WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health is working with governments, civil society, international organizations and donors in pragmatic ways to create better social conditions for health, especially for the most vulnerable people. (who.int)
  • Social determinants of health (SDOH) are the conditions in the places where people live, learn, work, and play that affect a wide range of health and quality of life risks and outcomes. (msdmanuals.com)
  • For the purpose of this work, we systematically reviewed the available literature for empirical studies in respect to citizens' participation in environmental and nature-based CS initiatives established during the last two decades, using the PRISMA methodology. (mdpi.com)
  • Under the new EU rules, public procurement procedures are becoming a policy strategy instrument in order to implement environmental, social and innovation measures as well as the better access of small and medium sized enterprises to public procurement markets. (tenderio.com)
  • The New Directive stipulates that contracting authorities may exclude from participation in a procurement procedure any economic operator in case of violation of applicable obligations in the fields of environmental, social and labour law established by the Union law, national law, collective agreements or by the international environmental, social and labour law provisions. (tenderio.com)
  • Furthermore, it notes that contracting authorities shall reject the tender where they have established that the tender is abnormally low because it does not comply with applicable obligations in the fields of environmental, social and labour law established by the Union law, national law, and collective agreements or by the international environmental, social and labour law provisions. (tenderio.com)
  • An important step in planning for engagement is recognizing whether an exposed or potentially exposed population is already experiencing economic or environmental burdens or social vulnerability . (cdc.gov)
  • The reasons might be the social and economic factors required to be able to participate in such an expensive and lavish race. (uzh.ch)
  • Katapult's long-term goal is to contribute to economic, social and artistic growth, both locally and regionally. (subtopia.se)
  • Why it matters is because it is, for us, a fundamental moral question, frankly, but it's also an economic and social development question. (worldbank.org)
  • That is because gender gaps in economic development impose a huge economic and social cost. (worldbank.org)
  • Economic and Social Review , 8(2), 79-100. (ulst.ac.uk)
  • Although primarily focused on ecology and the environment, it also involves social, cultural and economic aspects of life. (wamda.com)
  • Social hardship in the child's life: what are the economic consequences of state interventions in the family unit? (lu.se)
  • It is commonly argued that, despite the tremendous resonance Citizen Science (CS) has shown in recent years, there is still lack of understanding of important aspects defining citizens' participation and engagement in CS initiatives. (mdpi.com)
  • Participatory Democracy and Political Participation: Can Participatory Engineering Bring Citizens Back In? (uni-mannheim.de)
  • Subproject: Participation of citizens in disaster management. (hwr-berlin.de)
  • Despite the existing regulatory legal acts governing the protection of health and the social rights enjoyment by citizens with epilepsy, there are many questions on this topic both regarding accessibility of these norms to people with epilepsy and in terms of compliance of the current legislation with the norms of the Constitution of the Russian Federation. (intechopen.com)
  • Article 7 of the Constitution of Russia proclaims the Russian Federation as a social state, the distinguishing feature of which is an active policy in the fields of science, education, health care, culture, etc. [ 1 ], as well as a high level of social responsibility of government to citizens. (intechopen.com)
  • On the other hand, social media may enable dispersed citizens to participate in construction of party strategies, tactics, and policies. (edu.au)
  • At the moment, there are no specific participation mechanisms during the technology evaluation process or coverage decision-making for potentially interested or affected parties (citizens, patients and caregivers, health professionals, organizations, professional associations, industry). (bvsalud.org)
  • As the elderly are particularly vulnerable to the effects of noise, an understanding of the interplay between auditory, cognitive, and social factors and its effect on speech communication and social participation is also critical. (cdc.gov)
  • The approach is based on social cognitive theory and proposes modeling as a source of vicarious learning of outcome and efficacy expectations. (cdc.gov)
  • The approach is based on social cognitive theory factors for chronic diseases among this population. (cdc.gov)
  • Some of the factors that influence health-related quality of life (eg, reduced life expectancy, cognitive impairment, disability, chronic pain, social isolation, functional status, dependency on caregivers) may be obvious to health care practitioners. (msdmanuals.com)
  • A vacant PhD position within the project Social Interaction with Autonomous Artefacts is open for applications at LUCS (Lund University Cognitive Science). (lu.se)
  • The PhD position is placed within the multidisciplinary project Social interaction with autonomous artefacts in cognitive science and theoretical philosophy and tied to the Cognitive Robotics Lab and CogComLab. (lu.se)
  • and clinical and pathologic aspects) according to the professional profile of attendants. (cdc.gov)
  • There are clinical, psychological, and social consequences associated with chronic pain including limitations in complex activities, lost work productivity, reduced quality of life, and stigma, emphasizing the importance of appropriate and compassionate patient care ( 4 ). (cdc.gov)
  • In this paper, we analyze data from the 2012 Encuesta de Integración Social y Salud (Social Integration and Health Survey) of the Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spanish National Institute of Statistics) to obtain profiles created by combining disability, poverty and social exclusion. (mdpi.com)
  • We hypothesize that the probability that people will experience social exclusion increases if they have a disability, chronic illness or limitation in conducting everyday activities, and that this probability is greater for women than for men. (mdpi.com)
  • The adoption and use of digital devices reinforces the existing socioeconomic factors where social exclusion transfers to digital exclusion. (edu.au)
  • The acronyms ELSI (in the United States) and ELSA (in Europe) refer to research activities that anticipate and address ethical, legal and social implications (ELSI) or aspects (ELSA) of emerging sciences, notably genomics and nanotechnology. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Just Transition Lab is an interdisciplinary group of researchers from the Business School, School of Engineering, School of Geosciences, School of Law, and the School of Social Sciences working on advancing impact-driven research on Just Transition. (abdn.ac.uk)
  • They emphasize issues of social justice, the need to address inequalities in digital access and advocate anticipatory forms of governance to minimize potential negative consequences. (frontiersin.org)
  • Drawing on philosophies of social justice, Transport Justice argues that governments have the fundamental duty of providing virtually every person with adequate transportation and thus of mitigating the social disparities that have been created over the past decades. (researchgate.net)
  • The authors highlight issues of social acceptability by diverse stakeholders during adoption, maintaining human contact and balancing concerns for confidentiality and data security. (frontiersin.org)
  • They underline the need for user participation in technology development and deployment, also bringing to the fore organizational, social and ethical aspects. (frontiersin.org)
  • Organizational factors such as participation in decision making was noted as a significant stress factor. (cdc.gov)
  • Epilepsy is a disease that creates many problems for people with such a diagnosis in the enjoyment of their social rights. (intechopen.com)
  • Results revealed that the 2 groups of children demonstrated generally similar patterns of activity preferences and use of free time but had significant differences in areas related to intensity and enjoyment of involvement and in their social networks. (aahd.us)
  • Drawing on a number of disciplines and an ethnographic analysis of 250 Facebook political groups, Marichal explores how Facebook's emphasis on social connection impacts key dimensions of political participation: e.g. mobilization, deliberation, and attitude formation. (oapen.org)
  • New York - As they pursue pathways to recover from the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic, Arab States should strengthen capacities and build effective and trustworthy institutional structures that can support a new social contract and enable societies to cope with future shocks and disasters-according to the Arab Human Development Report (AHDR) 2022 that the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) launched today. (undp.org)
  • Noise is omnipresent and impacts us all in many aspects of daily living. (cdc.gov)
  • Objectives: This study explored the perceptions of South Africans with disabilities, to understand their experiences during coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), focussing on socioeconomic, well-being and human rights aspects. (bvsalud.org)
  • A first step in the PHA process is recognizing unique aspects of the community and planning for engagement. (cdc.gov)
  • Especially, further progress in harmonisation between the national legislation and EU Directives in the area of public procurement should be made to promote green procurement, social aspects, innovation, as well as the concept of life-cycle costs and to facilitate access of small and medium sized enterprises to public procurement markets. (tenderio.com)
  • Promote community participation in the PHA process. (cdc.gov)
  • Indeed, our media and social media have been instrumental in exposing corruption and demanding ( inaudible ) from our government officials. (wikiquote.org)
  • Due to rise in social media accessibility, there is a growing emphasis surrounding the importance of a good customer service experience. (trade.gov)
  • How does it spread on the internet, especially on social media platforms? (routledge.com)
  • As activity online has grown, however, an expanding catalogue of research reveals a darker side to social media, and the internet generally. (routledge.com)
  • The social media aspect of the index tracks crypto mentions on various social media sites. (investmentu.com)
  • Instead, political parties are increasingly mining social media and pushing microtargeted ads based on online profiles. (edu.au)
  • Hosted by News & Media Research Centre and Institute for Governance & Policy Analysis , at the University of Canberra, the symposium brought together international scholars, practitioners and activists to engage with the contemporary issues in digital participation. (edu.au)
  • Children and adolescents are more physically active than adults, but participation in physical activity declines in adolescence. (cdc.gov)
  • for research collaboration and public participation. (wikipedia.org)
  • Our democracy's public participation is every aspect of our lives. (wikiquote.org)
  • Many group members study some aspect of political participation or behavior either among the mass public or among elites. (uib.no)
  • The authors also stress the role of social dynamics, such as trust in regulatory authorities, and public misperceptions about the technology. (frontiersin.org)
  • Where the public institutions go rotten, every aspect of social life faces severe problems. (groundviews.org)
  • They stressed the importance of commitment and action of international and national actors to pave a path toward equality, despite the scale of the challenge, and concentrated on the transformative potential of women's financial empowerment, highlighting the essential role for public finance in reaching women and girls with social services, especially the poorest and most vulnerable. (worldbank.org)
  • However, the recent introduction of a contextual phenomenon known as social capital to the field of public health has sparked lively debate as to how it may also influence the health of individuals, if at all. (lu.se)
  • The Commission will support countries and global health partners to address the social factors leading to ill-health and inequities. (who.int)
  • Since Durkheim's seminal work over a century ago, research has repeatedly shown that individuals with higher levels of social integration, social networks and social support have better health status. (lu.se)
  • Social support and the ability to cope with stress were discussed in this context. (cdc.gov)
  • Better Support for User Participation Using Business Rules Approach? (lu.se)
  • ELSI was conceived in 1988 when James Watson, at the press conference announcing his appointment as director of the Human Genome Project (HGP), suddenly and somewhat unexpectedly declared that the ethical and social implications of genomics warranted a special effort and should be directly funded by the National Institutes of Health. (wikipedia.org)
  • Such emphasis on elderly involvement, direct communication and make more influence on different aspects in policy-making, thus enabling the successfully development of aged-friendly in Southern District. (who.int)
  • The interference of noise with communication can have significant social consequences, especially for persons with hearing loss, and may compromise safety (e.g. failure to perceive auditory warning signals), influence worker productivity and learning in children, affect health (e.g. vocal pathology, noise-induced hearing loss), compromise speech privacy, and impact social participation by the elderly. (cdc.gov)
  • Through its widening participation strategy, the University aims to address educational inequalities and patterns of under-representation in Higher Education. (ed.ac.uk)
  • Participation in social aspects of daily life is crucial to children's development. (aahd.us)
  • The infusion of social structure into every aspect of Ge life results in a decentralization of authority, since collective activities tend to be performed by those groups most capable of or best suited for their realization. (britannica.com)
  • As aspects of political and social life are increasingly rendered in forms of digital traces, wide varieties of political actors are finding ways to utilise these data to push for political and social change. (edu.au)
  • It examines dynamic and developmental aspects of human-artefact interaction and the underlying mechanisms to clarify the function and influence of such interaction on human behaviour and forms of life. (lu.se)
  • Social and Civic Responsibility is a key aspect of the University's strategic plan. (ed.ac.uk)
  • The population is ageing, and dementia is the greatest global challenge for health and social care in the twenty-first century. (cambridge.org)
  • 1 The progressive nature of dementia is often coupled with other health and social needs, and management is complex. (cambridge.org)
  • Of the four aspects (Head, Heart, Hands & Health) of the Discipleship Program, the Covenant Groups are the piece of the program that concentrates on equipping the hands for serving others in a Christian community. (sckans.edu)
  • The Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR) publishes a Medicine 2.0 theme issue and sponsors a conference on "How Social Networking and Web 2.0 changes Health, Health Care, Medicine, and Biomedical Research", to stimulate and encourage research in these five areas. (jmir.org)
  • It aims to evaluate, on a global scale, (i) the situation and evidence in relation to health inequities and social determinants, including interventions, and (ii) policies and programmes that tackle social determinants and have proven effective in helping to reduce health inequities. (who.int)
  • Though critics have raised several points of contention regarding reported association between social capital and health over recent years, one outstanding issue remains: the lack of empirical research focusing on causal relationships, due to paucity of adequate longitudinal social capital data. (lu.se)
  • The overall aim of this thesis is to test association between different social capital proxies and self-rated health (SRH), alongside other well-known health determinants, using multilevel and longitudinal data, whilst employing a variety of study designs and methods. (lu.se)
  • The underlying premise of this body of work is to investigate temporal (causal) relationships between social capital and health. (lu.se)
  • The impact of changes in different aspects of social capital and material conditions on self-rated health over time: A longitudinal cohort study. (lu.se)
  • Social capital and health-Purely a question of context? (lu.se)
  • The Surgeon General's report on physical activity and health emphasizes that regular participation in moderate physical activity is an essential component of a healthy lifestyle (1). (cdc.gov)
  • Introduction to Social Issues in Older Adults Social issues influence an older person's risk and experience of illness as well as a health care professional's ability to deliver timely and appropriate care. (msdmanuals.com)
  • This is one of the reasons why a reflective approach to participation is important, not as a matter of securing social acceptance for new technological configurations, but rather as a matter of securing legitimacy and opening up the issues within and around such projects to forms of democratic governance. (springer.com)
  • Bo Rothstein, professor at the University of Gothenburg, gave a short lecture on Controlling Corruption: The Social Contract Approach. (uib.no)
  • The authors highlight important aspects of the professional roles of clinicians, and the need for learning, capability-building and de-mystification of the opacity of AI-in use. (frontiersin.org)
  • In an age of information abundance, the ability to filter fact from fiction is becoming an important aspect of civic participation. (edu.au)
  • This methodology contains important, non-structural components, such as stakeholder participation and social learning. (lu.se)
  • An important aspect of the proposed project is to focus on existing buildings and infrastructure. (lu.se)
  • We examined the social participation patterns of 2 groups of children (ages 6-9): (1) children with SPD and (2) their typically developing peers. (aahd.us)
  • All children participated in a structured interview to report their social participation patterns, including activity patterns and social networks. (aahd.us)
  • Pre-apprenticeship programmes, designed to accommodate a wide range of learners from diverse educational and social backgrounds, provide them with the full range of competencies needed to move on to a regular apprenticeship Some examples are given in Table 7.1 in chapter 7. (ilo.org)
  • This includes a commitment to widening participation in Higher Education, for people of all backgrounds. (ed.ac.uk)
  • The Trust work to increase social mobility and improve educational opportunities for young people from low and middle income homes. (ed.ac.uk)
  • In Chap. 3 we discussed participation as an orchestrated phenomenon (Skjølsvold et al. (springer.com)
  • People, on the whole, are better informed and online discussion is more inclusive because barriers to participation are reduced. (routledge.com)
  • Social networking approaches revolutionize the way people collaborate, identify potential collaborators or friends, communicate with each other, and identify information that is relevant for them. (jmir.org)
  • Participation is open to all people currently residing in Lebanon of any age or background. (wamda.com)
  • these populations include the poor, the marginalized, and those people excluded from participation in certain aspects of society because of their living conditions. (who.int)
  • Such teams could be led by SFABs, with participation open to other U.S. agencies and private sector partners who possess relevant skills and experience, because SFAB personnel do not hold skills in governance advising. (smallwarsjournal.com)
  • We tracked participation of community members in all phases. (cdc.gov)
  • WASP-HS aims to realize excellent research and develop competence on the opportunities and challenges of artificial intelligence and autonomous systems with a strong investment on research in humanities and social science. (lu.se)
  • A significant aspect of stress was the existence of the so called buffer factors, which are factors that tend to weaken stress reactions. (cdc.gov)
  • Pupils took part in a variety of pre-recorded content and live interactive sessions, experiencing academic teaching, university guidance, and social activities. (ed.ac.uk)
  • Although disability status is recognized to affect children's ability to participate in social activities, little is understood about the impact of sensory processing disorders (SPD) on children's social participation. (aahd.us)
  • Digital participation is no longer a supplemental set of activities but has become a key component of modern citizenship. (edu.au)
  • Future studies need to investigate the motivational aspects of European ultraendurance athletes. (uzh.ch)
  • DUNN, S and MORGAN, V (1988) The social context of education in Northern Ireland . (ulst.ac.uk)
  • Sub-project: Investigating psychosocial and legal aspects. (hwr-berlin.de)
  • Also taking place over a four-day programme this summer has been the Reach Edinburgh Widening Participation project for Medicine. (ed.ac.uk)
  • The runners' skills and knowledge increased over time, showing how digital resources improved their training, increased their social interactions, developed entrepreneurial skills, created awareness in and with the rest of society, and improved participation in m-learning. (diva-portal.org)
  • As you seek ways to strengthen the U.S./Indonesian, or I should say Indonesia/U.S. strategic partnership over the next five years what role do you see for the greater participation by civil society groups in both countries? (wikiquote.org)