Essays about: "sociology and health"
Showing result 16 - 20 of 24 essays containing the words sociology and health.
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16. An Economic Model of the Salaried Physician in a Public Health Care System
University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionenAbstract : At present there is no health economic model that can fully explain the behaviour of the salaried physician in public health care systems. My purpose is to create a working economic model of the salaried physician in a public health care system. Any model is a simplification of reality and choices have to be made between simplicity and relevance. READ MORE
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17. The Role of Community Engagementin Urban Sustaiability : Investigation of three neighbourhoods in Toronto
University essay from Institutionen för geovetenskaperAbstract : This paper considers the quantitative and qualitative observation-based assessment of neighbourhoodhealth in three Toronto neighbourhoods. In so doing, the paper addresses prevailing challenges andopportunities in a range of forms of neighbourhood health. READ MORE
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18. Is the effect of income on the suicide rate always negative? A test of Barnes' theory
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Sociologiska institutionenAbstract : Durkheim’s socioeconomic hypothesis of suicide has been a popular theory to test for sociologists. However the results have been mixed, offering very little cumulative sociological knowledge. READ MORE
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19. Impacts of infectious diseases on poverty : What do we know and what way forward?
University essay from Nordiska ministerrådet/Nordic School of Public Health NHVAbstract : Combating infectious diseases and poverty are hot topics on the world development agenda. The vicious cycle of ill health and poverty is reinforced by a “medical poverty trap” relating to households being impoverished due to escalating illness-related out-of-pocket costs, especially in combination with loss of income due to incapacity to work. READ MORE
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20. 'It's in our culture' - A qualitative case study on Indigenous Australians' experiences of learning at the organisation QATSIHWEPAC
University essay from Lunds universitet/PedagogikAbstract : In every population there are groups of minorities. These minority groups are often underrepresented on the labour market. This led us to the question whether or not this under representation is connected to the absence of cultural appropriate pedagogy in the education. In this study the specific minority group in focus is Indigenous Australians. READ MORE