scholarly journals Geographical Extraction and the Finnish-Swedish Health Differential in Finland

2005 ◽  
pp. 61-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Saarela ◽  
Fjalar Finnäs
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Health Behaviors ◽  
Coastal Area ◽  
Death Rates ◽  
Group Health ◽  
Disability Retirement ◽  
Aged People ◽  
Region Of Residence ◽  
High Death ◽  
Mortality Differential

Previous research concerned with the Finnish-Swedish mortality differential in Finland tends to have overlooked the fact that many Finnish speakers who live in the same coastal area as the Swedish speakers originate from parts of the country with high death rates. Using an extract from Statistics Finlands longitudinal employment statistics ? le, we ? nd that geographical extraction is an important factor underlying variation in both mortality and disability retirement in working-aged people. Finnish speakers born in eastern and northern Finland have substantially poorer health than those originating from western Finland. It is consequently not suf? cient to restrict analyses only by present region of residence. Still, there remains a between-group health differential also in people born in the coastal area, which suggests that health behaviors and risk factors could be relevant.

scholarly journals Depression and depressive symptoms as risk factors of labour deactivation and early or disability retirement in economically active adults in different age groups

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-63
Author(s):  
Magdalena Konopko ◽  
Anna Antosik-Wójcińska ◽  
Łukasz Święcicki ◽  
Marcin Wojnar ◽  
Przemysław Bieńkowski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Disability Retirement ◽  
Active Adults

scholarly journals Middle-aged Australians’ perceptions of support to reduce lifestyle risk factors: a qualitative study

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 313
Author(s):  
Christine Ashley ◽  
Elizabeth Halcomb ◽  
Susan McInnes ◽  
Karin Robinson ◽  
Elizabeth Lucas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
General Practice ◽  
Risk Reduction ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Middle Aged ◽  
Aged People ◽  
Lifestyle Risk Factors ◽  
Prevention And Health Promotion ◽  
Lifestyle Risk ◽  
Lifestyle Risk Reduction

Increasingly, middle-aged people are demonstrating lifestyle risk factors that increase their risk of developing chronic disease. Reducing lifestyle risk in middle age can significantly reduce future morbidity and mortality and improve quality of life. Understanding peoples’ perceptions of health support is important to inform health professionals and policymakers regarding strategies to support lifestyle risk reduction. This paper seeks to explore middle-aged Australians’ perceptions of support for lifestyle risk reduction. Thirty-four middle-aged Australians were interviewed using a semi-structured interview schedule. Interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed and analysed using thematic analysis. The overarching theme ‘support for healthy lifestyles’ comprised three subthemes. ‘Engagement with general practice’ highlighted gender differences in why people attend and what impacts their access to general practice. ‘Providing information’ emphasised participants’ experiences of lifestyle risk communication in general practice. Finally, ‘Sources of support’ revealed participants’ current health advice-seeking behaviours. Findings highlight a need for general practices to better engage middle-aged people in behaviour change and educate them about the role of general practice in prevention and health promotion. Consistent messaging across the community and strategies that focus on gender-specific concerns are likely to ensure that middle-aged people are able to make informed choices about seeking support for lifestyle risk reduction.

scholarly journals “A right kind of rogue”: Lisa McInerney’s "The Glorious Heresies" (2015) and "The Blood Miracles" (2017)

Text Matters ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 237-258
Author(s):  
Katarzyna Ostalska
Keyword(s):  
Moral Code ◽  
Middle Aged ◽  
Death Rates ◽  
Unmarried Mothers ◽  
Fallen Women ◽  
Irish Women ◽  
High Death ◽  
Illegitimate Children ◽  
Female Slave ◽  
The Church

The following article analyzes two novels, published recently by a new, powerful voice in Irish fiction, Lisa McInerney: her critically acclaimed debut The Glorious Heresies (2015) and its continuation The Blood Miracles (2017). McInerney’s works can be distinguished by the crucial qualities of the Irish Noir genre. The Glorious Heresies and The Blood Miracles are presented from the perspective of a middle-aged “right-rogue” heroine, Maureen Phelan. Due to her violent and law-breaking revenge activities, such as burning down the institutions signifying Irishwomen’s oppression (i.e. the church and a former brothel) and committing an involuntary murder, Maureen remains a multi-dimensional rogue character, not easily definable or even identifiable. The focal character’s narrative operates around the abuse of unmarried, young Irish mothers of previous generations who were coerced to give up their “illegitimate” children for adoption and led a solitary existence away from them. The article examines other “options” available to “fallen women” (especially unmarried mothers) in Ireland in the mid-twenty century, such as the Magdalene Laundries based on female slave work, and sending children born “out of wedlock” abroad, or to Mother and Baby Homes with high death-rates. Maureen’s rage and her need for retaliation speak for Irish women who, due to the Church-governed moral code, were held in contempt both by their families and religious authorities. As a representative of the Irish noir genre, McInerney’s fiction depicts the narrative of “rogue” Irish motherhood in a non-apologetic, ironic, irreverent and vengeful manner.

scholarly journals Risk factors, health behaviors, and injury among adults employed in the transportation, warehousing, and utilities super sector

2012 ◽  
Vol 56 (5) ◽  
pp. 556-568 ◽  
Author(s):  
James C. Helmkamp ◽  
Jennifer E. Lincoln ◽  
John Sestito ◽  
Eric Wood ◽  
Jan Birdsey ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Health Behaviors

Analysing persistence of grass swards in terms of tiller birth and death

2011 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
pp. 63-68
Author(s):  
C. Matthew ◽  
Sackville Hamilton
Keyword(s):  
Abiotic Stresses ◽  
Birth Rate ◽  
Phleum Pratense ◽  
Leslie Matrix ◽  
Published Data ◽  
Population Stability ◽  
Death Rates ◽  
Timothy Grass ◽  
High Death ◽  
Bud Site

A methodology is developed to analyse the contribution to sward persistence of the processes tiller birth and tiller death, and variation in their rate over an annual cycle. The methodology is tested using previously published data for timothy grass (Phleum pratense). The analysis shows that high death rates of timothy tillers in summer present a problem for persistence in that tiller appearance rates required to maintain the tiller population in these conditions require tiller bud site usage statistics that are biologically unlikely in field swards. While it is not suggested that ryegrass has a naturally high tiller death rate in summer as demonstrated here for timothy, where abiotic stresses reduce ryegrass tiller survival, the same principles are likely to apply. Keywords: Leslie matrix, Phleum pratense, population stability, tiller birth rate, tiller survival rate, timothy grass

Germany forced to tackle high death rates from breast cancer

BMJ ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 323 (7304) ◽  
pp. 70-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Tuffs
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Death Rates ◽  
High Death

scholarly journals Oral cancer awareness in rural Karnataka - are they aware?

2015 ◽  
Vol 05 (03) ◽  
pp. 019-023
Author(s):  
Gopinath Thilak P. S. ◽  
Renita D'leema ◽  
Vinayak Kamath
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Oral Cancer ◽  
Early Detection ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Rural Population ◽  
Statistical Data ◽  
Incidence Rates ◽  
Cancer Awareness ◽  
Death Rates ◽  
Lower Morbidity

AbstractThe statistical data of cancer, globally, shows that India has one of the highest incidence rates of oral cancer worldwide. Early detection is extremely important as it results in lower morbidity and death rates. The present study was undertaken to assess awareness of oral cancer and knowledge of its early signs and riskfactors in the general public of rural Karnataka (India). It was also intended to educate the rural population for early detection by increasing their ability to recognize signs and risk factors. A systematic questionnaire was formatted related to oral cancer and cancer patients. A total of 267 people were randomly selected and questionnaires were distributed to 3 different rural areas of Dakshina Kannada district (Karnataka). The results were obtained and the level of oral cancer awareness in the rural population was studied.

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