The article discusses the adverse impact of socioeconomic status and economic issues on mental health in the Philippines. Despite the passage of the Mental Health Act in 2018, the implementation of mental health services has been challenging due to limited resources. The ...
For some countries (US and Australia) the enabling conditions mainly stem from socioeconomic factors like HDI while, for others (some parts of Columbia and Philippines), enabling conditions mostly belong to factors like high elevation and low human pressure (Fig. 4). However, despite an overall...
National report of the Philippines. Pasig City, Philippines: Department of Education. Destin, M., Hanselman, P., Buontempo, J., Tipton, E., & Yeager, D. S. (2019). Do student mindsets differ by socioeconomic status and explain disparities in academic achievement in the United States?
While bats are tremendously important to global ecosystems, they have been and continue to be threatened by loss of habitat, food, or roosts, pollution, bat diseases, hunting and killing. Some bat species have also been implicated in the transmission of
highlighted the relevance of socioeconomic conditions and hazard exposure factors. Relying solely on data, we showed that variables related to weather hazards were useful predictors and that the amount of NDP depends on the interactive effects of precipitation and local wealth status. These findings ...
socioeconomic status. Equitable access to healthcare, enhancing health literacy and patient empowerment, and addressing social determinants of health are essential components of hypertension management strategies. By recognizing the specific challenges faced by individuals with lower socioeconomic status and ...
Arsenic contamination of groundwater has been reported in many countries around the world, including the United States, China, Taiwan, Mexico, Mongolia, Myanmar, Argentina, India, Chile, Cambodia, Nepal, Philippines, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Indonesia, and Pakistan, but the situation in Bangladesh is...
with the majority of cases found in Vietnam (30), Indonesia (30), and Lao PDR (28). Thailand is included with a medium number of cases (12), while fewer cases are found in the Philippines (9), Cambodia (7), Malaysia (6), Myanmar (4), and none are found in Brunei (Fig.1)....
(Jaffe1942; Merrick2001; Rutstein2002; Singh and Casterline1985; UN1987). Selective migration to urban areas also leads to lower national fertility in countries such as India (Mohan1984), China (Guo et al.2012; Zeng and Vaupel1989), and the Philippines (Hiday1978). Moreover, rural out-...
BMC Public Health (2024) 24:1178 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-18668-7 BMC Public Health RESEARCH Open Access Health and health behaviours in adolescence as predictors of education and socioeconomic status in adulthood – a longitudinal study Leena K. Koivusilta1*, ...