Stroke Epidemiology and Intersectionality

Intersectionality and Leadership

The overall body of existing leadership diversity studies has focused only on one or two diversity attributes, missing the effects of multiple intersecting attributes. This study uses intersectionality theory to examine the interactions of surface level diversity attributes to dissect leader identity. Based on qualitative narratives and a substantial literature review, this study examines pheno...

Stroke Epidemiology in Slovenia

Stroke is a global health problem and a leading cause of adult disability1. Out of 35 million deaths attributable to chronic non-communicable diseases that occurred worldwide in 2005, stroke was responsible for 5.7 million (16.6%) deaths and 87% of these deaths occurred in lowto middle-income countries2. Driven by increased aging of the populations across the world, together with escalating pre...

Stroke Epidemiology in Thailand

Stroke is a major health burden in Thailand. It is the leading cause of death and long term disability in both men and women. Despite the improvement of healthcare system, the mortality rate of stroke is still increasing during the past 5 years. The incidence of stroke in Thailand is now being studied in a large population based cohort. The prevalence of stroke is estimated to be 1.88% among ad...

Epidemiology of stroke.

are large international variations in mortality from stroke and migrants between areas where the rates of stroke are different generally experience a change in risk; this implies that environmental factors may be more important than genetic susceptibility in determining risk. Secondly, many countries have experienced a steep decline in mortality from stroke in recent decades; although alteratio...

Intersectionality, Inequality and Maternal Health