OBJECTIVES Government healthcare subsidies for healthcare facilities play a significant role in providing more extensive healthcare access to patients, especially poor ones. However, equitable distribution of these subsidies continues to pose a challenge in rural ethnic minority areas of China. This study aimed to evaluate the benefits distribution of outpatient services across different socioe...

OBJECTIVES It is unclear whether cultural differences or material disadvantage explain the ethnic patterning of obesogenic behaviours. The aim of this study was to examine ethnicity as a predictor of obesity-related behaviours among children in England, and to assess whether the effects of ethnicity could be explained by deprivation. SETTING Five primary care trusts in England, 2010-2011. P...

BACKGROUND We linked census and health service data sets to address the shortage of information comparing maternal characteristics and pregnancy outcomes by ethnic group in Scotland. METHODS Retrospective cohort study linking the 2001 National Census for Scotland and hospital obstetric data (2001-08), comparing maternal age, smoking status, gestational age, caesarean section rates, birthweigh...

OBJECTIVES In the UK, people of black ethnicity experience a disproportionate burden of HIV and STI. We aimed to assess the association of ethnicity with sexual behaviour and sexual health among women and heterosexual men attending genitourinary medicine (GUM) clinics in England. METHODS The Attitudes to and Understanding of Risk of Acquisition of HIV is a cross-sectional, self-administered q...

BACKGROUND Epidemiological studies suggest that only some distressed individuals seek help from primary care and that pathways to mental health care appear to be ethnically patterned. However few research studies examine how people with common mental disorder manage their mental distress, which help-seeking strategies they employ and whether these are patterned by ethnicity? This study investig...

We review the personal and social influences on pro-environmental concern and behaviour, with an emphasis on recent research. The number of these influences suggests that understanding pro-environmental concern and behaviour is far more complex than previously thought. The influences are grouped into 18 personal and social factors. The personal factors include childhood experience, knowledge an...

social interaction among different ethnic groups has been a major focus of study in the world in recent decades. the population of iran is composed of variety of ethnic groups (such as linguistic, religious and cultural) and for this study the people of different backgrounds are considered. this article will discuss the types of social interaction among different ethnic groups and the role of y...

conclusions using -2.5 standard deviations as the cutoff for micropenis, a newborn infant in golestan province with a pl of < 23.3 mm had micropenis; however, more investigations are needed to clarify this issue. results means of pl and agd of 427 healthy term newborns were 32.1 ± 3.5 and 24.5 ± 2.5 mm, respectively. there was a positive correlation between pl and agd (r = 0.097, p = 0.046). ac...

Status of this Memo This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. Abstract This document proposes an informal management model of Differentiated Services (Diffserv) routers for use in their management and configuration. This model defines functional datapath elements It describes possible ...