after the second world war one of the most effective ways which could make an important impact on the life of minorities and deprived communities has been positive discrimination. of course, it has been always controversial in terms of its legitimacy as well as its real impact on changes. using positive discrimination to promote women's condition in many countries and fields such as enteri...

BACKGROUND Consumers rarely use publicly reported health care quality data. Despite known barriers to use, few studies have explored the effectiveness of strategies to overcome barriers in vulnerable populations. METHODS This randomized controlled trial tested the impact of a patient navigator intervention to increase consumer use of publicly reported quality data. Patients attending an urban...

We would like to thank Kirsty McCance and Sharon Cameron for their article that appeared in the July 2014 Journal issue. We would like to share our experience in Lanarkshire with Journal readers. We concur with the authors’ three key message points. However, the Sexual and Reproductive Health team in Lanarkshire decided to grasp the opportunity to provide immediate contraception for extremely v...

INTRODUCTION Social vulnerability is known to be related to ill health. When a pregnant woman is socially vulnerable, the ill health does not only affect herself, but also the health and development of her (unborn) child. To optimise care for highly vulnerable pregnant women, in Rotterdam, a holistic programme was developed in close collaboration between the university hospital, the local gover...

Atherosclerotic plaque instability is directly involved in triggering acute coronary syndromes, including unstable angina, acute myocardial infarction, and sudden coronary death. Different and not completely unknown mechanisms are involved in the pathogenesis of the destabilisation of the vulnerable plaque; currently three mechanisms are considered to play a causal role in this process: emboliz...

Women in films are portrayed as the “ Others”, victims of a patriarchal society and vulnerable group, since 1970s, image women Chinese has shifted from traditional “virtuous wife mother” to “Others”. This paper analyses images minority new period three perspectives: ethnic consciousness, modern factors, social transformation.

Our objective was to measure obstetric outcomes and delivery-related health care utilization and costs among pregnant women with multiple chronic conditions. We used 2013-2014 data from the National Inpatient Sample to measure obstetric outcomes and delivery-related health care utilization and costs among women with no chronic conditions, 1 chronic condition, and multiple chronic conditions. Wo...

Cullen et al 1 describe childhood antecedents of schizophrenia: such prospective studies are rare. Retrospective research suggests that as the number of adverse childhood experiences increases, so does the risk for health problems, including alcohol misuse, ischaemic heart disease, suicide attempts and externalising behaviours. 2,3 However, retrospective studies are prone to the biases associat...

A survey of market women was conducted in Benin City. These women are vulnerable to HIV/AIDS and STD infections since their trading activities involve long-distance travelling away from families and sexual exposure to strangers. The questionnaire included questions on socioeconomic background, sexual and health behaviour. Results indicate that there is a high level of sexual networking, especia...