A large gender gap in UK pensions has been persistent, yet generally ignored by governments. The neoliberal preference since 1980 to reduce state spending on welfare limited the redistributive potential of pensions, detriment low paid and those whose lifecourse is characterised discontinuous part-time employment, mainly women. Claims intergenerational conflict have repeatedly hit headlines over...

ne wo (E hospital ma O of the key issues for high-volume, high-risk rkplaces like hospital emergency departments Ds) is the struggle of conflicting aims. While nagers need information systems for data collection and storage, clinicians need efficient clinical documentation, data retrieval and order-entry systems that save time rather than steal it from the patient. The work of clinicians is aid...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To examine the effects of spirituality (meaning in life and prayer) on a sense of well-being among women who have had breast cancer. DESIGN Descriptive, correlational, cross-sectional. SETTING Rural and urban communities in central Texas. SAMPLE Convenience sample of 84 women, 34-80 years of age diagnosed less than one year previously (36%), within the previous one to f...

PURPOSE Measure the frequency of physical and sexual abuse in a sample of reproductive aged women displaced by Hurricane Katrina, and compare those experiences to the year before Hurricane Katrina. METHODS Sixty-six English-speaking women aged 18-49 years residing in Louisiana Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) housing were screened for physical and sexual abuse seven to nine months a...

Obesity and fitness have been identified as key health concerns among USA firefighters yet little is known about the current habits related to exercise and diet. In particular, high-intensity training (HIT) has gained increasing popularity among this population but limited quantitative data are available about how often it is used and the relationship between HIT and other outcomes. Using surve...