We examined pain prevalence (general/body sites) and its characteristics/consequences among a randomised sample of women from the general population between 18 and 64 years (n=3,616). We also scrutinised associations between pain and various factors (e.g. socio-economic) by means of multivariate logistic/linear regression analyses. The women completed a questionnaire assessing various areas (e....

The “net neutrality” principle has triggered a heated debate and advocates have proposed policy interventions. In this paper, we provide perspective by framing issues in terms of the positive economic factors at work. We stress the incentives of market participants, and highlight the economic conflicts behind the arguments put forward by the different parties. We also identify several key open ...

Abstract The sustainable Development Goal (SDGs) have successfully raised awareness and built momentum for taking collective action, while also remaining uncritical of the central causes environmental crises – economic growth, inequality, overconsumption in Global North. We analyse SDG 8 “Decent Work Economic Growth” from perspective strong sustainability as phenomena, institutions ideologies f...

A fair number of social scientists, several journals such as the Journal of Economy and Philosophy, the Journal of Behavioral Economics, and the Journal of Economic Psychology, a new section of the American Economics Association, and several symposia (such as the one published by the Journal ofBusiness in 1086) are attempting to develop a new paradigm tha t will expand the range of sociological...

The goals of the current study are to: (1) estimate the prevalence of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) among women accessing services at a women's health clinic in rural Haiti; and (2) identify risk factors for STDs in this setting. The design is a case control study, comparing risk factors for women who demonstrated positive laboratory results for chlamydia and/or gonorrhoea to women who t...