Embodying Inequality: Epidemiological Perspectives

Journal of the National Medical Association;  May 1, 2006 ;     458 words ......with a collection of chapters of social epidemiology theory and studies. Social epidemiology is distinguished by its insistence...selection of empirical studies on social epidemiology. The studies concern a variety of...

SOCIAL POLICY METHODOLOGIES.(Epistemological and Methodological Issues in...

European Report;  March 27, 2006 ;     88 words ......economists from various European countries. Jean-Claude Barbier and Marie-Therese Letablier,aEpistemological and Methodological Issues in Cross-National Comparison, Peter Lang, Brussels 2006, 32.50, 295 pages. Internet : http://www.peterlang...

A critical review of epistemological and methodological issues in...

Journal of Comparative International Management;  December 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......discuss both epistemological and methodological issues in cross-cultural research. Based...problems can be identified solely as methodological issues, others may be considered as problems...discuss both epistemological and methodological issues. The first part of the paper examines...

(book reviews)

British Journal of Psychology;  February 1, 1995 ;     671 words ......last 10 years or so, a book addressing definitional and methodological issues comes at an appropriate time. This book certainly succeeds...Marsh et al.). On the whole, I found the treatment of methodological issues more satisfactory than that of definitional concerns...

Methodological issues in MIS cross-cultural research. (Research Note).

Journal of Global Information Management;  January 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......paper presents a discussion of methodological issues that are relevant and idiosyncratic...paper presents an overview of key methodological issues in cross-cultural research and...provide a brief discussion of key methodological issues in cross-cultural research, presenting...

Parenthood and health: the pivotal and optimal age at first birth *.

Social Forces;  September 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......three areas of research: social epidemiology, family demography, and aging and the life course. Social epidemiology increasingly seeks factors...of prerequisites for each. Social epidemiology increasingly looks for social...

Conducting Research on Violence in Asian American Communities:...

Violence and Victims;  December 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......influence definitions of concepts, and methodological issues such as research designs, sampling...process. This article examines methodological issues involved in conducting culturally...the population under study affect methodological issues. Cross-cultural research is conducted...

Methodological Challenges and Solutions for Leadership Researchers**

Zeitschrift für Personalforschung;  July 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......scholars arc faced with pressing methodological issues that challenge our current scholarship...this paper, we address several methodological issues which, in our estimation, cannot...identifying solutions to these methodological issues. Levels of analysis issues There...

Information transfers from diverse corporate events: methodological issues...

Journal of Economics and Economic Education Research;  January 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......finance. More importantly, though, it discusses several methodological issues involved in conducting such research. Finally, it highlights...the benefit of such research, it highlights numerous methodological issues involved in conducting intra-industry studies. A BASIS...

The Social Epidemiology of Affective and Anxiety Disorders in Later Life...

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry;  February 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......International Diagnostic Interview Social epidemiology is the examination of the distribution...fair to say that interest in the social epidemiology of health, both mental and physical...academic medicine. Proponents of social epidemiology argue that the study of social factors...

Constructive Criticisms of Methodological and Editorial Practices.

The Journal of Experimental Education;  September 22, 2001 ;     700+ words ......strong positions on a variety of methodological issues. In this article, the authors critique...strong positions on a variety of methodological issues. One purpose of the present article...scholarly practice (p. 157). The Methodological Issues In this section, we state and comment...

Health 'linked to equality'

The Press;  July 26, 2000 ;     53 words ...Societies with the narrowest income gaps have the best health, says University of Essex Professor of Social Epidemiology Richard Wilkinson. His work in public health had shown him the richest countries did not have the best health. Prof Wilkinson will...

This month we have just two stories.

Bandolier;  February 1, 1997 ;     89 words ...This month we have just two stories. We revisit some methodological issues not out of some arcane Reithian motive but because many readers have asked for a summary of the approach we use. So Bandolier examines...

Volcanic Hazards: Risk Perception and Preparedness.

New Zealand Journal of Psychology;  December 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ......paper discusses some conceptual and methodological issues involved with understanding and...risk perception and preparation. Methodological issues focus on the need for longitudinal...to discuss some conceptual and methodological issues involved with understanding and...

Indicators that counts! Measuring population health at the community level

Canadian Journal of Public Health;  November 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......vitally important conceptual and methodological issues. These issues concern our understanding...vitally important conceptual and methodological issues that underlie this topic. These...core indicators. Conceptual and methodological issues A 'community' can be both spatial...