The politics of health inequitites : contested terrain /; Richard Hofrichter –; A society in delcine : the political, economic, and social determinants of health inequalities in the United States /; Dennis Raphael –; Understanding and reducing socioeconomic and racial/ethnic disparities in health /; James S. House, David R. Williams –; Gender, health, and equity… Continue reading Understanding and reducing socioeconomic and racial/ethnic disparities in health
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Voting technology : the not-so-simple act of casting a ballot
“Evaluates five commercially available voting systems, against different criteria (including ease of use, speed, and accuracy) using field and laboratory experiments and expert reviews. Initiates new research into interactions between ballot format and voter behavior. Offers best practices for voting system manufacturers, ballot designers, election officials, political observers, and voters”–Provided by publisher.; The study of… Continue reading Voting technology : the not-so-simple act of casting a ballot
The South African Stress and Health Study (SASH): A foundation for improving mental health care in South Africa
Sample designs and sampling procedures for the WHO world mental health initiative surveys
No exit: Mental illness, marginality, and school violence in West Paducah, Kentucky
This book presents six case studies of student-perpetrated school shootings and discusses possible effective interventions. Between 1992 and 2001, 35 incidents occurred in which students started firing at schoolmates and teachers at their school or at a school-sponsored event. These incidents, including the Columbine High School incident, left 53 dead and 144 injured. These incidents… Continue reading No exit: Mental illness, marginality, and school violence in West Paducah, Kentucky
The changing effect of family background on the incomes of American adults
The apple does not fall far from the tree /; Greg Duncan … [et al.] –; The apple falls even closer to the tree than we thought : new and revised estimates of the intergenerational inheritance of earnings /; Bhashkar Mazunder –; The changing effect of family background on the incomes of American adults /;… Continue reading The changing effect of family background on the incomes of American adults
Survey errors and survey costs
How do we know what we think they think is really what they think?
History, marriage politics and demographic events in the Central Himalaya
Anthropology theorizes reproduction: integrating practice, political economic, and feminist perspectives / Susan Greenhalgh — Political-economic and cultural explanations of demographic behavior / David I. Kertzer — Agency and fertility: for an ethnography of practice / Anthony T. Carter — Invisible cultures: poor women’s networks and reproductive strategies in nineteenth-century Paris / Rachel G. Fuchs and… Continue reading History, marriage politics and demographic events in the Central Himalaya
Taking culture seriously: Making the social survey ethnographic
Using mixed methods to explore Latino children's literacy development / Claude Goldenberg, Ronald Gallimore and Leslie Reese — Working it out : the chronicle of a mixed-methods analysis / Heather B. Weiss … [et al.] — Mixed methods, more justified conclusions : the case of the Abt evaluation of the Comer program in Detroit /… Continue reading Taking culture seriously: Making the social survey ethnographic