Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Social and Behavioral Sciences Commons

Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Articles 241 - 242 of 242

Full-Text Articles in Social and Behavioral Sciences

The Effects Of Providing Fixed Compensation And Lottery-Based Rewards On Uptake Of Medical Male Circumcision In Kenya: A Randomized Trial, Harsha Thirumurthy, Samuel H. Masters, Samwel Rao, Kate Murray, Ram Prasad, Joshua Graff Zivin, Eunice Omanga, Kawango Agot Dec 2015

The Effects Of Providing Fixed Compensation And Lottery-Based Rewards On Uptake Of Medical Male Circumcision In Kenya: A Randomized Trial, Harsha Thirumurthy, Samuel H. Masters, Samwel Rao, Kate Murray, Ram Prasad, Joshua Graff Zivin, Eunice Omanga, Kawango Agot

Joshua Graff Zivin

No abstract provided.


Health Inequality: What Counselors Need To Know To Act, D. Jones, M. Tang Dec 2015

Health Inequality: What Counselors Need To Know To Act, D. Jones, M. Tang

David E. Jones

The United States is known as the land of opportunity. Many have immigrated to the United States hoping to find a better future. Among the developed countries, the United States is ranked 29th for inequality (Bezruchka, 2012). Furthermore, the gap has widened over the past decade (Blank, 2011). An individual’s social position can reveal much about their health trajectory. This social position is associated with an individual’s context—place matters (Subramanian, Jones, & Duncan, 2003). This paper examines the consequences of inequality that bring about persistent poor health outcomes using ecological counseling theory, Pierre Bourdieu’s theory, social determinants of health …