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Social Sciences, Volume 5, Issue 1

2016 March - 14 articles

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Articles (14)

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
6,018 Views
17 Pages

22 March 2016

Much of the discourse surrounding national intercity passenger rail service in the United States revolves around why it has lagged so far behind European and Asian counterparts. However, a more interesting question might be why it has survived despit...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
8,010 Views
15 Pages

17 March 2016

The aim of this article is to explore interpersonal communication competence needed by crisis communication and management experts when co-operating with citizen groups in response to emergencies. Moreover, the purpose is to understand how response o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
11,178 Views
10 Pages

Obesity is a stigmatized condition, and research has shown that obesity stigma varies based on the perceived cause of obesity. It is important that public health professionals develop policy and campaigns that resonate with specific populations while...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
6,781 Views
13 Pages

This article is based on written accounts posted on an online forum called Flashback. The purpose of the study was to explore how participants in this community negotiated the meanings of fitness doping and how such negotiations could be understood i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
7,425 Views
13 Pages

The authors conducted a survey of 502 Turkish and Australian undergraduate and graduate business and economic students to determine their views regarding the ethics of tax evasion. These two groups were selected on the premise that their views repres...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
5,711 Views
13 Pages

19 February 2016

Contemporary social science research concerning governance tends to take an institutional perspective that privileges structural analysis. The resulting body of literature has an emphasis on classification, typologies and regimes. This approach has b...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4,497 Views
11 Pages

5 February 2016

Based on a qualitative study of eight “less visible” Muslim Iraqi Turkoman immigrants in a multicultural Sydney, this article highlights the dynamic nature of immigrant identity that is constructed of multiple ethno-communal identities. This article...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
6,801 Views
33 Pages

2 February 2016

Findings from this experiment contributed novel insights into the theoretical field of welfare policy, addressing fundamental questions about wealth redistribution rules and norms. The expenses of the redistribution pertaining to basic goods, as well...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6,114 Views
21 Pages

28 January 2016

The investigation of job insecurity has been a growing field of research. However, little is known about the strategies employees adopt to reduce job insecurity. Former research has shown that employees who perceive high job insecurity tend to engage...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5,106 Views
17 Pages

28 January 2016

This paper adds to research on girls’ growing educational advantage by examining gender differences in career paths. Using baseline data from an intervention study (TRY-IT!) targeting 265 sixth-graders in Title I schools, our research traces adolesce...

  • Review
  • Open Access
10 Citations
9,988 Views
21 Pages

The Effectiveness of Healthy Community Approaches on Positive Health Outcomes in Canada and the United States

  • Hazel Williams-Roberts,
  • Bonnie Jeffery,
  • Shanthi Johnson and
  • Nazeem Muhajarine

29 December 2015

Healthy community approaches encompass a diverse group of population based strategies and interventions that create supportive environments, foster community behavior change and improve health. This systematic review examined the effectiveness of ten...

  • Review
  • Open Access
38 Citations
11,187 Views
17 Pages

Community Engaged Leadership to Advance Health Equity and Build Healthier Communities

  • Kisha Holden,
  • Tabia Akintobi,
  • Jammie Hopkins,
  • Allyson Belton,
  • Brian McGregor,
  • Starla Blanks and
  • Glenda Wrenn

24 December 2015

Health is a human right. Equity in health implies that ideally everyone should have a fair opportunity to attain their full health potential and, more pragmatically, that no one should be disadvantaged from achieving this potential. Addressing the mu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
9,059 Views
7 Pages

23 December 2015

Citizens in the U.S. are making organized efforts to demand a new approach to planning urban communities, one that results in more sustainable and livable communities. The profession of social work in the U.S. once had a primary role in organizing ur...

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Soc. Sci. - ISSN 2076-0760