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Behavioural aspects of use of social media and its impact on loneliness
Get PDFThe present paper investigates the existence of a relationship between the increasing use of social media, behaviours giving rise to the phenomenon of social shaming, social compliance, and loneliness. The empirical data used in this work targets a sample of women aged 18 to 22 years, living in the state of Michigan, US. The first analysis performed, using publicly available social media data, indicates mixed results on the impact of social media on the perception of loneliness. Although the number of loneliness-related conversations increases, half of the sample argues feeling less lonely when connected. The second analysis performed consists of several ordinary least squares regressions based on a loneliness index. The results do not demonstrate any significant effect of social media on loneliness. Furthermore, data shows that social media nullifies the effects of social shaming on loneliness. The research concludes that loneliness is a multi-faceted problem, one that is not necessarily resolved through the introduction of policies targeting a single specific cause. It was also indicated from the analysis that social media can alleviate the problem of loneliness, however subjected to further research on broader population group
Reassessing the health impacts of trade and investment agreements: a systematic review of quantitative studies, 2016–20
Get PDFTo ensure a high level of health protection, governments must ensure that health and trade policy objectives are aligned. We conducted a systematic review of the health impacts of trade policies, including trade and investment agreements (TIAs), to provide a timely overview of this field. We systematically reviewed studies evaluating the health impacts of trade policies published between Jan 19, 2016, and July 10, 2020. Included studies were quantitative studies evaluating the impact of TIAs and trade policies on health determinants or outcomes. We evaluated methodological quality and performed a narrative synthesis. 21 of 28 067 articles identified via searches met our criteria. Methodologically strong studies found reduced child mortality, deteriorating worker health, rising supplies of sugar, ultra-processed food, tobacco, and alcohol supplies, and increased drug overdoses following trade reforms, compared with the time periods before trade reform. However, associations varied substantially across contexts and socioeconomic characteristics. Our findings show that trade policies, including TIAs, have diverse effects on health and health determinants. These effects vary substantially across contexts and socioeconomic groups. Governments seeking to adopt healthy trade policies should consider these updated findings to ensure that opportunities for health improvement are leveraged and widely shared, while harms are avoided, especially among vulnerable groups
Re-assessing the health impacts of trade and investment agreements: a systematic review of quantitative studies, 2016-2020
No full textIn order to ensure a high level of health protection, governments must ensure that health and trade policy objectives are aligned. In this article, we conduct a systematic review of the health impacts of trade policies, including Trade and Investment Agreements (TIAs), in order to provide a timely overview of this field. We systematically reviewed studies evaluating the health impacts of trade policies published between 19th January 2016 and 10th July 2020. Included studies were quantitative studies evaluating the impact of TIAs and trade policies on health determinants or outcomes. We evaluated methodological quality and performed narrative synthesis. 21 out of 28,066 articles identified via searches met our criteria. Methodologically strong studies found reduced child mortality, deteriorating worker health, rising sugar, ultra-processed food, tobacco, and alcohol supplies, and increased drug overdoses following trade reforms. However, associations varied substantially across contexts and socio-economic characteristics. Our findings show that trade policies, including TIAs, have diverse impacts on health and health-determinants. These vary substantially across contexts and socio-economic groups. Governments seeking to adopt healthy trade policies should consider these updated findings to ensure that opportunities for health improvement are leveraged and widely shared whilst harms are avoided, especially among vulnerable groups
Reassessing the health impacts of trade and investment agreements: a systematic review of quantitative studies, 2016–20
Get PDFTo ensure a high level of health protection, governments must ensure that health and trade policy objectives are aligned. We conducted a systematic review of the health impacts of trade policies, including trade and investment agreements (TIAs), to provide a timely overview of this field. We systematically reviewed studies evaluating the health impacts of trade policies published between Jan 19, 2016, and July 10, 2020. Included studies were quantitative studies evaluating the impact of TIAs and trade policies on health determinants or outcomes. We evaluated methodological quality and performed a narrative synthesis. 21 of 28?067 articles identified via searches met our criteria. Methodologically strong studies found reduced child mortality, deteriorating worker health, rising supplies of sugar, ultra-processed food, tobacco, and alcohol supplies, and increased drug overdoses following trade reforms, compared with the time periods before trade reform. However, associations varied substantially across contexts and socioeconomic characteristics. Our findings show that trade policies, including TIAs, have diverse effects on health and health determinants. These effects vary substantially across contexts and socioeconomic groups. Governments seeking to adopt healthy trade policies should consider these updated findings to ensure that opportunities for health improvement are leveraged and widely shared, while harms are avoided, especially among vulnerable groups
