Substance Abuse and Rural Appalachian Pediatric Trauma in West Virginia by Joshua Rawson, Lindsey Thevenin, Isabella Balko, Federico Seifarth, Hal Meltzer, Vipul Dhumak, Amy Bush, Wesley Kimble, Sijin Wen, Pavithra Ellison

“…Rural Appalachia is endemic to issues such as substance abuse, poverty, and lack of community support, all of which negatively influence health outcomes. …”
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The communicative evaluation of Spanish in non-Spanish-speaking students of the Medical Sciences preparatory course by Adrian Abreus González, Guadalaupe García González, Nancy Castillo Mauri, Zaydelys Lucrecia Torres Calzadilla, Juan Manuel Cala Corrales

“…<br /><strong>Conclusions:</strong> Although the largest number of students achieved high levels of performance in the use of the language, there are still difficulties, especially in vocabulary poverty.</p>…”
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Stress and Traditional Support: The Role of Orphans’ and Vulnerable Children’s Primary Caregivers in Rural Ethiopia by Aweke Tadesse, Kenan Li, Jesse Helton

“…Background/Objectives: Orphans’ and Vulnerable Children’s (OVC) primary caregivers (PCGs) in Ethiopia live with multiple social and emotional problems stemming from extreme poverty, war, environmental disasters, and the HIV pandemic. …”
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A Single-Center 7-Year Experience with End-Stage Renal Disease Care in Nigeria—A Surrogate for the Poor State of ESRD Care in Nigeria and Other Sub-Saharan African Countries: Advo... by Datonye Dennis Alasia, Pedro Emem-Chioma, Friday Samuel Wokoma

“…The opportunities for kidney transplantation are also very low. Poverty and the absence of government support for ESRD care are responsible for the poor outcomes. …”
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Prevalence and associated factors of acute gastroenteritis in children and adolescents aged from 6 to 17 years old: a cross-sectional study based on the National Health and Nutriti... by Hailun Cai, Yanyan Shao, Weihao Yu

“…The decreasing trend was observed in all subgroups, including age, gender, body mass index (BMI), education level, poverty index and eating food at the restaurant. There were two small upticks from 2003 to 2007 and 2013 to 2015. …”
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Social and humanitarian policy of Ukraine in the conditions of war by Humeniuk T.

“…During the research, it was established that on the way to the EU, Ukraine has faced the following problems with its social policy and law: problems with the Ukrainian legislation on social security; problems with regulating the labor market, employment and poverty reduction; problems with improvement of the legislation on labor protection; problems with stimulating entrepreneurship as the basis for ensuring social standards and employment of the population; problems with adaptation of socially vulnerable groups of the population.Practical significance. …”
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Drought and rural communities: strategies to deal with its consequences (Case study: Border Rural of Zahedan Township) by masood safari aliakbari, mohammad reza poodineh, mohammad azadpour

“…The results showed that drought in Zahedan city villages had the greatest effect on reducing water resources, cultivation, employment, income, rural poverty, number of livestock or animal products, rural migration, vegetation loss, erosion and soil salinity and reduced price Had land and land. …”
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SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURIAL VENTURES IN VIETNAM: AN IDEOGRAPHIC LENS by Yolanda Sarason, Kristi Yuthas, Linh Nguyen

“…Social entrepreneurial ventures are viewed as valuable tools for generating social and economic wealth and alleviating poverty in emerging economies. While there are many success stories of social ventures, there is a growing focus on the challenges in launching and managing social ventures in these economies. …”
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An Unintended Effect of Financing the University Education of the Most Brilliant and Poorest Colombian Students: The Case of the Intervention of the Ser Pilo Paga Program by Pablo Medina, Natalia Ariza, Pablo Navas, Fernando Rojas, Gina Parody, Juan Alejandro Valdivia, Roberto Zarama, Juan Felipe Penagos

“…Every year, 10,000 new students were chosen from the best applicants in the top decile of the population in the entrance exam to higher education in Colombia that also came from families that live under the level of poverty according to a national survey. Our approach, based on an intensive study of the changes in the statistical distributions of the exam scores during these four years, provides evidence of student performance improvements not only of the beneficiaries of the program, but also of the whole student population. …”
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Assessing the Burden of Neglected Tropical Diseases in Low-Income Communities: Challenges and Solutions by Francesco Branda, Abdisalam Yusuf Ali, Giancarlo Ceccarelli, Mattia Albanese, Erica Binetti, Marta Giovanetti, Massimo Ciccozzi, Fabio Scarpa

“…The analysis suggests that integrated, multisectoral approaches, including health education and infrastructure interventions, are essential to breaking the cycle of poverty and disease. Although international programs have marked significant progress, achieving elimination targets by 2030 requires sustained commitment, innovation, and increased research capacity in endemic countries.…”
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Long-term effects of institutional quality on financial inclusion in Asia–Pacific countries by Duc Hong Vo

“…Abstract Financial inclusion has recently emerged as an important pillar for sustainable economic growth, poverty eradication, and social transformation globally. …”
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The Mental Health of Older People Living in Nursing Homes in Northern Portugal: A Cross-Sectional Study Protocol by Cláudia Rodrigues, Sandra Carreira, Rui Novais, Fátima Braga, Silvana Martins, Odete Araújo

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Adoption and Impact of the Maize Hybrid on the Livelihood of the Maize Growers: Some Policy Insights from Pakistan by Akhter Ali, AbduRahman Beshir Issa, Dil Bahadur Rahut

“…Similarly household income levels were more in the range of Pakistani rupees 2,176–3,518, while the poverty levels were lower in the range of 2-3 percent for hybrid maize adopters. …”
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The Direct and Indirect Losses to Ukraine’s Economy Caused by Hostilities by Samborska Oksana Yu., Materynska Olha A.

“…Particular attention is paid to the decrease in the country’s population, migration of the able-bodied population, and the loss of total income of family households. The indicator of poverty of the population during the war is determined. …”
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Barriers and facilitators regarding the implementation of policies and programmes aimed at reducing adolescent pregnancy in Ghana: an exploratory qualitative study by Melissa Kang, Bright Opoku Ahinkorah, Lin Perry, Fiona Brooks

“…Perceived barriers included gender inequality, family poverty, stigma, community support for early childbearing and cohabitation, inadequate data systems, lack of collaboration between stakeholders and lack of political will. …”
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Spatio-temporal characteristics and analysis of influencing factors of inclusive green growth in China’s oil and gas resource industry by Xiangyu Sun, Yanqiu Wang

“…This study introduces a novel index system for inclusive green growth (IGG) specific to China’s oil and gas resource industry, encompassing dimensions such as industrial development, social equity in opportunities, poverty and income inequality reduction, and green ecology. …”
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Leadership and Nigeria's Regional Hegemonic Quest in Africa: A Critical Discus by GAMBO Nanven Audu, PULDU Samdi Gloria, KUMS Simon Nankap

“…These prominent role and contribution of Nigeria to Africa qualifies it more to be a regional hegemon among other contenders in the continent; but challenges such as poor leadership, unending terrorism, human rights abuses, widespread corruption, poverty, faulty democratic/electoral processes, non-strategic foreign policy among others continue to mar and/or diminish her chances to attain the status of a regional hegemon. …”
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Computational Analysis on Numerical Simulation of Internal Flow Physics for Pump as Turbine in Renewable Small Hydro Energy Generation by Du Jianguo, Daniel Adu, Emmanuel Acheaw, Shakir Hafeez, Eric Ofosu Antw

“…Energy contributes significantly in almost all aspects of human life as well as economic activities and plays a crucial role in the infrastructural development of a county to alleviate poverty. Generating energy from a renewable source such as small hydropower through the application of pump operating as a turbine mode called Pump as Turbine is one of the best alternatives to provide clean and inexpensive energy. …”
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TOWARDS GENDER EQUALITY: UKRAINE IN THE 21ST CENTURY by Tetyana V. Danylova

“…Obvious gender inequality in the labor market has led to feminization of poverty. Violence against women has become an acute problem, which can be resolved at the state level only. …”
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The association between a body shape index and depressive symptoms: a cross-sectional study using NHANES data (2011–2018) by Zheng Zhang, Xiang-Yan Ruan, Wei Ma

“…Multiple linear regression models were employed to investigate the association between ABSI and depressive symptoms, with subgroup analyses to examine potential associations within specific populations.ResultsHigher ABSI was significantly associated with increased depressive symptoms, after adjusting for covariates including age, sex, race, marital status, poverty-income ratio, smoking, alcohol consumption, physical activity, diabetes, and hypertension. …”
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