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Chapter 8 - Smartphone addiction

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Adolescent Addiction (Second Edition), Epidemiology, Assessment, and Treatment, Practical Resources for the Mental Health Professional, 2020, Pages 215-240
This chapter addresses Goal 3 by discussing smartphone addiction in adolescents.
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Introduction to Emergency Management (Seventh Edition): Chapter 8 - International Disaster Management

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Introduction to Emergency Management (Seventh Edition), 2020, Pages 349-401
This chapter supports SDGs 3 and 16 by describing disaster management in the international context and introduces the community of international disaster management stakeholders (which includes governmental agencies, international organizations, nongovernmental organizations, and financial institutions) that support the preparedness for, mitigation of, response to, and recovery from disaster events.
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Access to justice; Disaster risk reduction; Health and wellbeing; Disaster Recovery, Global

Inorganic Pollutants in Water - Chapter 5: Assessment of the negative effects of various inorganic water pollutants on the biosphere—an overview

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Inorganic Pollutants in Water, 2020, Pages 73-96
This book chapter addresses goals 14, 15, 6 and 11 by looking at the affects of pollutants on the biosphere.
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Biodiversity and ecosystems; Sustainable cities and human settlements; Sustainable consumption and production; Water Pollution; Inorganic Pollutants, Global

The Researcher Journey Through a Gender Lens

Elsevier,

March 2020
Furthering SDGs 5 and 10, this report aims to better understand the role gender plays in the global research enterprise and inspire evidence-based policy driven by powerful data. It examines research participation, career progression and perceptions across the European Union and 15 countries globally in 26 subject areas. The report concludes that while the participation of women in research is increasing overall, inequality remains across geographies and subject areas in terms of publication outputs, citations, awarded grants and collaborations.
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Gender equality and women's empowerment; Diversity and inclusion; Capacity Building; Data & Analytics, Global

Cognitive-behavioral counseling and mental health of pregnant women

Elsevier, Heliyon, Volume 6, February 2020
Background: Pregnancy is characterized with several physical and mental changes in women. These changes cause mental health problems in pregnant women and especially in nulliparous women. Objective: To determine the effects of cognitive-behavioral counseling on mental health of pregnant women. Method: The study was carried out as a quality of life clinical trial with a control group. The participants were 60 pregnant women (less than 20 weeks) who visited Kamyaran-based health centers (Iran) in 2018. The participants were allocated randomly to experiment and control groups (n = 30 each).
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Negative Gender Stereotypes in the Classroom Are Hurting Boys’ Reading Skills: Study

Global Citizen, 28th February 2020
Advancing SDGs 4 and 5, this article discusses how stereotypical assumptions about boys’ reading skills affect students’ reading outcomes.
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Gender equality and women's empowerment; Education; Partner content, Global

Food and Society - Chapter 12: Food: natural and environmental considerations

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Food and Society, 2020, Pages 247-255

Environmentalism and sustainability are two buzzwords that have come to represent an awakening of the people's collective conscience over the last two decades or so. Pedantically, the two words have slightly different meanings, yet there is sufficient overlap that they are commonly used interchangeably.

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Health and wellbeing; Food security and nutrition and sustainable agriculture, Global

Evidence-Informed Approaches for Managing Dementia Transitions - Chapter 10: Steering through the waves and adjusting to transitions in dementia

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Evidence-informed Approaches for Managing Dementia Transitions: Riding the Waves, Volume , 4 February 2020
This book chapter advances SDGs 3 and 17 by focusing on the need to establish equilibrium and well-being and is organized around eight themes using the acronym R-E-A-D-J-U-S-T. The chapter ties these themes with a call for more research and reinforcement for inclusion of the voices of people with dementia.
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Health and population; Health and wellbeing, Global

Evidence-Informed Approaches for Managing Dementia Transitions - Chapter 5: Hospitalization of persons with dementia

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Evidence-informed Approaches for Managing Dementia Transitions: Riding the Waves, Volume , 4 February 2020
This book chapter advances SDGs 3 and 17 by describing the prevalence of dementia in hospitalized patients, reasons for hospitalizations, and risks to older people with dementia in hospitals. Strategies for optimizing outcomes and models of care that are designed to improve care of persons with dementia and their care partners are described to assist healthcare team members working with this unique population.
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Health and wellbeing; Health and population, Global

Evidence-Informed Approaches for Managing Dementia Transitions - Chapter 1: Improving the lived experience of dementia transitions

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Evidence-informed Approaches for Managing Dementia Transitions: Riding the Waves, Volume , 4 February 2020
This book chapter advances SDGs 3 and 17 by introducing aspects of the lived experience, management, and epidemiology of dementia and some of the significant transitions that people with the disease and their caregivers frequently encounter.
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