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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"Child Poverty"”.
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Child poverty in Canada : some contributing factors and issues
… to the problems in definition and measurement of poverty, both theoretically and empirically. Another objective is to identify some of the important factors related to child poverty in Canada. Poverty and inequality are examined from three theoretical perspectives: functionalist, conflict and …
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Addressing child poverty: Is Ugandan law and policy fit for purpose?
… the normative framework for protection of the child from poverty as set by international and regional human and child rights instruments and accordingly, evaluate the scope and ability of Ugandan law and policy to protect the child from poverty. Secondly, to primarily analyse whether Ugandan …
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Third Sector Campaigning Strategies: A study of Third Sector Organisations campaigning for the reform of UK child poverty policy
… (TSOs) in campaigning for the reform of UK child poverty policy. This qualitative study combines expert interviews with policy workers in campaigning TSOs with textual analysis of TSO submissions to a 2007/08 Work and Pensions Select Committee inquiry into child poverty. Analysis applies a …
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Towards a housing policy that accommodates children : a study of entitlements and entitlement failures in the National Housing Subsidy Scheme
This research is about a targeted response to poverty. The poverty alleviation programme in question is the South African National Housing Subsidy Scheme, and the thesis aims to bring together issues of child poverty and housing policy. In doing so, it addresses a number of gaps in the child …
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Child well-being and the welfare state: a comparative analysis of poverty, child care, and child protection across welfare regimes
… and analysed in social research, however, children have too often been excluded from cross-national comparison particularly from research on the impact of social policy and welfare states on child well-being. The present study examines child poverty, child care and corporal punishment bans …
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Children’s Geography and the Everyday Lives of Orphans in Malawi
… thesis sets out to challenge assumptions about childhood and domesticity that are often embedded in discussions of orphanhood in Malawi through a methodological approach grounded in children’s geography that views children as social actors. The research, which is focused on orphans’ daily lives …
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Children’s Geography and the Everyday Lives of Orphans in Malawi
… thesis sets out to challenge assumptions about childhood and domesticity that are often embedded in discussions of orphanhood in Malawi through a methodological approach grounded in children’s geography that views children as social actors. The research, which is focused on orphans’ daily lives …
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The Effects of Poverty and Allostatic Load on the Development of Chronic Disease
… suggests that there is a significant impact of poverty on poor health outcomes. Poverty is associated with limited access to education and healthcare, increased exposure to violence, and chronic stress that contribute to the development of chronic diseases. The poverty and chronic disease …
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Cash transfers and child health: understanding the barriers and facilitators to early application and receipt of the child support grant in Langa Township, Cape Town
The Child Support Grant (CSG) is increasingly a social protection instrument of choice aimed at alleviating child poverty and malnutrition in South Africa, with over 13 million children as beneficiaries of the Child Support Grant (CSG). Timely receipt of the grant, within the first three months of …
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Leading children's centres: a study of seven leaders in context
The development of Sure Start Children’s Centres was at the spearhead of New Labour’s efforts to support vulnerable children and families in order to eradicate child poverty. Children’s Centres were expected to provide integrated services for children and families in order to ensure that every …
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Passionate about social change: an IPA study exploring the experiences of young people engaged in community action.
… the prevalence of mental health problems, with children and young people from socially and economically disadvantaged areas particularly affected. To address these difficulties, there is a shift in favour towards community psychology interventions which work at multiple levels to improve …
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Anti-social behaviour: local perception and reporting behaviour in a small urban location
… basis of the composition of housing tenure and child poverty indices. A mixed methods research design was selected, including a house to house survey (N = 284) and semi-structured interview (N = 15). A range of behaviours were identified as anti-social behaviour with participants considering it …
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The Politics of Evidence-Informed Policymaking: a case study of the Ontario Poverty Reduction Strategy
… several decades, increasing pressure to reduce child poverty through better public policies has resulted in the prioritization of “evidence-based” social policy reform agendas worldwide, as well as a proliferation of research on effective evidence-informed policymaking (EIPM). However, studies …
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An explorative study of the role of child social grants in the livelihoods of recipients: A case study of Ondobe constituency, Ohangwena region, Namibia
… of this study was to explore the role that the Child Social Grant (CSG) plays in the livelihoods of recipients, using a case study of Ondobe Constituency, Ohangwena Region, Namibia. The Namibian government has taken concrete steps to address child poverty and social exclusion through child …
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Community Factors in Differential Responses of Child Protective Services
Child maltreatment results in over 3 million referrals annually to U. S. child protective services agencies and an estimated 695,000 children who are determined to be child maltreatment victims. There are ongoing concerns about the large volume and complexity of referrals and the appropriateness of …
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Exploration of the child support grant in a community of the North West Province
The child support grant (hereafter referred to as CSG) in South Africa was implement in 1998 to fight child poverty. The CSG came after the state maintenance grant (SMG) was repelled, because it (SMG) only benefited certain races. Section 27(c) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, …
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Social makeup and public school funding effort and distribution in the United States
… extent of strong religiosity; and the extent of child poverty in a state. School funding distribution proved to be less predictable on the basis of the variables studied, although religious fractionalization served as a significant negative predictor, such that more religiously diverse states …
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Rethinking Social Assistance Policy to Reflect Modern Socio-Economic Realities
… different. The framework for addressing poverty in our society must also change. Currently, Canada addresses poverty through various welfare state initiatives, which translate into programs such as social assistance, tax credits, employment insurance and pensions. It is proposed that the …
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The Spatial Relationships among Neurotoxicant Exposure, Child Admissions, and Mental Health Assessment Scores: How do they Interact in the State of Ohio?
… environmental toxicants are harmful to everyone, children are especially vulnerable because of the rapid growth and development that occurs throughout infancy and childhood (NRC, 1993). Acute or chronic exposure to these chemicals can cause a variety of psychiatric symptoms in children because …
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Social deprivation in New Zealand
The purpose of the thesis was to better understand the phenomenon of social deprivation, world-wide and in particular in New Zealand. Social deprivation has been defined in many ways with multiple surrogates used to ‘measure’ its prevalence. The aim of this research was to provide examples of the …
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