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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"City children"”.
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Inner-City Children and Environmental Equity: Evidence from Philadelphia
Experts agree that children need access to green spaces. Many urban children live in degraded environments unsuitable for outdoor play. Children primarily play in school yards. Low-income and African American children are often the victims of social, economic, and educational inequalities leading …
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Instruction by Tutoring of Third-Grade, Bilingual, Inner-City Children in Meaning Vocabulary
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-10T18:48:36Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 7514132.pdf: 6547757 bytes, checksum: 247bea803503637235c11ed3654588d2 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1975
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The Role of the Neighborhood Fast Food Environment in Weight Status of Inner-City Children
… epidemic proportions both among adults and among children. Childhood obesity is of significant concern because it is associated with childhood morbidity, adverse social outcomes and may be associated with life-long implications. In recent years, there has been an increased interest in …
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An evaluation of the effectiveness of an urban environmental education program for inner city children
… an environmental education program for inner city children. The ten-day day camp consisted of environmental education activities implemented at local community natural areas and more distant field trip locations. Three "pencil-and-paper" tests were administered in a pretest/posttest fashion; …
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Co-occurrence of Oppositional Defiant Disorder with Generalized and Separation Anxiety Disorders Among Inner-city Children
There is a paucity of research that has examined co-occurring oppositional defiant disorder and generalized anxiety disorder (ODD+GAD) symptoms and oppositional defiant disorder and separation anxiety disorder (ODD+SAD) symptoms among children. To address this gap, I investigated multiple …
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Measurement of the physical growth of children in school camps
… in 1939. These camps were intended to give city children one term's education in the country during their school education.
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A Comparison and Analysis of Theory and Practice in Regard to Inner-City Art Programs
… since 1965 regarding art programs for inner-city populations. B. Funds from various agencies have been alloted for art programs in large cities. In public school settings and outside of the public school domain art programs have been implemented. Although single program outcomes appear in …
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Community violence exposure and posttraumatic stress disorder : support and faith among children and adolescents in inner-city Jamaica
… Stress Disorder (PTSD) among Jamaican inner-city children and adolescents. Social support and spirituality/religiosity were proposed as potential mediating factors. Based on the empirical and theoretical literature, two competing models were designed and tested, a priori. In the primary …
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Stayers: Why teachers stay in London Primary Schools
… teachers give for staying in challenging inner city London schools. These 'stayers' are unusual in the London teaching workforce where staff turnover is high. The first chapter explores the literature about possible reasons why teachers stay in the profession. It argues that there are clusters …
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School, community, home : usuing architecture and urban design in creating an integrated learning environment
… the integral role communities play in their children's education. Most schools are insular, turning their back physically and programmatically on the adjacent neighborhood. The identities of the community and its children are seemingly negated. Almost unintentionally, the design of such …
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An Interdisciplinary Health Disparities Research and Intervention Strategy Applied to the Problem of Pediatric Asthma in Kansas City
… strategy using pediatric asthma in Kansas City as a case study. The first chapter introduces the problem of pediatric asthma in Kansas City and the foundational theory, methods, and concepts used to develop the structure of the dissertation and specific research questions. This is followed …
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Prevalence of overweight and obesity in children from urban and rural Niagara
… obesity. Method: 2167 (1090M, 1077F) grade four children from 75 schools in Ontario's Niagara Region were sampled. A sophisticated algorithm overlaying electoral boundaries, population densities, and the knowledge of community members was used to classify schools into one of three location …
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School Recess and Changes to Children's Play Opportunities in New York City
… in US public schools was designed to improve how children learn and test in schools, but it has resulted in the decline or removal of recess from most schools. This thesis examines two important issues. The first issue is to assess the play opportunities that public elementary schools offer to …