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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"Rural children"”.
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Association between environmental exposure to pesticides and prevalence of asthma symptoms in rural children and adolescents living in agricultural settings in the Western Cape
… This study investigated the association between children's exposure to pesticides and asthma related outcomes in rural agricultural areas in Western Cape South Africa. Methods: A cross-sectional study of 700 children from three intensive agricultural areas in the rural Western Cape in …
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Quantification of pyrethroid and organophosphate metabolites in hair and urine samples of rural children from the Western Cape, South Africa using the two-dimensional gas chromatography-mass spectrometry
… significant health concerns, particularly for children, whose developing bodies are more susceptible to the toxic effects of these chemicals. Regular monitoring of these insecticide concentrations in human biological matrices is essential to identify and minimize exposure risks. However, …
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The association of fat patterning with blood pressure in rural South African children: the Ellisras longitudinal growth and health study
… in childhood, with little data in African children to support these findings. Objectives were to determine the prevalence of overweight and hypertension in rural children in South Africa. Additionally, the association between fat-patterning ratios and blood pressure was investigated.
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Kidquest Childhood Obesity Prevention program: Analysis of Its Influence on health of Rural South Dakota 5th and 6th Grade Children
… world. This project will focus on obesity in rural children by studying those living in an area of South Dakota. Research shows high levels of overweight and obese children in this demographic. The two major objectives of this study are to evaluate the efficacy of the KidQuest (KQ) nutrition …
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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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Influences on Children's Human Capital in Rural Malawi
The circumstances that characterize poor, rural communities in Malawi suggest that children's health-wealth gradient can vary from other settings. This dissertation begins with a description of the methods used to create a household wealth variable using assets data in the Malawi Longitudinal Study …
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Influences of stress, individual and family processes on rural low-income children’s internalizing and externalizing behaviors
… economic pressure, acculturative stress) places rural children at risk for adverse outcomes. Prior studies using rural samples to understand the stress processes at the individual and family levels have been predominantly dyadic in focus. Given family members are interdependent, it is interesting …
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Essays on the effects of parental education and private tutoring on children's education outcomes, and the rural-urban student achievement differential in China
… effect (nurture effect) of parental education on children's education. Parents and their children share many common characteristics which are often unobserved -- this causes the omitted-variable bias. To eliminate this bias, this chapter uses school interruption during the Chinese Cultural …
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Essays on the effects of parental education and private tutoring on children's education outcomes, and the rural-urban student achievement differential in China
… effect (nurture effect) of parental education on children's education. Parents and their children share many common characteristics which are often unobserved -- this causes the omitted-variable bias. To eliminate this bias, this chapter uses school interruption during the Chinese Cultural …
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Self-Efficacy, Physical Activity, and Aerobic Fitness in Middle School Children: Examination of a Pedometer Intervention Program
… weight gain in sixth and seventh graders in rural mid-South middle schools. Bandura’s Social Cognitive Theory served as the theoretical basis for the study.<strong>Methods:</strong> A quasi-experimental pre-test, post-test design was used. The sample, recruited from two rural middle schools …
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An epidemiological comparison of rural vs. urban, and native vs. non-native, dental health in Manitoba children aged six and thirteen years
… health status of two groups of Manitoba Native children, six and thirteen years of age, to studies of Manitoba White children of similar ages, and to determine whether whether any differences found are due to the often isolated rural environment in which they commonly live. The populations …
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Internal Migration in China: New Perspectives on Family Life
… in history, with millions of predominantly rural workers moving to become part of the urban workforce. The hukou household registration system means that migrant workers experience various forms of disadvantage relative to those born in cities, in terms of access to housing and other social …
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Impact of coordinated asset transfers and asset ownership on poverty reduction, women's empowerment, and child education: evidence from Zambia and Tanzania
… assets is more pronounced among boys, rural children, poor children, and children from farming households. These conditions may raise the opportunity cost of schooling and result in weaker education outcomes. Building on the finding that different assets have differential effects, the …
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Education and rural community development: a conceptual model and Jamaican case
Rural citizens in developing countries are becoming the focal point of social, economic and political development efforts. These people traditionally have been left out of the developmental process. National leaders have now realized that the citizens of rural areas have the potential to contribute …
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The potential of green space in schools to enhance biodiversity, ecological knowledge and student wellbeing
Children in the UK are increasingly disconnected from the natural world, a trend often attributed to rapid urbanisation and reduced daily contact with nature. Spending time in the presence of biodiversity is known to benefit mental health, physical health and wellbeing, and increase awareness of …
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Communicative practices in a bi-/multilingual, rural, fourth grade classroom in Kenya
… practices, specifically in a fourth grade rural classroom in Kenya, and how the deployment of those resources affects knowledge construction and access to literacy. To do so, I draw on sociocultural (Bakhtin, 1981; Vygotsky, 1978) and cognitive (Collier, 1995; Cummins, 1979; 1981) …