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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"Urban children"”.
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Effects of Trauma Induced Stress on Attention, Executive Functioning, Processing Speed, and Resilience in Urban Children
… functioning, occurs at different rates in children, leading to differential performance in school. Due to neuroanatomical changes secondary to the stress response, children who have experienced stress as a result of poverty and traumatic events may be at increased risk for cognitive …
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Urban Children's Experience of a Natural Place Outside of Denver
… from nature. Over the last several decades, urbanization, the increasing presence of technology, and progressively busier schedules contribute to a growing concern over a disconnect between children and nature. In light of this potential disconnect, I explored how urban children experience a …
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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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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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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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The problem of the pedagogic relationship between the educator and the educand in black urban areas
The problem of this investigation lies on the urban Black child and how his environment may affect his relationship with the teacher. Being a Black child in an urban environment presupposes that he or she is a person of'; two worlds- the traditional and the modern technocentric world. The modern …
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The relationship between immunization and food allergy and sensitisation in South African children
… The prevalence of food allergies is higher in children compared to adults and it is increasing. The factors that influence food allergies in children are not clear. In light of the hygiene hypothesis, vaccinations may contribute towards to a predominant allergen specific response or exposure to …
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Mechanisms of atopic dermatitis and allergy development in African (AmaXhosa) children between 12-36 months of age
… skin disease that disproportionately affects children and has increased rapidly during recent years in South Africa. Current data suggest that the changing diversity of environmental exposures, diet, and lifestyle factors across African societies might provide unique disease promoting effects …
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Environmental justice education and atmospheric particulate analysis in urban environmental health policy development : indoor airborne particulate concentrations in preschools of asthmatic children in Newark
… in target communities and schools of preschool children in two of the five Wards of Newark. In addition to the environmental issues, the analysis includes social issues related to the preschool communities-at-large. The data is used (data-driven approach) for environmental health policy …
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Essays on child labour and schooling in Ghana
… as the trade-off between work and schooling of children aged 5-17 years with the 2013 Ghana Living Standard Survey data. A bivariate probit model is used since the decisions to participate in schooling and in the labour market are interdependent. The results show that there is a gender gap both …
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A Case Study of Why Teachers Choose to Remain in One Urban School District
… (1987) attributed the shortage of qualified urban educators to factors such as racism, fear, a generally negative perception of what teaching in an urban setting is like, and the low percentage (5%) of faculty in schools of education who have urban teaching experience, which affects their …
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Knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and behaviour of mothers of young children related to healthy eating: comparing rural and urban perspectives in Nepal.
… causes of nutritional problems in preschool-aged children in Nepal and these beliefs and attitudes can result in the inappropriate feeding of young children. There is growing research on this topic in Nepal but very little from a public health perspective. This thesis has been designed to cover …
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Empirical essays in development economics: Evidence from Bolivia
… a substantial increase in the probability that children in the rural areas from households with relatively low levels of assets were engaged in child labor (5.53 percentage points). In contrast, the Bolivida led to a substantial reduction in the probability that children in the urban areas from …
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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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Environmental factors associated with atopic dermatitis in children in urban and rural South Africa
… Environmental exposures related to modern urban living, and the absence of protective rural exposures, may contribute to the high prevalence of childhood atopic dermatitis (AD). Objectives: To identify environmental exposures associated with AD in children living in three residential areas …