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Burying Futures: Artisanal Mining Deaths and the Politics of Negligence in Zimbabwe
American Anthropologist, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In the gold‐mining town of Kwekwe, central Zimbabwe, injury and death are a constant presence. Collapsing shafts, sudden explosions, gang fights, and neglected health infrastructure characterize the everyday lives of the town's impoverished residents.
Melusi Nkomo
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Lexical organization in deaf children who use British Sign Language: Evidence from a semantic fluency task [PDF]
, 2013 We adapted the semantic fluency task into British Sign Language (BSL). In Study 1, we present data from twenty-two deaf signers aged four to fifteen. We show that the same ‘cognitive signatures’ that characterize this task in spoken languages are also ...
Marshall, C. R. +9 more
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Vaccinations During Pregnancy Protect the Mother–Infant Dyad and Are Generally Safe
Acta Paediatrica, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Aim Vaccination in pregnancy has a critical impact on mothers, foetuses and infants. The aim of this paper was to summarise key points presented by experts attending the 12th Maria Delivoria‐Papadopoulos Perinatal Symposium in March 2025 and further expand and update them.
Ariadne Malamitsi‐Puchner +2 more
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The Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing and Deaf Individuals [PDF]
, 2018 This document was developed under a grant from the U.S. Department of Education, OSEP #HD326D160001. However, the contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the U.S.
National Deaf Center on Postsecondary Outcomes
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The Moral (Un)Desirability of New Biomedical Technologies as Potential Techno‐Fixes
Bioethics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The techno‐fix argument, used to argue against technological interventions that address the consequences of social problems instead of their underlying causes, is increasingly invoked in biomedical discussions. However, especially in biomedicine, the techno‐fix argument remains conceptually underdeveloped.
Lieke van Kempen +2 more
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British Journal of Learning Disabilities, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background People with learning disabilities often face significant challenges in understanding health information. Pictorial supports are widely assumed to improve communication for people with learning disabilities, yet little research examines how visual communication can be effectively designed for this group.
Alison Drewett +5 more
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African Journal of Inter-Multidisciplinary StudiesTelevision Sign Language (SL) Interpreters play a vital role in providing the Deaf community with access to information and knowledge in their primary language, Sign Language.
Silindile Ntombela +2 more
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Defining Disability in Oral Health Policy and Practice in the UK
Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objectives In the United Kingdom (UK), disabled people face barriers accessing dental care, leading to poor oral health. To understand these barriers, the present study examined how disability is defined and conceptualised in UK oral health policy documents, and explored the implications of these framings for the provision of dental care for ...
K. Rijhwani +2 more
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Effects of Parent Expectations and Parent Involvement on Postschool Outcomes for Deaf Individuals [PDF]
, 2019 Summary of Cawthon, S., Garberoglio, C. L., Caemmerer, J., Bond, M., & Wendel, E. (2015). Effects of parent expectations and parent involvement on postschool outcomes for individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing. Exceptionality, 23(2).
National Deaf Center on Postsecondary Outcomes
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Challenges and Coping Strategies of Migrant Parents in Türkiye: A Qualitative Study
Child &Family Social Work, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This qualitative study explored the coping mechanisms used by 22 immigrant parents (nine men, 13 women) of Syrian, Iraqi, Afghan and Palestinian origin in Türkiye to cope with challenges related to food, shelter, healthcare and social exclusion while caring for their children.
Murat Altuntaş, Habibullah Akinci
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