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Regional child care availability and fertility decisions in Spain

Demographic Research, 2009
In this paper I explore two hypotheses: (1) Formal childcare availability for children under 3 has a positive effect on fertility; and (2) Formal childcare availability has different effects across contexts, according to the degree of adaptation of ...
Pau Baizan
doaj  

Developing Asthma-Friendly Childcare Centers with Online Training and Evaluation

Frontiers in Public Health, 2016
In 2011, the Florida Asthma Coalition began offering its Asthma-Friendly Childcare Center training online. This course teaches childcare center employees the fundamentals of effective asthma management.
Alexandra Catherine Hayes Nowakowski, Henry Joseph Carretta, Nicole ePineda, Julie Kurlfink Dudley, Jamie R Forrest   +4 more
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How far behind in number are socioeconomically disadvantaged pupils when they start school in England?

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper examines the gap in number skills between socioeconomically disadvantaged and non‐disadvantaged children in the first year of compulsory schooling in England. Past research mostly relies on statutory assessment data collected towards the end of the first year of school and does not show the attainment gap associated with ...
Martin Culliney, Joanne Robson
wiley   +1 more source

Why aren't people with young onset dementia and their supporters using formal services? Results from the INSPIRED study. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2017
BACKGROUND/AIMS:Despite reporting high levels of burden, supporters of people with young onset dementia (YOD) underuse formal community services. Previous quantitative studies in YOD are of limited utility in guiding service design because they did not ...
Monica Cations, Adrienne Withall, Ruth Horsfall, Nicole Denham, Fiona White, Julian Trollor, Clement Loy, Henry Brodaty, Perminder Sachdev, Peter Gonski, Apo Demirkol, Robert G Cumming, Brian Draper   +12 more
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Bridging home, school and community to address educational inequality: Supporting educational trajectories through community bridge work

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper explores the role of community stakeholders in supporting the educational trajectories of students experiencing socio‐economic disadvantage in the Irish context. Building on international and national policy debates, the study examines how community‐based organisations, statutory services and outreach initiatives work alongside ...
Aoife Joy Keogh, Deirdre McGillicuddy
wiley   +1 more source

Care work policies in France: The pitfalls of austerity and fragmentation [PDF]

Tempo Social
This article questions French public policies and regulations of (paid and unpaid, formal and informal) care work in the wake of the pandemic. It first examines the “care crisis” already in place prior to the pandemic.
Anne Eydoux
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‘Sometimes, I would look at my books and cry because I felt like I was left behind’: Understanding the learning of Indigenous girls during the COVID‐19 pandemic in the districts of Chongwe and Solwezi in Zambia

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Grounded in principles of epistemic justice, this article examines the educational impacts of Zambia's COVID‐19 school closures on Indigenous girls in two districts and highlights community‐led pathways for resilience. National responses prioritised broadcast and digital delivery but presupposed access to electricity, digital devices and ...
Marcellus Forh Mbah, Leigh Jarvis, Ane Turner Johnson, Chidi Ezegwu, Priscillah Nsama, Austine Nakanga   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gender Equality in Europe and the Effect of Work-Family Balance Policies on Gender-Role Attitudes

Social Sciences, 2018
This study starts from the assumption that the context of opportunities for work-family balance affects individual attitudes toward gender roles, a main indicator of support for gender equality.
Vera Lomazzi, Sabine Israel, Isabella Crespi   +2 more
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Stressors and coping strategies among single mothers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

PLoS ONE, 2023
ObjectivesIncreased levels of stress have been reported among parents due to the factors associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. Although social support is known as a protective factor for the stressors, restrictions due to the pandemic could influence ...
Himawari Wakai, Nobutoshi Nawa, Yui Yamaoka, Takeo Fujiwara   +3 more
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Gender Lens Equity Funds: A Methodological Breadth–Accountability Depth Framework and Observed Outcomes

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite rapid growth in gender lens investing (GLI), substantial variation remains in how gender lens equity funds (GLEFs) integrate gender equality criteria into investment strategies. We map a universe of 43 GLEFs and develop a framework capturing gender equality screening breadth and accountability depth (fund‐level disclosure and ...
Freyja Vilborg Thorarinsdottir, Ásta Dís Óladóttir, Gary L. Darmstadt, Sigríður Benediktsdóttir   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source