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The Generational Gift: The Effects of Grandparental Care on the Next Generations' Health and Well‐Being

open access: yesHealth Economics, Volume 35, Issue 3, Page 522-547, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Health and well‐being in the family context can be affected by care giving arrangements. Following parental care and daycare, grandparents are the third most important care givers for children in many Western societies. Despite the relevance of grandparental care, there is little evidence on the causal effects of this care mode on the next ...
Mara Barschkett   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Phenomenological research in the field of Infant Mental Health and Early Childhood (IECMH) ‐A mapping review

open access: yesInfant Mental Health Journal: Infancy and Early Childhood, Volume 47, Issue 2, March 2026.
Abstract Infant Mental Health and Early Childhood (IECMH) is a field of study of infants and the developing relationship and the optimal development between infants and their caregivers. Phenomenological research within the well‐being of infants and caregivers has core importance in the comprehension of the subjectivity of the infant and the attachment
Minna Sorsa, Bente Dahl, Idun Røseth
wiley   +1 more source

Imagining Justice Transformation in Aotearoa: Possibilities and Pitfalls

open access: yesKōtuitui: New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences Online, Volume 21, Issue 1, March 2026.
It is well‐noted that for as long as there have been prisons, there has been continued resistance to their use and calls for alternatives. Debates amongst advocates for change in the justice system fixate on whether prison reform or abolition is the answer. This article engages with narratives from 16 semi‐structured interviews with people who advocate
Grace Gordon
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring the Sociocultural Factors of Obesity Among Kiribati Women Living in Auckland, New Zealand

open access: yesKōtuitui: New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences Online, Volume 21, Issue 1, March 2026.
Introduction: Sociocultural determinants are pivotal in influencing the health of I‐Kiribati women in New Zealand, shaping behaviours, ideals and attitudes related to obesity risk. Although obesity is driven by lifestyle factors deeply embedded within a sociocultural context, the research area remains relatively unexplored.
Annie Baiteke, Vili Nosa, Heena Akbar
wiley   +1 more source

Rethinking Return Migration in the Context of Rural–Urban Migration: A Study of Young Migrant Mothers in Beijing

open access: yesPopulation, Space and Place, Volume 32, Issue 2, March 2026.
ABSTRACT This study examines return migration within the broader context of rural–urban migration in China, focusing on young migrant mothers in Beijing. While return migration in China is often attributed to structural barriers, this research highlights the agency of migrant women in actively shaping their migration trajectories.
Rong Bao   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Migration, Stretched Households and the Loneliness of Older Adults in South Africa

open access: yesPopulation, Space and Place, Volume 32, Issue 2, March 2026.
ABSTRACT This study contributes to the literature on out‐migration and the social connectedness of older adults who remain “left behind”. It investigates the loneliness reports of older African adults in the South African context, where out‐migrants are reported as retaining membership in their household of origin.
Dorrit Posel
wiley   +1 more source

Introducing Epigenetics Into Secondary School Classrooms—An Educational Design Study

open access: yesScience Education, Volume 110, Issue 2, Page 379-399, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Although epigenetics represents an emerging field of biological research with a potentially large influence on society as well as conceptual implications on how genetics is understood, it is often not a part of the biology education provided at secondary schools.
Karin Thörne   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

“Everything Is Just Done Away With Now”: Contentious Practices of Scalar Brokerage Motivated by Narratives of Welfare Nostalgia in Postcolonial Rotterdam

open access: yesAmerican Anthropologist, Volume 128, Issue 1, Page 108-119, March 2026.
ABSTRACT According to anthropological theories of brokerage, brokers build bridges, close gaps, make connections, and construct shared norms. In this article, I argue that such structural‐functionalist approaches to brokerage do not prove adequate in addressing unsettled and unsettling scale‐making practices of refugee‐led support initiatives in ...
Lieke van der Veer
wiley   +1 more source

How to Be Hopeful About Climate Change

open access: yesAmerican Anthropologist, Volume 128, Issue 1, Page 148-158, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Why do people in climate‐vulnerable regions of Kenya and Namibia express more hope for the future than many in Germany, despite facing greater environmental threats? Drawing on ethnographic research and the philosophy of Gabriel Marcel, we make two arguments.
Julian Sommerschuh, Michael Schnegg
wiley   +1 more source

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