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Linking Canadian Administrative Data: Income Trajectories, Residential and School Mobility, and Grade 3 Academic Achievement.

International Journal of Population Data Science, 2022
Objective The objective is to examine the association between trajectories of childhood residential and school mobility and academic achievement (literacy, numeracy) in Grade 3 using linked whole-population administrative data in Manitoba, Canada ...
Janelle Boram Lee, Elizabeth Wall-Wieler, Leslie L Roos   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Age differences in the use of serving size information on food labels: numeracy or attention? [PDF]

, 2016
ObjectiveThe ability to use serving size information on food labels is important for managing age-related chronic conditions such as diabetes, obesity and cancer.
Applegate, Elizabeth, Beckett, Laurel A, Gibson, Tanja N, Miller, Lisa M Soederberg, Wilson, Machelle D   +4 more
core   +2 more sources

Challenges for numeracy awareness in the 21st century: making visible the invisible

Frontiers in Education, 2023
IntroductionThe contemporary scientific literature indicates that numeracy is a multifaceted concept. The ongoing societal and technological transformations underscore the imperative to re-evaluate the attributes characterizing a numerate individual and ...
Javier Díez-Palomar, Mimar Ramis-Salas, Ivan Močnik, Marijana Simonič, Kees Hoogland   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The relationship of health numeracy to cancer screening. [PDF]

J Cancer Educ, 2011
Health numeracy is associated with increased understanding of cancer risk reduction information and improved control of chronic disease. A cross-sectional survey was conducted among a primary care population to evaluate the effect of health numeracy on breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer screening.
Schapira MM, Neuner J, Fletcher KE, Gilligan MA, Hayes E, Laud P.   +5 more
europepmc   +4 more sources

Beyond High-Income Countries: Low Numeracy Is Associated with Older Adult Age around the World

MDM Policy & Practice, 2023
Background Numeracy, or the ability to understand and use numbers, has been associated with obtaining better health and financial outcomes. Studies in high-income countries suggest that low numeracy is associated with older age—perhaps especially among ...
Wändi Bruine de Bruin, Aulona Ulqinaku, Jimena Llopis, Matteo Santangelo Ravà   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Non-Symbolic Magnitude Processing Is a Strong Correlate of Symbolic Math Skills in Children From Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire. [PDF]

Dev Sci
ABSTRACT The ability to understand and compare non‐symbolic (e.g., dot arrays) and symbolic (e.g., Arabic numerals) magnitudes is a critical foundation for learning math. A meta‐analysis has revealed that symbolic magnitude processing is a stronger predictor of math performance than non‐symbolic, but the evidence base is restricted almost entirely to ...
Bugden S, Ansari D, Lichand G, Avornyo EA, Wolf S.   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

A Skills Gap Analysis of Farmer Directors of US Farmer Cooperatives

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Boards of directors are vital to firm performance and are an integral part of the decision‐making process of any business. Several studies have been conducted that observe corporate or nonprofit board characteristics, skills, and the board's connection to firm performance.
Jody S. Herchenbach, Brian C. Briggeman, Jason S. Bergtold, Aleksan Shanoyan, Sarah A. Low, Brandi Miller   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Impact of Calculators on a Test of Clinician Numeracy: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Numeracy, 2019
Clinician numeracy (CN), the ability to use and understand quantitative data in patient care, is an important skill for healthcare professionals. Nonetheless, it is recognized that many healthcare professionals, including doctors, have deficiencies in CN,
Anne Taylor, Douglas Corfield, Lucie Byrne-Davis   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Assessing Values for Current Health: Numeracy Matters [PDF]

Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2000
CONTEXT: Despite the central importance of utilities in decision analysis, little is known about the validity of methods used to assess them. Many of the traditional assessment methods are quantitative and involve multiple comparisons of numerical expressions, raising questions about how well people with limited numeracy (i.e., basic facility working ...
S Woloshin, LM Schwartz, M Moncur, S Gabriel, ANA Tosteson   +4 more
openaire   +1 more source

How does the Kids SIPsmartER program impact the sugar‐sweetened beverage intake of students: An investigation beyond total treatment effect in randomized controlled trial

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract This study develops and empirically estimates a structural framework to decompose the causal pathways of multilevel behavioral interventions targeting adolescent health behaviors. We apply this framework to the Kids SIPsmartER (KSS) program, a 6‐month, school‐based intervention evaluated through a clustered randomized controlled trial in rural
Naveen Abedin, Wen You, Annie Reid, Kathleen Porter, Brittany Kirkpatrick, Jamie Zoellner   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source