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Developing predictive models of health literacy. [PDF]

, 2009
IntroductionLow health literacy (LHL) remains a formidable barrier to improving health care quality and outcomes. Given the lack of precision of single demographic characteristics to predict health literacy, and the administrative burden and inability of
Bird, Chloe E, Culbert, Arthur, Elliott, Marc, Escarce, José J, Fremont, Allen, Gasper, Charles, Ghosh-Dastidar, Bonnie, Lurie, Nicole, Martin, Laurie T, Ruder, Teague, Sherman, Daniel   +10 more
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Cross-Cultural Comparisons of Home Numeracy and Literacy Environments: Canada, Mexico, and Chile

Education Sciences, 2022
Home numeracy and literacy environments are related to the development of children’s early academic skills. However, the home learning environments of preschool children have been mainly explored with children from North America, Europe, and Asia.
María Inés Susperreguy, Carolina Jiménez Lira, Jo-Anne LeFevre   +2 more
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A Family Strengths Approach to Early Language and Literacy Development [PDF]

, 2009
Language and literacy skills are an essential element of young children’s development and allow them to interact meaningfully with other people and to develop knowledge in all subject areas.
Carter, Deborah, Chard, David J., Pool, Juli   +2 more
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Community Literacy Resources and Home Literacy Practices Among Immigrant Latino Families [PDF]

Marriage & Family Review, 2008
ABSTRACT This paper reports relationships among communities, families, and Spanish-speaking children's language and literacy development in kindergarten and grade 1. Findings from a study of 35 communities show that communities with greater concentrations of Latinos are less likely to have printed materials, and available materials are more likely to ...
Leslie, Reese, Claude, Goldenberg
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Developing evidence‐based, cost‐effective P4 cancer medicine for driving innovation in prevention, therapeutics, patient care and reducing healthcare inequalities

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
The cancer problem is increasing globally with projections up to the year 2050 showing unfavourable outcomes in terms of incidence and cancer‐related deaths. The main challenges are prevention, improved therapeutics resulting in increased cure rates and enhanced health‐related quality of life.
Ulrik Ringborg, Joachim von Braun, Julio Celis, Anton Berns, Michael Baumann, Tit Albreht, Nancy Abou‐Zeid, Vanderlei Bagnato, Christian Brandts, Chien‐Jen Chen, Massimiliano di Pietro, Manjit Dosanjh, Thomas Dubois, Alexander Eggermont, Angelika Eggert, Ingemar Ernberg, Sara Faithfull, Johannes Förner, Stefan Fröhling, Manuel Heitor, Leroy Hood, Wei Jiang, Bengt Jönsson, Ravi Kannan, Maria Leptin, Su Li, Peter Lindgren, Douglas Lowy, Jun Ma, Alex Markham, Péter Nagy, Simon Oberst, M. Iqbal Parker, Danielle Rodin, Kevin Ryan, Joachim Schüz, Richard Sullivan, Josep Tabernero, Peter Turkson, Oliver Várhelyi, Harold Varmus, Chijie Wang, Elisabete Weiderpass, Nils Wilking   +43 more
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Applying an Ethical Lens to the Treatment of People With Multiple Sclerosis

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The practice of neurology requires an understanding of clinical ethics for decision‐making. In multiple sclerosis (MS) care, there are a wide range of ethical considerations that may arise. These involve shared decision‐making around selection of a disease‐modifying therapy (DMT), risks and benefits of well‐studied medications in comparison to
Methma Udawatta, Farrah J. Mateen
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Family Involvement in Primary School Children’s Writing: A Qualitative Study with Parent Focus Groups

Education Sciences
The home context can complement formal schooling in writing. However, the family’s potential for promoting how children learn to write is still relatively underexplored, particularly in primary education.
Laura Algorri-Diez, Celestino Rodríguez, Patricia Robledo   +2 more
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The Effect of Parental Absence on Children’s Literacy Development: A Case Study of a Fourth-Grade Elementary School Student

Vision: Journal for Language and Foreign Language Learning, 2022
The research analyzed the parental role in the literacy development of a fourth-grade Midwestern elementary school student in the United States of America.
Petra Kristi Mulyani
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Investigating the home literacy environment and emergent literacy skills of children as they start school in New Zealand : a thesis in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Educational Psychology, Massey University, Albany, New Zealand [PDF]

, 2017
Home literacy environment (HLE) has been consistently linked with children’s early literacy skills in international research, and is argued to be an important variable influencing the development of children’s emergent literacy.
Van Tonder, Brittney Elizabeth
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Citizen Engagement for Social and Technological Innovation in Sustainable Energy Systems

Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research, EarlyView.
This study underscores the potential of citizen participation in the energy transition by providing insights to foster citizen‐driven innovation. An analysis of energy communities, one of the most dynamic innovations in the energy sector, reveals that these models can be citizen‐led initiatives regarding their operational and organizational structure ...
Ana Belén Cristóbal, Cristina Sanz‐Cuadrado, Kiane Alves e Silva, Luis Narvarte   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source