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Incident‐Based Storytelling in Service‐Learning: Dental Learners’ Experiences and Key Insights

open access: yesJournal of Dental Education, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Community service‐learning (CSL) is increasingly used in education to promote oral health equity and social responsibility; however, few studies have examined how reflective incident‐based storytelling narratives shape learner development within CSL contexts.
Abbas Jessani
wiley   +1 more source

Boomerang Homeless Families: Aggressive Rehousing Policies in New York City [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
The opinion brief suggests that the aggressive rehousing policies for New York City's homeless families during the Bloomberg Administration do not work for all homeless families and therefore have destabilized the shelter system by pushing an increasing ...

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Determinants of food insecurity in homeless people: evidence from the territory-wide homeless census in Hong Kong

open access: yesPublic Health Nutrition
Objective: With the re-emerging homelessness issue in Hong Kong, given its least affordable housing, securing food to meet the basic physiological needs is of priority concern for the homeless. This study aims to examine the situation and determinants of
Gary Ka-Ki Chung   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Discrimination Against People With Disabilities in Hiring and Strategies to Reduce It: Evidence From Resumes

open access: yesJournal of Organizational Behavior, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT People with disabilities receive fewer callbacks when applying for jobs compared to people without disabilities. To minimize the adverse effects of having a disability in the job application process, some people with disabilities use mitigation strategies during the disclosure of a disability.
Rosanna Nagtegaal   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Trends in the size of the nation's homeless population during the 1980s: A surprising result [PDF]

open access: yes
There are good national estimates of the number of homeless people in shelters in 1984, 1988, and 1990, but only in 1987 is there a reliable estimate of the number of people sleeping in streets.
I. Garfinkel, I. Piliavin
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Vital Mission: Ending Homelessness Among Veterans [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Far too many veterans are homeless in America. Homeless veterans can be found in every state across the country and live in rural, suburban, and urban communities.
Mary Cunningham   +2 more
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Characterisation of Drought and Wet Events in the Paraíba do Sul River Basin—Brazil

open access: yesInternational Journal of Climatology, EarlyView.
Trend analysis identified statistically significant reductions in precipitation (at the 5% significance level) at specific pluviometric stations in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, while other areas, mainly in Minas Gerais, experienced significant increases in annual and seasonal rainfall, particularly during summer and spring. These significant trends at
Gildo Rafael de Almeida Santana   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring production of social and economic value in social enterprises through a business model framework

open access: yesStrategic Change, EarlyView.
Abstract This study explores how social enterprises create social and economic value through business models that support ex‐offenders. The work was motivated by a request for help from an entrepreneur wishing to establish a business that supports ex‐offender rehabilitation.
Elizabeth Green   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Spotlight on the 2009 Mayors' Report on Homelessness [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
The recently released U.S. Conference of Mayors' Hunger and Homelessness Survey is an important starting point for formulating strategies to help homeless families.

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Is quinoa‐farming sustainable in marginal environments? Social, economical and environmental aspects

open access: yesJournal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, EarlyView.
Abstract Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) is an Andean grain crop introduced as a novel crop to many parts of the world in recent years. Recognized for nutritious seeds and high abiotic stress tolerance, it has been promoted as an element of climate‐resilient agriculture, particularly in marginal environments.
Anna Tabea Mengen   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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