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Accounting for animal health in efficiency analysis: An application to Swedish dairy farms

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Poor animal health is a central concern in modern livestock production. Despite the necessity to incorporate animal health in efficiency analysis, the theoretical and empirical developments are limited on this subject. This article appropriately characterizes the axiomatic properties of animal health within a production framework.
Frederic Ang, Enoch Owusu‐Sekyere, Karin Alvåsen, Helena Hansson   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Running on Empty: Nutritional Access for Children in Cook County, Illinois [PDF]

, 2010
In an effort to make informed program expansion and improvement decisions, the Greater Chicago Food Depository commissioned the Social IMPACT Research Center of Heartland Alliance to conduct a study of child nutrition program coverage and child nutrition
Alyssa Nogaski, Amy Rynell, Amy Terpstra, Andrew Roberts, Lindy Carrow   +4 more
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Giving and receiving help in three contexts as predictors of alcohol outcomes in a longitudinal study of sober living house residents

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Although peer support is central to the social model approach emphasized in sober living houses (SLHs), no longitudinal studies have examined helping among SLH residents. This longitudinal study examined benefits of helping in three contexts among SLH residents. Data were from 205 participants entering 28 SLHs across 2021–2023. Interviews were
Sarah E. Zemore, Elizabeth Mahoney, Meenakshi S. Subbaraman, Amy A. Mericle, Douglas L. Polcin   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prevalence and contributors to anaemia among children aged 6 to 59 months in Kyangwali Refugee settlement, Western Uganda: a cross-sectional study

BMC Pediatrics
Background Anaemia is a major cause of morbidity among children under five years in Uganda. However, its magnitude among refugee populations is marginally documented. In this study, the prevalence and contributors to anaemia among children 6 to 59 months
Christine Nakimera, Philip Bright Bwajojo, William Kaweesa, Joan Nampiima, Faith Chebet, Sharifah Namuwawu, Martin Bwemage, Moses Nuwabasa, Regina Ndagire, Allan Lugaajju, Joel Tumwebaze, Catherine Nassozi Lwanira   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

EDUCAÇÃO FÍSICA, ESPORTE E LAZER À LUZ DA SOCIOLOGIA DO CONHECIMENTO DE MANNHEIM

Conexões, 2007
O presente texto apresenta a Sociologia do Conhecimento de Mannheim como um possível referencial teórico para se compreender o processo histórico da pluralidade de interpretações dos conceitos de Educação, Educação Física, Esporte e Lazer ...
Dagmar Hunger
doaj   +1 more source

The challenge of hunger: The 2008 Global Hunger Index [PDF]

"With high food prices threatening the food security of millions of vulnerable households around the world, hunger and malnutrition are back in the headlines.
Fritschel, Heidi, Nestorova, Bella, Olofinbiyi, Tolulope, Pandya-Lorch, Rajul, von Grebmer, Klaus, Yohannes, Yisehac   +5 more
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Hunger in America: Suffering We All Pay For [PDF]

, 2011
Estimates the recession's impact on food insecurity and the national and state-by-state cost of hunger from hunger-induced illnesses, including depression; poor educational outcomes and reduced lifetime earnings, and private charity to help feed ...
Donald S. Shepard, Donna Cooper, Elizabeth Setren   +2 more
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Examining pathways by which socioeconomic instability in adolescence influence sexual health during emerging adulthood in an agricultural setting in California

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This study investigates the longitudinal impact of socioeconomic instability on teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted infection (STI) diagnosis among adolescents and young adults (AYA) living in an agricultural region and examines pathways including supportive family and social structures, decision making autonomy in romantic relationships ...
Marie C. D. Stoner, Erica N. Browne, Marissa Raymond‐Flesch, Mary Kate Shapley‐ Quinn, Nivedita L. Bhushan, Alondra Jaime‐Aguilar, Carmen Ramirez, Jessica Huante, Daisy Gallardo, Sue Napierala, Megan Comfort, Alexandra M. Minnis   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Geometric morphometrics approach for classifying children’s nutritional status on out of sample data

Scientific Reports
Current alignment-based methods for classification in geometric morphometrics do not generally address the classification of new individuals that were not part of the study sample.
Laura Medialdea, Ana Arribas-Gil, Álvaro Pérez-Romero, Amador Gómez   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Border harm and affective injustice: The politics of anger at the Melilla border, Spain

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines protests in a detention center in Melilla, Spain—a site where structural violence intersects with the everyday harms of confinement. Adopting a justice and dignity‐centered perspective, we analyze grassroots forms of resistance emerging at the border. The study focuses on the protests of Tunisian migrants and explores the
Corina Tulbure
wiley   +1 more source