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American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The present longitudinal study focuses on FMR1 premutation carrier women during midlife and early old age (n = 115). Bringing together the genetic risk factor of a family history of FXTAS and the environmental protective factor of higher education, the goal of the study was to determine how these factors potentially interact to predict self ...
Jinkuk Hong +4 more
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Honoring, Training, and Building a Statewide Network of Elder Activists: The California Senior Leaders Program (2002-2012) [PDF]
, 2013 This case study explores the first decade (2002-2012) of the California Senior Leaders Program (CSLP), including participants' creation of a formal advocacy group, the California Senior Leaders Alliance. Grounded in concerns with ageism and invisibility,
Garcia, A, Martinson, M, Minkler, M
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Superannuation Reimagined: Moving Beyond the Origins to an Indigenous Focus
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Retirement income systems, such as superannuation, are meant to be non‐discriminatory and consider disadvantage faced by members of society. There are significant differences between the life expectancies of Indigenous and non‐Indigenous peoples. The gap in life expectancies is not considered when determining when Indigenous peoples can retire.
Levon Ellen Blue +2 more
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Education and Economic Mobility [PDF]
, 2008 Surveys the literature on how education affects intergenerational mobility. Discusses the impacts of parents' education, financial resources, GED and job training programs, K-12 quality improvements, and early childhood education and ...
Nathan Grawe
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Australia's Closing the Gap reform aims to address disparities experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. There are specific targets focussed on key educational transitions; yet, the transition to secondary education is not a targeted priority.
Azhar Hussain Potia +3 more
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Tax and Spending Policy and Economic Mobility [PDF]
, 2008 Surveys the literature on how economic mobility is affected by federal tax policies such as the Earned Income Tax Credit and deductions for home ownership; government spending on education and health care; and income supports such as Social ...
Brenda Cushing-Daniels +1 more
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Nutritional Status of Adolescent Girls from Rural Communities of Tigray, Northern Ethiopia [PDF]
, 2009 Background: Addressing the nutritional needs of adolescents could be an important step towards breaking the vicious cycle of intergenerational malnutrition. Objective: Assess nutritional status of rural adolescent girls. Design: Cross-sectional. Methods:
Girmay, G. +7 more
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Robust measurement of disadvantage is essential to identifying and addressing inequities in children's development. We tested how a multidimensional framework of child disadvantage performed relative to a traditional socioeconomic position (SEP) approach to predict developmental outcomes.
Wei Hong +7 more
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Fostering Dialogue to Break the Cycle of Intergenerational Poverty [PDF]
, 2003 Identifies and explores factors that perpetuate the intergenerational cycle of poverty, how the problem is defined and addressed, and how to move from dialogue to action in finding solutions to the transmission of poverty from one generation to the ...
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT For adults with intellectual disability and their families, future planning and moving out of the family home in Australia will increasingly occur within the context of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). As a market‐based, individualised funding system its impact on this transition remains largely unknown. This paper reports on a
I. Belperio +5 more
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