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Child Protection System and Education: An Umbrella Review of Factors Supporting the Educational Progress of Children in the Foster Care System

open access: yesChild &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT International literature has consistently demonstrated that children in the foster care system (FCS) exhibit poorer academic outcomes: lower academic achievement, higher rates of school absenteeism and truancy, lower high school graduation rates and reduced postsecondary educational attainment.
Antonieta Candia‐Fonseca   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prevalence of Obesity in Adolescents with History of Pregnancy and Associated Factors in Korea

open access: yesIranian Journal of Public Health, 2011
Background: The pregnancy was a risk factor for excessive weight gain for women. However, there is no information about the prevalence of obesity and its relationship with a history of pregnancy in girls.
Seong-Ik Baek , Wi-Young So
doaj  

What Should Be Done About Rising Unemployment in the OECD? [PDF]

open access: yes
There is a growing belief that the recession has run its course and that the goods market has started a period of slow, but sustainable, recovery. Improvement in the labor market may take some time, but many believe that unemployment will return to its ...
Bell, David N.F., Blanchflower, David G.
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Education to Employment: Designing a System that Works [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Considering the education-to-employment system as a highway with three critical intersections -- enrolling in postsecondary education, building skills, and finding a job -- this research has determined places where students take wrong turns or fall ...
Diana Farrell   +2 more
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The hole in the doughnut: Formalizing and testing a key model of degrowth

open access: yesContemporary Economic Policy, EarlyView.
Abstract Degrowth scholars often claim that capitalism generates social and ecological imbalances, as captured by Kate Raworth's leading doughnut model. We formalize this model using social and environmental indices and measure imbalances using their coefficient of variation.
Ashruta Acharya   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Cross-Country Analysis of the Risk Factors for Depression at the Micro and Macro Level [PDF]

open access: yes
Past research has provided evidence of the role of some personal characteristics as risk factors for depression. However, few studies have examined jointly their specific impact and whether country characteristics change the probability of being ...
Maximo Rossi, Natalia Melgar
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The Impact of Tax Increase on Adolescent Smoking Behaviors: Using Korea Youth Risk Behavior Web-based Survey

open access: yesJournal of the Korean Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, 2017
Jiyeon Lee   +8 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Psychosocial care and experiences in young adults living with early‐onset type 2 diabetes: A narrative review

open access: yesDiabetic Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract Aims To review the literature on psychosocial care and experiences of young adults with early‐onset type 2 diabetes (EOT2D), to identify what is known, current gaps and to develop recommendations to help advance psychosocial care and support for the population.
Molly Caba   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

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