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Gameful design for skills development for youths in urban marginalised communities

Interaction Design and Architecture(s), 2022
Unemployment is high among youths living in marginalised communities in South Africa. One of the reasons is that many young people are either un- or low-skilled to gain employment in a digital economy requiring high-skilled individuals.
Chinonye Leuna Obioha, Izak van Zyl
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Positive deviant unemployed individuals: Survivalist entrepreneurs in marginalised communities

South African Journal of Business Management, 2020
Purpose: This exploratory study aimed to provide a description of the experiences and perceptions of survivalist entrepreneurs in under-resourced communities. These survivalist entrepreneurs perceived themselves as ‘temporary’ entrepreneurs. They engaged
Melinda du Toit, Hans de Witte, Sebastiaan Rothmann, Anja van den Broeck   +3 more
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Igba-boi Entrepreneurial Philosophy: An Afrocentric Place-Building Model [PDF]

Management and Economics Review
Through the lens of a place-building model, this theoretical analysis of existing discourse explains the Igba-boi entrepreneurial philosophy and its transformative role in the post-Nigerian Civil War (1967-1970) socioeconomic recovery of the Igbo ethnic ...
Ishmael IWARA, Victor OJAKOROTU
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Caring for a marginalised community: the costs of engaging with culture and complexity [PDF]

Medical Journal of Australia, 2005
The Care and Prevention Programme (CPP) began in 1998. It is based on the philosophy of primary health care, and has improved health among homosexually active men, including about a third of HIV-positive South Australians. The CPP was assessed using financial analysis and qualitative methods.
Rogers, G., Barton, C., Pekarsky, B., Lawless, A., Oddy, J., Hepworth, R., Beilby, J.   +6 more
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Viewpoint: Indigenous knowledge systems and environmental social work education: Towards environmental sustainability

Southern African Journal of Environmental Education, 2019
Prior to colonisation, most indigenous communities were using indigenous knowledge systems (IKS) as part of their livelihood. The livelihoods of rural and indigenous peoples and those living in poverty are often closely tied to the use of biodiversity ...
Mogomme Alpheus Masoga, Allucia Lulu Shokane   +1 more
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CHALLENGES FOR CHILDREN FROM MARGINALISED INDIAN COMMUNITIES

VIDYA - A JOURNAL OF GUJARAT UNIVERSITY, 2022
Backround: Literacy is a necessary first step toward social and economic development for India's underprivileged communities. They can not only gain access to the numerous basic services and rights to which they are entitled, but also improve their standard of living by expanding their options.
Gautam Makwana, H Elizabeth
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Opposing book bans: a resilient and subversive information practice

Information Research: An International Electronic Journal
Introduction. In this paper, we discuss the concepts of censorship, resilience and information precarity. We explain the framework of information precarity and emphasise the agentic responses of marginalised communities, then show that book bans ...
Shannon M. Oltmann, Fatima Espinoza Vasquez   +1 more
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An investigation of culturally competent terminology in healthcare policy finds ambiguity and lack of definition

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2013
Objective : This research explored how the concept of cultural competence was represented and expressed through health policies that were intended to improve the quality and efficacy of healthcare provided to families from culturally marginalised ...
Julian Grant, Yvonne Parry, Pauline Guerin   +2 more
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Implementing trachoma control programmes in marginalised populations in Tanzania: A qualitative study exploring the experiences and perspectives of key stakeholders.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2021
BackgroundDespite aspects of the SAFE strategy for reducing trachoma in Tanzania have been somewhat successful, the disease still persists in marginalised communities even with repeated trachoma control interventions.
Kaki Tsang, Gilles de Wildt, Upendo Mwingira, Tara B Mtuy   +3 more
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The Combined Effect of Obesity and Contraceptive Use on Pulmonary Embolism in Adolescent Females Residing in the United States

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Combined oral contraceptive (COC) use in obese adult women dramatically increases the relative risk of developing a pulmonary embolism (PE). The risk of a PE in obese adolescent females taking contraceptives is currently unknown. The purpose of this investigation was to determine the effect of body mass index (BMI) and contraceptive
John Puetz, Joanne Salas
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