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Land Rights and Socio-Economic Development of Afro-Brazilian Communities [PDF]

, 2010
Law students and recent graduates who spent the Spring 2010 semester studying the land rights of Afro-Brazilian communities have submitted their final report to community leaders and Brazilian government officials, institutions, and non-government ...
Browne, Noah, Dana, Anne, Shea, Katherine   +2 more
core   +1 more source

An Examination of Racial Bias in Scoring the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS) Module 3: An Item Response Theory Analysis

Autism Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Given the rising prevalence of autism among racial minority children in the United States, but persistent service use disparities, this study examines potential bias in specific items from the autism diagnostic observation schedule (ADOS), a highly regarded autism evaluation.
Yuen Yvonne Yu, Austin Wyman, Calliana J. Faulk, Lizzy J. Fulop, Rebecca L. Greenberg, Rachel M. Benecke, Lauren K. Steinbeck, Jessica Foy, Caitlyn Kim, George O. Emory, Eric A. Storch, Casey J. Zampella, Benjamin E. Yerys, Robert T. Schultz, Julia Parish‐Morris, John D. Herrington, Caitlin C. Clements   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

Income and racial disparity in household publicly available electric vehicle infrastructure accessibility

Nature Communications
Publicly available electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure is pivotal for the United States EV transition by 2030. Existing infrastructure lacks equitably distribution to low-income and underrepresented communities, impeding mass adoption.
Jiehong Lou, Xingchi Shen, Deb A. Niemeier, Nathan Hultman   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Economic activities, illness pattern and utilisation of health care facilities in the rural population of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine, 2009
Background: The study was undertaken among the rural and black communities of the Uthungulu health district of the KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa. Method: A cross-sectional community-based descriptive study was conducted.
Monjurul Hoque
doaj   +1 more source

Market potential of biobased chemicals: a qualitative network analysis of adoption dynamics in South Africa’s bioeconomy

Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining, EarlyView.
Abstract The premise of a bioeconomy is the replacement of nonrenewable and unsustainable fossil‐derived resources and associated technologies with more sustainable alternatives. The adoption of biobased chemicals contributes toward the growth of a bioeconomy and is dependent on market and industry requirements.
Prisha Mandree, George Alex Thopil, Santosh Ramchuran   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reach and representativeness within a rural randomized controlled trial designed to improve community health through civic engagement for built environment change in Texas and New York

Wellbeing, Space and Society
Background: Community-based trials are important for developing effective, real-world health improvement approaches that address built environment changes, but they often lack rural representation.
Rebecca A. Seguin-Fowler, Meredith L. Graham, Grace A. Marshall, Karla L. Hanson, Galen D. Eldridge, Deyaun L. Villarreal, Emma C. Lewis, Sara C. Folta, Jay Maddock   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Activism as education in and through the youth climate justice movement

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Young people worldwide are increasingly participating in a global movement for climate justice, yet to date, little research has examined how youth climate justice activists conceive of and experience activism as education. The present study used in‐depth, semi‐structured interviews with 16 US climate justice activists (aged 15–17) to address ...
Carlie D. Trott
wiley   +1 more source

Geographic Variations in Urban‐Rural Particulate Matter (PM2.5) Concentrations in the United States, 2010–2019

GeoHealth
Fine particulate matter 2.5 (PM2.5) is a widely studied pollutant with substantial health impacts, yet little is known about the urban‐rural differences across the United States. Trends of PM2.5 in urban and rural census tracts between 2010 and 2019 were
Daniel J. Kilpatrick, Peiyin Hung, Elizabeth Crouch, Stella Self, Jeremy Cothran, Dwayne E. Porter, Jan M. Eberth   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Flashpoint: The Church and Law Enforcement in Poor Black and White Communities

Journal of Hate Studies, 2019
This paper seeks to “connect-the-dots,” linking recent police shootings of African Americans, including several in suburban communities, with emerging research linking the migration to the suburbs of poor, mostly black and Latino urban dwellers with ...
Samuel K. Atchison
doaj   +1 more source

The political mobilization of black rural communities. practical knowledge domains

Novos Cadernos NAEA, 2009
This article analyzes the presence of black communities in Pará State, whose lands are defined historically by processes of territorialisation. It maps their presence and the conflicts which surround the land occupied since the time of their ancestors. It identi- fies processes of rediscovered identity and the political mobilization related to forms of
Marin, Rosa Elizabeth Acevedo, Castro, Edna Maria Ramos de   +1 more
openaire   +1 more source