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Educating teachers toward immigrant empowerment and liberation in the United States and Chile: A funds of knowledge perspective

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines how university‐based teacher education programs in diverse historical, sociocultural, and political settings in the U.S. and in Chile, served to foster immigrant empowerment and liberation. Using a Funds of Knowledge approach, the study analyzed the educational practices of migrant families and their integration into ...
Ana Christina da Silva Iddings   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Novel Nonlinear Fertility Catastrophe Model Based on Thom's Differential Equations of Morphogenesis [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv
A novel fertility model based on Thom's nonlinear differential equations of morphogenesis is presented, utilizing a three-dimensional catastrophe surface to capture the interaction between latent non-catastrophic fertility factors and catastrophic shocks.
arxiv  

Community‐engaged crime prevention through environmental design and reductions in violent and firearm crime

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract In the U.S., crime and violence are concentrated in cities that have lost industry and population due to economic disinvestment and structurally racist policies. Researchers, practitioners, and policymakers have called for community‐level approaches that reduce violence in these cities by improving unsafe physical environments, increasing ...
Laney A. Rupp   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessment of Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis in Two Provinces of Turkey

open access: yesIranian Journal of Public Health, 2016
Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the main health issues in Turkey. Extrapulmonary TB cases have significant proportion comparing pulmonary TB cases.
Dursun TATAR   +5 more
doaj  

Leveraging Social Media Data to Identify Factors Influencing Public Attitude Towards Accessibility, Socioeconomic Disparity and Public Transportation [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv
This study proposes a novel method to understand the factors affecting individuals' perception of transport accessibility, socioeconomic disparity, and public infrastructure. As opposed to the time consuming and expensive survey-based approach, this method can generate organic large-scale responses from social media and develop statistical models to ...
arxiv  

Exploring the Causes of Low Immunization Status in School Going Children [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Background: Although a definitive immunization program has been advocated for children in our country, the immunization coverage is far from satisfactory. There is paucity of survey studies related to immunization pattern.
Inamdar, M   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Cost‐Effectiveness of Ferritin Screening Thresholds for Iron Deficiency in Reproductive‐Age Women

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Hematology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Iron deficiency (ID) is a top five leading cause of disability‐adjusted life‐years in women of reproductive age around the world. Despite its enormous health burden, no screening guidelines exist for the detection and treatment of ID in women of reproductive age.
Daniel Wang   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

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