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Negotiating contested spaces and places: Narratives of social suffering and resistance in racialized Cape Town communities

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This study employs a schizocartographic approach to explore community narratives of space, memory, and violence in Kraaifontein, Cape Town. Through participants' accounts, ordinary places—gardens, shops, blocks, sports grounds, and streets—emerge as ambivalent geographies where trauma, resilience, and belonging intersect.
Guido Veronese   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rural-urban Youth Migration and Informal Self-Employment in Ethiopia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Empirical studies in the migration literature indicate that migration is often welfare improving for the migrant. But it is also possible that youth migrants become more susceptible and less competitive in urban areas because of lower endowment in ...
Bezu, Sosina, Holden, Stein
core   +1 more source

Electronic and Conventional Cigarette Use and Academic Achievement Among Predominantly Low-Income Black High School Students

open access: yesChildren
Background: Tobacco use remains a major public health concern among adolescents, particularly as electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) use has increased in recent years.
Payam Sheikhattari   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Addressing Substance Use Utilizing a Community-Based Program among Urban Native American Youth Living in Florida

open access: yesGenealogy, 2020
This study was conducted in Florida among two urban Native American youth programs that are sponsored by urban Native American community organizations. Convenience and snowballing were used as a sample recruitment strategy. Assignment to the experimental
Rose Wimbish-Cirilo   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Genetic Risk and High Burden of Depression and Suicide in the Maya‐Mestizo Population of Yucatán, México

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Major depression and suicide are critical public health concerns, particularly in underrepresented populations with unique genetic and sociocultural contexts. The Maya‐mestizo population presents the highest suicide rates in the country but remains understudied in psychiatric genetics. This study evaluated the association between three genetic
Marta Menjivar   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multicomponent intervention for schoolchildren with asthma: Pilot cluster randomized controlled trial

open access: yesJournal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: Global
Background: Physical activity (PA) is an important factor in asthma management. However, studies report low PA in children with asthma living in underserved communities.
Marina Reznik, MD, MS   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Urban Agriculture Education and Youth Civic Engagement in the U.S.: A Scoping Review

open access: yesFrontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2021
Urban agriculture education is increasingly used to foster civic engagement among youth. To better understand empirical research on this topic, we analyzed peer-reviewed journal articles that focus on civic engagement among high-school-age students in ...
Alex Russ, Madeline B. Gaus
doaj   +1 more source

The Insistence of Blackness and the Persistence of Antiblackness in Ireland

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper positions Ireland as a critical site for examining the insistence of blackness and an antiblackness created and sustained through Irish ethnonationalist imaginaries and exclusionary processes. Drawing on connected sociologies and Irish Black Studies, this enquiry argues that antiblackness in Ireland operates as a generational force,
Philomena Mullen
wiley   +1 more source

Accounting for the Gender Gap in Urban Youth Unemployment in Africa: Evidence from Kenya [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
Using a decomposition framework and Kenyan data from 1986, 1998 and 2005, this study analyzes the factors associated with the likelihood of unemployment among the urban youth labour force and the disproportionately higher vulnerability to unemployment
Wamuthenya, Wambui R., Kamau, Paul
core  

Kenal saja tidak cukup: Eksplorasi Motif dan Bentuk Pertemanan Urban

open access: yesJurnal Sains Psikologi, 2020
Friendship is a form of social interaction which elicits positive affect, happiness, and promote mental health. Commonly, friendship is based on homophily. However, similarity often less seen in a diverse context, specifically urban area.
Egi Prawita   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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