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Food insecurity and unemployment among immigrants in the United States

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Immigrants can be more vulnerable to economic downturns and, during periods of economic hardship, more likely to experience food insecurity compared to natives. This study examines the differential effect of the unemployment rate on the probability of being food insecure among diverse groups of immigrant households relative to natives in the ...
Siwen Zhou   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

What barriers do people experience to engaging in the arts? Structural equation modelling of the relationship between individual characteristics and capabilities, opportunities, and motivations to engage.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2020
ObjectivesParticipation in the arts has well-documented benefits for health. However, participation in the arts is socially patterned, and it remains unclear why this is: what factors act as barriers or enablers of individual arts engagement.
Daisy Fancourt, Hei Wan Mak
doaj   +1 more source

Barriers and enablers to engagement in participatory arts activities amongst individuals with depression and anxiety: quantitative analyses using a behaviour change framework

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2020
Background There is a large literature on the health benefits of engagement with the arts. However, there are also well-recognised challenges in ensuring equity of engagement with these activities.
Daisy Fancourt   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cultural Engagement in California's Inland Regions [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Cultural Engagement in California's Inland Regions explores patterns of cultural engagement in the San Joaquin Valley and the Inland Empire. Two major data collection efforts were undertaken.
Alan S. Brown   +2 more
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Turning to art as a positive way of living with cancer: A qualitative study of personal motives and contextual influences [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Why do some women turn to creative art-making after a diagnosis of cancer? Eleven women provided qualitative accounts that were analyzed following guidelines for interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA).
Brandtstädter J   +8 more
core   +1 more source

Listening to Hong Kong children's perspectives through pretend play

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Quality in early childhood education and care (ECEC) has become an increasing concern in recent years. The issue has been regularly discussed by different stakeholders. However, the rising concern regarding quality in ECEC has not seriously taken into account children's perspectives.
Suzannie K. Y. Leung
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring the craft of visual accounts through arts: Fear, voids and illusion in corporate reporting practices

open access: yesCritical Perspectives on Accounting, 2023
This paper explores the craft of visual accounts in corporate reporting practices through an arts-inspired perspective. We research the subtle mechanisms underpinning the craft of visual accounts since their preparation phase, as these accounts engage with the emotional sphere of their preparers, including the fear and the power struggles surrounding ...
Achilli G.   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

The Crafts Study Centre [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
The Crafts Study Centre is a specialist university museum open free to the public as well as a research centre of the University for the Creative Arts.
Olding, Simon, Vacher, Jean
core   +1 more source

Listening to young children with disabilities: Experiences of quality in mainstream primary education

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract All children should have access to quality education through a child‐centred pedagogy. An inclusive, child‐centred pedagogy uses a strength‐based view of children that recognises each child as unique and competent, providing children with multiple opportunities to explore and learn at their own pace.
Katherine Gulliver
wiley   +1 more source

Artful Living: Examining the Relationship Between Artistic Practice and Subjective Wellbeing Across Three National Surveys [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Over the past few decades, elected officials and policy leaders have increasingly focused on "quality of life issues," seeking ways to not only create jobs and grow the economy but also to help people both strengthen family and community life and advance
Steven J. Tepper
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