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Exploring the circumstances and experiences of youth immigrants when establishing and running a successful informal micro-business

open access: yes, 2013
Includes bibliographical references.In the era of rampant youth unemployment, governments are rethinking strategies to respond to this global crisis. At the centre of these strategies is the promotion of youth-owned informal micro-businesses.
Kondowe, Calisto
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Transition From Child to Adult Eating Disorder Services: A Qualitative Meta‐Aggregation

open access: yesEuropean Eating Disorders Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Some young people with eating disorders (EDs) require transfer from paediatric to adult services, which can be difficult and distressing. While most research on this topic is qualitative, no qualitative focused synthesis yet exists.
Amelia Austin   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Survey of the Afghan People (2004-2019)

open access: yes, 2019
A Survey of the Afghan People (2004-2019) is The Asia Foundation’s fourteenth annual public opinion survey in Afghanistan. The Survey has gathered the views of more than 112,000 Afghans since 2004 on security, elections, governance, the economy ...
The Asia Foundation
core   +1 more source

From Insight to Theory: Advancing Sentiment Evaluation for Diaspora Development Projects

open access: yesNew Directions for Evaluation, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article develops the concept of “sentiment evaluation,” drawing on a mid‐term evaluation by the Danish Refugee Council (DRC) of its program supporting Somali diaspora activism in Somaliland. Conducted in 2014, the evaluation revealed that “sentiment,” the emotional, identity‐based attachment linking diaspora actors to their homeland ...
Valeria Saggiomo   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Why should the Next Generation of Youth Guidelines Prioritize Vigorous Physical Activity?

open access: yesSports Medicine - Open
The health benefits of regular physical activity (PA) in youth are well-documented. Yet the adherence rate to PA guidelines among youth worldwide is alarmingly deficient with only 19% of youth worldwide adhering to the World Health Organization ...
Helmi Chaabene   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Joy and Unrest: Transborder College Students' Sense of Belonging at the US–México Borderlands

open access: yesNew Directions for Higher Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In this study, we present the Transborder College Student Sense of Belonging Model, developed to understand how to create an inclusive and validating campus climate for Transborder students in postsecondary and higher education institutions along the US–México borderlands.
Vannessa Falcón Orta   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

[Opinions of academic youth on alcohol as an addictive substance].

open access: yesRoczniki Panstwowego Zakladu Higieny, 2007
The article presents results of a probe carried out among academic youth. Students' opinions on alcohol as an addictive substance were the area of research. Technique of questionnaire was applied in order to collect the necessary empirical data. We used a questionnaire form available within a framework of programme "Institutions of higher education ...
openaire   +1 more source

Inclusive Team Internships in Sustainability Studies as a Promising Practice for Enhancing Sense of Belonging Among Groups Underrepresented in STEM

open access: yesNew Directions for Higher Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sense of belonging is regularly cited as a barrier for student entry into science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. This study of six years of data, collected from 160 undergraduate students who participated in the summer Green Teams Internship Program managed by the PSEG Institute for Sustainability Studies at Montclair
Elizabeth Emery   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

OPINION OF YOUTH ON ISSUES AND CHALLENGES RELATED TO EMPLOYMENT: A STUDY IN MYSORE CITY

open access: yesInternational Journal of Research -GRANTHAALAYAH, 2016
Employment status is one of the developmental indicators of nation. For this two things are vital, one is availability of employment opportunities and second is skillful workforce. Employment and skills are linked with many other social, economic and demographic factors. India is hoping to excel economically using its youth power.
openaire   +2 more sources

(Intending) Migrants and Occupational Downgrading: Investigating the Willingness to Leave the Health Sector Post‐Migration

open access: yesThe International Journal of Health Planning and Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The unquenched thirst for emigration in Nigeria‐ and the increasing cost of migrating to the West‐has been established in the literature. Professionals, such as healthcare workers (HCWs), are poorly paid in Nigeria, making many seek better employment abroad.
Tunde A. Alabi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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