scholarly journals Socio-economic status and academic performance in higher education: A systematic review

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
pp. 100305 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos Felipe Rodríguez-Hernández ◽  
Eduardo Cascallar ◽  
Eva Kyndt
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Systematic Review ◽  
Academic Performance ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Socio Economic Status

scholarly journals Awakening Aspirations of Primary School Students: Where Will Your Dreams Take You?

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruth Greenaway ◽  
Uwe Terton
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Primary School ◽  
New World ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Primary School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Education Literature ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
Capacity To Aspire

This article posits that when children are encouraged to aspire, they can become aware of a new world of choices and opportunities. Children should be supported to aspire in all areas of their lives. Of interest is children’s capacity to aspire to attend tertiary education. Literature shows that children cannot aspire to attend higher education when they have no knowledge of the opportunities nor realise its purpose. To support this argument, we discuss a project involving primary school students from areas that have been identified as having a low socio-economic status. The results show that as a consequence of students participating in the My Tertiary Eductaion (MyTED) program they developed the capacity to aspire to attend tertiary education.“Alicia would look up at the starry sky and dream”(Bright Star, Crew, 1997, p.5)

scholarly journals A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF MODIFICATIONS IN PREPARATION OF KSHARASUTRA AND ITS APPLICATION TECHNIQUES IN PATIENTS OF BHAGANDARA (FISTULA-IN-ANO)

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Supriya Gupta ◽  
B. Kothainayagi ◽  
Avnish Pathak
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Gold Standard ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Fistula In Ano ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
Application Techniques ◽  
Challenging Technique ◽  
Promising Treatment ◽  
To Come ◽  
Complex Cases

Bhagandara (Fistula-in-ano) is well known cause of morbidity in all ages, gender and socio-economic status which has a promising treatment available with Ayurvedic practice of Ksharasutra (medicated setons). This is proven to have relatively lower rates of complications and recurrences. The standardised form of Apamarg Ksharasutra (Snuhi, Apamarg and Haridra churan) is been used for long and still considered the gold standard. However, difficulty in procurement, non-perennial availability of few of its constituents and challenging technique especially in complex cases has always encouraged the practitioners and researchers to come up with trial of other ingredients as per old literature like Sushruta Samhita and to modify the application techniques. This is an endeavour to venture into literature and compile such promising efforts.

scholarly journals University libraries and students of low socio-economic status in Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 40-47
Author(s):  
David T. Aju ◽  
Comfort M. Tyopev ◽  
Simon Ternenge Tofi
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
University Students ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
University Libraries ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
Academic Activities ◽  
Economic Background

The paper examined the roles of university libraries for students of low socio-economic status in Nigeria.The authors are extremely concerned about the plight of this cluster of university students because we have travelled this road before.Concepts were identified and discusssed. University libraries from the discussion were seen as hub of academic activities of universities with a number of functions. The paper however believesthe plight of students from low socio-economic background was not properly covered by the operations of university libraries in Nigeria and as such they are disadvantaged. The authors feel this segment of students are important to be cared for because of their future survival, academic performance and achievement, they constitute the population of Nigeria and they may turnout to be leaders of tomorrow. Inview of this, the article suggested support from university libraries for the students, university libraries should engagestudents from low socio-economic statusin extra academic activities such as ICTdrill, writing competition organize seminarsessions etc.

The social inequalities of Internet access, its use, and the impact on children’s academic performance: Evidence from a longitudinal study in Switzerland

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (7) ◽  
pp. 2489-2508 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne-Linda Camerini ◽  
Peter J Schulz ◽  
Anne-Marie Jeannet
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Social Inequalities ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Online Communication ◽  
Internet Access ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
School Grades

This longitudinal study explores differences in Internet access and use among school-aged children in Italian-speaking Switzerland and whether and how these differences contribute to inequalities in academic performance. Applying multilevel structural equation modeling with two-wave original survey data from 843 students, their parents, as well as students’ end-term school grades, we show that a family’s socio-economic status indirectly affects children’s school grades as lower parental income leads children to use the Internet more frequently for entertainment and online communication purposes. This form of Internet use also increases as children have more personal digital media devices. As children’s increased use of the Internet for entertainment and online communication worsens their academic performance, our results suggest that social inequalities due to children’s socio-economic status are reinforced by a second-order digital divide. We discuss potential reasons for our findings as well as their implications and recommendations for possible interventions.

Educational Choices, Family Background, and Social Mobility

2019 ◽  
pp. 128-146
Author(s):  
Maria da Conceição Rego ◽  
Carlos Vieira ◽  
Isabel Vieira
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Mobility ◽  
Family Background ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Current Data ◽  
Educational Choices ◽  
Access To Higher Education ◽  
Job Market ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
Policy Measures

Education is generally considered a valuable tool to improve individual socio-economic status. In European peripheral countries, up to the late 1970s, only a small elite had access to higher education and such privilege guaranteed a comfortable socio-economic position, not only via the job market, but also by allowing the sustainability of pre-existing social links. From then on, democratization of access to higher education should have prompted a decrease in social and economic inequalities within and across countries. However, current data still reflects that, despite gained access to social uplifting tools, individuals from less favored backgrounds appear to not have been able to close the various gaps separating them from the more privileged ones. In this chapter, the authors analyze recent data to characterize higher education attendance in Portugal, highlighting some factors that may still block the socio-economic improvement of the less favored students and suggesting policy measures to overcome them.

Socio-economic and cultural disparities in diet among adolescents and young adults: a systematic review

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (5) ◽  
pp. 843-860 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucille Desbouys ◽  
Caroline Méjean ◽  
Stefaan De Henauw ◽  
Katia Castetbon
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Fruits And Vegetables ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Adolescents And Young Adults ◽  
Food Groups ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
Sweetened Beverages

AbstractObjective:To explore dietary differences according to socio-economic and sociocultural characteristics of adolescents and young adults.Design:A systematic review was conducted.Setting:The main search source was MEDLINE, consulted between January 2012 and March 2017. Quality of selected studies was assessed based on dietary measurement method, sample selection, socio-economic indicator choice and statistical modelling.Participants:Cross-sectional and longitudinal studies, assessing relationships between socio-economic status and dietary intake (patterns, scores and food groups) in the 10- to 40-year-old general population of high-income countries, were selected.Results:Among the 7250 reports identified, forty were selected, seventeen of which were of high quality; their conclusions, related only to adolescents, were combined and presented. The most favourable dietary patterns, higher dietary scores, greater consumption of fruits, vegetables and dairy products, and lower consumption of sugary sweetened beverages and energy-dense foods, were associated with better parental socio-economic status, particularly in terms of higher education. Migrant status was associated with plant-based patterns, greater consumption of fruits and vegetables and of sugary sweetened beverages and energy-dense foods. For the other food groups, and for young adults, very few high-quality studies were found.Conclusions:The socio-economic gradient in adolescent diets requires confirmation by higher-grade studies of a wider set of food groups and must be extended to young adult populations. Future nutritional interventions should involve the most vulnerable adolescent populations, taking account of socio-economic status and migration.

scholarly journals Are there socio-economic inequalities in utilization of predictive biomarker tests and biological and precision therapies for cancer? A systematic review and meta-analysis

BMC Medicine ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruth P. Norris ◽  
Rosie Dew ◽  
Linda Sharp ◽  
Alastair Greystoke ◽  
Stephen Rice ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Predictive Biomarkers ◽  
Predictive Biomarker ◽  
Cancer Site ◽  
Study Quality ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
Precision Therapy ◽  
Meta Analyses ◽  
Economic Inequalities

Abstract Background Novel biological and precision therapies and their associated predictive biomarker tests offer opportunities for increased tumor response, reduced adverse effects, and improved survival. This systematic review determined if there are socio-economic inequalities in utilization of predictive biomarker tests and/or biological and precision cancer therapies. Methods MEDLINE, Embase, Scopus, CINAHL, Web of Science, PubMed, and PsycINFO were searched for peer-reviewed studies, published in English between January 1998 and December 2019. Observational studies reporting utilization data for predictive biomarker tests and/or cancer biological and precision therapies by a measure of socio-economic status (SES) were eligible. Data was extracted from eligible studies. A modified ISPOR checklist for retrospective database studies was used to assess study quality. Meta-analyses were undertaken using a random-effects model, with sub-group analyses by cancer site and drug class. Unadjusted odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were computed for each study. Pooled utilization ORs for low versus high socio-economic groups were calculated for test and therapy receipt. Results Among 10,722 citations screened, 62 papers (58 studies; 8 test utilization studies, 37 therapy utilization studies, 3 studies on testing and therapy, 10 studies without denominator populations or which only reported mean socio-economic status) met the inclusion criteria. Studies reported on 7 cancers, 5 predictive biomarkers tests, and 11 biological and precision therapies. Thirty-eight studies (including 1,036,125 patients) were eligible for inclusion in meta-analyses. Low socio-economic status was associated with modestly lower predictive biomarker test utilization (OR 0.86, 95% CI 0.71–1.05; 10 studies) and significantly lower biological and precision therapy utilization (OR 0.83, 95% CI 0.75–0.91; 30 studies). Associations with therapy utilization were stronger in lung cancer (OR 0.71, 95% CI 0.51–1.00; 6 studies), than breast cancer (OR 0.93, 95% CI 0.78–1.10; 8 studies). The mean study quality score was 6.9/10. Conclusions These novel results indicate that there are socio-economic inequalities in predictive biomarker tests and biological and precision therapy utilization. This requires further investigation to prevent differences in outcomes due to inequalities in treatment with biological and precision therapies.

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