scholarly journals Economic disadvantage and transitional outcomes: a study of young people from low-income families in Hong Kong

2014 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 318-335 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven Sek Yum Ngai ◽  
Jacky Chau-Kiu Cheung ◽  
Siu-ming To ◽  
Hui Luan ◽  
Ruiling Zhao
Author(s):  
Jackie Shinwell ◽  
Ellen Finlay ◽  
Caitlin Allen ◽  
Margaret Anne Defeyter

In Northern Ireland, nearly 30% of children are thought to be at risk of going hungry in the summer holidays when they are unable to access free school meals. Community groups, voluntary groups, local authorities, and faith groups have responded to this concern by developing and delivering holiday programmes that enable children from low-income families to take part in activities and access food. The current study used purposive sampling to investigate children’s and young people’s views of holiday provision, from across three holiday clubs, in Northern Ireland. Both primary school children (n = 34; aged 4–11) and secondary school children (n = 31; aged 12–17) showed high levels of awareness of poverty and food insecurity and associated pressures and stresses on households. Importantly, children and young people did not feel stigmatised about attending holiday provision, suggesting a positive and inclusive culture towards holiday club attendance. Children reported that they enjoyed the range of activities provided at holiday clubs and reported that attendance improved their self-confidence, especially for some older children, who acted as peer mentors to younger attendees, helped them to develop new skills, and provided them with opportunities to socialise with peers in a safe environment, out with their normal social groupings in school. Older children showed a high level of shrewdness and knowledge of sectarian divides in communities but spoke positively about how different religious or cultural backgrounds did not matter in terms of meeting and making new friends in holiday club settings. In terms of food provision, the findings of this study suggest that further work needs to be done to support children to access and eat healthy, nutritious food.


PEDIATRICS ◽  
1973 ◽  
Vol 52 (3) ◽  
pp. 434-435
Author(s):  
Victor Eisner ◽  
Robert I. Sholtz

Pediatricians have long interested themselves in the health of juvenile delinquents. The Academy first appointed a Committee on Juvenile Delinquency in 1955. Although this Committee has changed its title to the Committee on Youth and has expanded its role to include other problems and concerns of young people, it still concerns itself with the health supervision of youth in detention facilities. It has now developed, with the endorsement of the National Council of Juvenile Court Judges, written standards for health care provided in juvenile court institutions.1 Juvenile delinquents come largely from low income families, and often from families with serious social problems.


Author(s):  
Yue Chim Richard Wong

Failure to appreciate theimportant fact that poverty propagated itself in the absence of a parent or a social program that had time to help young childrenhas allowed child poverty to fester, compromising children’s ability to go to school, their willingness to learn, their attitudes, and their motivation. This is a major cause of worsening intergenerational mobility and poverty. The research findings of Chetty et al. confirm the importance of investing in schooling, of having stable families, and of building communities to provide positive encouragement and support for the disadvantaged. The isolated, remote public housing estates we have in Hong Kong are unlikely to foster such communities.The findings from the US and Hong Kong strongly suggest that public sector housing policy to subsidize low-income families should be changed from providing subsidized rental housing units to homeownership units. This would have three different effects for increasing intergenerational mobility among low-income households.


Author(s):  
Tsang Suet Yee Michelle

I am a 19-year-old female Chinese student studying business and law at the University of Hong Kong. I have participated in volunteering activities since secondary school. I taught computer classes for the elderly and gave free lessons to children from low-income families. I hosted games for the mentally challenged. I took part in flag-selling activities. I also participated in a service trip last year....


2008 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 185-203 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven Sek-yum Ngai ◽  
Ngan-pun Ngai ◽  
Chau-kiu Cheung ◽  
Siu-ming To

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