scholarly journals Health Selection into Neighborhoods Among Families in the Moving to Opportunity Program

2015 ◽  
pp. kwv189 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariana C. Arcaya ◽  
Corina Graif ◽  
Mary C. Waters ◽  
S. V. Subramanian
Keyword(s):  
Health Selection ◽  
Moving To Opportunity ◽  
Opportunity Program

scholarly journals Neighborhood Poverty and Quality in the Moving to Opportunity Experiment

2015 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dionissi Aliprantis ◽  
Daniel Kolliner
Keyword(s):  
Neighborhood Effects ◽  
Census Data ◽  
Neighborhood Characteristics ◽  
Inequality Of Opportunity ◽  
Neighborhood Quality ◽  
Neighborhood Poverty ◽  
Moving To Opportunity ◽  
Black Neighborhood ◽  
Opportunity Program ◽  
Neighborhood Environments

Researchers suspect that some of the disparities that exist in such outcomes as health, employment, and education might be attributable to inequality of opportunity as determined by neighborhood environments. We study census data to identify neighborhood characteristics in addition to poverty that might help to explain these disparities. We focus on the Moving to Opportunity housing-relocation experiment and show that because program participants typically moved from one predominately black neighborhood to another, their new low-poverty neighborhoods may have provided little to no change in neighborhood quality. These circumstances are helpful in understanding how results from the Moving to Opportunity program should inform views of neighborhood effects.

Prevalence and Predictors of Fruit Intake Among Community College Women in the Extended Opportunity Program and Services

2003 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steve E. Shive ◽  
Michelle R. Neyman
Keyword(s):  
Community College ◽  
Weight Loss ◽  
Regression Analysis ◽  
College Women ◽  
Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Good Health ◽  
Fruit Intake ◽  
Attitudes And Behaviors ◽  
Eating Fruit ◽  
Opportunity Program

This study examined fruit intake among 276 female Extended Opportunity Program and Services (EOPS) community college students. Knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors associated with fruit intake were determined. The attitudes which are potential predictors of daily fruit intake were also examined. Analysis showed that 33% ate fewer than the minimum recommended two daily servings of fruit. Students reported that fruit gave them energy, taste and cost were not barriers to consumption and that it would not be difficult to increase daily fruit consumption. A linear regression analysis revealed that beliefs that eating fruit leads to good health, having a habit of eating fruit, feeling energy, and weight loss accounted for 30% of the variance in fruit intake.

Alternative Opportunity Program: Stemming Potential Delinquency in Young Adolescents

1979 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 232-238 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paula C. Wood ◽  
Thomas M. Buescher ◽  
Christina Denison
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Support Services ◽  
Junior High ◽  
School Personnel ◽  
Education Student ◽  
School Students ◽  
Regular School ◽  
Opportunity Program

The Alternative Opportunity Program is preventive in nature, and designed for junior high school students “at risk” for dropping out or becoming delinquent offenders. Students are carefully screened and participate voluntarily. Part of each day is spent in the regular school and part on the campus of Camp Oakland—a privately-funded treatment facility. The program consists of three major components: Education, Student Support Services and Guidance/Management Instruction for teachers and parents. Evaluation data show that student grades and attendance have improved during participation in the program. Some of the crucial components of the program appear to be the cooperation of the regular school personnel, the voluntary nature of placement, the inclusion of parents in counseling and support services, and the maintenance of a positive image for the program at the regular junior high school.

scholarly journals Why did the moving to opportunity experiment not get young people into better schools?

2008 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-91 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xavier de Souza Briggs ◽  
Kadija S. Ferryman ◽  
Susan J. Popkin ◽  
María Rendón
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Moving To Opportunity
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