scholarly journals The American Family in Black & White: A Post-Racial Strategy for Improving Skills to Promote Equality

Daedalus ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 140 (2) ◽  
pp. 70-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
James J. Heckman
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Dysfunctional Families ◽  
Skill Gaps ◽  
Remediation Strategies ◽  
Racial Gaps ◽  
American Children ◽  
Quality Of Parenting ◽  
True Measure ◽  
Disadvantaged Families

In contemporary America, racial gaps in achievement are primarily due to gaps in skills. Skill gaps emerge early, before children enter school. Families are major producers of skills, thus inequality in school performance is strongly linked to inequality in family environments. Schools do little to reduce or enlarge the skill gaps that are present when children enter school. Parenting matters, and the true measure of child advantage and disadvantage is the quality of parenting received. A growing fraction of American children across all race and ethnic groups is being raised in dysfunctional families. Investment in the early lives of children from disadvantaged families will help close achievement gaps. America currently relies too heavily on schools and adolescent remediation strategies to solve problems that start in the preschool years. Policy should prevent rather than remediate. Voluntary, culturally sensitive support for parenting is a politically and economically palatable strategy that addresses problems common to all racial and ethnic groups.

SCIENTIFIC BASIS OF POSTGRADUATE TRAINING FOR OFFICER WORKING ETHNIC AFFAIRS USING STATE BUDGET IN THE PERIOD OF 2018 – 2025

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
La Duc Minh ◽  
Nguyen Thi Hao ◽  
Vu Thi Thuy
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
Postgraduate Training ◽  
Scientific Basis ◽  
National Defense ◽  
High Quality ◽  
State Budget ◽  
International Integration

Ethnic affairs play an important role in socio of ethnic groups’ solidarity, assurance of security and national defense stability. In -economic development, maintenanceorder to improve the quality of ethnic affairs, it is practical to carry out postgraduate training of officer implementing ethnic affairs using state budget with the aim of encouraging and enhancing officer quality to satisfy high-quality human resource in international integration.

scholarly journals Religiousness and Quality of Life Among Older Adults of Different Ethnic Groups in Malaysia: A Five-Year Follow-up Study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Min Min Tan ◽  
Daniel D. Reidpath ◽  
Rachel Sing-Kiat Ting ◽  
Pascale Allotey ◽  
Tin Tin Su
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Follow Up Study

scholarly journals Quality of care for anxiety and depression in different ethnic groups by family practitioners in urban areas in the Netherlands

2010 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 368-376 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thijs Fassaert ◽  
Mark Nielen ◽  
Robert Verheij ◽  
Arnoud Verhoeff ◽  
Jack Dekker ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Care ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Family Practitioners

INDIAN HEALTH: AN UNMET PROBLEM

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1973 ◽  
Vol 51 (6) ◽  
pp. 1065-1066
Author(s):  
Edward A. Mortimer
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Emotional Development ◽  
Learning Disorders ◽  
Indian Health Service ◽  
Indian Children ◽  
Pueblo Indian ◽  
Indian Health ◽  
Indian Village ◽  
American Children

This issue of Pediatrics contains (on page 1060) an article by Dr. Arthur Kaufman entitled "Gasoline Sniffing Among Children in a Pueblo Indian Village." Many readers may not appreciate one significant aspect of this study; it is an attempt to go beyond the problems of episodic or chronic organic diseases so much more pressing among Indians than in non-Indian children. For the facts are that physicians in the Indian Health Service have little time for this kind of study and reflection; they can do little more than the equivalent of putting out fires. At a time when most American children have adequate health care–and many perhaps suffer from too much–and when pediatricians are turning their attention to such problems as education, learning disorders, emotional development, and improving the quality of life for children, Indian children display too many health problems that have long ago been solved for most other children in this country.

Students’ satisfaction with hostel accommodations in higher education institutions

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (5) ◽  
pp. 652-666 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ayodeji Emmanuel Oke ◽  
Clinton Ohis Aigbavboa ◽  
Marcia M. Raphiri
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Item Score ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Higher Institutions ◽  
Students Satisfaction

Purpose There are several types of accommodation available to students of higher education institutions, and it is the responsibility of the institutions to focus on factors that can attract and retain students to their residences. This study aims to investigate satisfaction of higher institutions students with on-campus accommodation with an emphasis on the ethnicity of the students. Design/methodology/approach Using convenience sampling method, questionnaires were administered to students of selected residences in the study area. Mean item score was used to rank identified factors, whereas mean gap and Kruskal–Wallis K-test were adopted to examine the difference in opinion of students from various ethnic groups. Findings Overall, major features that make students dissatisfied with university-owned accommodations are enforcement of rule that compels all students to move out with their belongings during each recess, the effectiveness of the lift system, the size of wardrobe and closet, laundry service in the residence, numbers of electrical sockets and window quality. Considering dwelling unit features, neighbourhood, environmental, building quality and services provided by residence management, this study reveals that there is a significant difference in the satisfaction of students of diverse ethnic groups with their accommodation. Research limitations/implications The study was limited to on-campus residences owned by higher education institutions in South Africa. However, the findings of the study can be adopted for off-campus residences, and such owned by private individuals, agencies and other bodies provided are approved by the institutions. Originality/value The findings of this study will help management of higher education institutions to improve quality of services in their residences for the satisfaction of their students. Developers, contractors and other stakeholders involved in construction of these residences will also find the findings useful in designing and construction of the facilities.

Development and Validation of a Celiac Disease Quality of Life Instrument for North American Children

2013 ◽  
Vol 57 (4) ◽  
pp. 477-486 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicole E. Jordan ◽  
Yuelin Li ◽  
Danielle Magrini ◽  
Suzanne Simpson ◽  
Norelle Rizkalla Reilly ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Celiac Disease ◽  
North American ◽  
Life Instrument ◽  
American Children ◽  
Development And Validation

Experience working with dysfunctional families on the example of a municipal district — Abzelilovsky district of the Republic of Bashkortostan

2020 ◽  
pp. 54-57
Author(s):  
Ruslan Khalilov
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Dysfunctional Families ◽  
Municipal District ◽  
Republic Of Bashkortostan ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Disadvantaged Families

The author of the article presents the experience of working with disadvantaged families on the example of the municipal district — Abzelilovsky district of the Republic of Bashkortostan. It presents the main directions, forms and methods of working with disadvantaged families in rural areas. This material will be of interest to specialists of rural administration, a specialist in social work.

How Parenting Influences the Lives of Children

2017 ◽  
pp. 5-31
Keyword(s):  
Population Based ◽  
Social Emotional ◽  
Parenting Support ◽  
Parent Outcomes ◽  
Parenting Influences ◽  
Quality Of Parenting ◽  
The Many ◽  
Children's Development ◽  
Children’S Development

Of all the potentially modifiable environmental risk and protective factors that can change the course of children’s development, none is more important than the quality of parenting children receive. To highlight the pervasive influence parents have on their children’s development and life opportunities, this chapter examines the many aspects of child development that are influenced by parents. Parents’ capacity to raise their children well is, in turn, influenced by a range of potentially modifiable social, emotional, relational, and contextual factors. These factors are explored, and the implications of each determinant with respect to the provision of parenting support are noted. Parenting programs provide a common pathway to positively influence diverse child and parent outcomes. It is argued that a comprehensive, need-responsive, and population-based system of parenting support is required to promote nurturing communities that will optimally assist parents in raising their children.

Life Span: Parenting

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daphne S. Cain ◽  
Terri Combs-Orme
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Parent Child Relationship ◽  
Child Placement ◽  
Child Relationship ◽  
Significant Research ◽  
Quality Of Parenting

Parenting is a key part of social-work practice and research, particularly in the child welfare arena. Despite significant research and theory in other disciplines about the importance of the parent–child relationship to the quality of parenting, the focus of social work appears to lie in narrow goals such as the prevention of abuse and child placement and to employ interventions that lack significant evidence of effectiveness. This entry summarizes social-work practice and research in the area of parenting and reviews the state of the art overall in research and knowledge about parenting.

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