Develop a Plan to Increase Access to Medications for A Lower-Income Family

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy Borja-Hart
Keyword(s):  
Lower Income ◽  
Income Family

scholarly journals Building Evaluation Capacity in a Community-Level Program: Lessons Learned from Evaluating Youth Futures

2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vivien Runnels ◽  
Caroline Andrew ◽  
Jennifer Rae
Keyword(s):  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Diverse Group ◽  
Lower Income ◽  
Post Secondary Education ◽  
Building Capacity ◽  
Post Secondary ◽  
Evaluation Practice ◽  
Income Family ◽  
Complex Program ◽  
Evaluation Work

Youth Futures is a complex program supported by a local partnership aimed at increasing access to post-secondary education among youth from lower-income family backgrounds. Although program stakeholders have recognized the importance of evaluation since the program’s inception, embedding an evaluative culture and building capacity for evaluation practice in the context of this partnership-led program has been challenging. We describe our experiences and the lessons that have been learned about generating and sustaining interest in evaluation among a diverse group of stakeholders. The article proposes some recommendations for others who endeavour to conduct evaluation work in community contexts.Avenir Jeunesse est un programme complexe, appuyé par un partenariat local, qui vise à accroître l’accès aux études postsecondaires pour les jeunes venant de milieux marginalisés. Bien que les parties prenantes aient reconnu l’importance de l’évaluation dès la création du programme, intégrer une culture de l’évaluation et construire la capacité pour une pratique de l’évaluation dans ce programme mené en partenariat a présenté des défis. Nous décrivons nos expériences et des leçons qui ont été tirées quant aux façons de construire la capacité évaluative et de générer et maintenir un intérêt pourl’évaluation parmi un groupe divers de partenaires. L’article propose des recommandations pour d’autres qui cherchent à faire du travail d’évaluation en contexte communautaire.

scholarly journals Summertime Compared to School Year Weight Status Among Middle and High Schoolers: Results From NHANES 2015–2018

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (Supplement_2) ◽  
pp. 1239-1239
Author(s):  
Abigail Pierse ◽  
Ireland Flores Rae ◽  
Hunter Welch ◽  
Amanda Milo ◽  
Gennete Saciri ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Weight Gain ◽  
Weight Status ◽  
Family Income ◽  
Lower Income ◽  
School Aged Children ◽  
School Year ◽  
Income Family ◽  
Middle Schoolers ◽  
Race Ethnicity ◽  
High Schoolers

Abstract Objectives The summer is a window of risk for unhealthy weight gain in elementary school-aged children, however little is known about older school-aged children and adolescents. The objective of this study was to examine weight status among a nationally representative sample of middle and high schoolers during the summertime compared to the school year. Methods Data from the 2015–2018 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) were used. Participants included individuals aged ≤18 years in grades 5 through 12. A two-group analysis was conducted based on data collection time period, i.e., the school year (November through April) and summer (May through October). A descriptive analysis – means and frequencies - of demographic characteristics, including sex, age (years), race/ethnicity, income (lower-income [family income ≤ 185% of the federal poverty line (FPL)] and non-lower-income [family income > 185% FPL]), as well as weight status (BMI z-score [zBMI]), was conducted and ttests and Chi2 were used to compare summer vs. school groups. Multiple linear regression was utilized to compare mean zBMI of participants by summer vs. school group controlling for race/ethnicity and income. All analyses were conducted for both age groups: 1) middle (grades 5–8) and 2) high school (grades 9–12). Results Participants included 881 middle and 716 high schoolers. Middle schoolers were 13.82 ± 0.04 years (mean), 48.24% (n = 425) female, and had a mean zBMI of 0.72 ± 0.04. High schoolers were 16.58 ± 0.03 years (mean), 50.42%(n = 361) female, and had a mean zBMI of 0.67 ± 0.04. Middle schooler zBMI was lower (−0.14 ± 0.08 (P = 0.07) and high schooler zBMI was higher (0.08 ± 0.09 (P = 0.40) in the summer vs. school year groups. Conclusions Preliminary data from this study demonstrate that high schoolers, but not middle schoolers are at risk for weight gain during the summertime when school is out of session. Future research is needed confirm findings from this study. Funding Sources None.

Conclusions and Implications

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian Nolan
Keyword(s):  
Oecd Countries ◽  
Inclusive Growth ◽  
Lower Income ◽  
Rich Countries

The concluding chapter provides a thematic overview in order to bring out from the range of findings presented in the book the main messages and their implications. In doing so, it highlights that the wide variation across OECD countries in how the circumstances of middle and lower income households have evolved—documented and analysed throughout the book in various dimensions—has critical implications for the quest for inclusive growth. While there are some important commonalities across rich countries, it may not be helpful to frame their experiences mostly in terms of the types of encompassing ‘grand narratives’ that are now in vogue, and seek on that basis to produce a common set of policy prescriptions where ‘one size fits all’.

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