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Ruuth, Martina, and Madeleine Karlsson. "Transnational Families in the Philippines : Grandmothers and Children Left Behind." Thesis, Mittuniversitetet, Institutionen för socialt arbete, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-18110.
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Summary: Qualitative interviews were conducted to grandmothers and children living in transnational families in the Philippines. The study aims to examine how they experience their life situation and how they find strategies to cope with difficulties that may appear in transnational family life. Findings: The grandmothers experience difficulties with ageing and health problems in their role as caregivers, and the children experience difficulties with new responsibilities such as household chores, taking care of younger siblings and manage school. For both respondents the financial benefits with having a family member working abroad is the most important. Applications: The results are discussed in the context of globalization, transnational families and gender.
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Gauntlett, David John. "Children, television and the environment." Thesis, University of Leeds, 1996. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/2299/.
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This thesis seeks to explore the impact of the increased coverage of environmental issues on television since the late 1980s, on children’s awareness and concern about the environment. The rise of environmental concern and related media coverage is charted, and then research regarding the effects of mass media on behaviour is discussed. Frequent methodological flaws and oversimplistic approaches are seen to limit these studies. The theoretical approaches of Adorno, Gramsci, and others are then discussed in some detail in an attempt to renegotiate critical theory and cultural studies for the purposes of the thesis. Paradigms of research on children and the media are discussed. It is argued that research, particularly in psychology, has traditionally disenfranchised young people and not recognised their capacities. Previous research on environmental issues and media audiences is then considered, and interviews with the producers of three key British environmental TV programmes are discussed. It is found that programmes tend to focus on individuals, rather than social structures, as both the causes and potential solutions to environmental problems. The new research method developed for this study is introduced, and its methodological foundations are discussed. Children aged 7-11 were invited to make their own videos about the environment. (Total of 53 children, from seven Leeds schools, worked in small groups). Observation of this process, and the videos produced, formed the research data. Findings showed that the children were impressively media literate. Most children had environmental concerns, but these were not necessarily as indicated in preliminary interviews. Concerns were generally local and associated with individuals. It is argued that the children’s environmental concern was not a product of simple media ‘effects’, but that their understanding of the issues had been subject to ‘hegemonic bending’ by programmes which had emphasised individualistic rather than social accounts.
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Zhang, Yuzheng, and 张誉铮. "Monitoring the impact of maternal health interventions on child mortality in Philippines." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/206949.
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Introduction
A future healthy world is highly associated with the children and their mothers, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) prioritize the child and maternal health with the targets “the under-five mortality rate should be reduced by two thirds from 1990 to 2015”. A transform program in the Philippines, launched by a NGO, aims to change the life of ultra-poor, and the interventions’ impact was measured in this study.
Method
The study selected participants who had completed the surveys in the short term (n=2183) and long term (n=196). The Chi-square test, Cochran-Armitage trend test, and Generalized Estimating Equation (GEE) model were applied to examine the hypotheses: (1) the program would have positive impacts on child health, (2) the child mortality is related to the maternal social-demographic factors and health behaviors. In the GEE model, the univariate and multivariate binary logistic regression was used to estimate the crude and adjusted odds ratio (OR).
Result
The univariate and multivariate analysis both show the maternal age is closely associated with the child mortality, and the child mortality of older women is higher than the younger in the short term survey (univariate: OR:8.36, 95%CI:4.17-16.77, multivariate: OR: 8.89, 95%CI: 4.27-18.54). In the long term, the results demonstrate that the child mortality of delivering in hospital (OR:0.29, 95%CI:0.11-0.76) and birthing home (OR: 0.46, 95%CI: 0.21-0.98) both lower than home (reference group). Compared to Bacolod, the child mortality rate of Gensan and Koronadal is lower in the short term. We found no difference in other maternal social-demographic factors and health behaviors. During the survey period, the literacy, PhilHealth, institutional delivery, delivery care provider, postnatal home visits, breastfeeding, and child mortality all improved, and the improvements of PhilHealth, postnatal home visits, breastfeeding were statistically significant.
Conclusion
The findings suggest that the program needs to constantly deliver more community-based interventions, such as: institutional delivery, skilled birth attendance, postnatal care, which would transform the children health of ultra poverty in the long run.published_or_final_version
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Choa, Omar. "A geochemical history of Tabon Cave (Palawan, Philippines) : environment, climate, and early modern humans in the Philippine archipelago." Thesis, Paris, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018MNHN0002/document.
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La grotte de Tabon (Palawan, Philippines) est un site préhistorique majeur en Asie du Sud-Est. Elle a livré des fossiles d’Homo sapiens datant du Pléistocène supérieur, rares dans la région. Pourtant, son histoire demeure mal connue : d’importantes altérations physiques et chimiques compliquent la lecture de sa stratigraphie, tandis que des objets archéologiques sans contexte clair entravent l’élaboration d’une chronologie fiable. Cette étude jette un nouveau regard sur la grotte de Tabon à travers une approche pluridisciplinaire des sciences de la Terre. Elle explore notamment l’environnement et le climat des premiers hommes anatomiquement modernes dans la région. Les résultats mettent en lumière une période clef entre 40 et 33 ka BP, caractérisée par des climats plus secs, des paysages plus ouverts et une empreinte humaine marquée dans la grotte. Cette période a également été ponctuée par un court épisode d’humidité qui a laissé un spéléothème gypsifère étendu en guise de témoin. Dans l’avenir, de nouvelles approches, prenant en compte les contraintes particulières du site, pourraient permettre de souligner davantage la valeur scientifique et patrimoniale unique de la grotte de Tabon, une fenêtre sur les premiers périples de notre espèce à travers les archipels d’Asie du Sud-EstTabon Cave (Palawan, Philippines) is a key prehistoric site in Southeast Asia, one of the few to have yielded Homo sapiens fossils from the Late Pleistocene. Its history remains poorly understood: heavy physical and chemical alterations have greatly complicated its stratigraphy, and contextually isolated archaeological finds hamper the construction of a clear chronology. This study reexamines Tabon Cave using a multi-pronged geosciences approach to explore environment, climate, and early modern human presence in the region. The results reveal a major period in the cave’s history between 40 and 33 ka BP, when drier climates, more open landscapes, and active human use of the cave were briefly spaced by a wet episode that left an extensive, gypsiferous speleothem. Future innovative research approaches spurred by the unique constraints of the site will undoubtedly further highlight the unique scientific and heritage value of Tabon Cave, a window into the earliest odysseys of our species across the archipelagos of Southeast Asia
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Trumars, Jansson Lottie, and Marielle Dahl. "Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children – in the Philippines : A qualitative study based on seven respondents’ construction of Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children as a social problem." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för socialt arbete (SA), 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-36013.
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The aim of this study was to examine how commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC) was constructed as a social problem in the Philippines. More specifically its aim was to find out how seven respondents from four different organisations in the Philippines constructed CSEC as a social problem and how they looked upon different solutions of the issue. The study was based on qualitative semi-structured interviews made in Manila the capital city of the Philippines and a city four hours from Manila called Olongapo. The earlier research as well as the result and analysis were sorted by using the themes: character, causes, solutions and actors which are parts of an analysis scheme constructed by Jönsson (2010). The empirical material was explained by using analysis based on three different kinds of perspective of approaching a social problem as well as earlier research. The result shows that CSEC is constructed as a social problem in the country and there can be different explanations of the issue. It is for example explained as a human rights issue in the Philippines and the problem also exists on a global level. CSEC is described to be normalised in the country because of the need of an income. The problem is also explained to be a cause of the existing traditional values and the lack of implementation of the laws that should protect the children. The conclusion of the study is that depending on how CSEC is constructed as a social problem, its risk factors and who are the perpetrators will affect which solutions that are seen as suitable.
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Chan, Lai-kwan. "School behavioral problems and family environment." [Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong], 1993. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B13554074.
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Chan, Hing-lung, and 陳興龍. "A study of the environment for foreign direct investment in China and the Philippines." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1989. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31949356.
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Chan, Hing-lung. "A study of the environment for foreign direct investment in China and the Philippines." [Hong Kong] : University of Hong Kong, 1989. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B12753154.
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McFarlin, Richard G. "Ministering to the social environment of children." Chicago, Ill : McCormick Theological Seminary, 1997. http://www.tren.com.
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Stern, Tamara I. (Tamara Ina). "NetScratch : a networked programming environment for children." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/41677.
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Thesis (M. Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2007.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 63-64).
This thesis introduces NetScratch, a programming environment that enables children to make dynamic digital creations that interact across networks. The work is developed as an extension to Scratch, a multi-media programming environment designed for children to create interactive animations, art, games, and other dynamic creations. Particularly, NetScratch adds websensors, a tool to bring information from the web into a Scratch project, and shareable, a way to share information among projects. These features provide children with the tools to create their own web mashups, experiment with real-time changing data, and connect projects to each other. Using NetScratch, children can create personally meaningful networked projects, while learning important computational and design concepts. And, in designing these creations, children can think about how they want to interact across networks and how their creations affect their friends and communities.
by Tamara I. Stern.
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Ticao, Cynthia J. "Mother's problem solving in relation to child nutrition in the Philippines." Thesis, McGill University, 1994. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=28541.
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This study examined Filipino mothers' problem solving on issues related to child feeding, using a dyadic, peer-help approach. The participants were mothers of children under 6 years of age from the town of Camaligan, in the southern Philippines, where malnutrition among children is prevalent. Two studies were conducted: one using a controlled experimental session and the second using a multi-session nutrition education format. In the first study, mothers were paired with a mutual or unilateral friend to discuss a feeding problem to which they initially gave similar solutions and one to which they gave different solutions. Their post-discussion solutions were better in quality and number than the pre-discussion solutions; also mothers paired with a mutual friend gave more and better finaL solutions to the initially-agreed problem than other mothers. Mothers' final solutions were more likely to come from their own than their partner's discussed solutions, suggesting that the partner's role was to facilitate the mother's own problem-solving process. In the second study, mothers paired with a mutual or unilateral friend were compared with an unpaired control group, after pacing themselves through four problem-based nutrition education sessions. For all three groups, mothers' nutrition knowledge and target child's weight-for-age and height-for-age improved from before to after the sessions. In conclusion, mothers show improvements in the number and quality of solutions they generate and the nutrition knowledge they acquire as a result of a problem-solving approach to nutrition education.
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Isaksson, Castro Amanda. "Philippines, the world’s largest labor exporter – a story about the left-behind children. : A qualitative study of how teachers perceive that left-behind children are affected." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Institutionen för socialt arbete - Socialhögskolan, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-121731.
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The aim of this thesis is to examine how the Filipino children are affected when either one or both of their parents are living and working abroad based from a teacher’s point of view. Focus is directed towards influences on the daily life of children. The study is based on qualitative interviews with six high school teachers, from two different schools. Their statements have been analyzed by using the theory of attachment and sentence categorization. The teachers described that they think it is a common thought that left-behind children tend to have a bad behavior. However, none of these teachers described the children that they are teaching in that manner but in fact, they described them as responsible, independent and good students. Conclusion of the study is that the cultural context and the environment affect how the children are able to cope with their situation. It was also found that the role of the mother has a significant importance for these children. There is also great need of a motherly and fatherly figure, even though it is not the biological parents of the children.
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Chan, Lai-kwan, and 陳麗君. "School behavioral problems and family environment." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1993. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31956270.
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Tañada, Cristina R. "The sustainability of credit assistance to the urban poor : a Philippine case study." Thesis, McGill University, 1994. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=26340.
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Urban poverty in the Philippines is strikingly manifested with the problem of street children. The labour of children is significant because of marginal household incomes. This thesis is an assessment of the credit program of one community based Non-Government Organization in Manila. The Family and Children for Empowerment (FCED), attempts to augment household incomes through the provision of low interest loans to women for informal micro-enterprises. The study is exploratory. The results reveal that most beneficiaries have achieved an income high enough to prevent their children from working and give families the opportunity to improve their standards of living. However, limitations exist in the informal sector which hinder the expansion and stability of the enterprises. Also, the cooperative credit program itself is at a critical stage. The study finds an urgent need for the cooperative to implement measures for capital build-up if it wants to continue to subsidize and provide its low interest credit loans to urban poor petty traders and products.
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Faraj, Dina, and Saad Shihab. "How can Beema Bamboo Plantations Benefit Islands and Farmers in the Philippines? : A study in Manila, Marinduque and Romblon, the Philippines." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-264547.
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This study was conducted as a bachelor thesis at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in the spring of 2019. The study was carried out as a Minor Field Study (MFS) funded by the Swedish agency SIDA (Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency). The study focuses on the potential economic- & ecological benefits of farming bamboo on small islands in the Philippines. Few other countries are so vulnerable for natural disasters as the Philippines. Majority of the farmers in the Philippines live on a day to day payment where the life of a family can be destroyed when a disaster strikes and ruins the crops. Bamboo could be intercropped and supply farmers with a more stable and higher income on the long term. This project examines previous Beema bamboo plantations, the characteristics of Beema bamboo and explores future implementations. The main type of bamboo that is explored is Beema bamboo, a modified and improved version of Bambusa Balcooa. The Philippines have optimal growth conditions for Beema bamboo and could develop industries which can provide job opportunities. Since the research of Beema bamboo is still in early stages in the Philippines this goal is still years away.Denna studie genomfördes som ett kandidatexamensarbete på Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan våren 2019. Studien utfördes som en fältstudie med finansiellt stöd från den svenska myndigheten SIDA (Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency). Detta projekt fokuserar på de potentiella ekonomiska- & ekologiska fördelarna med att odla bambu på små öar i Filippinerna. Få andra länder är lika sårbara för naturkatastrofer som Filippinerna. Majoriteten av jordbrukare i Filippinerna lever på en daglig inkomst, där en naturkatastrof kan förstöra familjer som lever på sitt jordbruk. Bambu kan bidra med en mer stabil och högre inkomst för bönder på lång sikt. Projektet undersöker tidigare Beema bamboo plantage, dess egenskaper och framtida implementeringar. Den huvudsakliga typen av bambu som utforskas i detta projekt är Beema bamboo, en modifierad och förbättrad version av Bambusa Balcooa. Filippinerna har optimala förhållanden för Beema bambu och kan utveckla industrier som kan skapa arbetsmöjligheter. Eftersom forskningen på Beema bamboo fortfarande är i tidiga stadier i Filippinerna är detta mål fortfarande många år bort.
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Emenius, Gunnel. "Indoor environment and recurrent wheezing in young children /." Stockholm, 2003. http://diss.kib.ki.se/2003/91-7349-438-0/.
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Shih, Loren C. "Network Clubhouse : a constructive learning environment for children." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/40597.
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Björklund, Fanny, and Maria Bramfors. "An architectural perspective on schools in the Philippines : A research into the importance of a classroom’s physical environment and possible improvements for a better learning environment." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för byggteknik (BY), 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-53756.
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The physical environment in schools is an important factor that benefits the educational quality and has an essential role in the student's learning process. In the Philippines the physical environment is underdeveloped in the schools, since the main focus is on developing a basic foundation and on making sure that every child can go to school. This thesis studied the classrooms' physical environment in three selected schools in the Philippines. It presents improvements of the classroom’s physical environment. This study can be used as indicative guidelines when designing classrooms in the Philippines. This study is supported by the Minor Field Study scholarship, founded by SIDA.
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Haley, Janice M. "Voicing the strengths of parent caregivers of medically fragile children from the Pacific Islands and the Philippines." Thesis, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2003. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?index=0&did=764803621&SrchMode=1&sid=4&Fmt=2&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=PQD&TS=1233350447&clientId=23440.
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Abejo, Socorro D. "Effects of community factors on infant and child mortality in rural Philippines." Thesis, Canberra, ACT : The Australian National University, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/117359.
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The post World War II period saw a general downward
trend in mortality throughout Asia and Latin America
(Arriaga, 1981; Sivamurthy, 1981; Ruzicka and Hansluwka,
1982 ). In some of the countries of Asia, the decline was
unprecedentedly fast during the immediate post World War II
years (Sivamurthy, 1981). Similarly, in most countries of
Latin America, a substantial increase in life expectancy at
birth was noted in the 1950s (Arriaga, 1981). However, in
the late 1960s and during the 1970s, a slowing down of the
rate of mortality decline was observed in many of the less
developed countries. In some countries, the deceleration
occurred when the levels of life expectancy attained were
still below the maximum levels achieved by some developed
societies (United Nations, 1973; Arriaga, 1981; Ruzicka and
Hansluwka, 1982). The growing evidence of a stagnation of
mortality decline at low levels of life expectancy in less
developed countries over the past decade or so has prompted
national and international groups to critically assess the
social and economic policies affecting health in these
countries (United Nations, 1984).
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Wood, C. "Exercise environment and physical activity in children and adolescents." Thesis, University of Essex, 2012. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.574469.
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The majority of UK children and adolescents are not meeting physical activity (PA) recommendations, despite the benefits for physical and psychological health (PH). Natural environments facilitate PA and in adults performing PA whilst exposed to nature ('green exercise') results in additional benefits for PH. However, the effects of exercise environment have not been extensively studied in children and adolescents. The primary aim of this study was to examine the effect of exercise environment on the time spent in moderate to vigorous PA (MVPA) in children and adolescents. The secondary aim was to determine whether green exercise provides additional benefits for PH. Due to variation in PA patterns and opportunities for contact with nature, children and adolescents were examined separately. For children, accelerometers (ACCs) determined whether school playtime (SP) on the field and participation in nature- based interventions lead to greater MVP A than play on the playground and participation in playground-based interventions. A child version of Rosenberg's Self- esteem Scale (RSES), developed and reported in this thesis, examined the effect of the environmental conditions on self-esteem (SE). In adolescents, heart rate (HR) examined and compared the effect of indoor and outdoor environments on MVP A, whilst ACCs assessed the influence of acute exposure to urban and rural environments on P A. RSES and the adolescent profile of mood states (POMS-A) questionnaire compared the effect of the environments on SE and mood. In both children and adolescents, results indicated that natural environments led to higher levels of MVP A. No additional benefits for PH were provided by performing PA in natural environments. Unlike in adults, the current generation of youth do not seem to be connected to nature in a way that allows it to influence their PH. Nature can be used to promote PA in children and adolescents and should thus be incorporated into everyday routines.
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Waltenburg, Carley Ala'i-Rosales Shahla S. "Can analyzing infant imitation in the natural environment inform interventions in autism?" [Denton, Tex.] : University of North Texas, 2009. http://digital.library.unt.edu/permalink/meta-dc-9912.
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Sherman, Sandra Anne. "Healing effects of the built environment." Diss., Connect to a 24 p. preview or request complete full text in PDF format. Access restricted to UC campuses, 2008. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucsd/fullcit?p3321036.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, San Diego and San Diego State University, 2008.Title from first page of PDF file (viewed Aug. 1, 2008). Available via ProQuest Digital Dissertations. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 120-127).
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Carroll, Colleen, and n/a. ""What is the Environment Anyway"?: A Study of Children's Perceptions of the Notion of Environment." University of Canberra. Education, 2002. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20050331.122220.
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This interpretive study focused on the way in which children
make sense of the notion of environment. This study attempted a
comprehensive examination of children's perceptions of the notion
of environment in an Australian context. There is a concerted effort
to create environmental education programs targeted for children
yet we have little understanding of how children make sense of
the concept of environment. The study examined perspectives from
children aged 11 to 13 living in close proximity in New South Wales,
Australia. Children's perspectives were gathered through a drawing
activity as well as small group interviews. In order to provide a larger
conceptual picture of children's perceptions data was also gathered
from the surrounding community. Parents, teachers, principals
and local media's perspectives on the notion of environment
were investigated. The study showed that children perceive the
environment as nearly synonymous with nature. They also perceive
the environment and nature to be a place without people. Children
were very concerned about environmental issues, especially issues
in their local areas. Children generally did not attribute individuals
with responsibility for the environment. Children's ideas were
examined alongside those from the broader community revealing
relationships and links between community practices and children's
perceptions of the environment. This study addresses a gap in the
literature by providing a comprehensive exploration of children's
perceptions of the notion of the environment and examining links
to the portrayal of environment in the context of the surrounding
community. Findings provided a solid basis upon which to augment
the design of programs in environmental education.
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Hattori, Keiko. "Good Death Among Elderly Japanese Americans in Hawaii." Diss., University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10125/22054.
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The purpose of this focused ethnographic study was to describe the patterns of a good death held by elderly Japanese Americans living in Hawaii. Eighteen "healthy active" elderly Japanese Americans were interviewed individually. In addition, supplementary data, such as interviews with experts and field observations were collected for triangulation of the data. Four themes were derived from 1224 keywords, 56 categories, and 13 patterns. These were: being a burden to the family, process of life and death, individual views on death, and Japanese culture in Hawaii. Being a burden to the family was the largest concern in the participants' idea of dying a good death. Having secure financial resources were key for adequate preparation. The elderly Japanese Americans believed that suffering at the end-of-life should be avoided in order to achieve a good death. Their concept of suffering included: unmanageable pain, being ill for a long time, and being bedridden. Several participants preferred a sudden type of death because they would not have to suffer and not be burdens their family. Contentment in life was also an important aspect of a good death. There was a common belief that the way a person lived was connected with the way he/she died. A number of the participants preferred to die in their own home. Hospitals and retirement homes were other alternatives for the place of death. Individual views on death contributed to establish the concept of good death among elderly Japanese American participants. They shared similar attitudes toward death which were a part of life and inevitable. These attitudes were influenced by religious beliefs and past experiences with death. Different generations of elderly Japanese Americans had different views. The Shin-Issei (first generation who immigrated after World War II) and the Nisei (second generation) held more Japanese views compared to the Sansei (third generation) who were more acculturated. Although the Japanese American parents and children might have different views on life and death, the importance of close family relations and family support was passed on to younger generations.
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Oian, Corrine E. "Animal-assisted therapy using dogs the benefits to children /." Menomonie, WI : University of Wisconsin--Stout, 2007. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2007/2007oianc.pdf.
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Aliaga, Labun Inonge. "Children on the streets, welcoming daycare in the city environment." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp04/mq23198.pdf.
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Giraud, Jeffrey B. (Jeffrey Brian). "Leadership Communication Among Kindergarten Children in a Structured Play Environment." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1995. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc278628/.
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This study examines the enactment of leadership communication during videotaped play sessions of thirty kindergarten children. Eighteen of the children demonstrated skills in a cluster of five specific leadership behaviors. All five coders agreed that these eighteen children were sometimes leaders of their individual triad. The coders further agreed that the leadership in the triads flowed from one child to another as the session progressed. The study concluded that leadership is a facilitative process that is fluid rather than statically centered in one or more participants.
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Kahriman-, Ozturk Deniz. "Preschool Children." Master's thesis, METU, 2010. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12612365/index.pdf.
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The purpose of this study is to explore preschool children&rsquos attitudes towards environmental issues in terms of consumption patterns, environmental protection, recycling-reusing, and living habits and to investigate gender as a factor affecting environmental attitudes. The sample of the study is comprised of 40 preschool age children living in Ankara, Turkey. The research has been realized by qualitative design and the data were collected through interviews. The interview questionnaire was adapted from
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Marcello, Angelica. "Contemplating the evolution of attachment and cognition in a collaborative learning environment." Connect to a 24 p. preview or request complete full text in PDF format. Access restricted to UC campuses, 2006. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucsd/fullcit?p3213074.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, San Diego, 2006.Title from first page of PDF file (viewed June 26, 2006). Available via ProQuest Digital Dissertations. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 192-213).
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Reynolds, Michele K. "Early intervention services in the natural environment." Virtual Press, 2002. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1236377.
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the different perspectives of familycentered, natural environment early intervention programs. Specifically, the family's perception of early intervention services were compared to that of the speech-language pathologists' (SLPs) perception of these programs. The perspectives of the speech language pathologist and the families receiving early intervention services were explored to determine the overall satisfaction with the current early intervention model and practices, related to the assessment procedures and intervention practices utilized by the SLP. Results of this research study indicated that the parents of children with special needs are generally satisfied with the early intervention services being provided to their child and family. Respondents of the speech-language pathologist survey indicated that the current service model is appropriate and useful when working with the majority of families receiving early intervention services. Strengths and weaknesses of the familycentered, natural environment early intervention program are further discussed.Department of Speech Pathology & Audiology
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Ma, Oi Yee Regine. "Physical activity in school environment for students with mental retardation." HKBU Institutional Repository, 2002. http://repository.hkbu.edu.hk/etd_ra/449.
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Lòpez, Muriel del Castillo. "Academic achievement in Filipino children." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1994. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/890.
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Kim, Gail. "Impact of Sensory Adapted Dental Environment on Children with Developmental Disabilities." VCU Scholars Compass, 2018. https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/5295.
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Purpose: This was a pilot study assessing the impact of a sensory adapted dental environment (SADE) on children with developmental disabilities (DD) receiving routine dental care.
Methods: A crossover study of 22 children with DD, aged 6 through 21, was conducted at Virginia Commonwealth University Pediatric Dental clinic. Each participant was randomized to a sequence of two dental cleanings, one regular dental environment (RDE) and one SADE with a 3-4-month recall. Outcomes included physiological measures (heart rate and oxygen saturation) and cooperation (Frankl scores).
Results: Study subjects completed a total of 36 visits. None of the physiological measures differed at either time point between the two treatment settings. The Frankl scores were significantly higher with SADE setting than RDE (p =0.0368). Forty-six percent of parents strongly agreed that they would prefer the SADE for their child’s next visit.
Conclusion: SADE may be associated with improved behavior in children with DD.
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Evanshen, Pamela A., E. Rubayyi, T. Ahmed, O. Mendoza, Q. Tian, E. Edokhamhan, K. Castanon, et al. "The Teaching and Learning Environment: Impact on Children, Families, and Teachers." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2019. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/6014.
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Granich, Joanna. "Electronic-based sedentary behaviour among children within the family home environment : a descriptive study." University of Western Australia. School of Population Health, 2009. http://theses.library.uwa.edu.au/adt-WU2010.0069.
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[Truncated abstract] This descriptive study identified correlates of electronic media use among pre-adolescent children (10-12 year olds). It specifically focused on the potential influence of individual factors and the social and physical environment within the family home setting. The prevalence of overweight/obesity in children is escalating. Sedentary behaviour in the form of electronic media use (comprised of television (TV) and video/DVD viewing, video and computer gaming, and computer use) is a contributing and a modifiable risk factor for overweight/obesity. To date, research focused on sedentary behaviour has been largely derived from physical (in)activity data where the absence or observed low levels of physical activity participation or TV viewing only has been used as a proxy for sedentariness. Little is known about the specificities of children's electronic media use; its impact on children's overall leisure and screen-time; and, the potential influencing factors that may operate at the home level. The family home is a context-specific setting where electronic media use is a daily practice for most children. To better understand electronic-based sedentary behaviour among children the following specific aims were addressed; 1) To describe children's leisure time, particularly time spent with electronic media. 2) To explore children and parents' perceptions about electronic-based sedentary behaviour. 3) To determine the prevalence of children's electronic-media use at home. 4) To examine the influence of individual, family social and home physical factors associated with different levels of electronic media use by children. ... The availability and accessibility of a variety of electronic equipment at home, especially in the child's bedroom (particularly among boys), was also associated with children's screen behaviour. Physical aspects of the family home (i.e., lay-out and yard size) had a mixed effect on children's electronic media use. Overall, the nature of electronic media use among children is complex and is influenced by dimensions that present at children's individual, family social and physical home level. The knowledge generated from this study about specific correlates of electronic media use has extended the understanding about its impact on children's discretionary time. Future prospective longitudinal research is warranted given that most studies investigating electronic media and sedentary behaviour are of cross-sectional design. Including other forms of sedentary behaviour such as sitting and talking with friends and family, reading and/or using telephones may provide a more comprehensive measure of sedentariness in the future. Further studies should use multivariate statistical analyses (i.e., modelling) to improve clarity of relationships between multiple variables and gauge mediating factors. This study also calls for future intervention research. Findings on gender-specific correlates of electronic media use provide superior information for the development of tailored behaviour modification strategies aimed at girls and boys respectively. Active involvement of household members in the intervention is also warranted. Utilising this study's findings may strengthen intervention outcomes towards a more directed and sustained behaviour change
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Bergstrom, Melissa K. "Efficacy of school-based teams conducting functional behavioral assessment in the general education environment /." view abstract or download file of text, 2003. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/uoregon/fullcit?p3095235.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2003.Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 127-139). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users.
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Cheuk, Ka-leung Daniel. "Multilingual home environment and specific language impairment a case-control study in Chinese children /." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2004. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B31971581.
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Snow, Laura. "False belief understanding among low-SES preschoolers : the role of language development and home environment /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/8231.
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Shahrimin, Mohamad I. "Young children's collaborative interactions in an educational computer environment." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2001. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/1515.
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This study investigated the collaborative interaction patterns exhibited by five-year old pre-primary children in an educational computer environment. The case study method was used in one pre-primary centre in metropolitan Perth, Western Australia, to examine the patterns of collaborative interaction among young children whilst engaged with the computer. The one event case study was of the interactions exhibited by pre-primary children whilst engaged, in dyads, with the computer within a naturalistic classroom environment. This study involved three phases of data collection. Phase I consisted of observations and videotaping sessions, compilation of written observations, narrative descriptions and relevant field notes on each participant. To assess the children's current social skills and computer competence and their general social interaction with peers, the researcher interviewed the children and their teacher using a semi-structured interview schedule to guide the discussion. Phase IT comprised reviewing and transcribing the videotapes and coding children's interactions, while Phase III consisted of analysing all the data obtained. Both observational comments and descriptions and data analyses were presented with anecdotes. 243 interactions were identified and classified into 16 interaction patterns. They were: directing partner's actions; self-monitor/repetition; providing information; declarative planning; asking for information/explanation; disagreeing with partner; accepting guidance; terminal response; exclaiming; correcting others; defending competence; showing pleasure; showing displeasure; sharing control; defending control; and suggesting ideas. Frequency of occurrence of identified interactions was analysed in the form of descriptive statistics. Factors facilitating the collaborative interaction of children whilst engaged with the computer activities were found to be: developmental appropriateness of the software; preexisting computer competency between children; children's preexisting positive attitude towards computer; mutual friendship between collaborators; children's social goals; appropriate structure of enjoyable learning environment; mutual understanding of turn-taking system; and positive non-isolated physical settings of the computer environment. Factors inhibiting collaborative interaction were identified as: non-developmentally appropriate software; lack of computer competency between children; negative attitude (on the part of both children and teacher) towards computer and learning; sense of competition between collaborators; social goals of each child; inappropriate structure to promote enjoyable learning environment; no mutual understanding of turn-taking system; and isolate physical settings of the computer environment. Associated with the findings were three major variables: (1) the classroom teacher variable (philosophy and educational beliefs, task-structure and computer management); (2) the software variable (developmentally appropriateness, content, design, and programmed task-structure); and (3) the child variable (computer competency and attitude towards computer, social goals, social skills, and personal relationship with collaborators). By identifying the collaborative interactions of children, and factors that may facilitate or inhibit these interactions, early childhood educators will be in a better position to integrate the computer into their classroom and to promote positive prosocial interaction among children whilst engaged at the computer. In general, findings suggest that computers should be integrated into all early childhood classrooms and afforded the same status as other traditional early childhood learning materials and activities.
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Young, Lorraine Catherine. "Surviving the city : the place of street children in Kampala's urban environment." Thesis, Coventry University, 2000. http://curve.coventry.ac.uk/open/items/2dffcf7d-7c24-4a9e-b714-6b77c89eb59b/1.
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Based on the recognition that children are important social actors, researchers within the geographical discipline are now calling for more research on children as a neglected grouping undergoing socio-spatial marginalisation.
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Smith, Liane. "Influential children : the linguistic environment of the language and learning disabled child." Thesis, University of Kent, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.240338.
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NUNES, RENATA CRISTINA FERREIRA. "THE FACILITATING ENVIRONMENT: A ESTUDY WITH CHILDREN SHOWING ATTENTION PROBLEMS IN SCHOLL." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2013. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=21983@1.
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PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIROCOORDENAÇÃO DE APERFEIÇOAMENTO DO PESSOAL DE ENSINO SUPERIOR
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Este trabalho apresenta uma reflexão sobre uma prática de estimulação através de atividades lúdicas, realizada com grupos de crianças que apresentavam um sintoma de dificuldade de atenção em atividades escolares. A pesquisa teórica teve por finalidade buscar bases para fundamentar o trabalho, considerando-se as referências culturais da atualidade e as influências que o diálogo e a relação de identificação com os profissionais envolvidos proporcionaram a essas crianças. Atenção e a falta dela foram os focos desta pesquisa.
This dissertation presents a reflection on the practice of stimulation through play activities, conducted with groups of children who presented a lack of attention as a common symptom in school activities. The theoretical research aimed to seek bases to support a group work with children, considering the current cultural references and influences that dialogue and relationship identification with the professionals involved have provided to these children. Attention and the lack of it were the focus of this research.
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Gibson, Oliver. "Health, environment and the institutional care of children in late Victorian London." Thesis, Queen Mary, University of London, 2017. http://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/25821.
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Using the example of the London-based children's organisation Barnardo's, this thesis examines the influence of contemporary ideas regarding the relationship between environment, health and disease on the organisation and everyday institutional practices of the charity. While autobiographical accounts and historical investigations have written on the 'man himself' as well as the discursive and representational strategies used by Barnardo's to justify child removal, the importance of environmental discourses to the institution remain underexplored. The thesis addresses this lacuna through a detailed analysis of archival materials relating to Barnardo's (committee minutes, pamphlets, reports, Dr Barnardo's personal notebooks) as well as through a textual analysis of Night & Day, the main outlet for publicising the work of the charity and stimulating support for it. The thesis covers the period from 1866, when Barnardo's was founded, to the death of Dr Barnardo in 1905. This is a period when the environmental idea was arguably at its strongest, with a host of social ills (from criminality and prostitution, to human health and vitality and later in the period racial degeneration) linked to the influence of the environment. Like many other social reformers and philanthropists, Dr Barnardo was a firm believer in environmental explanations for such social ills, as well as a committed evangelical Christian, and promoted the rapid removal of young people (not all were orphaned but the vast majority were destitute) from urban and familial environments believed to do harm to their physical, moral and spiritual health. Where the first part of the thesis covers the importance of environment to the Barnardo's justification for his child removal practices, the remainder of it considers the response of the institution to environmental ideas. In addition to examining the influence of environment on institutional design and on the everyday practices of the 'inmates', for example the promotion of light and air in the girl's home at Barkingside, emphasis is also placed on ideas of mobility and movement. Here the thesis explores the paradoxical relationship between the organisation's 'anti-institutional' projection and the institutional realities of constructing and policing 'out of home' care practices (trips to the country- and seaside, boarding-out, emigration). This thesis contributes to extant accounts of Dr Barnardo's; however, its primary contribution lies in its nuanced examination of the role of environmental ideas on shaping institutional design and on its influence on the everyday practices of Barnardo's young inmates.
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Koni, Anna Christina. "Effects of the FTO gene and environment on obesity in European children." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2013. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/4175/.
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Childhood obesity is considered to be one of the most serious public health problems of the 21st century. The worldwide prevalence of obesity has increased dramatically over the past three decades and while continuing to rise at a rapid rate, along with increasing levels of childhood obesity, are having a profound effect on healthcare development in many low- and middle-income countries, particularly in urban environments. Longitudinal and cross sectional studies have indicated clear associations between environment and obesity risk. In addition, childhood obesity leads to serious health conditions such as cardiovascular disease, type II diabetes and adulthood obesity. Environmental factors, however, do not seem to explain neither all of the variance in childhood obesity prevalence, nor all the variance in response to intervention studies. Although the human genome has not changed over the years, obesity levels and mortality rates have dramatically increased, thus it becomes more evident that environmental factors such as physical activity or sedentary lifestyle may have a key role in this increase of obesity prevalence. However, since the prevalence of childhood obesity is different in certain geographical areas of the world, it is important to investigate the genetic predisposition in relation to its interaction with environmental influences. Genetic studies have demonstrated a contribution of specific genetic variants to obesity in adults. Additionally, heritability studies of childhood obesity support the idea that genetic predisposition may also be a factor in determining childhood obesity or adiposity. The obesity prevalence research becomes even more complicated by gene-environment interactions, where individuals with different genotypes respond differently in certain environments and therefore it is more challenging to define the actual causes of this health problem. The overall aim of this study was to investigate the interplay between genetic and environmental influences such as physical activity on the predisposition to childhood obesity related traits in the IDEFICS cohort. This thesis focused on European children from eight countries participating in the IDEFICS Study including Germany, Italy, Spain, Cyprus, Estonia, Sweden, Belgium and Hungary aged two to ten. The main objective was to characterize the relative contributions of individual genes, environmental factors and gene-environment interactions to this risk. In doing so, this investigation also allowed comparisons between the different age groups and countries and also possible differences between the two sexes. These findings will add to the existing efforts aimed at finding appropriate treatments and effective preventative intervention programs around Europe. In order to explore how environment and genes interact and whether genes can modulate the development of obesity in children of this European population, a detailed characterization of body composition, physical activity patterns, socio-economic, and genetic factors was performed. The main findings from this thesis were that: (a) age is an important factor when studying childhood obesity as body composition changes in a significant way with age, in both boys and girls. These findings also highlight the fact that various environmental and lifestyle effects 4 © A. C. Koni (2013) related to childhood obesity, such as physical activity (PA), differ between the two sexes and among age groups; (b) physical activity and sedentary behaviours may influence obesity related phenotypes in children of European origin. These associations persist after adjustment for a comprehensive range of potential confounding factors; (c) the Fat Mass Obesity-associated (FTO) gene influences obesity related phenotypes in children of European origin. These associations persist after adjustment for a comprehensive range of potential confounding factors; (d) although there was no Gene*PA interaction, physical activity or inactivity seems to play a role in modulating the genetic predisposition to obesity in children. The findings of this study demonstrate that there was a trend of decreased obesity risk phenotypes in children that were more physically active overall. This observation has important public health value, as the data of this thesis indicate that being physically active may have a protective role in the genetic predisposition to obesity induced by variation in the FTO gene. Further studies into the mechanisms underpinning this effect are needed in order to more effectively develop accurate design, as well as implementation strategies to reduce childhood obesity and for advancing the basic understanding of the mechanisms behind human obesity and its relationship with genetics.
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Allison, Amber L. "A Multi-Gene by Environment Perspective of ADHD Symptomatology in Young Children." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2013. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/1728.
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Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a heritable disorder, which has detrimental effects on childhood development and is associated with maladaptive functioning in adulthood. Despite this, we are far from an understanding of the etiology and possible trajectories of ADHD, possibly due to investigations focusing on the contribution of single genes. In fact, single genes are likely not influential enough to alter behavior, but the additive effect of many genes may predispose an individual toward certain behaviors. Further, environmental input can activate or suppress genetic expression, thereby leading to vast individual differences in both normative behavior and psychopathological illness, including ADHD. This study investigated the effect of cumulative genetic sensitivity across three dopaminergic polymorphisms (DRD2 A1, DRD4 7R, and DAT1 10R) on ADHD symptomatology in very young children. In addition, we were interested in the G x E associations with ADHD symptomatology. Findings provide novel evidence regarding the effects of dopamine polymorphisms on inattention, and thus ADHD, symptomatology in very young children. Specifically, the findings suggest that the cumulative effect of genetic sensitivity across several dopamine polymorphisms predicts severity of symptomatology, particularly in males. In addition, a robust G x E interaction emerged, whereby a specific genetic predisposition moderated the effect of family context on behavior. This finding, lending support to the BSC model and the differential susceptibility hypothesis, suggests that genetic sensitivity can moderate environmental influence, for better and for worse.
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Hutton, John S. "Home Reading Environment and Brain Activation in Preschool Children Listening to Stories." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1427962609.
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Jewell, Jeremy Dean. "The family environment of conduct disordered children and adolescents with depressed parents." Access restricted to users with UT Austin EID Full text (PDF) from UMI/Dissertation Abstracts International, 2001. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/fullcit?p3035956.
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Park, Se-Kyung. "Language development of young children exposed to multiple risk factors : the mediating effect of the home environment /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 2002. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p3074436.
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Egnell, Maria. "SKOLSKÖTERSKORS MOTTAGNING SOM ETT OMVÅRDNADSVERKTYG : -Skolsköterskors erfarenhet av att använda fysisk miljö på skolsköterskemottagningen som stöd i arbetet med skolbarn." Thesis, Högskolan i Skövde, Institutionen för hälsa och lärande, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:his:diva-11115.
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ABSTRACT Title: The environment as a tool in nursing - School nurses experiences from using the physical environment in their office supporting schoolchildren Author: Egnell, Maria Department: School of Health and Education, University of Skövde Course: Master Degree project in Nursing, OM854A, 15 ECTs Supervisor: Thorstensson, Stina Examiner: Larsson, Margareta Pages: 28 Keywords: School nurses, environment, health environment, nursing, children Background: According to research, the physical environment effects children’s well-being. School nurses offer a range of nursing activities promoting health to schoolchildren and to support school performances. The nursing activities occur at school in a psychosocial as well as a physical environment. The school nurses office as a health environment, affects meetings and schoolchildren that occur within it. School nurses take support in the physical environment in their work with schoolchildren. The field has not yet been researched as an important part of nursing at school. Aim: The aim of this study was to elucidate the school nurses perceptions of using the ward atmosphere at their office, as a tool in nursing. Method: A qualitative research method was selected for the study. The result emerged through qualitative content analysis. Five school nurses from various schools in Gothenburg were interviewed, using semi structured interviews. Results: Three major categories and six subcategories emerged during the analysis. Major categories were: offering a health environment for well-being, to be present in the environment for the children and to use the environment for health education. Conclusion: The school nurses strived to make the office a place for well-being. They also used it for health information, as a sanctuary and as a connection point that considers children’s need for integrity. How the school nurses used the environment depended on who they were as individuals, as the field until now, not has gone through research. Obstacles depended on all those around, with too little knowledge in what school nurses work consist of and also from a complexity in being available to the children.