Sentences with phrase «among racial and ethnic groups»

Article 7 obliges the states parties to undertake measures to combat prejudices which lead to racial discrimination and to promote understanding, tolerance and friendship among racial and ethnic groups and I think that that's where we started with the discussion that the honourable Minister gave us of the reconciliation process and its varied programs that are being put in place, the way in which it is trying to be innovative, et cetera...

In August 2012, the Michigan Department of Community Health released an Infant Mortality Reduction Plan to combat infant mortality and reduce disparities among racial and ethnic groups.

Research proffered by Barton (2005) found that student achievement gaps among racial and ethnic groups are large and persistent (p. 12).

However, in Memphis, the suspension rates among all racial and ethnic groups was disturbingly high.

Native American students have the lowest graduation rate among all racial and ethnic groups in the Northwest, a dire fact that fueled the conversation at a recent...

For the past 16 years, the Puente program has strived to boost the academic achievement of underserved Latino high school students, who have the highest dropout rate and lowest college attendance among all racial and ethnic groups in the United States.

Controlling for this allowed us to study whether the narrowing of the gaps among racial and ethnic groups on the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS) was comparable to changes on the highly regarded NAEP exams.

The adoption of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), Section 2952: Support, Education, and Research for Postpartum Depression mandated ongoing research to better understand the frequency and course of postpartum depression, address differences in treatment needs among racial and ethnic groups, and develop culturally competent evidence - based treatment approaches (U.S. Department of Labor, 2012).

In August 2012, the Michigan Department of Community Health released an Infant Mortality Reduction Plan to combat infant mortality and reduce disparities among racial and ethnic groups.

The percentage of children who live with two parents has been declining among all racial and ethnic groups.

Not exact matches

More than 4 out of 5 evangelicals (84 %), practicing Christians (85 %), and those who attended church in the past week (85 %) said there was a lot of anger and hostility among the different ethnic and racial groups in America today.

The survey spanned various racial, ethnic, religious and socioeconomic groups, and was conducted among public, private and parochial school students.

Racial and ethnic disparities persist in the prevalence of preterm birth and infant mortality, and group prenatal care may be particularly useful in addressing disparities in perinatal outcomes such as preterm birth among black women.

Black, non-Hispanic service members had a rate of 24.4 new diagnoses of hypertension per 1,000 person - years (p - yrs), nearly 50 percent higher than the rates among members of all the other racial and ethnic groups studied, according to the analysis published in the Medical Surveillance Monthly Report, a peer - reviewed journal on illnesses and injuries affecting service members.

Incidence rates among African American service members were higher than rates in other racial and ethnic groups in all age groups.

The researchers sought to compile standards that more accurately reflect the best fetal growth during healthy pregnancies among the most common racial and ethnic groups in the United States.

However, the improvement was more prominent among white and Asian women and those in urban areas, suggesting more work is needed to reach women in other racial and ethnic groups and those living in rural areas, Harvey said.

Investigators led by Jeffrey Drope, Ph.D., writing in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, say these populations include individuals in lower education and / or socioeconomic groups; from certain racial / ethnic groups; in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community; with mental illness; and in the military, particularly among those in the lowest pay grades.

Even our own research across a diverse group of young breast cancer survivors has shown that blacks and Hispanics have much lower testing rates, which may be the result of lower awareness and access to genetic testing among racial and ethnic minorities,» she said.

«In addition, more research is needed to understand the differences in experiences among different racial and ethnic groups within the same hospice,» she added.

The risk was higher among blacks than among people of other racial and ethnic groups, according to the study.

According to national surveys, African Americans tend to have the lowest intakes of fruits and vegetables among ethnic and racial groups (USDA, 2004; HHS, 2004).

Since the Common Core standards have never been field - tested, no one knows whether they will raise test scores or cause the achievement gap among different racial, ethnic, and income groups to narrow or to widen.

Declines of approximately equal magnitude were registered among students in all four of the state's major racial / ethnic groups — Hispanic, white, Asian, and African - American.

and, Do gaps in these conditions among racial / ethnic and income groups mirror the gaps we see in achievement?

Despite some significant academic gains over the years, serious achievement gaps persist among many of our students, particularly those from several racial and ethnic groups.

Among racial / ethnic groups, Asians (88 %), Latinos (77 %), and blacks (71 %) are more likely than whites (57 %) to favor the new standards.

«They have widest achievement disparities among different groups, including racial ethnic groups and economic groups.»

Three states — in addition to the law's assessment requirements — use another cut of test score data such as improvement among subgroups of students, including those from low - income families, students from major racial and ethnic groups, students with disabilities, and English language learners.

«It's more of the same: It's good that the long - term improvement trend is being shared among different economic groups and racial - ethnic groups, but we're not seeing closing in gaps,» said Kevin Carey, policy director of the D.C. - based think tank Education Sector.

Despite these gains, the rate of progress has varied among these racial / ethnic groups and differences by race / ethnicity persist in terms of increases in attainment and progress on key indicators of educational performance.

She is especially interested in understanding these processes among adolescents from groups that have been historically stigmatized in school settings, such as racial and ethnic minority adolescents.

* Why does ESEA / ESSA require schools to differentiate their planning, data analysis, and accountability provisions among different racial and ethnic groups... but NOT across the thirteen different disabilities included in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)?

And it could celebrate other groups who were victims of ethnic and religious persecution in their own countries but who came to Canada for a better life and made Canada a better country: among them the Jews who fled the Nazis in Europe and the Ismailis and ethnic Indians who came to Canada to flee racial persecution in Kenya, Uganda, and other east African natioAnd it could celebrate other groups who were victims of ethnic and religious persecution in their own countries but who came to Canada for a better life and made Canada a better country: among them the Jews who fled the Nazis in Europe and the Ismailis and ethnic Indians who came to Canada to flee racial persecution in Kenya, Uganda, and other east African natioand religious persecution in their own countries but who came to Canada for a better life and made Canada a better country: among them the Jews who fled the Nazis in Europe and the Ismailis and ethnic Indians who came to Canada to flee racial persecution in Kenya, Uganda, and other east African natioand made Canada a better country: among them the Jews who fled the Nazis in Europe and the Ismailis and ethnic Indians who came to Canada to flee racial persecution in Kenya, Uganda, and other east African natioand the Ismailis and ethnic Indians who came to Canada to flee racial persecution in Kenya, Uganda, and other east African natioand ethnic Indians who came to Canada to flee racial persecution in Kenya, Uganda, and other east African natioand other east African nations.

The periodic reporting process can therefore assist in the fulfilment of Article 7 of ICERD to promote understanding, tolerance and friendship among racial or ethnic groups, as well as to promote the purposes and principles of the Convention among society.

Studies of students in racial / ethnic minority groups suggest that parental expectations also appear to be related to academic self - efficacy among African American and Latino students.

The HOPE Awards was an early program the organizations jointly established to promote increasing homeownership among different racial and ethnic groups.