Sentences with phrase «from ethnic»

The city has been infused with entrepreneurs starting businesses in everything from ethnic restaurants to information technology firms.
The study sample was found to be representative of the general population of the United Kingdom at the start of data collection, except for a smaller proportion of mothers from ethnic minorities compared to the study location (4.1 % vs. 7.6 %), a higher proportion of married or cohabiting mothers, and a greater number of owner - occupier families (Boyd et al. 2013).
Wards with high levels of child poverty and / or high proportions of children from ethnic minorities were over-sampled to improve reliability of inference for these important subpopulations; to compensate for disproportionate stratification, sample design weights are provided with the data [18], and we used these in our analysis.
Figures vary but with approximately three quarters of the children and young people in care being placed with foster carers, we still need more foster carers to look after specific groups of children such as teenagers, children from ethnic minority groups, sibling groups and unaccompanied asylum seeking young people.
While existing literature has focused on how MFT training programs can become culturally sensitive, attract and retain students from ethnic minorities, and subsequently produce culturally competent therapists able to meet the needs of underserved communities, few studies have focused on the experience of Latinos specifically.
Foster carers are needed from all ethnic origins with varying faiths, cultures and languages, especially for sibling groups, teenagers, children from black and minority ethnic groups, children with disabilities and asylum seeking children.
For example, birth cohort children from ethnic minority communities were more likely to have social, emotional and behavioural difficulties, as were children whose mother had low education, whereas child cohort children from families whose parents had split up during the observation period were more likely to face multiple negative outcomes than those whose parents remained together.
Most women (32 out of total 37 women) in the current sample were Chinese, which is congruent with the literature that more Chinese women than Chinese men marry someone from another ethnic group.
Limitations of the study include the self - report nature of assessing the youths» drug use and family problems, as well as the questionable generalizability of the sample, which was low - income, urban, and consisted primarily of males from ethnic minorities.
I read a variety of books to children to expose them to various life experiences of people from ethnic and cultural groups other than their own.
Examining findings from this review and other high - quality studies (some excluded as they focus on targeted prevention), we can conclude that parenting interventions appear to be effective for families with high and low levels of deprivation, with and without maternal depression, those from ethnic minorities and majorities and those with severe and moderate levels of conduct problems.
She may be from any ethnic heritage.
Recent analyses suggest that households with a «mixed» child are more likely to have higher incomes, a higher level of education and are generally less likely to live in lone parent households compared to households with non-mixed children from ethnic minorities.
To answer this, I looked at focus groups we did around the United States, involving couples at every social class level and from every ethnic and racial group in the country.
In this study, the number of people from ethnic minorities was too small to allow meaningful comparison.
Second, Hailstone et al devised and validated a theory of planned behaviour (Attitudes of People from Ethnic Minorities for Help - seeking for Dementia) questionnaire to predict medical help - seeking for dementia in the UK South Asians.22 They found that attitudes to dementia predicted 77 % of variance in help - seeking with the strongest predictor being perceived social pressure.
At the Ackerman Institute Clinic, trained therapists help families from all ethnic, economic and religious backgrounds.
I enjoy meeting people from all ethnic backgrounds.
We actively encourage applications from people from ethnic minorities.
Free (and offensive) speech is a fundamental right but so is the right to live in peace, free from ethnic violence.
For years, campaigners had been saying that the law had been acting as a dragnet indiscriminately and unfairly ensnaring young people, mainly from ethnic minority communities, as part of a misconceived clampdown on the menace of gang culture.
The Law Society thus managed to give both its main awards to two women from ethnic minorities without, in the least, opening itself up to allegations of undermining merit.
Everyone responded to help those in need — people from every ethnic / cultural background, religious organizations, law enforcement, health care providers and government leaders.
Labour MP David Lammy said it was a shame that a judge who is a woman or from an ethnic minority had not been selected.
Interestingly, jurors from ethnic communities, including black and Asian jurors, were also shown to align more with the defendant when compared to those who identify as white British, suggesting a greater likelihood of a not guilty verdict.
Asian Development Bank (ADB) will promote greater economic, social, legal, and political empowerment of poor rural women in Nepal, particularly those from ethnic minorities and lower castes, through a $ 10 million loan approved today, states a press release issued here today.
«This is not simply a legacy issue — the military still wields considerable power on the ground and continues to grab yet more land from ethnic minority communities.
World music: Chris Ofili, the Turner prize - winning artist, is launching a nationwide search for modern musicians from ethnic minority backgrounds.
What a privilege it is to live in a city where every subway ride is filled with people from every ethnic and cultural background!
By incorporating influences from his ethnic and cultural background such as the Xhosa language and references to traditional craft, ritual, sexual orientation, gender, and nationality into his works, Hlobo address the constant shifting and subjective nature inherent in these identifiers.
My thesis — titled «Black in (Visibility) in the Visual Arts: Looking Back and Moving Forward» — specifically traced the journey of the Black Art Movement from Ethnic Arts in the early 1980s to the New Internationalism of the mid-to-late 1990s.
The frequent subjects of his works are from the ethnic Cape Malay community and are most often women.
Other sources devoured by Basquiat included Paul Richer's Artistic Anatomy, a 1966 volume entitled Leonardo da Vinci and Burchard Brentjes» book African Rock Art, thus exposing the artist to a diverse array of anatomical representation - from ethnic cave painting to the Renaissance and beyond.
We welcome all kinds of unique dishes from any ethnic tradition.
Forbidden City addresses how Qing rulers incorporated their Manchu nomadic traditions, adopted cultural elements from ethnic groups, and endeavored to create a diverse government and maintain societal harmony» — Virginia Museum of Fine Art
A few steps from the ethnic interior designed living area, you plunge into a ten - meter saltwater swimming pool.
Perhaps the most pronounced feature of the Belizean population, aside from its ethnic heterogeneity, is its small size.
Most of the victims were from an ethnic group called the Tutsi.
Addressing the disproportionate representation of students from ethnic and racial minority groups in special education: A resource document.
It is contingent on... seeing cultural differences as assets; creating caring learning communities where culturally different individuals and heritages are valued; using cultural knowledge of ethnically diverse cultures, families, and communities to guide curriculum development, classroom climates, instructional strategies, and relationships with students; challenging racial and cultural stereotypes, prejudices, racism, and other forms of intolerance, injustice, and oppression; being change agents for social justice and academic equity; mediating power imbalances in classrooms based on race, culture, ethnicity, and class; and accepting cultural responsiveness as endemic to educational effectiveness in all areas of learning for students from all ethnic groups.»
In a letter to the heads of exam boards, she says she has received «numerous representations» from ethnic minority communities about fears that these languages would be dropped from A-levels and GCSEs.
Recent research suggests that a significant cause of these low numbers is that the students from these ethnic backgrounds have inadequate exposure to intensive STEAM curricula.
«If the children see SMT [the senior management team] as being all white and the cleaning staff from ethnic minorities, that is all they aspire to be.
They warn that, as it stands, the new curriculum may alienate pupils from ethnic and religious minorities.
They warn that if adopted the curriculum may alienate pupils from ethnic and religious minority groups.
Inaccurate data impact the statistics generated from ethnic and racial classifications, such as graduation and dropout rates, attendance rates and percentages of students meeting academic standards.
We do need to improve the diversity of boards, and to recruit more people under 40 and from ethnic minorities.
Council membership is for anyone interested in working to support students from ethnic and racial minority groups.
The upward trend in the number of ethnic minority pupils has continued - with 31.4 % of primary pupils defined as being from ethnic minorities, up from 30.4 % last year.
Our schools serve nearly 160,000 students from every ethnic and socio - economic category and with a multitude of needs, including special education.
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