Sentences with phrase «impact of the social disadvantage»

The study has a strong focus on the impact of the social disadvantage.

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Higher education We await Lord Browne's final report into higher education funding, and will judge its proposals against the need to: - increase social mobility; - take into account the impact on student debt; - ensure a properly funded university sector; - improve the quality of teaching; - advance scholarship; and, - attract a higher proportion of students from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Previous research has demonstrated that criminal behavior is impacted by genetics, childhood mistreatment, low self - esteem during adolescence, lack of parental support, social and economic disadvantage, and racial discrimination.

«Poverty and the many stresses that come with social disadvantage have long been linked to cardiovascular disease, but how we live, work, and play has a great impact on heart health for people from a broad range of economic and cultural backgrounds,» explains David Siscovick, MD, MPH, Senior Vice President for Research at The New York Academy of Medicine and Chair of the American Heart Association's (AHA) Council on Epidemiology and Prevention.

Dr. Zota's work focuses on using innovative, multi-disciplinary methods to: 1) identify sources and consequences of human exposure to environmental contaminants; 2) illustrate how environmental hazards may interact with social disadvantage and psychosocial stressors to exacerbate health disparities; and 3) evaluate the impact of NGO and regulatory action on emerging environmental health problems.

Not only does it illuminate the effects of social and economic factors — such as unequal family resources — but it also reveals the profound impact of environmental factors such as disadvantaged neighborhoods and insecure labor markets.

Broader, BOLDER Approach to Education (BBA) is described as «a national campaign that acknowledges the impact of social and economic disadvantage on schools and students and proposes evidence - based policies to improve schools and remedy conditions that limit many children's readiness to learn.»

The Oak Foundation - which «commits its resources to address issues of global, social and environmental concern, particularly those that have a major impact on the lives of the disadvantaged».

Most of the evidence, however, gives credence to the influence of disadvantage, but also suggests an independent impact of teen motherhood, and delayed motherhood, on women's social and economic outcomes and those of their families.

It is beginning to be accepted that while much offending behaviour is linked to social marginalisation and economic disadvantage, the impact of non-economic deprivation, such as damage to identity and culture, as well as trauma and grief, have a significant relationship to offending behaviour.

Women who experience IPV may also be more likely to live in communities with higher levels of social disorganization, 36 disadvantage, 37 and violence.38 Several studies have found evidence that familial violence exacerbates the adverse impact of child exposure to community violence.39 Neighborhood safety may serve as a barrier to the ability to exercise and play outdoors.

In providing these services, we recognise the gendered - nature of violence in relationships, but also the impact of other experiences including stress, mental ill health, emotional and psychological distress and social disadvantage such as income and housing circumstances.

• ensure that within each specific target of Closing the Gap in Indigenous Disadvantage, the impact of alcohol is recognised in all strategies and targets including addressing the social and economic determinants of high risk drinking, and

Many Indigenous people are disadvantaged across the full range of social indicators; health, housing, employment, education, etc — this disadvantage impacts upon their ability to understand and engage in the process

I believe it is my duty as a therapist to have an intersectional framework, which means always acknowledging the interconnectedness of social categorizations and their impact on disadvantage and discrimination.

Remember, referrals to support agencies are reflective of quality, child - focused family law practice and can have a positive impact on social and economic disadvantage.