Sentences with phrase «including economic disadvantages»

But as many students seek to ascend the college path, they confront a host of seemingly insurmountable barriers, including economic disadvantage, negative peer influences and family dynamics, and discrimination.

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Today this would include the homeless, the hungry, the imprisoned, the ignorant, the illiterate, any who are economically, environmentally and politically disadvantaged, the elderly, the sick, people in developing nations whose lives may be negatively affected by our own nations» economic policies, and those whose lives are threatened by sexism, racism and abusive ideologies.

In visiting the various organisations and projects, my aim is to engage in open and wide - ranging discussions, including broader issues of socio - economic context and structural disadvantage.

For universities, a major benefit of active learning is lower failure rates and possible increased retention of science students, including underrepresented minorities and students with economic disadvantages.

«We must ensure that changes being made to our qualifications system do not unfairly disadvantage specific groups of students, including those with special educational needs or those from backgrounds of economic disadvantage.»

These populations include children who have limited English language experiences, economic disadvantages, educational disadvantages, disabilities, or factors that make it difficult to demonstrate potential on traditional identification measures of talented and gifted.

Mineola ISD serves over 1,600 students including 63 % living with economic disadvantage.

Finally, this document proposes substantive changes to several provisions, including: Personal net worth, retainage, the size standard, proof of ethnicity, confidentiality, proof of economic disadvantage, and DBE credit for trucking firms.

Since 1969, the nonprofit National Consumer Law Center ® (NCLC ®) has worked for consumer justice and economic security for low - income and other disadvantaged people, including older adults, in the U.S. through its expertise in policy analysis and advocacy, publications, litigation, expert witness services, and training.

ASPCA Animal Hospital The ASPCA Animal Hospital (AAH) is a full service veterinary facility providing quality medical care to animals who are victims of cruelty (HLE), shelter animals in need of advanced care, animals with post-operative complications from the Mobile Clinics, and pets in NYC, including those «at risk» for cruelty or neglect due to economic disadvantage.

The hegemonic third face, which we didn't go into, is perhaps the most crucial — e.g., the total unquestioning of neo-liberal economic thinking by most members of society, including those grossly disadvantaged by it, that makes it impossible to even conceive of radical changes.

An economic disadvantage is a present or future loss which might include loss of future earnings or earning capacity, typically as a result of caring responsibilities within the family.

In 2010, more than 1 in 5 children were reported to be living in poverty.6, 10 Economic disadvantage is among the most potent risks for behavioral and emotional problems due to increased exposure to environmental, familial, and psychosocial risks.11 — 13 In families in which parents are in military service, parental deployment and return has been determined to be a risk factor for behavioral and emotional problems in children.14 Data from the 2003 National Survey of Children's Health demonstrated a strong linear relationship between increasing number of psychosocial risks and many poor health outcomes, including social - emotional health.15 The Adverse Childhood Experience Study surveyed 17000 adults about early traumatic and stressful experiences.

Program evaluation has supported this multifaceted approach in multiple countries and settings.83 Analyses by Nobel Prize — winning economist James Heckman reveal that early prevention activities targeted toward disadvantaged children have high rates of economic returns, much higher than remediation efforts later in childhood or adult life.84 For example, the Perry Preschool Program showed an average rate of return of $ 8.74 for every dollar invested in early childhood education.85 Targeted interventions foster protective factors, including responsive, nurturing, cognitively stimulating, consistent, and stable parenting by either birth parents or other consistent adults.

«Governments can make a real difference in the lives of indigenous people by addressing social and economic disadvantage, including life expectancy, and improving governance and service delivery arrangements with indigenous people.

However, Indigenous Australians continue to suffer grossly disproportionate rates of disadvantage against all measures of socio - economic status, including health (ABS, 2013; AIHW, 2011a, 2011b).

The event recognises that culturally diverse and Aboriginal communities are disproportionately impacted by viral hepatitis for a range of reasons including inadequate access to health services, poor health literacy, and broader socio - economic disadvantage.

• 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

This includes over-representation in homelessness, overcrowded housing and unstable housing tenure; experience of poverty and socio - economic disadvantage; and incidence of family violence against women.

Some people are not at greater risk, and any individual's risk level is related to a mix of variables that includes personal characteristics, background, socio - economic disadvantage, and, as I argue below, behaviors that increase risk.

Various factors appear to compromise the development of supportive father - child relations among couple families, including a high level of family socio - economic disadvantage, adverse family events, an unsupportive partner relationship, a more disruptive or less cohesive family climate, and the presence of a non biological father figure rather than the biological father.

Families with risk factors for poor father - child relationships, including socio - economic disadvantage, family adversity, and the presence of a non-biological father figure, could potentially benefit from additional support.

They cover topics including: indicators and data sources; research ethics; research with disadvantaged, vulnerable and / or marginalized populations; participatory research; measuring enabling and protective systems for adolescent health; and economic strengthening interventions for improving adolescent well - being.

the Productivity Commission's Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage framework, which measures the total impact of Australian government activities on a range of Indigenous socio - economic indicators, including health;

These include familial factors − socio - economic disadvantage, single parenthood, smoking in pregnancy, maternal psychopathology, family conflict and poor parenting − and infant factors — delayed development and difficult temperament (Frick and Viding 2009; Moffitt et al. 2008).