Sentences with phrase «social disadvantage affected»

Professor Peter O'Rourke and his team studied children's health data from Queensland Health and saw parental social disadvantage affected daughters more than sons.

That the sector must educate itself on service provision to diverse populations including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, Culturally and Linguistically Diverse groups and the LGBTQI community, and the ways social disadvantage affects these communities

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A. Grassroots community organizing has been long used as a tool for disadvantaged people to gain power to affect the practice of institutions in political and social life.

This model views disability as a social disadvantage imposed on a person by an unsupportive environment: Statistics Canada, Canadian Survey on Disability, 2012: Concepts and Methods Guide: online, Statistics Canada http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/89-654-x/89-654-x2014001-eng.htm; see also Law Commission of Ontario, A Framework for the Law as it Affects Persons with Disabilities - Advancing Substantive Equality for Persons with Disabilities through Law, Policy and Practice, Final Report (September 2012)[LCO Disabilities Report]: online, Law Commission of Ontario, http://www.lco-cdo.org/persons-disabilities-final-report.pdf.

Carmen is a registered psychologist with almost 15 years of experience working with clients experiencing social and economic disadvantage, from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and people affected by trauma and occupational distress.

Postnatal depression, particularly in disadvantaged communities, has been shown to be associated with impairments in the child's growth, 36 and his / her social, emotional, and cognitive development.37 By school age, children of women who suffer postnatal depression are at risk for showing externalising and internalising behavioural problems, and they have lower social skills and academic achievement.38 A key way in which maternal depression affects children's development is by disrupting the mother - infant relationship as well as routine parenting functions, 37 and two studies have shown that HIV infection is associated with similar disturbances in mother - child interactions.13, 39 Currently, no studies in the HIV literature have examined maternal psychosocial functioning in relation to mother - child interactions or child development.