Sentences with phrase «socioeconomic groups increases»

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Further, the M - % DI system was associated with a positive gradient between increasing socioeconomic disadvantage and comprehension of the labelling systems, whereas the TL labels resulted in equitable performance across SES groups.

Because mean child IQ scores at age 6.5 years, verbal IQ scores in particular, were higher among children in the intervention than the control group, 16 we might expect that socioeconomic inequalities in child IQ would be widened in the intervention group, owing to the increase in observed inequalities in breastfeeding.

The increased socioeconomic inequalities in breastfeeding observed in the intervention group supports the argument that population intervention strategies could inadvertently exacerbate, rather than mitigate, socioeconomic inequalities, particularly when the intervention aims to change individual behaviours rather than targeting «upstream» structural changes.25 Our results are also compatible with an observational study from Brazil reporting that breastfeeding rates increased first among the socioeconomically better - off, followed by increases among the poor, over a 20 - year period of active breastfeeding promotion campaigns in Brazil.26

Interventions to improve breastfeeding initiation, exclusivity and duration are based on extensive evidence from both observational and intervention studies of short - and long - term health benefits of breastfeeding for both mothers and infants.13 — 15 Nevertheless, to our knowledge none of previous studies has systematically examined whether the increases in breastfeeding resulting from such interventions have equally benefited all socioeconomic groups.

The last link addressed the issue best, I thought: «The increase in risk of severe maternal morbidities in non-white women seems to be independent of differences in age, socioeconomic and smoking status, body mass index, and parity between ethnic groups.»

Instructed to attend to only one of two competing stories — «The Blue Kangaroo» vs. «Harry the Dog,» for example — the children whose parents had received additional attention instruction showed a 50 percent increase in brain activity in response to the correct story compared to children in the other two groups, the authors report online today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences; their responses matched those seen in adults and children of higher socioeconomic status.

However, a full cost - benefit analysis would need to account for not only the labor - market consequences but also the disparate impacts on various ethnic and socioeconomic groups and other social losses that might accompany increased dropout rates.

Interestingly, many members of the lower - income white group were resistant to increasing socioeconomic diversity.

The new law calls for replicating magnet school programs that demonstrate «success in increasing student academic achievement and reducing isolation of minority groups» and «increase racial integration by taking into account socioeconomic diversity.»

MSAP prioritizes replicating magnet school programs that demonstrate «success in increasing student academic achievement and reducing isolation of minority groups... by taking into account socioeconomic diversity.»

Initial users are comprised of the Frontier Set, a select group of colleges and universities, state systems, and supporting organizations committed to significantly increasing student access and success, and eliminating racial / ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in college attainment.

Principal Kevin Simmons said the «driving force» for the increase in math minutes came as state exam results showed declines in math scores and gaps in performance between racial and socioeconomic student groups.

TCASN is one of five organizations across the nation serving as institutional policy partners for The Frontier Set, a select group of colleges and universities, state systems, and supporting organizations committed to significantly increasing student access and success, and eliminating racial / ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in college attainment.

Living apart may help increase work productivity, enable the care of a loved one (e.g., helping a sick parent), or help maintain a level of autonomy for the individuals in the relationship.4 Whereas this type of relationship may not be «traditional,» it does work for some and appears across age and socioeconomic groups.