Individuals, Schools, and Neighborhood

Schools and Neighborhood Crime

Individuals, schools, and neighborhood: a multilevel longitudinal study of variation in incidence of psychotic disorders.

CONTEXT Incidence of schizophrenia and other nonaffective psychoses is greater in urban than rural areas, but the reason is unclear. Few studies have examined whether both individual and neighborhood characteristics can explain this association. Furthermore, as has been shown for ethnicity, the effect of individual characteristics may depend on neighborhood context. OBJECTIVES To examine (1) ...

Neighborhood-level factors and youth violence: giving voice to the perceptions of prominent neighborhood individuals.

Youth violence is a significant public health problem. Although the relationship between neighborhood-level factors and urban youth violence is recognized, the specific mechanisms of this relationship are often unclear. Prominent neighborhood individuals were identified within four select low-income urban neighborhoods in Baltimore City. In-depth interviews were conducted to explore these indiv...

Oral Health Status of Disabled Individuals Attending Special Schools

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of the dmft-DMFT indexes and the oral hygiene status of 136 individuals attending a special school for the disabled. METHODS Participants were grouped according to disability [Mental Retardation (MR), Cerebral Palsy (CP), Autistic Disorder (AD), Down Syndrome (DS), Other (OTH)] and age [2-6 years (n=24), 7-12 years (50 child...

The Effect of Single Sex Schools on Individuals Achievement

Previous studies have shown that single sex environments can affect an individuals’ behaviour and in particular preferences of women are modified by pressure to conform to gender stereotypes. In competitive circumstances, this has been shown to benefit the performance of women (Gneezy et. al, 2003; Booth et.al, 2009). This paper examines the influence of single sex schooling on individuals’ edu...