Domestic Objects are emerging as a source for embedding ubiquitous computer technologies. The current focus on single objects or a singular function neglects people’s diverse functional use of domestic objects and their cultural significances at home. Based on ethnographic interviews, this paper reports how people utilize domestic objects in relation to activities and domestic spaces. The paper...

INTRODUCTION The objective of this study was to determine whether perceptions of the home and school food environments are related to food and beverage intakes of postpartum teens. METHODS Our study was a baseline, cross-sectional analysis of 853 postpartum teens enrolled in a weight-loss intervention study across 27 states from 2007 through 2009. Eight-item scales assessed perceived accessib...

OBJECTIVE There is a growing body of research that investigates how the residential neighbourhood context relates to individual diet. However, previous studies ignore participants' time spent in the residential environment and this may be a problem because time-use studies show that adults' time-use pattern can significantly vary. To better understand the role of exposure duration, we designed ...

Brain hemispheric dominance and home environment are student level variables and are of great significance concerning scholastic achievement of the students. Analysis with interaction effect of the Brain hemispheric dominance and home environment with academic achievement in mathematics was ended up in this study and discovers that there is a significant interactional relationship between acade...

Background: The development of emergent literacy skills depends upon the literacy environments and experiences of children at home. Children’s home literacy environment is closely related to the development of various aspects of emergent literacy like letter knowledge, phonological awareness, and vocabulary. Dimensions of home literacy environment, such as physical (literacy) environment, child...

BACKGROUND The contribution of the environment to the obesity epidemic is well recognized. Parents have control over their home environment and can, therefore, support healthy dietary and activity habits in their children by manipulating factors such as access to energy-dense foods, availability of physical activity equipment, and restricting screen time. This paper describes the development of...

BACKGROUND It is well documented in the literature that low socioeconomic status (SES) is associated with lower consumption of healthy foods and that these differences in consumption patterns are influenced by neighborhood food environments. Less understood is the role that SES differences in physical and social aspects of the home food environment play in consumption patterns. METHODS Using ...

The home environment variables with etfects ôt tamily-oriented Oatly ihtervention on home environment variables with birth tO 5 year Old handicapped children and their lamilies were dValuated in this research; Twenty-three tamilieS particip6ted in the study; The systematic tamily-criented interVentibh provided to the experimental group included: transdi8iplihry assessment and IEP development, a...

asthma is the most common chronic respiratory disease of children in the world. serial studies in the world have showed an increased prevalence of bronchial asthma. in this study, the children younger than 12 years old referred to jahrom hospital and clinic due to asthma were selected. we issued 100 questionnaires, according to international study of asthma and allergies in childhood (isaac) cr...