نتایج جستجو برای: ethnic communities
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Ethnocentric concepts, theories and practices in education, predominantly embedded in western philosophy and values, tend to ignore the growing multicultural nature of educational institutions. This article draws attention to the knowledge gap in mainstream literature regarding diverse perspectives of educational leadership. The authors endorse the need to move beyond ethnocentrisms and to work...
Over the past decades the mortality rate in the United States has decreased, and life expectancy has increased. Yet a number of recent studies have drawn Americans' attention to the fact that racial and ethnic disparities persist in health care. It is clear that the U.S. health care system, which is the envy of the world, is not only flawed by basic injustices, but may be the cause of both inju...
INTRODUCTION The U.S. obesity epidemic is escalating, particularly among communities of color. Obesity control efforts have shifted away from individual-level approaches toward population-based approaches that address socio-cultural, political, economic, and physical environmental factors. Few data exist for ethnic minority groups. This article reviews studies of population-based interventions ...
All over the world, plant domestication is continually being carried out by local communities to support their needs for food, fibre, medicine, building materials, etc. Using participatory rapid appraisal approach, 150 households were surveyed in 5 villages selected in five ethnic groups of Benin, to investigate the local communities' motivations for plant domestication and the contributions of...
The prevalence of hepatitis B and hepatitis C in immigrant communities is unknown. Immigrants from south Asia are common in England and elsewhere, and the burden of viral hepatitis in these communities is unknown. We aimed to determine the prevalence of viral hepatitis in immigrants from south Asia living in England, and we therefore undertook a community-based testing project in such people at...
These research notes are based on my last ten years of experience as a community worker in a multicultural setting and a university researcher on immigrant services. The aim is 1) to introduce two new terms communitivity and intercommunitivity – which appeal for moving beyond ethnic group juxtaposition and 2) generate new ways of thinking about how communities with different cultural grounds ca...
The conflict in Kosovo created mass displacement and a fractured health system. Roma, Ashkali, and Balkan Egyptian communities are particularly vulnerable to discrimination and exclusion from institutions. We aimed to examine Roma, Ashkali, and Balkan Egyptian disparities in quantity and quality of antenatal care received. We conducted a cross-sectional study in August 2012 with 603 women aged ...
AIMS To describe the prevalence of obesity and other coronary heart disease and Type 2 diabetes risk factors by age and ethnic group in Pacific Island communities and to determine the associations between these risk factors and body mass index. METHODS Cross-sectional data from commuity-based intervention projects were combined to provide anthropometric, blood sample and blood pressure data o...
Use of plants by different ethnic tribal communities for treatment of various ailments in ‘Hili’ block of Dakshin Dinajpur district of West Bengal, India has been documented. As many as 62 plant species belonging to 34 families (61 Angiosperms and one fern), used by Santhal, Oraon, Munda and other communities (Polia, Sabar, Lodha) for medicinal purposes were identified. Largest number of plants...
Elite capture is a natural concern regarding decentralization. We highlight the effects of ethnic diversity and social norms on extent such capture. Ethnic diversity, through differences in preference for public goods, facilitates However, this may be counteracted by that promote cooperative behaviour within communities. test these theoretical predictions using community-level data from 1997 20...
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