22 research outputs found
Prenatal development in rural South Africa: relationship between birth weight and access to fathers and grandparents
No full textBirth weight is an indicator of prenatal development associated with health in infancy and childhood, and may be affected by the family environment experienced by the mother during pregnancy. Using data from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, we explore the importance of the mother's access to the father and grandparents of the child during pregnancy. Controlling for household socio-economic indicators and maternal characteristics, the survival and residence of the biological father with the mother are positively associated with birth weight. The type of relationship seems to matter: married women have the heaviest newborns, but co-residence with a non-marital partner is also associated with higher birth weight. Access to the maternal grandmother may also be important: women whose mothers are alive have heavier newborns, but no additional benefit is observed from residing together. Co-residence with any grandparent is not associated with birth weight after controlling for the mother's partnershi
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No full textSolveig Argeseanu Cunningham, Irma T. Elo, Kobus Herbst and Victoria Hosegood : Prenatal Development in Rural South Africa : Relationship between Birth Weight and Access to Fathers and Grandparents, Population Studies, 2010, vol. 64, n° 3, pp. 229-246 Birth weight is an indicator of prenatal development associated with health in infancy and childhood, and may be affected by the family environment experienced by the mother during pregnancy. Using data from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, the auth..
On the basis of visa type: Insights into incorporation and health among foreign-born people in the United States
No full textForeign-born people have different patterns of health, and several psychosocial and contextual factors may contribute to these differences. Type of visa with which one resettles is an important consideration because it is linked both with the reason for initially migrating and with experiences after arriving in the U.S. This study examines the association between visa type and health in terms of self-rated health and diagnosed chronic conditions. Using the New Immigrant Survey (NIS), a nationally representative study of foreign-born people at the time of receiving legal permanent residence in the U.S., we used logistic regression models to estimate the odds of having chronic conditions and the odds of reporting fair or poor health. People who had refugee, asylum, parole and post-arrival legalization visa types had the highest prevalence of any chronic condition; they were also most likely to report being in fair or poor self-rated health, even after controlling for other characteristics. Conversely, people who had diversity visas had the highest self-rated health and the fewest chronic conditions. Overall, the type of visa a person holds is associated with health and chronic disease even years after resettlement
Sandwiches and Subversion: Teachers’ Mealtime Strategies and Preschoolers’ Agency
No full textMealtimes are understudied processes in the social research on childhood. Our study uses ethnographic methods in two preschools in the southeastern United States to understand the types of strategies teachers use during meals and children’s responses to these strategies. We identified three strategies teachers used to attempt to modify children’s consumption: gatekeeping, directives, and hyperbolic justifications of consumption. We argue that children used agency to subvert to teachers’ strategies using silent and verbal techniques, including attempting to open packages of restricted foods, pretending to eat, and refusing to eat. Their subversion manifested in either “dissent” or “feigned assent.
Health Implications of Migration: Cross-Classified Multilevel Models to Disentangle Country of Origin and State of Resettlement Effects of Bodyweight (P04-106-19)
No full textInfancia y futuro. Nuevas realidades, nuevos retos: Pau Marí-Klose, Marga Marí-Klause, Elizabeth Vaquera y Solveig Argeseanu Cunningham. Fundación “La Caixa”. Barcelona, 2010
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Areas within the Range of a Continuous Variable Defined by Hard and Soft Cutoffs for Error Screening and Diagnosis, with Recommended Diagnostic Steps for Data Points Falling in Each Area
No full text<p>(Illustration: Giovanni Maki)</p
