News tagged with neighbourhood
Fewer men leads to more babies in poor areas: study
Women who outnumber men in poor communities are likelier to have babies at a younger age as competition drives them to lower their expectations of the opposite sex, a study said on Wednesday.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 13, 2013 |
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Most children experience their neighbourhoods from the back seat of the car, researchers find
At a time when childhood obesity rates are on the rise, Deakin University research has found that parents prefer to play chauffeur than let their children walk or ride to school or around the local neighbourhood.
Overweight and Obesity
Oct 23, 2012 |
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Discovering how the brain ages
Researchers at Newcastle University have revealed the mechanism by which neurons, the nerve cells in the brain and other parts of the body, age. The research, published today in Aging Cell, opens up new avenues of understanding ...
Neuroscience
Sep 12, 2012 |
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Multiple factors predict repeat suicide-related behavior in youth
New research out of St. Michael's Hospital has found that multiple factors independently predict what makes youth more likely to make repeat suicide-related behaviour.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 03, 2013 |
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People with mental illness at highly increased risk of being murder victims
The perpetration of homicide by people with mental disorders has received much attention, but their risk of being victims of homicide has rarely been examined. Yet such information may help develop more effective strategies ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 05, 2013 |
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Smoke-free law linked to 12% decrease in child asthma hospital admissions, study finds
The introduction of smoke-free legislation in England was immediately followed by a fall in the number of children admitted to hospital with asthma symptoms, a new study has found.
Pediatrics
Jan 21, 2013 |
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Family literacy project exceeds expectations
A unique approach to early literacy work with families where children develop their language skills and their ability to read and write from an early age has had a huge success.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 06, 2012 |
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Income, 'screen time' affect soda, junk food consumption
Preschoolers from low-income neighbourhoods and kids who spend more than two hours a day in front of a TV or video-game console have at least one thing in common: a thirst for sugary soda and juice, according to research ...
Health
Aug 22, 2012 |
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Neighbourhood links to health and wellbeing
(Medical Xpress) -- People who live in safer, cleaner and friendly neighbourhoods experience higher levels of health and wellbeing as they age, a new Flinders University study shows.
Health
Aug 16, 2012 |
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Sport fields: Catalysts for physical activity in the neighborhood?
If you're a woman, older adult, or have higher levels of education, you're less likely to be sufficiently physically active. Those are some of the findings of a new University of Alberta study examining people's actual and ...
Health
Mar 09, 2012 |
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Poor neighborhoods suffer higher incidence of arthritis
People living in poor neighbourhoods have a higher rate and risk of arthritis - one of the most common causes of disability in the developed world.
Arthritis & Rheumatism
Feb 01, 2012 |
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Harsh discipline fosters dishonesty in young children
Young children exposed to a harshly punitive school environment are more inclined to lie to conceal their misbehaviour than are children from non-punitive schools, a study of three- and four-year-old West African children ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 24, 2011 |
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People in poorer neighborhoods have higher risk of sudden cardiac arrest
Sudden cardiac arrest was higher among people living in poorer neighbourhoods in several US and Canadian cities, and the disparity was particularly evident among people under age 65, found a study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical A ...
Cardiology
Sep 12, 2011 |
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BMI differences: The immigrant equation
(Edmonton) The obesity problem plaguing Canadians is a story heard frequently these days. For Katerina Maximova, making connections between the rising body mass index, or BMI, among native-born Canadian versus immigrant children ...
Health
May 05, 2011 |
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New immigrants less likely to have premature babies in the first 5 years in Canada: study
Immigrants living less than five years in Canada are less likely than their Canadian-born counterparts to have premature babies regardless of where they live, according to a new study by St. Michael's Hospital.
Health
Apr 28, 2011 |
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Neighbourhood
A neighbourhood or neighborhood (see spelling differences) is a geographically localised community within a larger city, town or suburb. Neighbourhoods are often social communities with considerable face-to-face interaction among members. "Researchers have not agreed on an exact definition. Neighbourhood is generally defined spatially as a specific geographic area and functionally as a set of social networks. Neighbourhoods, then, are the spatial units in which face-to-face social interactions occur – the personal settings and situations where residents seek to realise common values, socialise youth, and maintain effective social control."
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