Dissertations / Theses: 'Farm children'

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Ho, Wai-yan Vivian. "Children's farm." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2002. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B31986456.

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Thesis (M.Arch.)--University of Hong Kong, 2002.
Includes special report study entitled : Animals and plants mutualism :the key of orangic farming. Includes bibliographical references. Also available in print.

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Ho, Wai-yan Vivian, and 何慧欣. "Children's farm." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2002. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31986456.

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Stein, Michelle M., Cara L. Hrusch, Justyna Gozdz, Catherine Igartua, Vadim Pivniouk, Sean E. Murray, Julie G. Ledford, et al. "Innate Immunity and Asthma Risk in Amish and Hutterite Farm Children." MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SOC, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/621477.

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BACKGROUND The Amish and Hutterites are U.S. agricultural populations whose lifestyles are remarkably similar in many respects but whose farming practices, in particular, are distinct; the former follow traditional farming practices whereas the latter use industrialized farming practices. The populations also show striking disparities in the prevalence of asthma, and little is known about the immune responses underlying these disparities. METHODS We studied environmental exposures, genetic ancestry, and immune profiles among 60 Amish and Hutterite children, measuring levels of allergens and endotoxins and assessing the microbiome composition of indoor dust samples. Whole blood was collected to measure serum IgE levels, cytokine responses, and gene expression, and peripheral-blood leukocytes were phenotyped with flow cytometry. The effects of dust extracts obtained from Amish and Hutterite homes on immune and airway responses were assessed in a murine model of experimental allergic asthma. RESULTS Despite the similar genetic ancestries and lifestyles of Amish and Hutterite children, the prevalence of asthma and allergic sensitization was 4 and 6 times as low in the Amish, whereas median endotoxin levels in Amish house dust was 6.8 times as high. Differences in microbial composition were also observed in dust samples from Amish and Hutterite homes. Profound differences in the proportions, phenotypes, and functions of innate immune cells were also found between the two groups of children. In a mouse model of experimental allergic asthma, the intranasal instillation of dust extracts from Amish but not Hutterite homes significantly inhibited airway hyperreactivity and eosinophilia. These protective effects were abrogated in mice that were deficient in MyD88 and Trif, molecules that are critical in innate immune signaling. CONCLUSIONS The results of our studies in humans and mice indicate that the Amish environment provides protection against asthma by engaging and shaping the innate immune response.

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Tunnicliffe, Susan Dale. "Talking about animals : studies of young children visiting zoos, a museum and a farm." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 1995. https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/talking-about-animals--studies-of-young-children-visiting-zoos-a-museum-and-a-farm(a105c4f2-ac03-4746-b48e-b42aa5858ff1).html.

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Gittner, Lisaann Schelli. "From Farm to Fat Kids: The Intersection of Agricultural and Health Policy." University of Akron / OhioLINK, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1254251814.

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Jensen, Jannie. "Grapes of Wrath : A burden of liquor carried by farm workers - a heritage borne by children." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper, KV, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-18200.

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The thesis deals with the difficulties concerning alcohol use and misuse among Coloured farm workers within the heart of the wine industry in South Africa. The current extent of alcohol use and misuse in the rural areas of the Western Cape Province is commonly referred to as the legacy of the dop system. The dop system was a legislative practice whereas farm workers were provided with small portions of cheap wine throughout the workday. The practice was racially targeted towards Coloureds and thus contributed to the creation of a dependent labour force and extensive alcohol-related difficulties among Coloured farm workers. The dop system was formally abolished in 1961 but the practice proceeded into the 1990s. Alcohol related difficulties do however tend to continue without signs of change. The main purpose of the study is to investigate how current difficulties of alcohol use and misuse affect children’s life outcome and educational opportunities. It has also been important to investigate various aspects of living and working conditions in the farm villages that may be linked to alcohol issues. Another aim is to determine contributing factors to the continuance of alcohol use and misuse despite the abolition of the dop system. The work has been conducted according to the method of oral history theories in order to provide a bottom up approach, thus allowing the perspectives and the stories of the farm workers themselves to come forth. Coloured farm workers in the region are largely affected by socio-economic concerns and uncertainty in regards of labour. Inexpensive and readily available alcohol in illegal liquor outlets, so-called shebeens, is a driving force to the consumption of alcohol. Farm workers are partly isolated upon the farm villages and commonly have limited opportunities of unionizing. This makes it crucial to let the farm workers and their families express how alcohol difficulties are manifested in and affecting their daily lives.

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Whittaker, Stuart. "A nutritional and socio-economic study of Philippi farm children and their mothers during November 1986." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27220.

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A community based survey to determine the nutritional status using anthropometric methods, of children and mothers and to assess certain socio-economic factors was carried out during November and December 1986 in Philippi, a predominantly vegetable farming area. Twenty-one (43%) of the 49 vegetable farms which were included in the study were selected by stratified random sampling. All children in the 0-6 year age group and their parents on the selected farms were included in the sample which consisted of 129 children and 212 parents. Questionnaires were administered and subjects' weights and heights were measured. It was found that 47% of children were below the National Centre for Health Statistics 5th percentile weight for age and 58% were under the 5th percentile height for age. There were 47 child deaths out of 279 births over a six-year period, thirty-four of which had occurred in the first year of life. Twenty eight percent of children had a birth weight of less than 2.5 kg. The number of cases of tuberculosis (10%) and severe diarrhoea (31%) contracted within the first year of life is unacceptably high. Twenty four percent of mothers were malnourished in terms of body mass index and fifty five percent of mothers were illiterate. Fifty nine percent of mothers were regular farm workers who worked for an average of 10.2 hours per day and a wage of R0.44 per hour. Grossly inadequate facilities existed for the care of children while the mothers worked. The average amount spent on food was insufficient to maintain normal nutrition. Although 91.5% of mothers breast fed their children and fed for a mean duration of 13.4 months, breast feeding was not exclusive. Supplementary feeding was introduced on average at 3 months of age. The long working hours of working mothers made it difficult for them to breast feed their children satisfactorily. Acceptance of the family planning services was high and immunisation cover was good. These statistics reflect the effects of extreme poverty and neglect of a community which is totally reliant on its employers for its livelihood. The parents poor educational level, coupled with their meagre financial and other physical resources gives them and their children little opportunity to improve their station in life and leaves them open to the scrounge of malnutrition and disease. Similarly, the dearth of educational and other child care facilities will ensure that this disastrous trend continues. A multidisciplinary approach, including active community involvement of both farmers and workers, to the many physical and social problems is urgently needed if the unacceptable human suffering is to be stopped.

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Johns, Robert Geraint. "From farm training to therapy : a case study in the history of social work from a macro-micro social policy perspective." Thesis, n.p, 2002. http://library7.open.ac.uk/abstracts/page.php?thesisid=86.

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Barnett, Jyl Marie. "Farm-to-school in Humboldt County : opportunities for economic growth for small farmers and strategies for change in public schools /." California : Humboldt State University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/2148/21.

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Moss, Ashley Ann. "Farm-to-School and Nutrition Education: Positively Affecting Elementary School-Aged Children's Nutrition Knowledge and Consumption Behavior." OpenSIUC, 2012. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/theses/889.

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Good nutrition is crucial. School-aged children battle social issues such as poor nutrition, childhood obesity, and minimal nutrition knowledge. This study was a quasi-experimental design analyzing the effects of CATCH curriculum with a Farm-to-School program to assess nutrition knowledge of third grade students, and to increase fruit and vegetable consumption behavior. Third grade boys and girls (n=65) participated in this study. The intervention consisted of two nutrition education classes and a farm tour. Data were collected at baseline and post intervention. Surveys assessed nutrition knowledge and fruit and vegetable consumption behavior. Data were analyzed with independent sample t-tests. Significant differences were found concerning knowledge of fiber and farm exposure (p<0.001). Knowledge of vitamins and minerals and reported vegetable consumption behavior at home and school were also significant (p<0.05). These findings suggest that CATCH nutrition education and farm tours can positively affect school-aged children's nutrition knowledge and consumption behavior.

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Shirinde, Kwena Sara. "The relationships between perceived benefits, barriers of participating in physical activity and physical activity levels of farm school children / Kwena Sara Shirinde." Thesis, North-West University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/5016.

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Participation in physical activity was found to be associated with health benefits. Lack of physical activity is a risk factor that may lead to mortality. The purpose of this study was to investigate the perceptions of barriers and benefits of participating in physical activity and the levels of physical activity and to investigate the relationships between perceived barriers and benefits of participating in physical activity and levels of physical activity in boys and girls attending farm schools in Alma-Vaalwater area. A total of 344 children (185 boys and 159 girls) aged 15 to 16 years completed a questionnaire on perceptions of barriers and benefits of participation in physical activity, and a Previous Day Physical Activity Recall (PDPAR) questionnaire on the levels of physical activity. The data was analysed using descriptive statistics, independent t-testing and correlations by means of SPSS (Version 15.0). The results show that barriers (with high mean values) experienced by boys to be physically active included lack of time, to do work/school work, and physical activity makes one sweat. In girls barriers experienced to be physically active included lack of time, to do work/school work and lack of equipments. With regard to the perceived benefits of participating in physical activity both boys and girls showed high mean values in to stay in good health, to feel well and to have energy. The results further showed that lack of equipments was negatively associated with participation in physical activity in boys and girls during the week and weekend days respectively. In addition girls showed a Significant relationship between to relieve stress and physical activity. Significant gender differences regarding the levels of physical activity with girls participating more in light physical activity than boys were found. This study recommended the need for the introduction of awareness programmes on physical activity as well as well-structured programmes of physical activity by qualified personnel geared towards the improvement of general well-being of children. More studies with a larger sample size are required to verify the present findings.
Thesis (M.A. (Human Movement Science))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2010.

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Bruno, H. Raven. "Farm to school an exploration of purchasing local foods for school cafeterias in southeastern North Carolina /." View electronic thesis (PDF), 2009. http://dl.uncw.edu/etd/2009-1/brunoh/hbruno.pdf.

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Chapman, Grace Estelle. "Educational programming recommendations for the family discovery garden / a national Family Garden Model at the American Horticultural Society's River Farm headquarters." Access to citation, abstract and download form provided by ProQuest Information and Learning Company; downloadable PDF file, 191 p, 2008. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1605142591&sid=4&Fmt=2&clientId=8331&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Izumi, Betty Tomoko. "Farm to school programs in public K-12 schools in the United States perspectives of farmers, food service professionals, and food distributors /." Diss., Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users, 2008.

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Michigan State University. Dept. of Community, Agriculture, Recreation and Resource Studies, 2008.
Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on July 7, 2009) Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-183). Also issued in print.

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Echeverría, Alexandra. "Effect of the consumption of farm animals on the diet and hemoglobin levels of school age children in the rural communities of Topo, Imbabura, Gualabi, Calpaqui, and Compania of the Imbabura province." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2007. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/5358.

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This research addressed malnutrition in the villages of Topo, Imbabura, Gualabí, Calpaquí and Compañía in the city Otavalo, which is in the Province of Imbaura, Ecuador. The research determined the effects of consumption of small-animals on the diet and hemoglobin levels in school aged boys and girls. This study involved 311 indigenous children between 6 and 12 years of age. Following parental authorization, blood tests and fecal samples were taken from each child to analyze hemoglobin and parasites. Additional information gathered from this study group included a socio-economic survey, frequency of food consumption, 24 hour inventory, animal production, and basic knowledge on anemia to compare the results with the normal standards. The results showed prevalent anemia, poor nutritional conditions, parasite presence, dietary iron deficiencies, and low school performance. Recommendations from these results include using dietary iron supplements and deworming children. This information increases community knowledge of the nutritional conditions of school children and how to improve these situations in general.

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Obertello, Olivia Oriana. "Stakeholders' Views about the Benefits, Challenges, and Opportunities of Primary Schools to Implement Farm to School Programs for Children in Southwestern Virginia." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/90290.

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Research suggests school-based interventions and health education programs can increase children's fruit and vegetable exposure and consumption to improve their diet quality and reduce the risk of diet-related chronic diseases during adulthood. Nevertheless, children have limited availability and access to fruits and vegetables in school environments, which is a barrier to healthy eating. Farm to school (FTS) programs are one of many synergistic interventions to increase children's intake of locally and regionally produced fruits and vegetables at school. In 2015, the United States (U.S.) Department of Agriculture reported that 42% of U.S. school districts and 57% of Virginia schools participated in FTS programs. However, there is a lack of research on FTS programs in Montgomery County, Virginia. This MS thesis describes a mixed-methods, Q Methodology study to explore the views of diverse stakeholders (n=14) regarding the benefits, opportunities, and challenges to implement FTS programs for children, aged 5-11 years, in primary schools in Montgomery County, Virginia. Objective 1 was used to identify and mapped stakeholders invested in or affected by FTS programs in Virginia. Objective 2 used Q Methodology and factor analysis to identify the views of stakeholders regarding the benefits, opportunities, and challenges of FTS programs in Montgomery County. Results found two factors that summarized all 14 participants' viewpoints. Factor one (n=12), Appreciators of Child-Centered Benefits and factor 2 (n=2), Advocates for Legislative Change. Objective 3 described policies and future actions needed to institutionalize and sustain FTS programs in Montgomery County and southwestern Virginia.
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Research suggests school-based interventions and health education programs can increase children’s fruit and vegetable exposure and consumption to improve their diet quality and reduce the risk of diet-related chronic diseases during adulthood. Nevertheless, children have limited availability and access to fruits and vegetables in school environments, which is a barrier to healthy eating. Farm to school (FTS) programs are one of many synergistic interventions to increase children’s intake of locally and regionally produced fruits and vegetables at school. In 2015, the United States (U.S.) Department of Agriculture reported that 42% of U.S. school districts and 57% of Virginia schools participated in FTS programs. However, there is a lack of research on FTS programs in Montgomery County, Virginia. This MS thesis describes a mixed-methods, Q Methodology study to explore the views of diverse stakeholders (n=14) regarding the benefits, opportunities, and challenges to implement FTS programs for children, aged 5- 11 years, in primary schools in Montgomery County, Virginia. Objective 1 identified and mapped stakeholders invested in or affected by FTS programs in Virginia. Objective 2 used Q Methodology and factor analysis to identify the views of stakeholders regarding the benefits, opportunities, and challenges of FTS programs in Montgomery County. Results found two factors that summarized all 14 participants’ viewpoints. Factor one (n=12), Appreciators of Child-Centered Benefits and factor 2 (n=2), Advocates for Legislative Change. Objective 3 described policies and future actions needed to institutionalize and sustain FTS programs in Montgomery County and southwestern Virginia.

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Asti, Lindsey. "Evaluating the Efficacy of an Educational Intervention on Childhood Work Safety Practices and Injury Risk for Children Living or Working on a Farm." The Ohio State University, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1593531435104691.

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Pierce, Lauren Esther. "At the Zoo and On the Farm: The Effects of an Initial Interview on Pre-Kindergarten Children?s Subsequent Recall and Resistance to Retroactive Interference." NCSU, 2006. http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/theses/available/etd-05102006-135205/.

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Despite the attention researchers have given to the effects of repeated interviews on eyewitness testimony, relatively few investigations have examined the effects of an initial interview on children?s event memory. This study added to the literature by investigating the effects of an initial interview on recall, resistance to retroactive interference, and source monitoring errors. One hundred four-year-old children were engaged in a staged event and were interviewed about this event 4 weeks later. Two between-participant factors, the presence or absence of an initial interview and the administration or lack of administration of a related event during the retention interval, were varied orthogonally. Children in the initial interview group demonstrated greater recall and more elaborations of the target event, regardless of whether or not they had experienced the intervening event. Among the children who were exposed to the intervening event, those who had the initial interview made fewer source monitoring errors than did those who did not have the interview. The findings are interpreted as indicating that an initial interview enhances young children?s memory reports by strengthening the memory trace and consolidating the event representation, at least under some conditions.

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Osei, Jennifer. "Potential contribution of African leafy vegetables to the nutritional status of children / J. Osei." Thesis, North-West University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/9191.

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Background: Children in South Africa are still affected by micronutrient deficiencies and children living in farm communities are especially vulnerable. African Leafy Vegetables (ALVs) are well endowed with micronutrients such as iron, zinc and vitamin A and might contribute to the nutritional status of children. However, these vegetables have been perceived as “poor people’s food” and over the years knowledge of and use of ALVs has decreased. Aim: This study assessed the potential contribution of ALVs to the nutritional status of children in a semi-rural farm community. Method: In this cross-sectional study, anthropometric indices, serum iron, zinc and retinol concentrations were determined in school children aged 5−13 years (n=155). Dietary intake of iron, zinc and vitamin A was evaluated by three 24-hour diet recalls of children (n=154). The iron, zinc and β-carotene content of selected ALVs was determined. Knowledge of and use of ALVs by primary caregivers was established using focus group discussions (FGDs). Descriptive statistics, independent t-tests, the Pearson Chi-Square Test and Mann-Whitney U Test were used. Anthropometric data were analysed using the World Health Organization Reference 2007 data. Dietary data were analysed using FoodFinder (version 3). Qualitative data from FGDs were translated, transcribed and color-coded to generate emerging themes. Results: Stunting (11%) was the most prevalent anthropometric indicator of malnutrition. This was supported by the low socio-economic status of households. Deficiency prevalence in iron (serum ferritin <15 μg/L; 15.5%) and vitamin A (serum retinol <20 μg/dL; 3.2%) was low. Zinc deficiency was the most prevalent (serum zinc <65 μg/dL; 74.8%) deficiency. Median dietary intake of iron, zinc and vitamin A was generally above the Estimated Average Requirement. ALVs were potentially good sources of iron, zinc and β-carotene and could contribute substantially to the Recommended Dietary Allowance for these nutrients in children, without taking into account inhibiting factors that might affect the bioavailability. Iron content of the ALVs studied ranged from 1.4−3.2 mg/100 g edible portion. Amaranthus cruentus was the best source of iron. Zinc content of the ALVs ranged from 0.7−1.4 mg/100g edible portions, with Cleome gynandra having the highest zinc composition. The β-carotene content of the ALVs ranged from 182−314 μg RAE/100 g edible portion, with both Amaranthus cruentus and Cleome gynandra being the best sources. Knowledge of ALVs and their use was indigenous and was transferred between generations. Caregivers had positive attitudes towards the use of ALVs. Conclusion: Although the prevalence of deficiencies was not severe (with exception of zinc deficiency), micronutrient deficiencies exist in the rural farm community studied. ALVs are potentially good sources of iron, zinc and β-carotene and might contribute to the nutritional status of school children. Knowledge of ALVs and the positive attitude and perceptions regarding their use by primary caregivers implied a potentially positive future response to interventions promoting consumption of ALVs in order to contribute to the alleviation of micronutrient deficiencies.
Thesis (MSc (Nutrition))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2013.

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Mongwa, Grace Kelebogile. "Effects of vegetables from a school garden, in a school feeding programme, on the school attendance rate and general health of children in a farm school / Grace Kelebogile Mongwa." Thesis, North-West University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/1044.

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Background Poverty in the rural areas often results in people being unable to buy the necessary food to feed their families and at the end, the children suffer, as they do not get the necessary foodstuffs needed for their development. Workers living in rural or agricultural communities do not have adequate access to basic primary health care facilities. Children need to be immunized and have regular check-ups during their developmental years and this is often lacking in farming communities. Farm workers and their children are also often denied access to other Government services. They are often not informed of services which are available and which will benefit them. Children attend schools without clean drinking water or proper sanitation, putting them at risk of disease. Some children travel far to reach the schools. A lack of state-funded transport from homes hinders access to education in commercial farming areas. Such exhausting conditions adversely affect the ability of these children to adequately participate in activities in the classroom. This results in poor performance, nonattendance or regular absence. Children from families who are dependent on employment on commercial farms for their livelihoods are vulnerable due to low education status of their parents/guardians, low pay, poor working conditions and dependence on the farmer. Project aim The main aim of the project was to investigate the effects of a daily vegetable meal on the health of farm school children. Objective of the study The specific objectives of this study were to evaluate the effects of vegetables in the school feeding programme over a 15 week period on: the school attendance in the experimental and control schools, the prevalence of infections, the occurrence of sores in the school going learners of both the experimental and the control schools. Research setting This study was part of the larger FLAGH (Farm Labour And General Health) programme that was a follow up of the THUSA study. The FLAGH programme consists of a number of different projects and studies mainly aimed at improving the nutritional status and quality of life of black South African farm dwellers in the North-West Province. Two schools in the Rysmierbult district were selected to participate in this study. One of the schools was used as a control school and the other school was used as the intervention (experimental) school. The vegetable garden in the experimental school started in 2003 and in the control school it was started in 2001. In 2004 after the school opened, the garden in the control school was not functional due to some reasons. Therefore the school was used as a control school as the learners were not fed vegetables each day. Subjects A total number of 109 primary school learners between the ages of 6 and 14 years old took part in the study. The intervention school enrolment was 70 learners at the beginning of the study and at week 7 to 15 it was 67, as 3 learners had left school with no reason. The control school enrolment was 42 learners. Study design It was a comparative evaluation intervention study with baseline and end measurements to assess the effects of vegetable gardens in farm schools to supplement the school feeding programme. This was a comparison study of two farms schools. The implementation of vegetable garden projects at schools was one of the interventions aimed at improving the nutritional status of the children. Research Methods Four types of instruments were used in the study namely: anthropometric measures (height and weight) were used to calculate the Body Mass Index (BMI) for age and Z-scores (by age) for all the children (Annexure 11), observation of the occurrence of skin sores and infection (Annexure I), a structured face-to-face interview for learners (Annexure Ill), a questionnaire for teachers to get their views towards the vegetable garden project (Annexure IV). Results The school attendance for the control school was throughout the 15 week intervention period better than the experimental school. Although the anthropometric measurements of learners at baseline in the experimental school differed statistically significantly from those in the control school it was of low practical significance (d<0.5). The learners in the experimental school were more undernourished (Z-score for weight for age: -1.86 and height for age: -1.55) than those in the control school (Z-score for weight for age: -0.99 and height for age: -1.37). Over the 15 week period the children in the control school got more undernourished (Z-score for weight for age: -1.34 and height for age: - 1.44) while the nutrition status of the children in the experimental school improved (Z-score for weight for age: - 1.65 and height for age: - 1.48). No differences in the occurrence of infections in the children were observed between the two schools. However, the results on the occurrence of skin sores indicated a highly significant (pThesis (M. Consumer Science)--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2006.

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Lesme, Anne. "L'enfant dans la photographie sociale américaine de 1888 a 1941 (Jacob A. Riis, Lewis W. Hine et des photographes dela Farm Security Administration) : enjeux sociaux et esthétiques." Thesis, Aix-Marseille, 2012. http://www.theses.fr/2012AIXM3122.

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La naissance de la photographie sociale aux États-Unis à la fin du XIXe siècle est contemporaine d'une place nouvelle accordée à l'enfant dans la structure familiale. Le contraste est grand entre l'enfant riche, sacralisé, à l'innocence louée dans les arts, et l'enfant pauvre, souvent exploité mais représenté de façon surtout pittoresque. Tout en mettant l'enfant pauvre au cœur de leurs préoccupations, les réformateurs font usage de la photographie dans une optique de progrès social et d'intervention où texte et image se révèlent indissociables, qu'il s'agisse de Jacob A. Riis, journaliste et photographe à New York à la fin du XIXe siècle et de l'engagement de Lewis W. Hine dans la lutte contre le travail des enfants avec le National Child Labor Committee, dans un contexte de forte immigration, d'industrialisation et d'urbanisation chaotique, ou des photographes de la Farm Security Administration à la fin des années 30 dans le cadre du New Deal. L'enfant est au centre d'une rhétorique qui s'appuie sur la dimension vivante et vraie de la photographie et sur son pouvoir émotionnel et il contribue à la définition d'un genre photographique : le documentaire social, dont le statut évolue sous l'effet de la diversification des modes de diffusion (presse, conférences, expositions, musée)
Social photography was born in the United States at the end of the 19th century at a time when children were beginning to occupy a new place in the family. There is a stark contrast between the rich children, who tend to be sanctified and whose innocence is praised through art, and the poor children, who are often exploited and depicted in a picturesque way. While putting poor children at the heart of their concerns, the reformers used photography as a means to promote social progress, in such a way that text and image prove to be indissociable. Such is the case with Jacob A. Riis, a journalist and photographer who worked in New York at the end of the 19th century, and Lewis W. Hine, through his commitment to the struggle against child labor with the National Child Labor Committee (at a time marked by high immigration, rapid industrialization, and chaotic urbanization), as well as the photographers who worked for the Farm Security Administration at the end of the 1930s within the New Deal. Children are at the heart of a rhetorical system that exploits the vivid and truthful dimensions of photography and its power to move us. They contribute to the emergence of a new genre of photography, social documentary photography, which evolved according to the various ways in which it was disseminated (the press, conferences, exhibitions, and museums). While the cause of children is most often defended and while they maintain their status as subjects in these photographs, the ways in which they are depicted through different means of communication and dissemination sometimes turn them into mere objects

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Russell, Steve Griffith. "Understanding the succession process and the influence of family members in micro-sized family businesses : a qualitative study of how family business owners and their succeeding and non-succeeding children influence the process of succession in Canadian family farm businesses." Thesis, University of Bradford, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.679045.

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Hägerström, Sara. "Samverkan mellan skola, socialtjänst och polis : Tre aktörers uppfattning om samverkan kring elever som far illa eller riskerar att fara illa." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Institutionen för beteendevetenskap och lärande, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-119617.

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Syftet med studien var att få förståelse för hur aktörer som arbetar i skolan, hos polisen och inom socialtjänsten uppfattar sin samverkan med de andra aktörerna kring elever som far illa eller riskerar att fara illa, samt vad de ser som framgångsbärande faktorer och utvecklingsbara områden i samverkan. Studien är kvalitativ och empirin är insamlad med hjälp av webenkäter. Dataanalysen är genomförd med tematisk analys där olika teman utlästs. Resultaten visar att samverkan upplevs som såväl positiv som utvecklingsbar och att de olika aktörerna har olika bilder av hur väl samverkan fungerar. I diskussionen kopplas resultaten till tidigare forskning och litteratur och de framgångsbärande faktorer som respondenterna tar upp, överensstämmer till stor del med tidigare forskning, men även fler goda exempel på framgångsbärande faktorer kommer fram. Flera av de utvecklingsbara områden som tas upp i studien har funnits med i tidigare forskning, men ytterligare exempel framkommer också. I analysen dras paralleller till studiens olika teoretiska perspektiv. Sammantaget finns det på många punkter en överensstämmelse mellan denna studies resultat och den empiriska forskning som tidigare gjorts i ämnet, men även en del nya exempel tas upp som vidare kan utveckla specialpedagogiska verksamheter.

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Englund, Ulrika. "Samverkansprojekt, och sen då? : en uppföljande studie av samverkansprocessen kring barn och unga som far illa eller riskerar att fara illa." Doctoral thesis, Örebro universitet, Institutionen för hälsovetenskaper, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-57010.

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Satisfactory collaboration regarding children and youth in need of a comprehensive support is particularly important. Despite extensive research on collaborative work, knowledge of long term development of the collaboration process is lacking. The present thesis concerns inter-organizational collaboration within the framework of a former Swedish policy effort – focusing collaboration between schools, social services, police and the child and youth psychiatry – for the benefit of children and young people in distress or at risk. Applying a critical realist perspective, the overall aim of the thesis is to describe how former collaboration projects develop over time, and to identify significant mechanisms within this development. Through three questionnaire studies, the collaborative process development within the same collaborative settings is described (n=66) over a period of close to seven years. Estimations of 58 collaboration quality indicators within three categories *rules and regulations, *structural aspects and *shared perspectives/ consensus were collected at baseline in 2008, after one year at the final project stage in 2009, as well as five years after the project period (and the policy effort) ended, in 2014 (n=38). Two developmental trends occur: I) an overall positive trend and II) a negative trend on a comprehensive level. I) Collaboration on the target group has increased over time, are mainly incorporated into permanent organizational structures and is judged to have worked well/very well over time. II) Overall deteriorations of high estimates of the 58 quality indicators for collaborations is seen over the five year period, following the project period. However, less dramatic changes is noted on quality indicators concerning shared perspectives/consensus than on matters regarding rules and regulations and structural aspects. Five mechanisms of particular importance for the collaboration development are identified: anchoring, holistic perspectives, engagement, knowledge and clarity.

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Iranmahboob, Jalil. "Childhood mortality and development in Iran : an empirical analysis of Fars province, 1986-91." Thesis, McGill University, 1996. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=35665.

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The primary purpose of this dissertation is to assess the extent to which household characteristics and behaviours exert their effects both directly and indirectly on childhood mortality through the more proximate factors that can be measured within the context of society. A child mortality model, primarily based on Mosley and Chen's framework, is developed by linking individual and societal factors. Then the model is tested with empirical data from the Fars Province of Iran. The survey data were collected in 1991--92 in five counties of Fars. It consisted of 10665 interviews and covered 67 villages 14 towns and one city. Three sampling techniques were employed: (1) proportional stratified sampling; (2) cluster sampling; and (3) simple random sampling.
Three levels of analysis were carried out in this thesis: individual, societal and contextual. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis were done for subsets of variables based on the child mortality model that were identified to be good predictors of child mortality and which were also identified theoretically as proximate and intervening variables.
The individual level analysis reveals that place of residence, education of the mother, and occupation of the father from the socio-economic, factors; and age of marriage of mothers, pregnancy order, and pregnancy age from demographic factors; and visiting doctors during pregnancy, type of delivery, pregnancy duration, birth weight, and vaccination from the health status factors; and housing quality are the important determinants of child mortality in Fars.
At the societal level, rural setting, the literacy rate of the villages and assets indexed by sheep per capita are the important determinants of child mortality. Also child mortality rate differentials were found to be compatible with that of additive developmental index of regions (counties).
Contextual analysis shows that birth weight, pregnancy duration, pregnancy order, and house facilities are, in Iran, significant predictors of child mortality. Among all the variables, these variables appear to be the most proximate variables and the other variables, including socio-economic and demographic variables, significant intervening variables.
The results of this dissertation support the claim that child mortality can be a sensitive indicator of human development and quality of life both at the individual and societal levels. Most significantly it appears to be prerequisite to fertility decline. The most important finding from these analyses is that child mortality is influenced both by the individual's characteristics as well as by community characteristics. In better words, social organisation as proposed in the child mortality model matters.

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Bogle, Ryan Heath. "Beyond Instability: How Do Children Fare in Long-Term Cohabiting Unions?" Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1277143411.

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Bellman, Angelica, and Jenny Lundqvist. "Pedagogers anmälningsplikt : - att anmäla barn som far illa." Thesis, Stockholm University, Department of Special Education, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-8658.

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In 1998 the Swedish legislation was sharpened, and active educationalists were legally bound to report any suspicion of child maltreatment. Nevertheless, there are a number of unrecorded cases of maltreated children, and research reveals that less than half of these children are reported to social services (Olsson, 2001). The purpose of the present study was to illustrate the problems with the mandatory reports in schools, as well as to study how educationalists proceed when they suspect that a child is maltreated. The method consisted of semi-structured interviews with five educationalists. The results revealed complex problems regarding educationalists mandatory reports. The procedures and routines varied and seem to be dependent on the educationalists, schools, and situations. The results also exposed the lack of official support in form of policy procedure manuals. Conclusion was that educationalists defined maltreated children in different ways, and in addition educationalists were not aware of the full significance of the mandatory reporting, even though they were aware of that they had a duty to report.

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Jeppsson, Amelie, and Ann-Louise Zander. "Barn och föräldrar i den sociala barnavården : då och nu." Thesis, Kristianstad University, School of Health and Society, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hkr:diva-6653.

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The social policy defines what is social problems. There is no clear scientific explanation to why children fare badly and unity in what constitutes a bad parenthood that leads to deficiency of care (Sundell&Egelund 2000). The society's values are fickle and influences what to be defined as social problems. In the prevailing period, the discourse produces the social norm (Claezon 2004).

The aim with this study was to examine which children that fare badly and attitudes about it the good and the insufficient parenthood between 1921-1923 and 1997-2007. The survey was a qualitative file study in witch we studied child welfare. Resemblances and differences have also been studied between these two periods. This in order to get a grasp on what has been changed and what is left of the old times and still influence the modern society in child welfare.

Our theoretical starting point is the power of the discourse.Children that are considered fare badly and the attitude of what defines good parenthood is shaped by the cultural values of society that is made visible in child welfare. Through this theoretical perspectives, children, young people and parents that are defined as deviant with shortcomings and imperfection that is to be corrected by the society’s measures. Fahlgren (1999) claims that discourse vary both historically and cultural in the society and its aim is to create order and truth within different areas and is also based on views about interpretation in the society. This is how norms are created of what is considered to be normal.

The result of our study shows that the social welfare of children is influenced by attitudes within society. The prevailing discourse influence how society defines which children fare badly and that the conception is about good respective insufficient parenthood. This is changed over time and characterized of the society's cultural and historical contexts.

Keywords: child welfare, children fare badly, parenthood

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Fagerberg, Karin, and Bodil Forenius. "Fysisk aktivitet på recept (FaR®) till barn och ungdomar : Familjens upplevelser av att ordineras FaR®." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för folkhälso- och vårdvetenskap, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-200494.

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Bakgrund: Övervikt är ett ökande problem bland barn och ungdomar. Ett försök att minska denna problematik är att fysisk aktivitet på recept (FaR®) ordineras. Hur detta upplevs av barnen/ungdomarna och deras föräldrar är inte klarlagt. Syfte: Syftet med denna studie var att undersöka hur barn/ungdomar och deras föräldrar upplevde bemötande och information i samband med att få fysisk aktivitet på recept ordinerat samt vad de hade för förväntningar på detta. Metod: Studien utgjordes av en deskriptiv design med kvalitativ data, i form av semi-strukturerade intervjuer med familjer vars barn/ungdomar förskrivits FaR®. Resultat: De flesta familjer var nöjda med kontakten med Friskvårdslotsen och upplevde en trygghet i att någon följde upp hur arbetet fortskred. Ordinationen av FaR® hade fått vissa deltagare att börja fokusera mer på kosten. Bemötandet från såväl förskrivande personal som Friskvårds-lotsen har av majoriteten upplevts som gott. Att en uppföljning görs ansågs positivt och gav en ökad drivkraft i arbetet med FaR®. Ett flertal deltagare uttryckte att informationen vid förskrivningen inte var så omfattande men att detta senare klarnade. Slutsats: Studien visar att både barn/ungdomar som ordinerats FaR® och deras föräldrar överlag är nöjda med såväl information som bemötande. Förväntningarna och hur väl dessa uppfylldes påverkades dock av vilken information som gavs i samband med förskrivningen samt under det fortsatta arbetet.
Background: Obesity is a growing problem among children and young people. An attempt to reduce this problem is to prescribe exercise on prescription (FaR®). How this is experienced by children/young people and their parents are not clear. Aim: The aim of this study was to examine how children/young people and their parents experienced the attitude and information associated with getting exercise on prescription prescribed and what expectations they had on this. Method: The study was a descriptive design with qualitative data, in the form of semi-structured interviews with families whose children/young people prescribed exercise on prescription. Results: Most families were satisfied with the contact with Friskvårdslotsen and experienced a safety that someone followed up on how the work progressed. Exercise on prescription made some participants begin to focus more on the diet. The attitude from prescribing staff as well as Friskvårdslotsen has the majority perceived as good. Follow-ups were seen as positive and gave a further impetus to the work of exercise on prescription. Several participants expressed that the information on the prescription was not as extensive, but this later cleared. Conclusion: The study shows that both children/young people that are prescribed exercise on prescription and their parents are generally satisfied with both information and attitude. Expectations and how well these were met, however, affected by the information given in relation to the prescribing and during subsequent work.

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Persson, Jenny, and Cecilia Andersson. "Betydelsen av en plan : En analys av integrationsarbete med ensamkommande barn." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Malmö högskola, Institutionen för socialt arbete (SA), 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-39436.

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In 2015 a number of 35 000 unaccompanied children came to Sweden with hopes of having a brighter future and finding some sort of safety. There are many reasons as to why unaccompanied children seek asylum, escaping a war-town country, human trafficking and forced marriage are just a few to be named. It is common that these children carry traumatic experiences from their flight which needs to be taken care of, otherwise these children risk their health and wellbeing. With this study we aim to analyze how the guidelines regarding integration work from Malmö Stad respond to the children’s needs. To do this we have compared the guidelines with a mapping made by Socialstyrelsen (the National Board of Health and Welfare) as well as with previous research by scientific articles and by applying theories. The results show that the needs of unaccompanied children are complex, and that it is challenging to provide what is needed. For one to establish themselves in a new country, it takes a lot of different elements of the integration work that are all depending on one another. If one element isn’t fulfilled the other elements are at risk of enabling the integration process. Malmö Stads guidelines have many important elements in mind and it clearly shows that they care for the wellbeing of unaccompanied children. By applying theories the analysis gained a critical perspective of the guidelines and the actual work practice. A well worded plan regarding integration brings awareness regarding the needs of unaccompanied children, that later will spread throughout the operation and society as a whole.

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Olofsson, Anne, and Camilla Israelsson. "Barn som far illa : Children who suffer of negligence- from teachers point of view." Thesis, Växjö University, School of Education, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:vxu:diva-1314.

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SAMMANFATTNING

Växjö universitet

Institutionen för pedagogik

Pedagogik med inriktning mot ungdoms-

och missbrukarvård, C- uppsats 10p

Titel: Barn som far illa ur ett lärarperspektiv.

Engelsk titel: Children who suffer of negligence -from teachers

point of view.

Författare: Camilla Israelsson och Anne Olofsson.

Handledare: Ylva Benderix.

Datum: Mars 2007.

Antal sidor: 30

Nyckelord: Barn som far illa, lärarrollen, pedagogik, psykologi,

anknytning.

SAMMANFATTNING:

Studiens syfte är att belysa lärares erfarenheter av barn som far illa, hur lärare uppmärksammar barnet och vilka insatser som görs i skolan när ett barn far illa. Vi har använt hermeneutisk vetenskapstradition, kvalitativ metod med halvstrukturerade intervjufrågor. Bowlby och von Wright har använts som teoretiska utgångspunkter. Deltagare i studien var sju låg- och mellanstadielärare, med olika lång yrkeserfarenhet inom skolan. Resultaten visar vidden av barn som far illa ur ett lärarperspektiv, samt att omsorgssvikt och föräldrarnas brister oftast var den största orsaken. Insatserna som utfördes varierade från fall till fall, med olika utfall, anmälan eller inte. Lärarna efterlyser mer utbildning kring området i lärarutbildning och fortbildning. Avsaknaden av utbildning om barn som far illa för lärare, gör att vi anser att framtida forskning är högst relevant för att minimera risken att dessa barn inte uppmärksammas av skolans personal.

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Lorenz, Megan Galligan. "Close, far, wherever they are: how young children code relative proximity to a landmark." Diss., University of Iowa, 2019. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/6987.

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This investigation examined whether children can code the relative proximity of two objects to a landmark and whether they use verbal or nonverbal strategies to remember a target location. Two- to 2.5-year-olds completed a memory task where they watched an experimenter hide two different toys in two identical containers placed 2 and 12 inches from a landmark. The experimenter either used neutral language (e.g., “here”; Experiment 1) or spatial labels (e.g., “close/far”; Experiment 2) to describe objects’ hiding locations. After hiding, children were carried outside the enclosure to a new viewpoint during a 10-second delay and then looked for a target toy. Experiment 2 also included language measures: parent reports of children’s general and relational vocabularies and performance on a language task, which measured children’s understanding of spatial (close/far) and color (red/blue) terms. We found that children successfully coded relative to proximity to a landmark in the memory task. However, hearing spatial labels during hiding in Experiment 2 did not improve performance relative to Experiment 1, and children’s spatial term comprehension in the language task did not predict memory task performance. We also found that children’s productive relational vocabulary predicted memory task performance; however, children’s color term comprehension in the language task was the strongest overall predictor of memory task performance. Collectively, these results suggest that children initially rely on a nonverbal strategy when coding relative proximity to a landmark in a memory task and that children who are better at forming abstract categories may code relative proximity more successfully.

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Simões, Clàudia Sofia Plácido Gonçalves. "A adoção no Algarve: um estudo do Refúgio Aboim Ascenção em Faro e a Casa da Primeira Infância em Loulé." Master's thesis, Universidade de Évora, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10174/15310.

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A adoção no Algarve: um estudo do Refúgio Aboim Ascensão em Faro e a Casa da Primeira Infância em Loulé . O objetivo deste trabalho consistiu numa abordagem para a compreensão e eventuais pistas para as soluções na problemática da adoção em Portugal. Para que esse estudo fosse mais rigoroso, optei pela seleção de duas das Instituições de referência no Algarve em matéria de adoção. Utilizei a análise de conteúdo categorial temática seguindo um procedimento aberto de análise. A Observação participante foi uma constante neste trabalho, pois considerei que o facto de sentir, olhar e estar perto das situações me ajudaria na descrição e numa maior fiabilidade do que escreveria no trabalho. Apesar de existirem muitos casais de pais adoptantes, foi extremamente difícil chegar até eles e conseguirmos extrair as dificuldades que sentiram em todo o processo; ABSTRACT: The aim of this study was an approach to understanding and possible clues to the solutions in the problem of adoption in Portugal. For this study was more rigorous, I opted for the selection of two of the institutions of reference in the Algarve on adoption. I used the categorical content analysis following an open thematic analysis. The participant observation was a constant in this work because I felt that the fact that feel, look and be close to help me in describing situations and greater reliability than write at work. Although there are many pairs of adoptive parents, it was extremely difficult to reach them and we can extract the difficulties they experienced in the whole process.

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Holubová, Hana. "Včelí farma s prvky inovací." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2015. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-264048.

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The aim of the thesis is to create a business plan Bee farm U Králů in the region Šumava. The main activity of bee farm is the production of bee products. Thesis also deals with the problem of loss of beekeepers and the lack of awareness of this discipline in the Czech Republic through the beekeeping club, apitourism and bee educational trail. Bee farm is also pathfinder on the Czech market in the sphere apitherapy. The contribution of the thesis is in the support of beekeeping and in the production of quality products.

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Cockerill, C. A. "Is there a child health premium for the safety of children on farms? : evidence from valuation and experimental studies." Thesis, Queen's University Belfast, 2006. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.431642.

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Smyth, Terry. "The roots of remembrance : tracing the memory practices of the children of Far East prisoners of war." Thesis, University of Essex, 2017. http://repository.essex.ac.uk/20008/.

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This thesis is about the children of former Far East prisoners of war (FEPOWs): their memories of childhood, how they fashioned those memories in adulthood, and the relationship between the two. The FEPOW experience reverberated through postwar family life, and continued to shape the lives of participants across the intervening decades. Although a great deal is now known about the hardships suffered by the men, captivity had a deep and enduring impact on their children, but their history is rarely heard, and poorly understood. In Roots of Remembrance I investigate the lives of these children through in-depth interviews, using a psychosocial approach to both interviews and analysis. By tracing intergenerational transmission through the life course, I show that the memory practices of the children of Far East POWs had psychosocial roots in the captivity experiences of their fathers. For some, childhood was coloured by overt physical or psychological trauma; for others, what passed as a ‘normal’ upbringing led later to a pressing desire to discover more about their fathers’ wartime histories. My research demonstrates the need for a more nuanced and holistic approach to understanding intergenerational trauma transmission within this particular group. I argue that participants made creative use of memory practices across the course of their lives to revisit, review and reconstruct their relationships with their fathers, in order to reach an accommodation with their childhood memories. Findings include the value of attachment theory in understanding the associations between childhood experience and later memory practices, the role of the body and other implicit means of transmitting trauma, and the need for a greater awareness of the impact of cumulative and complex trauma within these families. Finally, I conclude that the psychosocial methodology enabled me to access areas of subjectivity and intersubjectivity that might otherwise have remained in the shadows.

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Svensson, Birgitta. "Barn som riskerar att fara illa i sin hemmiljö : Utmaningar i ett förebyggande perspektiv." Doctoral thesis, Karlstads universitet, Institutionen för hälsovetenskaper, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-26456.

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Baksidestext Barnmisshandel är ett omfattande folkhälsoproblem med långsiktiga negativa konsekvenser för den enskilda individen och för samhället i stort. Förebyggande insatser kan vara livsavgörande för de utsatta barnen. Denna avhandlings övergripande syfte var att öka kunskapen om barn som riskerar att fara illa i sin hemmiljö samt att identifiera utmaningar i ett förebyggande perspektiv. Två områden har studerats: (1) Våld mot barn med långvarig sjukdom/funktionsnedsättning (2) Förskolan som upptäckande och stödjande arena Gemensamt för inriktningarna är att barn med långvarig sjukdom/funktionsnedsättning och barn i förskoleåldern utgör särskilt sårbara grupper, som löper ökad risk att fara illa i sin hemmiljö. De har också unik kontakt med professionella med möjlighet att upptäcka och agera vid oro. Avhandlingen bygger på fyra delstudier; en nationell kartläggning riktad till skolelever, en intervjustudie med föräldrar samt två förskolestudier. Resultaten från studierna diskuteras utifrån identifierade utmaningar i ett förebyggande perspektiv. Utmaningarna inkluderar emotionella hinder samt behov av ett mer nyanserat och proaktivt förhållningssätt för att kunna utveckla tidiga insatser till barn och föräldrar.
The aim with this thesis was to increase the knowledge about children at risk of maltreatment and to identify challenges in a preventive perspective. Two areas have been studied; Physical abuse of children with chronic conditions/disabilities and Detection and support within the pre-school environment. Four data sets were used: a national survey of school children (I), an in-depth interview study with parents (II) and two pre-school studies (III, IV). I-II: Chronic conditions in children increase the risk for physical abuse, but vary with socio-economic circumstances. The highest risk for physical abuse was found among children with chronic conditions born outside Sweden. The subsequent study revealed direct risk factors related to parent and child (emotional demands in precarious situations), and indirect risk factors related to parent and professional (gradual shift in responsibility and emotionally closed environment) and social norms (taboo on talking about abuse). III-IV: Preschool staff suspected child maltreatment for two percent of the preschool children. In less than half of the cases, the parents were informed and a report to social services was made in a third of the cases. The most common reason for not making a report was that the staff believed that the pre-school had sufficient resources to help the child. In the subsequent study, preschool teachers’ concerns about the child’s home environment were explored in a broader perspective over a one year period. The study showed that concern for the children’s home situation related to increased concern for several aspects of children’s health and development, increased need of special support in preschool, insufficient contact with parents, and lower parental socioeconomic status. The results are discussed according to identified challenges in a preventive perspective. These include emotional obstacles for prevention and a need for a more nuanced and proactive professional approach to enable early support to children at risk of maltreatment and their parents.

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Petersson, Kristin, and Elna Magnusson. "Från misstanke till anmälan av barn som far illa : En studie om pedagogers ansvarstagande och inställning till anmälningsplikt." Thesis, Jönköping University, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-961.

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Syftet med studien är att undersöka pedagogers ansvarstagande och inställning till anmälningsplikt av barn som far illa. Vi vill också ta reda på om de ändrar sitt förhållnings- och arbetssätt gentemot det utsatta barnet och barngruppen samt om pedagogerna anser att de får tillräckligt med stöd vid en anmälningsprocess.

I studien har vi valt att använda oss av enkäter. Vi delade ut enkäterna till alla pedagoger på två olika skolor. Av 44 utdelade enkäter fick vi tillbaka 33 och vi använde oss av 32 stycken.

Resultatet visar att flertalet av pedagogerna var medvetna om anmälningsprocessen av barn som far illa. De som anmält misstanke om barn som far illa till socialtjänsten kände känslor som exempelvis ledsamhet, osäkerhet och psykisk påfrestning. Hälften av pedagogerna hade inte anmält misstanke och den främsta anledningen var att de inte stött på barn som far illa. Andra anledningar var känslor som osäkerhet och rädsla. Många ansåg att de inte förändrade förhållningssätt gentemot barnet och barngruppen. De pedagoger som ansåg sig delvis ha förändrat sitt förhållningssätt kommenterade det som att de kände mer förståelse och var mer observanta mot barnet. Flertalet av pedagogerna kände att de fick tillräckligt med stöd vid en anmälan, stödet kom från exempelvis rektor/ledning, specialpedagog och arbetslag. Majoriteten ansåg att det behövs mer kunskap om barn som far illa och anmälningsprocessen.

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Block, Frida, and Jessica Johansson. "Modig eller rar, vad sa far? : En studie om Kamratpostens framställning av flickors och pojkars fritid." Thesis, Linnaeus University, Linnaeus University, Linnaeus University, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-5720.

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The aim of this study was to shed light on how journalists describe the child’s world and what gender labels are used in their descriptions. We wanted to get a better understanding of what happens when gender is constructed.

In order to study how gender is constructed, we chose to examine how the children’s magazine Kamratposten describes children’s spare time. We chose Kamratposten because it turns to both girls and boys. In order to analyze the paper, we chose to do a discourse analysis, and used Norman Fairclough’s and Ylva Brune’s analytical models. When we analyzed the texts we studied previous research and theories about children, gender and media.

We analyzed how Kamratposten constructs girls and boys spare time. We made a qualitative content analysis of 20 articles and found that the 1700s views on gender still exist.

Thus Kamratposten ascribes girls and boys different gender roles, different behavior and activities in the articles studied. Girls seem to still be positioned in the private surroundings of the home, while boys are positioned in the public sphere. Another difference noted between the genders is the construction of a serious passive and productive girl, and a playful active mostly non-productive boy.

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Jönsson, Helene, and Filippa Arnhed. "“Är man närvarande är det ju sällan någon fara” - En kvalitativ studie om pedagogers förhållningssätt till barns risktagande." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS), 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-32169.

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Syftet med vår studie är att undersöka hur pedagogers förhållningssätt skapar förutsättningar för barns risktagande i lek. Risktagande i lek definieras i studien som spännande fysisk lek med inslag av ovisshet och oförutsägbarhet, med eventuell risk för skador (Sandseter, 2012). För att komma fram till resultatet har vi utgått från två forskningsfrågor: Hur påverkar pedagogers förhållningssätt barns möjligheter i lek? Vilka strategier har pedagoger för att hantera risktagande i lek? För att få svar på dessa forskningsfrågor har en kvalitativ studie genomförts. Studien är baserad på Sandseters (2010) kategorier av risktagande i lek (höga höjder, höga hastigheter, farliga verktyg, farliga platser, brottningslek samt att försvinna/gå vilse). Detta kombinerades med en skala utvecklad av Little och Eager (2010) där barns risktagande graderas utifrån hur stor skaderisk som finns samt om beteendet räknas som positivt eller negativt risktagande. Vår insamling av empiriskt material inleddes med en fokusgruppsintervju utifrån semistrukturerade frågor för att ta del av förskollärares tankar kring barns risktagande och deras strategier för att hantera det. Därefter följde ett flertal observationer i förskoleverksamhet för att undersöka barnens möjligheter till risktagande i lek. Slutligen integrerades det empiriska materialet med redan existerande forskning i fältet. Vårt resultat visar att pedagoger agerar utifrån sina olika förhållningssätt och hanterar barns risktagande främst genom en individuell bedömning i varje situation. Denna bedömning grundar sig på pedagogens uppfattning av skaderisken och ansvaret för barnens säkerhet. Pedagogen har således makten att styra barnens lek och därmed hur barnen utvecklar sin förmåga till egen riskbedömning.
The purpose of this study is to investigate how attitudes of preschool practitioners create conditions for children’s risk-taking in play. In the present study, risky-play is defined as exciting physical play, with elements of uncertainty and unpredictability, with a potential risk of injury (Sandseter, 2012). This work is based on the following questions: How do preschool practitioners’ attitudes affect children’s play? What strategies do preschool practitioners use to manage risk-taking in play? A qualitative study was conducted, based on Sandseters (2010) six categories of risk-taking: play with great heights, play with high speed, play with dangerous tools, play near dangerous elements, rough-and-tumble play, and play where the children can ”disappear”/get lost. These were combined with a scale developed by Little and Eager (2010), where children’s risk-taking behaviour was graded based on how great the risk of injury was, and if the behaviour was considered as positive or negative risk-taking. Our collecting of empirical data was initiated through a focus group interview. Using semi-structured questions, we gathered information on perspectives and management strategies of preschool practitioners towards children's risk-taking. Thereafter, several observations of preschool activities investigated children’s opportunities for risk-taking in play. This material was then integrated with existing research in the field. Our results show that practitioners act based on their own attitudes, and manage children’s risk-taking mainly through individual assessment in each situation. This assessment originates from the practitioner’s perception of the risk of injury, as well as their responsibility for the child's safety. Therefore, the practitioner has the power to control the children’s play, consequently influencing their ability to develop risk-assessment skills.

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Balestrin, Élister Lílian Brum. "As estratégias de inserção dos agricultores familiares no Programa de Alimentação Escolar de Capitão Leônidas Marques." Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, 2014. http://repositorio.utfpr.edu.br/jspui/handle/1/861.

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O presente trabalho tem por objetivo analisar as estratégias de inserção dos agricultores familiares no Programa de Alimentação Escolar (PAE) de Capitão Leônidas Marques - PR. Para tal, foi realizada uma pesquisa com 19 agricultores familiares, visando caracterizar quem são os agricultores que acessaram o PAE do município entre 2010-2012; identificar se a adesão do agricultor familiar a esse mercado institucional promoveu mudanças e adaptações no processo produtivo para se adequar as normas do PAE; evidenciar os interesses que conduzem os agricultores familiares ao Programa e como esses conseguem atender as demandas e, com isso, intensificam a relação com o mercado. Constatou-se que, os agricultores entrevistados estão organizados de forma individual e contam com apoio da gestão do Programa no município para enfrentar as adequações às normas e ao processo burocrático que envolve o acesso ao PAE. Adaptaram-se as necessidades da logística de entrega e a organização produtiva de acordo com o proposto pelo funcionamento do Programa. Por conseguinte, são agricultores que mantém particularidades enquanto um formato social que não se define apenas pelas relações com o mercado, porque a relação terra, trabalho e família contem um patrimônio que é material, mas também sociocultural e está presente nas estratégias de inserção desses fornecedores na alimentação escolar. Esses agricultores familiares criam estratégias no sentido de dinamizar a produção contando com as condições necessárias e disponíveis para desempenhar seu trabalho, como o espaço para plantar e a mão de obra necessária para garantir renda familiar suficiente para sua reprodução. Evidenciou-se que os interesses que conduzem os entrevistados a acessarem o PAE estão relacionados à venda garantida com bons preços, agregação de valor ao seu produto com possibilidade de abertura a outros mercados e o reconhecimento social do agricultor familiar como fornecedor de alimentos de qualidade. Portanto, os agricultores entrevistados são motivados pelo desejo de continuar como fornecedores individuais devido à facilidade de negociação, garantia de preço, venda direta, agilidade no processo de venda e recebimento, além de aprovação do modelo de compra da agricultura familiar para o PAE. São atores sociais que demonstraram ser capazes de atenderem as demandas impostas pelas regras deste mercado, criando suas próprias estratégias de permanência nos mercados institucionais.
This current study aimed to analyze the strategies of insertion of family farmers in School Feeding Program (PAE) of Capitão Leonidas Marques - PR. To this end, a survey of 19 farmers was conducted. We sought to further to characterize whom are farmers who accessed the PAE of the county from 2010-2012, identifying the membership of the family farmer to that promoted institutional market changes and adaptations in the production process to suit the standards of PAE; highlight the concerns that lead farmers familiar with the program and how these can meet the demands and thereby intensify the relationship with the market. It was found that respondents farmers are organized individually and have the support of program management in the municipality to address the adjustments to the rules and the bureaucratic process involving access to PAE. Adapted to the needs of the logistics of delivery and productive organization according to the proposed operation of the program. Consequently, farmers are keeping particularities as a social form that is not defined only for relations with the market, because the relationship land, labor and family contains a heritage that is material, but also sociocultural and is present in the strategies of integration of these suppliers in school. These farmers create strategies to boost production relying on the necessary and available to perform your job, as the space to plant and manpower required to ensure sufficient reproduction household income conditions. Showed that the interests that lead respondents to access the PAE are related to guaranteed sale with good prices, adding value to your product with the possibility of opening other markets and social recognition of the family farmer as a supplier of quality food. Therefore, the farmers interviewed are motivated by the desire to continue as individual suppliers due to the ease of trading, price guarantee, direct selling, efficient sales and receiving process, and approval of purchase model of family farming for PAE. Are social actors who demonstrated able to meet the demands imposed by the rules of the market, create their own strategies for staying in institutional markets.

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Munthali, Justice. "Food Accessibility and Nutrition Status of Tenant Women of Reproductive Age and Under-Five Children on Smallholder Tobacco Farms in the Northern Malawi." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/63282.

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Introduction: Lack of evidence-based information is an impediment to improve the food security and nutrition status of vulnerable tobacco tenant women and their children on smallholder farms in Malawi. Aim: To assess and describe the food accessibility and nutrition status of the tobacco tenant women of reproductive age and their under-five children on smallholder farms, as well as to determine and report correlational relationships amongst demographic and socio-economic factors, food accessibility measurements and nutrition status indicators. Design: Quantitative cross-sectional descriptive correlational study. Setting: Bwengu, Engucwini and Njuyu Extension Planning Areas, Mzimba North district, Malawi. Sample: 110 women of reproductive age sampled through a proportional systematic random sampling technique, and their 139 under-five children. The sample size was calculated using nQuery version 7 software based on 47% prevalence of malnutrition among under-five children in Malawi, estimated at 95% CI to the accuracy of 10%. Methodology: Data were captured through face-to-face interviews during the hunger season. Food accessibility was captured using the Household Food Insecurity Access Scale (HFIAS), Household Hunger Scale (HHS), Months of Adequate Household Food Provisioning (MAHFP) and Individual Dietary Diversity Scale (IDDS). Nutrition status was measured using anthropometry according to standard protocol. WHO Anthro software was used to compute Z-scores (W/A, H/A, W/H and BMI/A) for children, based on WHO standards. Microsoft Excel was used to calculate BMI for women, based on WHO cut-off points. Stata software was used to compute regression analyses to establish correlational relationships between independent and dependent variables. Ethical approval was obtained from the University of Pretoria, Natural and Agriculture Science Committee (Number EC151215- 028), as well as from the Mzuzu Agriculture Development Division in Malawi. Results: Mean age of the women was 27.3 ± 6 years and 28.8 ± 15 months for the children. The experience of food insecurity access was severe for 75% of the households. Nearly onefifth of households were severely hungry, and had adequate food for only about eight months of the year. The women and their children consumed a mean of two food groups in the previous 24 hours. For the women, 21% were malnourished. For the children, 20% were wasted, 31.3% were stunted and 34% were underweight. More male children were malnourished. For food accessibility measurements, the multivariable linear regression analysis was used. The significant factors influencing the severity of the experience of food insecurity access were loan access (P = 0.015) and household size (P = 0.000). For the prevalence of hunger, the significant factors were food security and nutrition training (P = 0.046), marital status (P = 0.045) and household size (P = 0.000). For the annual prevalence of hunger, the significant factors were labour (P = 0.038), income (P = 0.008) and household size (P = 0.001). For the dietary diversity, the significant factors were labour (P = 0.001), food security and nutrition decisions (P = 0.004), mother’s age (P = 0.033) and income (P = 0.000). Using the multivariable IV regression analysis, the significant factors influencing the BMI of the women were their age (P = 0.054), loan access (P = 0.004), HFIAS scores (P = 0.007) and HHS scores (P = 0.001). For the children’s weight-for-age, the significant factors were the mother’s BMI (P = 0.014), child’s sex (P = 0.005), assets (P = 0.014), mother’s age (P = 0.001) and child’s age (P = 0.015). Using the multivariable random-effects GLS regression analysis, the significant factors influencing the children’s height-for-age were the mother’s age (P = 0.004), child’s sex (P = 0.005), assets (P = 0.028) and HFIAS scores (P = 0.006). For the children’s weight-forheight, the significant factors were the mother’s BMI (P = 0.032), MAHFP scores (P = 0.029), child’s age (P = 0.008) and income (P = 0.001). For the children’s BMI-for-age, the significant factors were the mother’s BMI (P = 0.030), mother’s age (P = 0.029), income (P = 0.002) and assets (P = 0.047). Conclusion: The food accessibility and nutrition status of the tobacco tenant women and their children were seriously poor. The significant factors influencing food accessibility and nutrition status were loan access, household size, food security and nutrition training, marital status, labour, income, assets, food security and nutrition decisions, mother’s BMI, mother’s age, child’s age, child’s sex, HFIAS scores, HHS scores and MAHFP scores. The study findings offer clues to policy makers on where to direct interventions to improve food accessibility and nutrition status of the tobacco tenant women and their children in Malawi.
Dissertation (MSc)--University of Pretoria, 2017.
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Bonavides, Syrleine Maria Penaforte Bastos. "A auto-estima da crian?a que sofre viol?ncia f?sica pela fam?lia." Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, 2005. http://repositorio.ufrn.br:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/17450.

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This research investigates the self-esteem of children who suffered physical violence by family members. Seven children took part in the research: three boys and four girls, aged between six and twelve years old. The analysis were done from the constructed data obtained from: semi-structured interview, activities about human feelings, activities that included facial expressions, unfinished phrases, Pinocchio s story, a drawing of a family and a drawing of their own family. Data were analyzed from the Content Analysis. The Thematic Units were: violence, intrafamily violence, and self-esteem. The synthesis of the categories studied evidenced that the physical violence and the psychological violence present in the lives of children affect the positive development of their self-concept and, consequently, of their self-esteem. Among the results, we emphasize some negative feelings that are present in children s lives such as fear, a sense of guilt, and sadness, arising out of the situations of violence they have experienced
Esta pesquisa investiga a auto-estima das crian?as que sofreram viol?ncia f?sica tendo como agente membro da fam?lia. Participaram como sujeitos da pesquisa 7 crian?as - 3 do sexo masculino e 4 do feminino - com idade entre 6 anos completos e 12 anos, incompletos. As an?lises foram feitas a partir dos dados obtidos em entrevista semi-estruturada, atividades sobre os sentimentos humanos, atividades que inclu?am express?es faciais, frases inacabadas, hist?ria de Pin?quio, o desenho de uma fam?lia e o desenho da fam?lia do sujeito. Os indicadores foram analisados a partir da an?lise do conte?do. As unidades tem?ticas foram: viol?ncia, viol?ncia intrafamiliar e auto-estima. A s?ntese das categorias estudadas evidenciou que a viol?ncia f?sica e a viol?ncia psicol?gica presentes na vida das crian?as comprometem o desenvolvimento positivo de seu autoconceito e, conseq?entemente, de sua auto-estima. Dentre os resultados, destacamos v?rios sentimentos negativos que permeiam a vida das crian?as, entre eles, medo, culpa, tristeza decorrentes das situa??es de viol?ncia vivenciada

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Jacobson, Eva. "Förskolan och barn som far illa : Specialpedagogers tankar kring stöd och tidig upptäckt." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Institutionen för beteendevetenskap och lärande, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-119524.

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Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka specialpedagogers tankar kring hur förskolans arbetssätt kan anpassas för att ge stöd till barn som far illa och underlätta tidig upptäckt. Som metod har semistrukturerad intervju använts. Sex specialpedagoger med grundutbildning som förskollärare deltog. Som hjälpmedel användes fallbeskrivningar att reflektera kring och resonera om. Studien visar att specialpedagogerna i undersökningen anser att förskolan spelar en viktig roll för barn som far illa och deras utveckling. Personalens förhållningssätt till barnen och deras föräldrar är avgörande för att skapa goda relationer. Studien visar även att anmälningsfrekvensen i förskolan när det gäller barn som far illa är låg. Vanliga anledningar till detta är obehagskänsla och bristande kunskap hos personalen. Förskolepersonal har stora möjligheter att upptäcka barn som far illa och de har anmälningsskyldighet. Från specialpedagogers och övrig förskolepersonals sida finns ofta ett missnöje med samverkan med socialtjänsten, och man önskar att denna skulle kunna förbättras. Samverkan ökar kunskap och underlättar för arbete med barn och familj.
The aim of this study is to investigate special educators’ thoughts about how the work of preschool can be adjusted to give support to mistreated children and facilitate early discovery. A semi-structured interview has been used as method. Six special educators with preschool teaching as a basic education participated. Case reports to reflect and reason around were used as tools. The study shows that the special educators consider that the preschool plays a big part for mistreated children and their development. The staffs´ approach to children and their parents is essential to create good relations.

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Funseth, Ida, and Sara Jusledh. "Distriktssköterskors erfarenhet av att möta familjer där misstanke finns om att barn far illa : En litteraturstudie." Thesis, Mittuniversitetet, Institutionen för omvårdnad, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-41281.

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Bakgrund: Barn som far illa, delades in i fyra olika kategorier. Fysiska-, psykiska- och sexuella övergrepp samt försummelse. Föräldrarna var ansvariga för att säkerställa barnets utveckling och trygghet, om detta inte gjordes skulle staten tillhandahålla skydd. Det var viktigt att vårdpersonal lärde känna tidiga tecken. Ju yngre ett barn var, desto mindre var chansen att barnet har skadat sig själv. Syfte: Syftet med litteraturstudien var att beskriva distriktssköterskors erfarenhet av att möta familjer inom primärvård, där det finns misstanke om att barn far illa. Metod: En litteraturstudie utfördes. För att finna rätt sökord för syftet, användes en ancestry approach. Resultat: Tre stycken kategorier framkom. Misstankar som leder till anmälan, som handlade om de distriktssköterskor som i slutändan gjorde anmälan till socialtjänsten. Misstankar som inte leder till anmälan byggde på de distriktssköterskor som ansåg att det var deras ansvar att göra en anmälan men att de av olika anledningar ändå inte gjorde detta. Behovet av stöd var den sista kategorin som handlade om distriktssköterskornas upplevda svårigheter i mötet med familjerna och vad de behövde för att bli bättre inom området. Slutsats: Misshandel av barn skedde i familjer oberoende av utbildning, etnicitet samt socioekonomisk status. Genom att veta hur distriktssköterskor upplevde mötet med dessa familjer samt anledningarna till tankebanor och deras slutliga agerande, fanns en enastående möjlighet att förändra framtiden för barn som levde under otrygga familjeförhållanden.
Background: Children whom are suffering from abuse and maltreatment can be categorized into four different categories. Physical-, psychological- and sexual abuse and neglect. The parents were responsible for securing the children’s development and safety, if they can’t do that the state would provide protection. Health professionals should learn to recognize early signs. The younger the child, the less is the chance that the child had hurt itself. Aim: The purpose with this literature review was to describe how district nurses experience meeting families where there is a suspicion that the child is being abused. Method: A literature review was performed. To find the right keywords for the aim, an ancestry approach was used. Results: Three categories were emerged. Meeting families where they suspect a child is being abused and the suspicion leads to report, is about the district nurses who report to the Social service. District nurses experience of suspicion that a child is being abused but no report is being filed, is based on the district nurses who feel that it is their responsibility to report to social service but in the end, for different reasons, do not. What do district nurses believe could help them in the meeting when they suspect a child is being abused, is the final category which is about the district nurses experience with the meeting with families and what they need further more to evolve in the area. Conclusion: Abuse of children was occurring in all types of families with no regard of education, ethnicity or socioeconomic status. Knowing how the district nurse was experiencing the meeting with these families, could be a unique possibility to change the future for children who lived in unhealthy family relationships.

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Clausell, Andria R. "Maternal Scaffolding and First Graders' Near and Far Transfer on Problem-Solving Tasks." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd/283.

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This study examined correlations between four dimensions of maternal scaffolding, maternal beliefs and values, children’s temperament, and children’s performance and use of self‑regulation strategies on problem‑solving tasks. There are two foci of this study: examining factors that predict the quality of maternal scaffolding, and assessing the relationship between quality of maternal scaffolding and children’s problem solving. Participants consisted of 10 mother‑child dyads in the experimental group and 10 children in the control group. Using a pre- and post‑test design, children were given near and far transfer independent problem‑solving tasks. The experimental group also worked with their mothers on one task during a scaffolded interaction. Maternal beliefs predicted quality of maternal scaffolding, and quality of maternal scaffolding predicted children’s monitoring during the post‑test. Mothers’ scaffolding techniques appear to be related to their beliefs about parenting and educating children, and children appear to learn certain self‑regulation strategies during optimal scaffolded interactions.

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Andersson, Ulrika, and Zaibari Lina Al-. "Barnen med den lyckliga fasaden : Om socialarbetares erfarenheter av att arbeta med barn som far illa i ekonomiskt resursstarka familjer." Thesis, Ersta Sköndal högskola, Institutionen för socialvetenskap, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-2371.

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Syftet med studien är att utifrån socialarbetares erfarenheter öka kunskapen om barn som far illa i ekonomiskt resursstarka familjer. Vi har använt oss av en kvalitativ metod bestående av semi-strukturerade intervjuer med fyra socialarbetare som har erfarenhet av att arbeta med ovannämnda målgrupp. De fyra teman som har behandlats under intervjuerna är: aktualisering av och arbete med barn och ungdomar som far illa i ekonomiskt resursstarka familjer, dominerande problematik, mötet mellan socialarbetare och familj samt socialarbetarens möjligheter. Enligt de intervjuade socialarbetarna har det framkommit att barn som far illa i ekonomiskt resursstarka familjer många gånger inte kommer till socialtjänstens och/eller fältteamets kännedom. Det finns flera anledningar till mörkertalet, bland annat att ekonomiskt resursstarka familjer har flera strategier att dölja missförhållanden. Även skola och grannar har en tveksam inställning inför att göra en orosanmälan när det gäller barn som far illa i ekonomiskt resursstarka familjer. Samtliga intervjuade socialarbetare var noga med att poängtera att deras arbetsrutiner och förberedelser är lika oavsett vilken socioekonomisk grupp barnet tillhör. I resultatet redogörs vilka arbetsrutiner socialarbetarna har i arbetet med barn som far illa. Resultatet visar även att inte heller mötet påverkas av familjens socioekonomiska status. Däremot förekommer att ekonomiskt resursstarka familjer anlitar advokater vid mötet med socialarbetarna. De dominerande ärendetyperna i socialtjänst och fältteam som gäller barn och ungdomar i studiens målgrupp är: relationskonflikter, alkohol-och drogproblem, prestationsångest och psykisk ohälsa. Problematiken som framkommer i studien drabbar nödvändigtvis inte bara ekonomiskt resursstarka barn och ungdomar. Dock kan familjens ekonomi ha en inverkan på hur problematiken utformas och utvecklas. Materialet har sedan analyserats med hjälp av tidigare forskning om barn som far illa i ekonomiskt resursstarka familjer. Slutligen har författarna besvarat frågeställningarna och diskuterat om barn som far illa i ekonomiskt resursstarka familjer, utifrån ett socialarbetarperspektiv.

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Andersen, Sandra, and Louise Persson. "“Far är stark, mor är rar” En textanalys av barnböcker ur ett genusperspektiv." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS), 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-31201.

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The purpose of this study is to explore how girls and boys are portrayed in children’s literature that is specifically aimed towards children in the preschool age. This is a qualitative text analysis, partly combined with some elements of quantitative data. Through an interview questionnaire sent to preschool teachers at different preschools, seven books in the genre humanized animals, were chosen and analyzed from a gender perspective. The analysis is conducted through a theoretical framework including gender theory with correlated concepts. The intent of this study has not been to identify books that follow stereotypical gender norms, and we do not argue that literature should be completely gender neutral. However, we believe that if girls and boys being portrayed in a variety of ways will contribute to more children feeling safe with their own identity and it will also provide them with a broader world view. We had a thought that a certain characterization of girls and boys in the chosen books, i.e. that girls are portrayed as sweet and nice while boys are portrayed as tough and mischievous. The results of this study show that this is partly true but that boys’ characteristics tend to vary more and in different ways than girls’ characteristics do. With that said, we concluded that in general, the chosen books were more gender neutral than our initial expectation.

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Spriggs, G. J. "How far do children's perceptions and contextual preferences affect what they do and learn in practical science classes?" Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2003. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/10020422/.

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Musandirire, Sally. "The nature and extent of child labour in Zimbabwe: a case study of Goromonzi District farms in Zimbabwe." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/266.

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The study examines the nature and extent of child labour in Goromonzi District farms in Zimbabwe. The main objective of the study was to investigate the nature and extent of child labour in Goromonzi District farms. The study reveals high levels of child exploitation and abuse. A qualitative design was chosen and purposive sampling was used. Interviews were used to collect data. The sample consisted of 40 children between 7 and 16 years. Interviews were also conducted with the Coalition Against Child Labour in Zimbabwe (CACLAZ). CACLAZ is an NGO that specializes in the elimination of child labour in Zimbabwe through the provision of education. The study reveals different forms of child labour. These include children working in communal and commercial farms, children working in domestic set up and child prostitution. The study exposes some of the causes and effects of child labour. Poverty, increased cost of education, and cultural practices were some of the causes of child labour. The study also reveals gaps that exist in the LRA. In view of the findings, the study makes recommendation on how to curb child labour and protect the rights of children as enshrined in various international instruments such as the CRC and ILO Conventions.

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