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Ejiogu, Ngozi; Norbeck, Jennifer H.; Mason, Marc A.; Cromwell, Bridget C.; Zonderman, Alan B.; Evans, Michele K. – Gerontologist, 2011
Purpose of the study: Investigating health disparities requires studies designed to recruit and retain racially and socioeconomically diverse cohorts. It is critical to address the barriers that disproportionately affect participation in clinical research by minorities and the socioeconomically disadvantaged. This study sought to identify and…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Models, Economically Disadvantaged, Urban Environment
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Breier, Mignonne – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2010
While the role of financial considerations in higher education student dropout is being recognized increasingly, the dominant international literature fails to reflect the extent of socio-economic deprivation among students in countries where many people live below the poverty datum line. This article draws on a study of student retention and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Holding Power, Higher Education, School Schedules
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Byrd-Blake, Marie; Hundley, Eddie – Professional Development in Education, 2012
This article provides analysis of a site-based professional development model that is grounded in teacher best practices. Developed by the administration and teacher leaders of a racially/ethnically, socioeconomically, linguistically and academically diverse school in the USA, the teacher-centered coaching model described is an example of an…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Professional Development, Coaching (Performance), Best Practices
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Augustus-Horvath, Casey L.; Tylka, Tracy L. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2009
When predicting disordered eating, models incorporating several of objectification theory's (B. L. Fredrickson & T. A. Roberts, 1997) core constructs (i.e., sexual objectification, self-objectification, body shame, poor interoceptive awareness) have been empirically supported with women of traditional undergraduate age who are consistent in…
Descriptors: Females, Economically Disadvantaged, Eating Disorders, Models
Mack, Eva Meredith – 1993
This thesis undertakes an exploration of teaching at the margins in an effort to articulate teaching assumptions to improve education of multicultural groups. The methodology of retrospective dialogue is explained in chapter 1. Chapter 2 describes two theories that have been advanced for the education of poor/immigrant/working class…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Philosophy, Educational Theories
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Clark, Daniel O. – Gerontologist, 1996
Uses data from current research and two older adult focus groups to develop a conceptual model of exercise self-efficacy and its predictors among older adults. Specifically addresses the issue of low socioeconomic status among older adults and how to improve their health and activity level. (SNR)
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Economically Disadvantaged, Exercise, Gerontology
Walls, David S. – 1976
In an effort to clarify and synthesize recent explanations of underdevelopment and poverty in Central Appalachia, the following three models were explored: (1) the subculture of poverty model (identifies the internal deficiencies of the Southern Appalachian traditional subculture as the source of poverty problems); (2) the regional development…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Cultural Background, Economic Development, Economically Disadvantaged
Lee, Jaekyung; McIntire, Walter G. – 1999
National math assessment data from 3,112 eighth-grade students in 123 schools were used to determine whether location (rural versus nonrural) affects student achievement when related student and school-level factors are taken into account. Findings indicate that rural schools outperformed nonrural schools in math achievement and that the…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Environment, Educational Resources, Junior High Schools
Kaplan, Robert; And Others – 1971
A primary reason for increased government involvement in health care delivery resides in the acknowledged difficulty of the poor in obtaining adequate care. However, in the absence of knowledge about how health, health care, socio-economic status, race, ethnicity, and geographic location are related, policies aimed at implementing right to health…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations, Economically Disadvantaged, Health Conditions, Health Facilities
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Schultz, David; Shaw, Daniel S. – Social Development, 2003
Examined relations between early family risk and later maladaptive social information processing and conduct problems among 178 economically disadvantaged boys. Found that early childhood assessments of disadvantage and maternal depression predicted boys' maladaptive response generation and conduct problems at age 10, accounting for 6 and 14…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Behavior Problems, Children, Depression (Psychology)