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- Skinner, Ann T., et al.
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Neighborhood Danger, Parental Monitoring, Harsh Parenting, and Child Aggression in Nine Countries
- 2014
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Ingår i: Societies. - : MDPI AG. - 2075-4698. ; 4:1, s. 45-67
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Exposure to neighborhood danger during childhood has negative effects that permeate multiple dimensions of childhood. The current study examined whether mothers', fathers', and children's perceptions of neighborhood danger are related to child aggression, whether parental monitoring moderates this relation, and whether harsh parenting mediates this relation. Interviews were conducted with a sample of 1293 children (age M = 10.68, SD = 0.66; 51% girls) and their mothers (n = 1282) and fathers (n = 1075) in nine countries (China, Colombia, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, the Philippines, Sweden, Thailand, and the United States). Perceptions of greater neighborhood danger were associated with more child aggression in all nine countries according to mothers' and fathers' reports and in five of the nine countries according to children's reports. Parental monitoring did not moderate the relation between perception of neighborhood danger and child aggression. The mediating role of harsh parenting was inconsistent across countries and reporters. Implications for further research are discussed, and include examination of more specific aspects of parental monitoring as well as more objective measures of neighborhood danger.
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- Ahonen, Lia, 1976-, et al.
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The challenge of parenting girls in neighborhoods of different perceived quality
- 2014
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Ingår i: Societies. - : MDPI AG. - 2075-4698. ; 4:3, s. 414-427
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- It is well-known that disadvantaged neighborhoods, as officially identifiedthrough census data, harbor higher numbers of delinquent individuals than advantagedneighborhoods. What is much less known is whether parents’ perception of the neighborhoodproblems predicts low parental engagement with their girls and, ultimately, how this isrelated to girls’ delinquency, including violence. This paper elucidates these issues byexamining data from the Pittsburgh Girls Study, including parent-report of neighborhoodproblems and level of parental engagement and official records and girl-reporteddelinquency at ages 15, 16, and 17. Results showed higher stability over time forneighborhood problems and parental engagement than girls’ delinquency. Parents’ perceptionof their neighborhood affected the extent to which parents engaged in their girls’ lives,but low parental engagement did not predict girls being charged for offending at age 15, 16or 17. These results were largely replicated for girls’ self-reported delinquency with theexception that low parental engagement at age 16 was predictive of the frequency of girls’self-reported delinquency at age 17 as well. The results, because of their implications forscreening and early interventions, are relevant to policy makers as well as practitioners.
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- Cakici, Baki, et al.
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Detecting the Visible : The Discursive Construction of Health Threats in a Syndromic Surveillance System Design
- 2014
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Ingår i: Societies. - : MDPI AG. - 2075-4698. ; 4:3, s. 399-413
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Information and communication technologies are not value-neutral tools that reflect reality; they privilege some forms of action, and they limit others. We analyze reports describing the design, development, testing and evaluation of a European Commission co-funded syndromic surveillance project called SIDARTHa (System for Information on Detection and Analysis of Risks and Threats to Health). We show that the reports construct the concept of a health threat as a sudden, unexpected event with the potential to cause severe harm and one that requires a public health response aided by surveillance. Based on our analysis, we state that when creating surveillance technologies, design choices have consequences for what can be seen and for what remains invisible. Finally, we argue that syndromic surveillance discourse privileges expertise in developing, maintaining and using software within public health practice, and it prioritizes standardized and transportable knowledge over local and context-dependent knowledge. We conclude that syndromic surveillance contributes to a shift in broader public health practice, with consequences for fairness if design choices and prioritizations remain invisible and unchallenged.
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- Eklund Karlsson, Leena, et al.
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The meaning of health, well-being, and quality of life perceived by Roma people in West Sweden
- 2013
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Ingår i: Societies. - : MDPI AG. - 2075-4698. ; 3:2, s. 243-260
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Many Roma people in Sweden are on the margins of society and face problems of social exclusion, institutional discrimination, low education, unemployment, and poor health. The aim is to describe how a group of Roma people, in West Sweden, understand health, well-being, and quality of life within the Roma context, and how they cope with their life-situation. Data consisted of qualitative interviews. The data were analyzed qualitatively using a phenomenological hermeneutic approach. The respondents mainly understood the concept of Health as "being healthy" and "feeling good". Elements that were crucial part of the respondents' health perception were being employed, having an education, social support from family and friends, freedom and security, and the extent of involvement in society. The results indicate that the respondents perceive their health and life situation as good, despite of their marginalized situation and discrimination.
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