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Ingrid Hoffmann - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Effects of Vegetarian Nutrition–A Nutrition Ecological Perspective
Nutrients, 2010Co-Authors: Martina Metz, Ingrid HoffmannAbstract:Although vegetarian nutrition is a complex issue, the multidimensionality and interrelatedness of its effects are rarely explored. This article aims to demonstrate the complexity of vegetarian nutrition by means of the nutrition Ecological modeling technique NutriMod. The integrative qualitative cause-effect model, which is based on scientific literature, provides a comprehensive picture of vegetarian nutrition. The nutrition Ecological Perspective offers a basis for the assessment of the effects of worldwide developments concerning shifts in diets and the effects of vegetarian nutrition on global problems like climate change. Furthermore, new research areas on the complexity of vegetarian nutrition can be identified.
Martina Metz - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Effects of Vegetarian Nutrition–A Nutrition Ecological Perspective
Nutrients, 2010Co-Authors: Martina Metz, Ingrid HoffmannAbstract:Although vegetarian nutrition is a complex issue, the multidimensionality and interrelatedness of its effects are rarely explored. This article aims to demonstrate the complexity of vegetarian nutrition by means of the nutrition Ecological modeling technique NutriMod. The integrative qualitative cause-effect model, which is based on scientific literature, provides a comprehensive picture of vegetarian nutrition. The nutrition Ecological Perspective offers a basis for the assessment of the effects of worldwide developments concerning shifts in diets and the effects of vegetarian nutrition on global problems like climate change. Furthermore, new research areas on the complexity of vegetarian nutrition can be identified.
Sylvia Pantaleo - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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An Ecological Perspective on the socially embedded nature of reading and writing
Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 2009Co-Authors: Sylvia PantaleoAbstract:This article examines the writing of three Grade 3 students and discusses how these girls drew upon their symbolic tools, specifically those developed as a result of their experiences with particular kinds of texts. The students were participants in a multifaceted study that explored Grades 3 and 4 students' understandings of and responses to picturebooks with interactive devices. The research also examined how the children used their knowledge of the interactive devices to create their own print texts. The discussion of the three students' writing is framed by a sociocultural theory of writing, focusing specifically on the connections between the reading and the writing completed by the children. However, an Ecological Perspective on their writing also requires a discussion of the classroom context to understand the children's compositions.
Lori A Post - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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elder abuse in nursing homes an Ecological Perspective
Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect, 2011Co-Authors: Lawrence B Schiamberg, Gia G Barboza, James F Oehmke, Zhenmei Zhang, Robert J Griffore, Robin P Weatherill, Levente Von Heydrich, Lori A PostAbstract:Population trends suggest that the next 20 years will witness a dramatic increase in the adult population aged 65 and older. Projected increases in the elderly population are expected to significantly increase the stress on family and professional caretakers. Stress, in the context of caregiving relationships, is a risk factor associated with increased prevalence of elder abuse in familial and institutional settings. As increasing numbers of older adults are moved from family caregiving to nursing home care settings, it becomes important to identify the pattern of elder abuse risk factors in nursing home facilities. An Ecological model is proposed for better understanding the risk factors associated with elder abuse in nursing homes and the complex interaction of individual/person characteristics and contextual factors in institutional elder abuse. An Ecological Perspective to institutional elder abuse provides a framework for guiding and informing future research on the risk factors of nursing home abuse and, in turn, for the development of effective interventions and relevant social policies.
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individual characteristics and the multiple contexts of adolescent bullying an Ecological Perspective
Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2009Co-Authors: Gia Elise Barboza, Lawrence B Schiamberg, James F Oehmke, Lori A Post, Steven J Korzeniewski, Cedrick G HerauxAbstract:This paper uses an Ecological Perspective to explore the risk factors associated with bullying behaviors among a representative sample of adolescents aged 11–14 \( {\text{(}}n = 9816,\;\overline X = {\text{12}}{\text{.88}}, s = {\text{.9814)}}. \) Data derived from the Health Behavior in School Children: WHO Cross-National Survey were used to model the relationship between bullying and media effects, peer and family support systems, self-efficacy, and school environment. Overall, the results of this study suggest that bullying increases among children who watch television frequently, lack teacher support, have themselves been bullied, attend schools with unfavorable environments, have emotional support from their peers, and have teachers and parents who do not place high expectations on their school performance. In addition, we found an inverse relationship between being Asian or African American, feeling left out of school activities and bullying. Our results lend support to the contention that bullying arises out of deficits in social climate, but that social support systems mediate bullying behavior irrespective of the student’s racial/ethnic characteristics, parental income levels or media influences. Because the number of friends and the ability to talk to these friends increases the likelihood of bullying, we suggest that bullying is not simply an individual response to a particular environment but is a peer-group behavior. We conclude that limiting television viewing hours, improving student’s abilities to access family support systems and improving school atmospheres are potentially useful interventions to limit bullying behavior.
Kenneth A. Frank - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Factors Affecting Technology Uses in Schools: An Ecological Perspective
American Educational Research Journal, 2003Co-Authors: Yong Zhao, Kenneth A. FrankAbstract:Why is technology not used more in schools? Many researchers have tried to solve this persistent puzzle. The authors of this article report on their study of technology uses in 19 schools. They suggest an Ecological metaphor, using the example of the introduction of the zebra mussel into the Great Lakes, to integrate and organize sets of factors that affect implementation of computer uses. Their findings suggest that an Ecological Perspective can provide a powerful analytical framework for understanding technology uses in schools. That Perspective points out new directions for research and has significant policy and practical implications for implementing innovations in schools.
