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IOE Impact Stories

IOE Impact Stories 2023 is the product of a rigorous review and selection process, carried out by a group of experts following a wide range of submissions from across our academic departments. This publication is the latest in a series of initiatives we are championing to recognise the impact of research conducted by academics at all levels of seniority, from innovative early career researchers to distinguished professors, as we work towards a healthier, more sustainable and inclusive impact culture. We hope these stories will inspire you, as we raise awareness of the power of science to combat disinformation and enable real-world change

Adolescents care but don't feel responsible for farm animal welfare

Adolescents are the next generation of consumers with the potential to raise standards of farm animal welfare—to theirsatisfaction—if their preferences and concerns are translated into accurate market drivers and signals. There are no published data about adolescent views of farm animal welfare to allow meaningful design, implementation, and evaluation of educational strategies to improve consideration of—and behavior toward—farm animals. Knowledge of farm animal welfare, as well as beliefs and attitudes about farm animal welfare and behavioral intention relevant to it were determined in a sample of ukadolescents, using a survey incorporating an extended version of the theory of planned behavior and novel assessment tools. Our results indicate that adolescents have only a limited knowledge of welfare problems for farm animals and welfare-relevant product labels. Intentions to identify welfare standards for the animals from whom their food was derived were weak. Although they cared about farm animal welfare and agreed with fundamental principles—for example, the provision of space and the absence of pain and suffering—like adults they held limited belief in the power and responsibility that they possess through their choices as consumers; responsibility was often shifted to others, such as the government and farmers

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The effect of perceived discrimination on the health of immigrant workers in Spain

Background: Discrimination is an important determinant of health inequalities, and immigrants may be more vulnerable to certain types of discrimination than the native-born. This study analyses the relationship between immigrants' perceived discrimination and various self-reported health indicators. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted (2008) amongst a non-random sample of 2434 immigrants from Ecuador, Morocco, Romania and Colombia in four Spanish cities: Barcelona, Huelva, Madrid and Valencia. A factorial analysis of variables revealed three dimensions of perceived discrimination (due to immigrant status, due to physical appearance, and workplace-related). The association of these dimensions with self-rated health, mental health (GHQ-12), change in self-rated health between origin and host country, and other self-reported health outcomes was analysed. Logistic regression was used adjusting for potential confounders (aOR-95%CI). Subjects with worsening self-reported health status potentially attributable to perceived discrimination was estimated (population attributable proportion, PAP %). Results: 73.3% of men and 69.3% of women immigrants reported discrimination due to immigrant status. Moroccans showed the highest prevalence of perceived discrimination. Immigrants reporting discrimination were at significantly higher risk of reporting health problems than those not reporting discrimination. Workplace-related discrimination was associated with poor mental health (aOR 2.97 95%CI 2.45-3.60), and the worsening of self-rated health (aOR 2.20 95%CI 1.73- 2.80). 40% (95% CI 24-53) PAP of those reporting worse self-rated health could be attributable to discrimination due to immigrant status. Conclusions: Discrimination may constitute a risk factor for health in immigrant workers in Spain and could explain some health inequalities among immigrant populations in Spanish society.This work was supported by the following sources: Carolina Foundation (Spain), Healthcare Research Fund of the Spanish Ministry of Health and Consumption (references PI050497, PI052202, PI052334, PI061701, and PI0790470

Resource-use conflicts and management challenges for Pugu and Kazimzumbwi forest reserves in Kisarawe and Ilala districts, Tanzania

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Escolarización de niños marroquíes en España

Obtener una panorámica de la inmigración marroquí en España, y estudiar la presencia de los niños marroquíes en la escuela primaria española. Estudiar la configuración institucional y las prácticas pedagógicas que inciden en la escolarización de este alumnado en dos espacios geográficos concretos (comunidades de Madrid y Cataluña). Explorar las estrategias y posiciones ideológicas que orientan la acción de los principales agentes intervinientes (alumnos y familias marroquíes, profesorado, alumnos y familias autóctonas, etc). 19 centros escolares con alumnos marroquíes de Cataluña y la Comunidad de Madrid. Además de una explotación de fuentes estadísticas, documentales y bibliográficas, se han llevado a cabo dos exploraciones de campo, con entrevistas semidirigidas y observación directa, en las comunidades autónomas de Madrid y Cataluña: una de carácter extensivo, en 19 centros con presencia significativa de alumnos marroquíes, y otra intensiva, en dos centros de cada una de las comunidades autónomas estudiadas. Para abordar el nivel ideológico, se diseñaron dos grupos de discusión y 17 entrevistas abiertas con profesores, alumnos, padres y otros agentes significativos. Grupos de discusión, cuestionario a los alumnos marroquíes mayores, cuestionario a los padres, entrevista guiada por cuestionario. Tablas, porcentajes. 1. El enfoque intercultural de la educación, inicialmente presente en los textos oficiales, apenas está presente en la práctica de los centros escolares, donde prevalece una estrategia asimilacionista en relación a los alumnos marroquíes. O bien se insiste en que son niños como los demás, negando su especificidad cultural; o bien las diferencias se identifican con déficits (familiares) o atrasos (socioculturales) que la escuela debe compensar. Debido a ello, la escuela no resuelve satisfactoriamente los objetivos educativos básicos del colectivo marroquí, como la transmision de la(s) lengua(s) de origen o la cultura islámica, por lo que su proceso educativo queda escindido entre la escuela española y un curriculum paralelo fuera del aula. Entre las causas de esta situación, destaca, por una parte, la falta de información y los estereotipos existentes en torno a la sociedad y la cultura marroquí por parte de los agentes escolares; por otra parte, existen contextos extraescolares que limitan y condicionan la intervención educativa, como son la política de inmigración, la situación sociolaboral de la colonia marroquí y el efecto estigmatizador de los medios de comunicación y de la opinión pública en torno a ese colectivo. 2. Se sugieren diversas propuestas para reforzar una política educativa intercultural que supere el etnocentrismo cultural y sea respetuosa con los derechos humanos de todos (mayorías y minorías).Ministerio Educación CIDEBiblioteca de Educación del Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte; Calle San Agustín, 5 - 3 Planta; 28014 Madrid; Tel. +34917748000; Fax +34917748026; [email protected]

Families in Tower Hamlets, 2020

The Families in Tower Hamlets project included a repeat online survey of households with children under five. The first wave of the repeat online survey ran from mid-July to end November 2020. The 126 item survey was drawn from previous sources: i) a parallel ‘Born in Bradford’ survey of job, housing and food insecurity, children’s home learning, health and care service access, and mental health, and ii) the 'Gender (In)equality in Times of COVID-19' survey run by the International Network on Leave Policies and Research (INLPR) using validated instruments to examine work-family conflict and parental coping strategies, and iii) items from a national longitudinal household panel study called Understanding Society. The second wave of the repeat online survey ran from February-to May 2021. As with wave 1, the 126 items in the wave 2 survey were drawn from previous sources: i) a parallel ‘Born in Bradford’ survey of job, housing and food insecurity, children’s home learning, health and care service access, and mental health, and ii) the 'Gender (In)equality in Times of COVID-19' survey run by the International Network on Leave Policies and Research (INLPR) using validated instruments to examine work-family conflict and parental coping strategies, and iii) items from a national longitudinal household panel study called Understanding Society.Adverse direct and indirect impacts of the current COVID-19 pandemic will disproportionately fall on individuals and families from poorer backgrounds, those in public facing jobs and living in higher density housing. Tower Hamlets, the site of this study, with its pre-existing stark income and health inequalities is already a high-risk inner city area, placed in one of the richest global cities. This project will focus on the impacts of the lockdown, and its aftermath for the borough's young children, who are likely to experience new health and educational inequalities as a result of the unprecedented restrictions on mobility associated with slowing the spread of COVID-19 introduced on 23 March 2020. Tower Hamlets has a highly diverse population profile, with residents from a wide range of ethnicities and social and economic backgrounds, which offers an opportunity to identify how families deploy their interpersonal, economic and social resources to manage risks associated with living in lockdown and in recovery from lockdown. In close partnership with the borough Public Health and children's services team, we will run a repeat survey of 2000 couple and single parent families with children aged 0-4, and pregnant women; a longitudinal qualitative panel with approximately 60 household members including fathers and wider kin; and examine changing family support services, and emergent community resources such as mutual aid and peer networks. We are interested in families' cultural and inter-personal assets as well as their vulnerabilities: what new forms of managing family and community life have emerged and how are these novel methods helping young children? We will include two groups defined as vulnerable; pregnant women and shielded children. The survey tools chosen are those being run by the concurrent Born in Bradford (BiB) cohort study and by the International Network on Leave Policies and Research offering robust comparisons. Findings will help guide the borough's deployment of scarce resources in the recovery phase of the pandemic and will have relevance to all inner-city areas.</p