Socioeconomics

Introduction This essay will explore the relationship between the Treaty of Waitangi (ToW) and the inequities in type II diabetes between Māori and non-Māori. It is evident that disparities such as quality of care and access to care can be linked to the three breaches in articles under the Māori version of the ToW. To demonstrate the inequities in diabetes the 1852 New Zealand Constitution Act, 1907 The Tohunga Suppression Act, Orewa Speech and an overview of the treaty breaches will be used to…

differences between the two dialects. The rational behind this study has several factors that provide a logical reasoning for this particular testing. Firstly, many studies have tried to understand why such a wide ‘achievement gap’ exists between socioeconomic statuses.…

Describe how your personal background and life experiences have influenced Your decision to pursue a graduate education in social work. Please include any challenges or hardships you may have overcome on your journey. When I was four years old my mother was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. My life changed completely after her diagnosis. My dad abandoned us. We could not afford to live by ourselves, since my mother could not work. She was disabled from her neck down. Immediately, she was…

Grant, et al (1998) experimented with “40 participants who read a two-page article under silent or noisy conditions.” Participants were then tested with matching or mismatching conditions example; silent study/silent test and noisy study/noisy test or silent study/noisy test etc. The design of the test was to imitate standard classroom tests, and assess the participant’s ability to comprehend new material (i.e. memory for meaning). To accommodate the possibility that context-dependency effects…

There are associations between the materialistic/structural explanation and the cultural behavioural explanation. The cultural explanation suggests that the social distribution of poor health is linked to differences in individual behaviours and to different groups’ attitudes towards their health (Daykin, 2001). The Stroke Foundation of NZ (2010) suggests that people who are subject to a greater degree of disadvantage were estimated to have about a 60% increased risk of stroke when compared with…

Throughout the duration of the service learning experience, conducted observations took place within the third grade classroom of Mrs. Hale at Cumberland Road Elementary. The respectably moderately sized classroom consisted of twenty students. Although the classroom was not substantially dense in population, multiple students did require Individualized Education Programs (IEP). This subgroup of students included three emotional based IEPs. Consequently, the third grass class of Mrs. Hale…

child psychology. Three of the many areas needed to becoming an expert is the social part of life. Another part of child psychology that requires an in depth understanding is the cultural life of children. Finally, one must master the field of socioeconomics. To develop one’s self into a proficient practitioner in child psychology, there is a lot to learn. Developing your skills as child psychologists, requires one to learn and understand how the child is feeling. The key to assisting a client…

Childhood development is the process of children expanding their knowledge base and cognitive abilities. Sitting, standing, walking, tying shoes, and learning the alphabet are all milestones children reach over a certain period of time. Some children will not be able to learn these skills as well as others because of the fact that they may be situated and constituted in a living environment that has a negative impact towards their development. Children who are experiencing poverty, inadequate…

is seen a social inequality. A low socioeconomic status does not help health; the text says that people with higher income levels tend to live longer. They are able to get all of the health treatments they need, are able to buy the healthy foods which will increase your length of life and help the person and/or family to become healthy. Usually with a lower socioeconomic status the person does not receive as much education as a person with a high socioeconomic status. “Highly educated people…

The socioeconomic differences in the classroom can be drastic. It is possible to have students that are provided for and well-fed in the same classroom as that has students that are homeless and wanting of food. Knowing how to reach students, academically, that are from a socioeconomically disadvantaged background, at the same time you are reaching students from middle or upper class environment, is a challenge many teachers from urban and other areas must face. According to the American…