...obstacles to human well-being affecting all areas of a child's growth and development, including performance in the classroom. The study is grounded in Maslow’s motivational and needs theory. In this study, a qualitative phenomenological case study design was used with focus group discussions, interviews and observations as data collection instruments to twelve (12) grade seven learners, three (3) headmasters and four (4) teachers, purposively sampled in Masvingo province. Findings revealed that malnutrition affected physical growth, cognitive development and it consequently impacts on academic performance, health and survival of learners. Malnutrition also deepens poverty due to increased health care costs. The study also established that hungry and undernourished grade seven learners were not able to take on physical work and sporting activities seriously, are less able to attend school and if they do, are less able to concentrate and learn. On the way forward, there is need to introduce nutritional gardens at community, school and at family levels. Addressing the root causes of malnutrition (such as food insecurity, poverty, population growth and socio-economic instability) is imperative for achieving sustained reductions in...
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...magic weight loss pill they try, they cannot seem to find a thing that will keep weight gain at bay. What many people do not realize is that the food they put in their mouths affects not only their weight, but the way their body and mind function. With the overwhelming amount of fast food restaurants taking place in towns all over this country, unhealthy eating becomes a habit for many people when in a crunch for time. There are 240,115 fast food restaurants in America alone and only 37,716 super markets in the US; this means that for every seven fast food restaurants there is only one grocery store in our Nation. So where are citizens to turn when looking for something to eat? When the odds are seven to one, statistically you'd be more likely to choose the fast food restaurants almost every time. By increasing the amount of healthier store alternatives in the US we can give Americans accessibility to more affordable, healthier options, and the equal choices the people of America deserve. For many people across America eating healthy is a difficult thing to do, because they do not know where to start. This becomes even more difficult when they do not have a grocery store near by in order to purchase healthier alternatives. Grocery stores offer fresher fruits, vegetables, and many now offer organic meats and milk. In the article “Escape from the Western Diet” by Michael Pollan he writes of how important it is for the health of American’s to eat a diet with less refined foods....
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...poorest and the most badly injured of those who have served” (Kenney, www.today.com). This leads people to think that they aren’t concerned about the “healthy” veterans’ future of being sick or injured. We understand that the injured vets are the ones who need it most, but what about veterans who are at risk at being sick and injured in the future? Unemployment rate with military veterans Under these circumstances, the veteran’s statistics of unemployment are getting higher and higher. Yvonne Lenard, editor of the graph, states, “Veterans stands at 6.7 percent—unchanged from last month and still the lowest 12-month average unemployment rate since 2009”(www.blogs.va.gov). Derek Bennett, Chief of Staff of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA) states that, “Today’s report shows an increase in the number of unemployed new veterans. This increase comes after months of sustained progress for veterans. These men and women represent a group of the population that has been vetted and trained by the military; their capabilities and leadership skills make them an asset to any employer”(www.IAVA.org). These people went through hell and back, they get no appreciation, no jobs, and half come back with mental disorder. Why are our heroes treated like bums on the street, or just another insane person in this world? Don’t forget to help those who made your freedom possible instead of taking advantage and being selfless. Military Vets with PTSD Secondly, have you ever heard of PTSD?...
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...2009, a family of five needed PhP 4, 869 monthly income to meet food needs and PhP 7, 017 to stay out of poverty. Results of the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey also revealed that one in every five Filipino households, or an estimated 4.3 million families, experienced involuntary hunger in the third quarter of the year 2011 (http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/84129/more-filipinos-going-hungry-survey-shows). The Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programs serves as the government’s answers to the pressing issues regarding poverty. Calvo (2011) defines the CCT as programs that provide cash benefits to finance the basic needs and foster investment in human capital to extremely poor households. These benefits are conditioned on certain behaviors, usually related to investments in nutrition, health, and education. The emergence of CCT programs occurred during the late 1990s, with Mexico’s innovative Progresa (now Opurtunidades) program emerging as one of the earliest schemes in 1997. The evidences highlighting the effectiveness of Progresa motivated a rise in similar programs across Latin America. Throughout the late 1990s and into the early part of the new century, CCT programs were implemented in Honduras, Brazil and Nicaragua. CCT programs are presently being implemented in several Latin American countries including Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Jamaica, Mexico, and several more. Indonesia and Pakistan are only some of the Asian countries which employ the...
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...behavior after exposure to whimsically cute products. Drawing from research on cognitive priming, kindchenschema, anthropomorphization, indulgence, and regulatory focus, this research posits that exposure to whimsically cute products primes mental representations of fun, increasing consumers’ focus on approaching self-rewards and making consumers more likely to choose indulgent options. These effects do not emerge for kindchenschema cute stimuli, since they prime mental representations of vulnerability and caretaking. Four empirical studies provide evidence for the proposed effects and their underlying process. C ompanies market a rapidly increasing number and variety of cute products across numerous categories, targeting not only children but also adult consumers. The marketplace is replete with cute clothing, utensils, appliances, foods, office supplies, and even automobiles, which are quite popular among adult consumers (Marcus 2002; Taylor 2011; Yano 2004). For example, Etsy, an online marketplace for handmade products, which sells a wide variety of cute products (e.g., crocheted R2-D2s, dog-inspired pillows, and painted wooden figurines), had revenues of $895 million in 2012 (Wolverson 2013) and the Lilly Pulitzer fashion brand, which...
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...RESEARCH/LITERATURE REVIEW OF ISSUES RELATED TO CHILDREN LIVING IN POVERTY _________________________________________________ A PAPER SUMBITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR FS 5833: FAMILY ECONOMICS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY SCIENCES TEXAS WOMAN’S UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION BY SARAH KERAMATI ______________________________________________ DENTON, TEXAS APRIL 2012 Introduction Over the last few decades, the world has drastically changed, and the effect on the family dynamic has been profound. Today, there are more single parents, dual earner couples, and parents with more than one job living in both rural and urban areas in the United States than at any time in history (Miller, 2007). There is approximately one in five American children who live below the national poverty level (Meyer, Cancian & Nam, 2007). In today’s society, many people live below the poverty line and those numbers continue to increase because of our high unemployment rates. The Census Bureau reported that 12% of Americans live in poverty. According to the Department of Health and Human Services, the poverty level in 2009 for a family of four was $22,050. Working parents have no time and their finances are often strained. Welfare reform in the United States may pressure single mothers to be employed even though child care is expensive and they may barely make minimum wage (Miller, 2007). If a child experiences poverty during their preschool...
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...behavior after exposure to whimsically cute products. Drawing from research on cognitive priming, kindchenschema, anthropomorphization, indulgence, and regulatory focus, this research posits that exposure to whimsically cute products primes mental representations of fun, increasing consumers’ focus on approaching self-rewards and making consumers more likely to choose indulgent options. These effects do not emerge for kindchenschema cute stimuli, since they prime mental representations of vulnerability and caretaking. Four empirical studies provide evidence for the proposed effects and their underlying process. C ompanies market a rapidly increasing number and variety of cute products across numerous categories, targeting not only children but also adult consumers. The marketplace is replete with cute clothing, utensils, appliances, foods, office supplies, and even automobiles, which are quite popular among adult consumers (Marcus 2002; Taylor 2011; Yano 2004). For example, Etsy, an online marketplace for handmade products, which sells a wide variety of cute products (e.g., crocheted R2-D2s, dog-inspired pillows, and painted wooden figurines), had revenues of $895 million in 2012 (Wolverson 2013) and the Lilly Pulitzer fashion brand, which...
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...behavior after exposure to whimsically cute products. Drawing from research on cognitive priming, kindchenschema, anthropomorphization, indulgence, and regulatory focus, this research posits that exposure to whimsically cute products primes mental representations of fun, increasing consumers’ focus on approaching self-rewards and making consumers more likely to choose indulgent options. These effects do not emerge for kindchenschema cute stimuli, since they prime mental representations of vulnerability and caretaking. Four empirical studies provide evidence for the proposed effects and their underlying process. C ompanies market a rapidly increasing number and variety of cute products across numerous categories, targeting not only children but also adult consumers. The marketplace is replete with cute clothing, utensils, appliances, foods, office supplies, and even automobiles, which are quite popular among adult consumers (Marcus 2002; Taylor 2011; Yano 2004). For example, Etsy, an online marketplace for handmade products, which sells a wide variety of cute products (e.g., crocheted R2-D2s, dog-inspired pillows, and painted wooden figurines), had revenues of $895 million in 2012 (Wolverson 2013) and the Lilly Pulitzer fashion brand, which...
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...China’s exporting and the effect on North America Introduction While it is easy to see why China is becoming more and more powerful in terms of global trading, it is somewhat unfair to mark this country as the reason for the United States economical situation. Some authors, like Robert Scott, claim that the entrance of China into the World Trade Organization (WTO) has negatively affected the United States’ unemployment rate, the jobs production and its income per capita reduction. In the next pages, the report written by Roger E. Scott entitled: ‘Costly Trade with China. Millions of U.S. jobs with net job loss in every state’ will be analyzed to determine what China has been doing to become the number one exporter in the world, as well as the impact that China’s exporting has had in the United States. It also will be determined how costly it has been to the United States to trade with them; what other factors may have affected the United States and its trading capacity; and what the future implies for the commercial relationship between these two countries. Finally, it will be discussed whether or not the United States should seize other opportunities by creating new free trade blocks with another countries in the world, such as the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) with Mexico and Canada. Review In 2010, China became the number 1 exporter in the world. However, its inclusion in the international trade world was not easy. Its self-imposed...
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...McDonald’s Corporation Marketing Plan Susie Ransom MKT Abstract This paper discusses McDonalds Marketing Plan for the future. Below I will cover the goals and objectives of their current and future coals for the corporation. Topics that will be discussed include the Situation Analysis, customer environment, competition, economic growth and stability, political trends, technological advancements, sociocultural trends, marketing goals and objectives, marketing strategy, marketing implementation and finally the timeline in which it will take McDonalds to implement these goals. Executive Summary McDonalds is known as the world number one selling Fast Food Company. They serve their famous burgers and fries in over one hundred countries around the world. While the majority of their restaurants are stand alone, they also have many franchises that are owned by everyday people like me and you. Their franchises have been their ticket to success; they are the top in the fast food industry because they stay unified in quality and marketing aspects. No matter which type of restaurant, whether corporate or franchised owned. Although, McDonalds are number one in the industry, in order to stay in their position they need to increase sales through expanding into new markets. They have been successful in the past in China and other markets. One of their strengths lies in their versatility to adapt to the culture of foreign markets. By serving traditional cuisine along...
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...CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1. Background to the Study Films, generally, serve as a tool for national integration and development. Major types of film are home video, which develop, until now, from what is formerly known as cinema or stage play/drama. As part of mass media, home videos play the important roles of informing, educating, entertaining and transmitting social heritage. Through their educational role, however, home videos concern themselves with evolving a better society by exposing societal ill and wrongs. Since the emergence of home videos, at the turn of the twenty-first century the films industries, and both male and female actors in Nigeria, Nollywood, have considerably influenced the habits, belief systems, style of dressing and other behavioural idiosyncrasies on many Nigerian youths. Thus, one can say, however, that the emergence of home videos have helped to promote the Nigerian cultural heritage; aside this, it has awaken in many youths the Nigerian culture that was once lost during the colonial period. There are also negative effects of home videos on audiences. However, there have been cases where home videos are criticized to the cause for some societal ills. Social critics, who believes in this school of thought says that some antisocial behaviours like violence and extravagant life that many films portrays in their content perceptibly affect the behavior of the audience. Nonetheless, all these sum up to mean that home videos have both positive...
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...Introduction The book authored by Giles Bolton, is an eye-opener and a critique of the western approach to lift Africa from poverty. The author addresses - why Africa being resourceful could not lift itself from the poverty? Why is it that it needs the help of the developed countries? How the aid of billions of dollars is misused by the African Government? How the west with its unorganized aid program crippled the nation? Dividing the book into five sections—poverty, aid, trade, globalization, and change—he analyses the issues, with stories about real people in Africa and experiences from his own years in the aid industry. On his first visit to Kenya, to meet a friend, Giles Bolton ends up in deciding that he would start his aid industry career there. He through the incidents and experiences during the visit describes the scenic beauty, backwardness and poverty of the continent. He identifies that the continent needs internal reorganization more than the benevolence of the west. He says Corruption, conflict, and lack of democracy are the three major problems of Africa and poverty is the cause for these. Africa is stuck in the viscous cycle in which poverty induces corruption and vice-verse. He says “This book is written for people who are concerned about Africa but don't understand why it's still so poor. While there is quite a bit of good academic material out there, most of it isn't very accessible and it doesn't answer the direct questions most of us want answered...
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...Chris Bosch Ghana Country report Professor Shuman 12-10-15 “Ghana” What does one think of when they think of Ghana? of sprawling untouched grasslands lands and packs of healthy animals, which bring a healthy flow of tourism into the lands? or a bustling modern city with all the amenities one could dream of? In reality, Ghana is a struggling country in regards to their health infrastructure and economy. There are many reasons as to why Ghana is in the state it is in today. From colonialism to the rather recent gaining of their independence, Ghana is a relatively new country and it is no surprise that they are currently experiencing growing pains. Because of these growing pains it has resulted in a domino like effect, influencing all facets of the nation. A clearer picture one should paint of the country of Ghana is a nation divided between modern and old, rich and poverty stricken, Westerners and natives. These demographics are essential in the dividing of the country for the issues it faces today are complex and need a well planned all reaching solution to curb the current trends in Ghana today. With that being said, Ghana is a country in the process of modernizing their current platforms/infrastructure but with this growth still come a variety of healthcare issues and diseases such as HIV and Malaria that need attention if this trends are to be curbed. Before one can delve further into the current health issues plaguing the nation of Ghana it is imperative to have...
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...Study of consumer perception about advertising in India - exploratory study on value derived by organizations from advertising Management Research Project Submitted to Prof. Subhadip Roy Submitted by 08BSHYD0035 Advait Sharma Table of Contents Project proposed 3 Objective of the project 3 Description of project in brief 3 Consumer perception perspective 3 Market perspective 5 Advertising perspective 5 Literature Review 6 Research Paper # 1 6 Research Paper # 2 6 Research Paper # 3 7 Research Paper # 4 8 Research Paper # 5 9 Research Paper # 6 10 Research Paper #7 11 Research Paper#8 11 Methodology 13 Findings and observations 16 The roles of advertising as perceived by the Public 16 The misinterpreted wide eyed view of Indian Consumers about Advertising 17 Advertising is an indicator of business health 17 Advertising size matters 18 Likely future of advertising in India 19 “Gyaan” of Advertising 20 How effective was an ad in pushing you towards first buying and then consuming a product? 20 Recommendations 22 References 25 Project proposed Study of consumer perception about advertising in India- exploratory study on value derived by organizations from advertising. Objective of the project To determine the factors that affect consumers’ perception about advertisements in the Indian context and to suggest variable approaches towards improving communicative capability of advertisements...
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...Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey edited by Amy Jacques-Garvey 1 Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey edited by Amy Jacques-Garvey The Journal of Pan African Studies 2009 eBook Dedicated to the true and loyal members of the Universal Negro Improvement Association in the cause of African redemption. Preface This volume is compiled from the speeches and articles delivered and written by Marcus Garvey from time to time. My purpose for compiling same primarily, was not for publication, but rather to keep as a personal record of the opinions and sayings of my husband during his career as the leader of that portion of the human family known as the Negro race. However, on second thought, I decided to publish this volume in order to give to the public an opportunity of studying and forming an opinion of him; not from inflated and misleading newspaper and magazine articles, but from expressions of thoughts enunciated by him in defense of his oppressed and struggling race; so that by his own words he may be judged, and Negroes the world over may be informed and inspired, for truth, brought to light, forces conviction, and a state of conviction inspires action. The history of contact between the white and Black races for the last three hundred years or more, records only a series of pillages, wholesale murders, atrocious brutalities, industrial exploitation, disfranchisement of the one on the other; the strong against the weak; but the sun of evolution is gradually rising...
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