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Properties of central arteries in populations of different ethnicity: Ethnicity and central arteries KU Leuven

Augustine Odili, Y Gu, Jan A Staessen
© 2014 Springer-Verlag London. All rights reserved. Recent studies have established a strong and independent association between central haemodynamics of central arteries and cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Evaluation of indices of central arterial stiffness will thus improve cardiovascular risk assessment. While age modifies the structure of the aorta and as such contributes significantly to the changes in the central haemodynamics, ...

Gestational weight gain across continents and ethnicity University of Antwerp KU Leuven

Rebecca F. Goldstein, Sally K. Abell, Sanjeeva Ranasinha, Marie L. Misso, Jacqueline A. Boyle, Cheryce L. Harrison, Mary Helen Black, Nan Li, Gang Hu, Francesco Corrado, et al.
Background: The association between Institute of Medicine (IOM) guidelines and pregnancy outcomes across ethnicities is uncertain. We evaluated the associations of gestational weight gain (GWG) outside 2009 IOM guidelines, with maternal and infant outcomes across the USA, western Europe and east Asia, with subgroup analyses in Asia. The aim was to explore ethnic differences in maternal prepregnancy body mass index (BMI), GWG and health outcomes ...

Ethnicity, voting and the promises of the independence movement in Tanzania: the case of the 2010 general elections in Mwanza Ghent University

Mrisho Malipula
This dissertation explores the influence of ethnicity on determining votersU+2019 choices in Tanzania. The issue of explaining ethnicity and voting in Tanzania is puzzling. The puzzle stems from the fact that Tanzania is less ethnically politicised compared to most African states, despite being ethnically diverse with over 120 ethnic groups, sharing the colonial history and an ongoing anxiety about competitive politics and liberal economics ...

Comparing two definitions of ethnicity for identifying young persons at risk for chlamydia Institute of Tropical Medicine

A Haasnoot, F D H Koedijk, Eline L M Op de Coul, H M Götz, Marianne van der Sande, Ingrid V. F. van den Broek

Ethnic disparities in chlamydia infections in The Netherlands were assessed, in order to compare two definitions of ethnicity: ethnicity based on country of birth and self-defined ethnicity. Chlamydia positivity in persons aged 16-29 years was investigated using data from the first round of the Chlamydia Screening Implementation (CSI, 2008-2009) and surveillance data from STI centres (2009). Logistic regression modelling showed that being an ...

Conceptualizing and Measuring Ethnicity KU Leuven

Graham Brown, Arnim Langer
This paper critically reviews the ontological debates over the nature of ethnicity and the different ways in which it is operationalized and "measured" for quantitative research. It is argued that while moving away from a "primordealist" position on ethnicity renders measurement of the social diversity more difficult, conceptually and practically it does not invalidate this exercise. A second problem, however, is also identified with the ...

Unity Over Diversity. A Multi-cultural Education Perspective on Ethnicity, Social Cohesion and Secondary School Education in Kenya KU Leuven

Sulley Ibrahim
Since the founding of the 'two faces of education in ethnic conflict' concept (Bush & Saltarelli, 2000) peace education research has critically repositioned education's role in addressing interethnic relations as a double-edged sword. What this means is that a society's interethnic relations can be improved by bringing students and teachers of diverse ethnic groups into contact with each other in school settings (Beelman & Heinemann, ...

Gender discrimination in hiring: Intersectional effects with ethnicity and cognitive job demands. Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Eva Derous, Roland Pepermans
Studies on hiring discrimination typically consider one diversity dimension at a time. Building on a multiple categorization and cognitive matching perspective, this study investigated how applicants’ gender intersects with other status characteristics (ethnicity) and cognitive job demands for a better understanding of gender discrimination in resumé screening. An experimental study among 214 Belgian HR-professionals showed that a Maghreb/Arab ...

Language Variation and Ethnicity: Gramnmatical variation and Code-Switching in the Afrikaans Speech Community Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Gérald Stell
This book illustrates the linguistic reflection of ethnicity using as an illustration informal speech patterns in the bi-ethnic Afrikaans speech community. Its theoretical outlook is based on variationist studies and discourse studies of the processes shaping ethnicity. Two areas of language variation come into focus, namely Afrikaans morpho-syntax and Afrikaans-English code-switching. Coloured and White speech norms are quantitatively ...

Doing research on the intersection of ethnicity and old age: Key insights from decolonial frameworks Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Saloua Berdai Chaouni, Ann Claeys, Jennifer van den Broeke, Liesbeth De Donder

Population aging and international migration are two of the most critical social trends shaping the world today. As a result, scholars across the globe have begun to investigate how to better incorporate ethnicity into gerontological research. The integration of insights from life-course theory, post-colonial, and feminist theories have resulted in valuable attempts to tackle issues related to ethnicity and old age. Inspired by these bodies ...