The concept of equity focuses on outcomes. It’s related to the belief that social determinants massively affect how people’s lives turn out and that, therefore, a truly fair arrangement of society will account for the tangible ways that this harms socially and economically disadvantaged groups. ...
a traditionally disadvantaged community, was rezoned from Mixed Use Residential to Light Industrial. The OAG asserts that this decision fails to consider “the whole of the Project, ignoring foreseeable indirect Project impacts, and inaccurately asserting that the Project is in compliance with local, ...
Fromthe U.S. government: “The federal government’s goal is to award at least 5% of all federal contracting dollars to women-owned small businesses each year.” and “Each year, the federal government contracts to Small Disadvantaged Businesses (SDBs). This amount makes up about 10% of all...
“disadvantaged communities” (and variations) in the bill and excluded bills in which the term “disadvantaged communities” was only a definition but without a context of action towards them; if the reference was in the title or in the legislative counsel’s digest of the bill, we utilized ...
These factors are the result of marginalization of juveniles in the already severely disadvantaged segments of society. Rapid population growth has been experi- enced in Africa, and the population seems to be getting correspondingly younger over time. This is coupled with the fact that few new ...
Potential strategies to eliminate built environment disparities for disadvantaged and vulnerable communities. Am J Public Health. 2011;101:587–95. Article Google Scholar Walker RE, Keane CR, Burke JG. Disparities and access to healthy food in the United States: a review of food deserts ...
Many initiatives, such as FRAK and Food Garden Overvecht, contribute to the empowerment of disadvantaged groups by providing easily accessible and enjoyable jobs and places for diverse groups, including youth, to meet in nature. They provide safe nearby places to practice gardening or enjoy urban na...
Community health advocates in the 1980s had begun urging the EPA and state environmental agencies to address toxicants’ cumulative effects on disadvantaged populations. Some advocates became activists, first charging “environmental racism”, then demanding “environmental justice”, and eventually reconcept...
If M-Maji works, it will empower disadvantaged communities with better information about water availability, price, and quality. Prospects for basic income: a British Perspective 253 Bill Jordan As the idea of Basic Income becomes more of a practical possibility, the political basis for its ...
The framework proposed by Kam includes: being informed and aware of what is happening at a social and political level; ensuring practice reaches the most disadvantaged and oppressed groups in society; using systems and person-in-environment theories and perspectives; recognising that many social and ...