childrens health – O.N.E.—One Nation’s Echo

Dallas is the seventh largest city in the United States with a population exceeding 1.1 million citizens in the year 2000. Dallas is the fourth largest park system in the United States. The second wave of the environmental justice movement is a concept concerned with urban design, public health, and availability of outdoor physical activities.… →

Parental Obesity and New Mentality: Raising the Risk of Child Obesity

30 Mar 2014

Our nation’s most urgent health problem is the disparities in health care. There are stark disparities in health by gender and socioeconomic status. According to Davis et al. (2005), “the social and community environments affect health directly as well as indirectly by influencing behavior”(p. 2168). Which group do we put parents who have a distorted… →

A Focus on Resilience: Children during Marital Transition

16 Mar 2014

Resilience is very important in order to establish positive adaptation during marital transition. Divorce and remarriage involve a complex series of changes that can affect all aspects of family relationships. In attempts to recapture normalcy after marital separation, the feelings of hurt and pain, sadness and anger are particularly intense among children and parents. Counselling… →

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Dallas Vision to Enhance Public’s Health and County’s Vitality

Dallas’ Renaissance Plan: A Response to the Second Wave of Environmental Justice

Parental Obesity and New Mentality: Raising the Risk of Child Obesity

A Focus on Resilience: Children during Marital Transition