Cognitive and Language Skills of Turkish Children in Germany: A Comparison of the Second and Third Generation and Mixed Generational Groups

Becker, Birgit

doi:10.1111/j.1747-7379.2011.00853.x

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“…Women's inability to make decisions as documented in this study may be related to their lack of economic empowerment, as noted in other studies [52,58]. In addition, women's decision-making power could be affected by their illiteracy.…”

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Waiting for attention and care: birthing accounts of women in rural Tanzania who developed obstetric fistula as an outcome of labour

Mselle

Kohi

Mvungi

et al. 2011

BMC Pregnancy Childbirth

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BackgroundObstetric fistula is a physically and socially disabling obstetric complication that affects about 3,000 women in Tanzania every year. The fistula, an opening that forms between the vagina and the bladder and/or the rectum, is most frequently caused by unattended prolonged labour, often associated with delays in seeking and receiving appropriate and adequate birth care. Using the availability, accessibility, acceptability and quality of care (AAAQ) concept and the three delays model, this article provides empirical knowledge on birth care experiences of women who developed fistula after prolonged labour.MethodsWe used a mixed methods approach to explore the birthing experiences of women affected by fistula and the barriers to access adequate care during labour and delivery. Sixteen women were interviewed for the qualitative study and 151 women were included in the quantitative survey. All women were interviewed at the Comprehensive Community Based Rehabilitation Tanzania in Dar es Salaam and Bugando Medical Centre in Mwanza.ResultsWomen experienced delays both before and after arriving at a health facility. Decisions on where to seek care were most often taken by husbands and mothers-in-law (60%). Access to health facilities providing emergency obstetric care was inadequate and transport was a major obstacle. About 20% reported that they had walked or were carried to the health facility. More than 50% had reported to a health facility after two or more days of labour at home. After arrival at a health facility women experienced lack of supportive care, neglect, poor assessment of labour and lack of supervision. Their birth accounts suggest unskilled birth care and poor referral routines.ConclusionsThis study reveals major gaps in access to and provision of emergency obstetric care. It illustrates how poor quality of care at health facilities contributes to delays that lead to severe birth injuries, highlighting the need to ensure women's rights to accessible, acceptable and adequate quality services during labour and delivery.

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“…In Tanzania, like in most societies in sub-Saharan Africa where the dominant social structure is patriarchal, the paternal family tends to dominate the decision-making processes [51,52], and birth care is no exception. The paternal family is expected to cover the costs, and thus has the final say [53].…”

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Waiting for attention and care: birthing accounts of women in rural Tanzania who developed obstetric fistula as an outcome of labour

Mselle

Kohi

Mvungi

et al. 2011

BMC Pregnancy Childbirth

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“…This seems to be in line with the variant approach theory (see, among others, Thornton and Wason, 1995, Rockquemore & Brunsma, 2002a, 2002bVan Ours e Veenman, 2008), which has been developed at the empirical level in the UK and US (see e.g. Kao, 1999;Shih et al 2007;Muttarak, 2007), but also in continental Europe (see, for instance, Becker, 2011). One reason for this advantage is bilingualism (Bialystok, 2001).…”

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Calling into Question the Link between Educational Achievement and Migrant Background

Bartolomeo

Bonfanti

2014

SSRN Journal

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The Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (RSCAS), created in 1992 and directed by Brigid Laffan since September 2013, aims to develop inter-disciplinary and comparative research and to promote work on the major issues facing the process of integration and European society.The Centre is home to a large post-doctoral programme and hosts major research programmes and projects, and a range of working groups and ad hoc initiatives. The research agenda is organised around a set of core themes and is continuously evolving, reflecting the changing agenda of European integration and the expanding membership of the European Union. Migration Policy Centre (MPC)The Migration Policy Centre (MPC) at the European University Institute, Florence, conducts advanced research on global migration to serve migration governance needs at European level, from developing, implementing and monitoring migration-related policies to assessing their impact on the wider economy and society.The MPC carries out field as well as archival research, both of which are scientifically robust and policy-relevant, not only at European level, but also globally, targeting policy-makers as well as politicians. This research provides tools for addressing migration challenges, by: 1) producing policyoriented research on aspects of migration, asylum and mobility in Europe and in countries located along migration routes to Europe, that are regarded as priorities; 2) bridging research with action by providing policy-makers and other stakeholders with results required by evidence-based policymaking, as well as necessary methodologies that address migration governance needs; 3) pooling scholars, experts, policy makers, and influential thinkers in order to identify problems, research their causes and consequences, and devise policy solutions. Our research includes a core programme and several projects, most of them co-financed by the European Union.The MPC working paper series, published since April 2013, aims at disseminating high-quality research pertaining to migration and related issues. All EUI members, as well as other external scholars and practitioners, are welcome to submit their work to the series. For further queries, please contact the Migration Policy Centre Secretariat at mpc@eui.eu More information can be found on: http://www.migrationpolicycentre.eu/ Disclaimer: The EUI, RSCAS and MPC are not responsible for the opinion expressed by the author(s). Furthermore, the views expressed in this publication cannot in any circumstances be regarded as the official position of the European Union". AbstractIn EU societies, the role that immigrants' children play in the educational system is fiercely debated. There exists a consensus that immigrants' children show, on average, lower educational performances than children of natives in all EU states, regardless of grade level, type of school, age, etc. This awareness has led to the perception that the concentration of immigrants' children negatively affects overall school educational performances. This no...

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“…All families with at least one parent or grandparent of the child born in Turkey are considered as having a Turkish immigration background. We use this rather broad definition of immigrant background because research finds that in Germany, even third-generation immigrant children have lower language skills at preschool age than native children (Becker, 2011). A computer-assisted personal interview (CAPI) was conducted with the child's primary caregiver.…”

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The effect of reading aloud daily—Differential effects of reading to native-born German and Turkish-origin immigrant children

Klein

Biedinger

Becker

2014

Research in Social Stratification and Mobility

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Cognitive and Language Skills of Turkish Children in Germany: A Comparison of the Second and Third Generation and Mixed Generational Groups

Cited by 40 publications

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Waiting for attention and care: birthing accounts of women in rural Tanzania who developed obstetric fistula as an outcome of labour

Waiting for attention and care: birthing accounts of women in rural Tanzania who developed obstetric fistula as an outcome of labour

Calling into Question the Link between Educational Achievement and Migrant Background

The effect of reading aloud daily—Differential effects of reading to native-born German and Turkish-origin immigrant children

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