Margaret White
Biographic Data
| ID | 3656193 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Margaret White |
| GIVEN NAMES | Margaret |
| FAMILY NAME | White |
| SIGNATURE | WHITE M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Department of the Premier and Cabinet |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2795-1431 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1968 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Public Coverage of Postpartum Services for Immigrants
The results of this qualitative study suggest that there is substantial variation between states in whether and how immigrants can access publicly funded health insurance during the postpartum period. Further research is needed to examine the association between state policies and postpartum maternal health outcomes
Mortality among those certified under lunacy legislation in Scotland during World War I
Mortality in asylum populations increased during World War I. This paper seeks to analyse the mortality data from Scotland, where governmental statistics allow comparison between different lunacy institutions, poorhouses and prisons, as well as people certified under lunacy legislation but living in the community. Detailed study is made of two Lothian asylums, the Royal Edinburgh Asylum and the Midlothian and Peebles District Asylum, and the 1918…
An exploration of the socio-cultural context in immigrant-concentrated neighborhoods with unusual rates of child maltreatment
Despite the field’s understanding of individual and family level predictors of child maltreatment, research on neighborhood indicators of child abuse and neglect, especially in immigrant communities, is limited. This study employed a qualitative approach using semi-structured interviews to elicit perceptions of 28 key community informants to further understand the social dynamics of highly concentrated immigrant communities and their influence on…
Evaluation of the Missouri WIC (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children) breast-feeding peer counselling programme
Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of the peer counselling (PC) programme on breast-feeding initiation among participants in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) in Missouri, and to identify factors that facilitate breast-feeding initiation. Design We used the data from the 2006 Missouri Pregnancy Nutrition Surveillance System, Missouri Live Birth Records and the Missouri WIC programme to compare …
Borders and Boundaries in the History of Education
The papers published in this special issue of Paedagogica Historica were selected from those presented at the meeting of ISCHE XXVII (Sydney, 2005). This conference was a unique occasion, being the
Creating Responsible Educational Images of Judaic/Christian/Islamic Relations
A dimension of educational research should be addressing reform of our selective constructs of knowledge based on predominantly Christian assumptions in the West that have neglected the parallels, similarities and relationships written in the spiritual and moral philosophies of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Part of that research needs to address the long term beliefs that the Qur'an and its teachings are hostile to the Judaic/Christian ethic. …
[Letter from Margaret White]
Predictive Validity of a Screening Battery for Children ‘At Risk’ for Reading Failure
S ummary . A three‐year follow‐up of a sample of 407 white boys entering urban Catholic schools in Perth is reported. The children were given a series of eight tests previously shown to predict subsequent reading performance. Using discriminant analysis, it was shown that 75 per cent of children identified as having a high risk of reading failure showed severe or mild symptoms of such failure in terms of reading comprehension in the third year of…
Is courtesy an ethic
Borders and Boundaries in the History of Education
The papers published in this special issue of Paedagogica Historica were selected from those presented at the meeting of ISCHE XXVII (Sydney, 2005). This conference was a unique occasion, being the
Is courtesy an ethic
Predictive Validity of a Screening Battery for Children ‘At Risk’ for Reading Failure
S ummary . A three‐year follow‐up of a sample of 407 white boys entering urban Catholic schools in Perth is reported. The children were given a series of eight tests previously shown to predict subsequent reading performance. Using discriminant analysis, it was shown that 75 per cent of children identified as having a high risk of reading failure showed severe or mild symptoms of such failure in terms of reading comprehension in the third year of…
[Letter from Margaret White]
Creating Responsible Educational Images of Judaic/Christian/Islamic Relations
A dimension of educational research should be addressing reform of our selective constructs of knowledge based on predominantly Christian assumptions in the West that have neglected the parallels, similarities and relationships written in the spiritual and moral philosophies of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Part of that research needs to address the long term beliefs that the Qur'an and its teachings are hostile to the Judaic/Christian ethic. …
Borders and Boundaries in the History of Education
The papers published in this special issue of Paedagogica Historica were selected from those presented at the meeting of ISCHE XXVII (Sydney, 2005). This conference was a unique occasion, being the
Evaluation of the Missouri WIC (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children) breast-feeding peer counselling programme
Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of the peer counselling (PC) programme on breast-feeding initiation among participants in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) in Missouri, and to identify factors that facilitate breast-feeding initiation. Design We used the data from the 2006 Missouri Pregnancy Nutrition Surveillance System, Missouri Live Birth Records and the Missouri WIC programme to compare …
An exploration of the socio-cultural context in immigrant-concentrated neighborhoods with unusual rates of child maltreatment
Despite the field’s understanding of individual and family level predictors of child maltreatment, research on neighborhood indicators of child abuse and neglect, especially in immigrant communities, is limited. This study employed a qualitative approach using semi-structured interviews to elicit perceptions of 28 key community informants to further understand the social dynamics of highly concentrated immigrant communities and their influence on…
Mortality among those certified under lunacy legislation in Scotland during World War I
Mortality in asylum populations increased during World War I. This paper seeks to analyse the mortality data from Scotland, where governmental statistics allow comparison between different lunacy institutions, poorhouses and prisons, as well as people certified under lunacy legislation but living in the community. Detailed study is made of two Lothian asylums, the Royal Edinburgh Asylum and the Midlothian and Peebles District Asylum, and the 1918…
Public Coverage of Postpartum Services for Immigrants
The results of this qualitative study suggest that there is substantial variation between states in whether and how immigrants can access publicly funded health insurance during the postpartum period. Further research is needed to examine the association between state policies and postpartum maternal health outcomes
Political science (6 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Law (4 works) · History (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Demography (2 works) · Developmental psychology (2 works) · Family medicine (2 works)