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The STEM pipeline: Do media and objectified body consciousness create an early exit for middle school girls? (2020)
Journal Article
Daniels, E. A., & Robnett, R. D. (2021). The STEM pipeline: Do media and objectified body consciousness create an early exit for middle school girls?. Journal of Early Adolescence, 41(7), 1099-1124. https://doi.org/10.1177/0272431620983442

Girls and women are underrepresented in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. Research has investigated various explanatory factors (e.g., lack of role models, sexism) in these patterns. However, to date, the roles of media... Read More about The STEM pipeline: Do media and objectified body consciousness create an early exit for middle school girls?.

Impact of home food production on nutritional blindness, stunting, wasting, underweight and mortality in children: A systematic review and meta-analysis of controlled trials (2020)
Journal Article
Bassey, C., Crooks, H., Paterson, K., Ball, R., Howell, K., Humphries-Cuff, I., …Lee Hooper, J. A. &. (2022). Impact of home food production on nutritional blindness, stunting, wasting, underweight and mortality in children: A systematic review and meta-analysis of controlled trials. Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, 62(7), 1856-1869. https://doi.org/10.1080/10408398.2020.1848786

Vitamin A deficiency is highly prevalent and remains the major cause of nutritional blindness in children in low-and middle-income countries, despite supplementation programmes. Xeropthalmia (severe drying and thickening of the conjunctiva) is caused... Read More about Impact of home food production on nutritional blindness, stunting, wasting, underweight and mortality in children: A systematic review and meta-analysis of controlled trials.

Experiences and implications of smartphone apps for depression and anxiety (2020)
Journal Article
Crosby, L., & Bonnington, O. (2020). Experiences and implications of smartphone apps for depression and anxiety. Sociology of Health and Illness, 42(4), 925-942. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.13076

Apps on smartphones are increasingly used for self-care for depression and anxiety, yet how and why they are accessed, and their social effects, remain under-investigated. Sociologists have begun to theorise how these technologies affect and relate;... Read More about Experiences and implications of smartphone apps for depression and anxiety.