Swaha Pattanaik, Mike T John, Nidhi Kohli, Mark L Davison, Seungwon Chung, Karl Self, Amruta Naik, Priscilla M Flynn
Item and scale properties of the Oral Health Literacy Adults Questionnaire assessed by item response theory
Journal of public health dentistry
abstract widespread policy concerns improve widen increase science technology engineering mathematics participation remains stratified ethnicity gender social class despite interested highly valuing science black students tend express limited aspirations careers science remain underrepresented post16 science courses careers pattern solely explained attainment paper draws survey data nationally representative student cohorts longitudinal interview data collected 4 years 10 black africancaribbean students parents tracked age 1014 y6y9 part larger study childrens science career aspirations paper uses intersectional analysis qualitative data examine science careers less thinkable black students case study also presented two young black women bucked trend aspired science careers paper concludes implications science education policy practice