Low-income black women in the US had more perceptions encouraging high gestational weight gain than discouraging it [ 23].
Questions regarding knowledge provided true or false response options; the situational awareness question was multiple choice with 3 options; questions about impact were answered on a scale of 4 levels (nil, little, quite, and extremely); and questions about perceptions encouraged open-ended answers that were subsequently coded.
Rather, this perception encouraged group violence against Jews in pogroms and in the Holocaust.
This perception encouraged voters to overlook the "variety and complexity" of factory work; as a result, "manufacturers encountered less and less censure" when they closed factories and moved good jobs overseas.
Osborne is handicapped by the cuts to living standards and by the perception – encouraged by the decision to reduce the top rate of tax while cutting welfare – that austerity is for the many, not the privileged few.
In another move to throw doubt on the public perception encouraged by Mr. Bush that he is the victor -- and to counter television images from Austin, Tex., of Bush supporters rejoicing in the streets and later of Mr. Bush himself -- the Gore campaign dispatched Senator Joseph I. Lieberman, Mr. Gore's running mate, before the cameras tonight to make the case that any celebration is premature.
Such perceptions may encourage girls to be more enthusiastic and able to use condoms since they are more affected by the negative consequences of sexual activity.
And every time I go to India I have to correct this perception and encourage people to think of the UK as a good choice for them".
From the start of the day, Mr. Giuliani's campaign aides were going to great extents to tamp down the image of Mr. Giuliani as a candidate on the verge of withdrawal, worried that such a perception would encourage political challengers and discourage contributors.
Organizations from both the risk reduction and development fields are working to design programs that build risk understanding and risk perception to encourage protective action in communities that are often at risk from multiple, overlapping threats.
