Politics: burma fears politicisation of humanitarian crisis
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UNITED NATIONS, May 16 (IPS) - The United Nations, which has accelerated its pace
of humanitarian assistance to cyclone-devastated Burma (Myanmar),
is making little or no progress in dealing with the
country's military leaders -- both at a political and
personal level. (Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health)
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - May 17, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
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Value in Health, Volume 11, Issue 3, Page A322-A333, May/June 2008. (Source: Value in Health)
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Value in Health, Volume 11, Issue 3, Page A1-A28, May/June 2008. (Source: Value in Health)
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Value in Health, Volume 11, Issue 3, Page A29-A311, May/June 2008. (Source: Value in Health)
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Value in Health, Volume 11, Issue 3, Page A312-A321, May/June 2008. (Source: Value in Health)
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Estimated 3.2 million burmese potentially affected by cyclone
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As many as 3.2 million Burmese are estimated to be affected by the devastation caused by Cyclone Nargis, according to geographic risk models developed by researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Lehman College, CUNY. Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS), the researchers calculated the likely distribution of the population of Burma (also known as Myanmar) and developed maps of the regions at greatest risk from the storm?s effects. The maps and a summary of the current humanitarian situation are available at www.jhsph.edu/burmacyclone. (Source: Public Health News Headlines from Johns Hopkins)
Source: Public Health News Headlines from Johns Hopkins - May 16, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Tags: News Health Source Type: news
Iraq: running out of water in rising heat
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BAQUBA, May 9 (IPS) - Water supply is drying out in what was once the
agriculturally rich Diyala province north of
Baghdad. Baquba,
the capital city of Diyala, is now running out of water both for
drinking and
for irrigation. (Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health)
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - May 16, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Burma: 'junta aid blocks could multiply cyclone toll'
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BANGKOK, May 12 (IPS) - Burma’s military regime may soon face charges of
allowing tens of thousands of its own
people to die through
incompetence and bureaucratic red-tape placed in the way of
international relief efforts for over one million cyclone
victims in the country. (Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health)
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - May 16, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Iraq: food crisis hits fallujah
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FALLUJAH, May 12 (IPS) - Sharp increases in food prices have generated a new
wave of anti-occupation and anti-U.S.
sentiment in Fallujah. (Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health)
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - May 16, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Burma: foreigners, cameras banned in cyclone-hit areas
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BANGKOK, May 13 (IPS) - Images of the dead keep trickling out of Burma. The
most moving are those of children who
died when Cyclone Nargis
tore through their world in the populous Irrawaddy delta. (Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health)
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - May 16, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Southern africa: water "undervalued and not treated with respect"
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MASERU, May 14 (IPS) - A two-day conference on water issues in the
Southern African Development Community
(SADC), which opened
Wednesday in Maseru, Lesotho, has seen representatives of
government, civil society, the private sector, donors and other
groups discuss the likely
effects of climate change on
development in the region. (Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health)
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - May 16, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Rights-india: top activist's detention blot on democracy
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NEW DELHI, May 15 (IPS) - Protests are mounting all over the world against
the year-long detention of Dr. Binayak Sen, a distinguished
Indian human rights and health activist, under draconian laws in
the central state of Chhattisgarh. (Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health)
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - May 16, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Portugal: cuban cataract ops prick medical conscience
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LISBON, May 15 (IPS) - Cuba’s offer to provide cataract operations for
people who have been on waiting lists for years at Portugal’s
public hospitals triggered a reaction by the government and
doctors, who may finally begin to provide a solution to this
problem that affects thousands of elderly people. (Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health)
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - May 16, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Pfizer extends 10 million yuan to earthquake victims and relief efforts in china
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Pfizer China announced it is providing up to RMB 10 million (approximately $1.4 million U.S.D) in medicines and financial assistance to relief organizations operating in the region worst affected by the massive earthquake. "We were devastated to hear about the rising death tolls and escalating number of injuries in Sichuan Province," said Ahmet Esen, country manager of Pfizer China. (Source: Aid / Disasters News From Medical News Today)
Source: Aid / Disasters News From Medical News Today - May 16, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Un think tank urges legislators to support 'open source' information technologies, software
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(United Nations University) United Nations University-MERIT experts yesterday in Geneva urged parliamentarians to support open source software and information technologies as a way to let citizens participate meaningfully in the information society. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - May 16, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Acp says major system reforms needed to improve the state of primary care medicine in the us
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(American College of Physicians) Declaring that "Primary care medicine is in a precipitous decline," David C. Dale, MD, FACP, president of the American College of Physicians (ACP), today joined with leading representatives of employers and consumers to issue a call for comprehensive reforms to attract, recruit and retain general internists and other primary care physicians. During a panel discussion of the state of primary care medicine in the US, Dr. Dale and other panelists spoke about the challenges facing primary care and potential solutions. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - May 16, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Daljit ahluwalia, acclaimed math chair at njit, to be honored
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(New Jersey Institute of Technology) Daljit Ahluwalia, the visionary, vibrant and long-time chair of NJIT's department of mathematical sciences, will be honored at 6:30 p.m. on May 19, 2008. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - May 16, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Item! candidates are buying your vote
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(University of Chicago Press Journals) A daring new article in the Journal of Political Economy creates a theoretical voting system where, in addition to the already accepted campaign promises, votes can be bought and sold free of stigma. Within this system, the authors are able to shed light on the economics of our approaching general election (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - May 16, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Separation from mom, dad linked with learning trouble in kids
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(University of Rochester Medical Center) In the wake of divorce, illness, violence and other problems that can unsettle homes, countless young children are liable to experience temporary separations from one or both parents before packing their knapsacks for kindergarten. Published in the May/June issue of Ambulatory Pediatrics, a new, community-wide study from Rochester, New York, warns that such kids are at increased risk for learning difficulties. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - May 16, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
A better way to help patients
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The author realized his minor, commonplace errors were hampering patient care. See if any of them ring
a bell for you. (Source: Medical Economics - Patient Relations)
Source: Medical Economics - Patient Relations - May 16, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: journals
Quake deaths in sichuan is probably over 50,000 says china's government
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The death toll so far from Monday's earthquake has been confirmed at over 19,500, but the Chinese authorities fear that more than 50,000 have been killed in Sichuan province alone, according to a press conference announcement made earlier today, Thursday 15th May, by the rescue headquarters of the State Council, headed by Premier Wen Jiabao. (Source: Aid / Disasters News From Medical News Today)
Source: Aid / Disasters News From Medical News Today - May 15, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Masked heterogeneity in obesity between immigrant subgroups.
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PMID: 18445786 [PubMed - in process] (Source: American Journal of Public Health)
Source: American Journal of Public Health - May 15, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Oza-Frank R, Venkat Narayan KM Tags: Am J Public Health Source Type: journals
Assessment of the effects of social support on adolescents with parents with hiv/aids.
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Assessment of the effects of social support on adolescents with parents with HIV/AIDS.
Am J Public Health. 2008 Jun;98(6):966; author reply 967
Authors: Varma DS
PMID: 18445787 [PubMed - in process] (Source: American Journal of Public Health)
Source: American Journal of Public Health - May 15, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Varma DS Tags: Am J Public Health Source Type: journals
Lost luggage, recovered lives.
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PMID: 18445788 [PubMed - in process] (Source: American Journal of Public Health)
Source: American Journal of Public Health - May 15, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Stastny P, Penney D Tags: Am J Public Health Source Type: journals
Sexual and gender minority health: what we know and what needs to be done.
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We describe the emergence of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) health as a key area of study and practice for clinicians and public health professionals. We discuss the specific needs of LGBT populations on the basis of the most recent epidemiological and clinical investigations, methods for defining and measuring LGBT populations, and the barriers they face in obtaining appropriate care and services. We then discuss how clinicians and public health professionals can improve research methods, clinical outcomes, and service delivery for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people.
PMID: 18445789 [PubMed ...
Source: American Journal of Public Health - May 15, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Mayer KH, Bradford JB, Makadon HJ, Stall R, Goldhammer H, Landers S Tags: Am J Public Health Source Type: journals
Receipt of prevention services among hiv-infected men who have sex with men.
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Receipt of prevention services among HIV-infected men who have sex with men.
Am J Public Health. 2008 Jun;98(6):1011-4
Authors: Steward WT, Charlebois ED, Johnson MO, Remien RH, Goldstein RB, Wong FL, Morin SF
Unprotected sexual intercourse remains a primary mode of HIV transmission in the United States. We found that receipt of services to reduce HIV transmission-risk behaviors was low among 3787 HIV-infected individuals and that men who have sex with men were especially unlikely to receive these services even though they were more likely to report unprotected sexual intercourse with seronegative and unknown s...
Source: American Journal of Public Health - May 15, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Steward WT, Charlebois ED, Johnson MO, Remien RH, Goldstein RB, Wong FL, Morin SF Tags: Am J Public Health Source Type: journals
Turning loss into legislation.
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Same-sex partnerships encounter tremendous challenges in the context of healthcare, including empowerment to act on behalf of loved ones. We share challenges faced by two women who confronted this issue head-on when their same-sex partners were critically, and, in one case, fatally, injured. In both cases, hospitals initially refused to recognize these women as next of kin; one woman endured years of legal battles in her struggle to win the right to care for her partner. The other testified about her heartrending experience before the Washington State Judiciary Committee, helping to inspire legislation regarding rights...
Source: American Journal of Public Health - May 15, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Labella A, Singh D Tags: Am J Public Health Source Type: journals
Beyond abuse and exposure: framing the impact of prescription-medication sharing.
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CONCLUSIONS: Sharing prescription medication places individuals at risk for diverse consequences, and further research regarding medication loaning and borrowing behaviors and their associated consequences is merited.
PMID: 18445792 [PubMed - in process] (Source: American Journal of Public Health)
Source: American Journal of Public Health - May 15, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Goldsworthy RC, Schwartz NC, Mayhorn CB Tags: Am J Public Health Source Type: journals
Incidence of and risk factors for sexual orientation-related physical assault among young men who have sex with men.
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CONCLUSIONS: These data underscore the need for increased public awareness, surveillance, and support to reduce assault against young MSM. Such efforts should be coordinated at the community level to ensure that social norms dictate that such acts are unacceptable.
PMID: 18445793 [PubMed - in process] (Source: American Journal of Public Health)
Source: American Journal of Public Health - May 15, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Lampinen TM, Chan K, Anema A, Miller ML, Schilder AJ, Schechter MT, Hogg RS, Strathdee SA Tags: Am J Public Health Source Type: journals
Moving upstream: ecosocial and psychosocial correlates of sexually transmitted infections among young adults in the united states.
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CONCLUSIONS: Often present before sexual debut, contextual conditions enhance STI risk by increasing sexual risk behaviors and likelihood of exposure to infection. These findings suggest that upstream conditions such as housing and safety contribute to the burden of STIs and are appropriate targets for future intervention.
PMID: 18445794 [PubMed - in process] (Source: American Journal of Public Health)
Source: American Journal of Public Health - May 15, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Buffardi AL, Thomas KK, Holmes KK, Manhart LE Tags: Am J Public Health Source Type: journals
Evaluation of an hiv prevention intervention adapted for black men who have sex with men.
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CONCLUSIONS: Adapting previously proven interventions designed for other MSM can significantly reduce HIV risk behaviors of Black MSM.
PMID: 18445795 [PubMed - in process] (Source: American Journal of Public Health)
Source: American Journal of Public Health - May 15, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Jones KT, Gray P, Whiteside YO, Wang T, Bost D, Dunbar E, Foust E, Johnson WD Tags: Am J Public Health Source Type: journals
The prevalence of metabolic syndrome among us women of childbearing age.
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CONCLUSIONS: The current trends of metabolic syndrome among women of childbearing age demonstrate the need for additional rigorous investigations regarding its long-term effects in these women and their offspring.
PMID: 18445796 [PubMed - in process] (Source: American Journal of Public Health)
Source: American Journal of Public Health - May 15, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Ramos RG, Olden K Tags: Am J Public Health Source Type: journals
Health-related quality of life among adults who experienced maltreatment during childhood.
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CONCLUSIONS: Persons who experienced childhood maltreatment had significant and sustained losses in health-related quality of life in adulthood relative to persons who did not experience maltreatment. These data are useful for assessing the cost-effectiveness of interventions designed to prevent child maltreatment in terms of cost per quality-adjusted life years saved.
PMID: 18445797 [PubMed - in process] (Source: American Journal of Public Health)
Source: American Journal of Public Health - May 15, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Corso PS, Edwards VJ, Fang X, Mercy JA Tags: Am J Public Health Source Type: journals
Resilience to urban poverty: theoretical and empirical considerations for population health.
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CONCLUSIONS: Health resilience to poverty was supported by protective factors in the built and social environments. When poverty itself cannot be eliminated, improving the quality of the built and social environments will foster resilience to its harmful health effects.
PMID: 18445798 [PubMed - in process] (Source: American Journal of Public Health)
Source: American Journal of Public Health - May 15, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Sanders AE, Lim S, Sohn W Tags: Am J Public Health Source Type: journals
Condom use and hip hop culture: the case of urban young men in new york city.
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CONCLUSIONS: Popular discourses on young men's health risks often blame youths' cultures such as the hip hop culture for increased risk practices but do not critically examine how risk emerges in urban young men's lives and what aspects of youths' culture can be protective. Further research needs to focus on contextual factors of risk such as the role of hip hop nightlife on increased HIV risk.
PMID: 18445799 [PubMed - in process] (Source: American Journal of Public Health)
Source: American Journal of Public Health - May 15, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Muñoz-Laboy MA, Castellanos DH, Haliburton CS, del Aguila EV, Weinstein HJ, Parker RG Tags: Am J Public Health Source Type: journals
"if you know you exist, it's just marketing poison": meanings of tobacco industry targeting in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community.
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"If you know you exist, it's just marketing poison": meanings of tobacco industry targeting in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community.
Am J Public Health. 2008 Jun;98(6):996-1003
Authors: Smith EA, Thomson K, Offen N, Malone RE
In the public health literature, it is generally assumed that the perception of "targeting" as positive or negative by the targeted audience depends on the product or message being promoted. Smoking prevalence rates are high among lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals, but little is known about how they perceive tobacco industry targeting. We conducted...
Source: American Journal of Public Health - May 15, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Smith EA, Thomson K, Offen N, Malone RE Tags: Am J Public Health Source Type: journals
Risk for reassault in abusive female same-sex relationships.
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CONCLUSIONS: The revised Danger Assessment accurately assesses risk of re-assault in abusive female relationships.
PMID: 18445801 [PubMed - in process] (Source: American Journal of Public Health)
Source: American Journal of Public Health - May 15, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Glass N, Perrin N, Hanson G, Bloom T, Gardner E, Campbell JC Tags: Am J Public Health Source Type: journals
Sexual orientation and related viral sexually transmitted disease rates among us women aged 15 to 44 years.
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Sexual orientation and related viral sexually transmitted disease rates among US women aged 15 to 44 years.
Am J Public Health. 2008 Jun;98(6):1007-9
Authors: Tao G
I used data from the 2002 National Survey of Family Growth to measure sexual orientation and viral sexually transmitted disease (STD) rates among US women aged 15 to 44 years. Sexual behavior and sexual identity data indicated that 1.3% to 1.9% of the women were lesbians and 3.1% to 4.8% were bisexual. Self-reported viral STD rates were significantly higher among bisexual women (15.0% to 17.2%) than among lesbians (2.3% to 6.7%). These findings supp...
Source: American Journal of Public Health - May 15, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Tao G Tags: Am J Public Health Source Type: journals
Sexual risk taking among young internet-using men who have sex with men.
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CONCLUSIONS: Risky sexual behavior was prevalent among all of the study subgroups. Our findings suggest that online sex seeking is associated with greater numbers of sexual partners but neither promotes nor discourages unprotected anal intercourse. Regardless of where sexual partners met, being drunk and high were significant risks for unprotected anal intercourse.
PMID: 18445804 [PubMed - in process] (Source: American Journal of Public Health)
Source: American Journal of Public Health - May 15, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Horvath KJ, Rosser BR, Remafedi G Tags: Am J Public Health Source Type: journals
America's first amphetamine epidemic 1929-1971: a quantitative and qualitative retrospective with implications for the present.
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Using historical research that draws on new primary sources, I review the causes and course of the first, mainly iatrogenic amphetamine epidemic in the United States from the 1940s through the 1960s. Retrospective epidemiology indicates that the absolute prevalence of both nonmedical stimulant use and stimulant dependence or abuse have reached nearly the same levels today as at the epidemic's peak around 1969. Further parallels between epidemics past and present, including evidence that consumption of prescribed amphetamines has also reached the same absolute levels today as at the original epidemic's peak, suggest tha...
Source: American Journal of Public Health - May 15, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Rasmussen N Tags: Am J Public Health Source Type: journals
Hiv prevalence and associated risk behaviors in new york city's house ball community.
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CONCLUSIONS: Culturally specific community-level prevention efforts are warranted to reduce risk behaviors and increase the frequency of HIV testing in New York City's house ball community.
PMID: 18445806 [PubMed - in process] (Source: American Journal of Public Health)
Source: American Journal of Public Health - May 15, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Murrill CS, Liu KL, Guilin V, Colón ER, Dean L, Buckley LA, Sanchez T, Finlayson TJ, Torian LV Tags: Am J Public Health Source Type: journals
Hiv infection, sexual risk behavior, and substance use among latino gay and bisexual men and transgender persons.
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CONCLUSIONS: Heavy alcohol drinking and use of drugs remain a significant public health problem in this population. Drug use was more closely linked to HIV sexual risk behaviors than was heavy drinking.
PMID: 18445807 [PubMed - in process] (Source: American Journal of Public Health)
Source: American Journal of Public Health - May 15, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Ramirez-Valles J, Garcia D, Campbell RT, Diaz RM, Heckathorn DD Tags: Am J Public Health Source Type: journals
Dimensions of sexual orientation and hiv-related risk among adolescent females: evidence from a statewide survey.
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CONCLUSIONS: Programs to prevent HIV infection among adolescent females should take into account the complexity of sexual orientation and should address the needs and behaviors of sexual-minority youths.
PMID: 18445809 [PubMed - in process] (Source: American Journal of Public Health)
Source: American Journal of Public Health - May 15, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Goodenow C, Szalacha LA, Robin LE, Westheimer K Tags: Am J Public Health Source Type: journals
Mideast: siege hits palestinians before they are born
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GAZA CITY, May 14 (IPS) - The Israeli siege of Gaza that has restricted
access to food, water and medicine is now beginning to hit unborn
children and newborn babies. (Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health)
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - May 15, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Latin america: food price inflation threatens children
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SANTIAGO, May 14 (Tierramérica) - Child malnutrition in Latin America and the
Caribbean will be aggravated by global food shortages, even
though the region produces much more food than it consumes, say
experts and officials. (Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health)
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - May 15, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Victor zuniga and rubén hernandez-leon (eds): new destinations: mexican immigration in the united states
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Victor Zuniga and Rubén Hernandez-Leon (eds): New Destinations: Mexican Immigration in the United States
Content Type Journal ArticleCategory Book ReviewDOI 10.1007/s10903-008-9145-3Authors
Joseph A. Vail, University of Houston Law Center Immigration Clinic 100 Law Center - Room 56 TVII Houston TX 77204-6060 USA
Journal Journal of Immigrant and Minority HealthOnline ISSN 1557-1920Print ISSN 1557-1912 (Source: Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health)
Source: Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health - May 15, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health Source Type: journals
Pre-k students benefit when teachers are supportive
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(Society for Research in Child Development) New research has found that minimum standards of quality in early education classrooms, including teachers' level of education and field of study, class size, and child-to-teacher ratio were not directly related to children's learning and social development. The research was conducted among 2,349 4-year olds enrolled in 671 pre-kindergarten classrooms in 11 states. The findings suggest that focusing on high quality instructional and emotional interactions within pre-K classrooms has the potential to improve childrens development. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - May 15, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Teenage girls still experience harassment
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(Society for Research in Child Development) Findings from a study of 600 teenage girls from diverse and ethnic backgrounds indicate that the vast majority of girls have experienced sexual harassment in some form. Individual and social factors influenced whether girls were aware of sexism. Older girls and those from lower socioeconomic backgrounds experienced more sexism than their peers. Latina and Asian American girls reported less harassment than others. Sexual harassment may lead girls to believe demeaning behaviors are normal in relationships. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - May 15, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Teens' perception that they are liked found to be at least as important as actually being liked
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(Society for Research in Child Development) Interviews conducted among ethnically and socio-economically diverse 13- and 14-year olds found that teens who felt good about their social standing did well over time, regardless of their actual popularity. These teens who had positive perceptions of their own social success were increasingly less hostile and more frequently sought out by their peers as compared to teens who lacked a strong sense of their own social acceptance and were rated as unpopular by their peers. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - May 15, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Adolescents' values can serve as a buffer against behaving violently at school
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(Society for Research in Child Development) A study conducted among Arab and Jewish adolescents in public schools in Israel found that certain values helped protect teens against behaving violently. Surveys among 907 students examined how 10 different values related to violent behavior. Teens who valued universalism reported less violent behavior than their peers. Those who valued power reported more violent behavior. In high-risk environments, programs might be used to promote universalistic values over power values. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - May 15, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
