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Southern Africa Is Good Place To Research Role Of Fetal Malnutrition In Chronic Diseases, A Rp Walker, K E. Charlton
Southern Africa Is Good Place To Research Role Of Fetal Malnutrition In Chronic Diseases, A Rp Walker, K E. Charlton
Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health - Papers: part A
Editor — We are interested in Scrimshaw's allusion to populations in Latin America in his editorial on the relation between fetal malnutrition and chronic disease in later life. There, in the 1960s, despite a high prevalence of low birth weight, the preva lence of atherosclerosis and of myocardial infarction was low.
Adolescents And Hiv In Developing Countries: New Research Directions, Catherine L. Mac Phail
Adolescents And Hiv In Developing Countries: New Research Directions, Catherine L. Mac Phail
Faculty of Social Sciences - Papers (Archive)
Adolescents are of interest in HIV/STD studies as they are a group whose behaviour places them at increased risk of HIV infection (Hein, 1992). Adolescence is a period characterised by the development and formation of sexuality, a process which frequently involves a high turn-over of sexual partners (Krahe and Reiss, 1995; Lear, 1995). Teenage experimentation with drugs and alcohol frequently leads to the adoption of high risk behaviours or engagement in unplanned episodes of casual sex (Weatherburn and Project SIGMA, 1992). In addition, adolescents are particularly vulnerable to the normative social influences of their peers (DiClemente, 1990). These influences among …
Public Relations On The Edge Of Puzzlement: A Defence Of Scholarly Research, Shirley Leitch, Judy M. Motion
Public Relations On The Edge Of Puzzlement: A Defence Of Scholarly Research, Shirley Leitch, Judy M. Motion
Faculty of Business - Papers (Archive)
In this article we offer a defence of the scholarly research contained in the special edition of the Australian Journal of Communication on public relations. In particular, we respond to the critique of the special edition offered by Steiner.