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Paid Sick Time Helps Workers Balance Work And Family, Kristin Smith

Carsey Publications

In New Hampshire, workers fare better than workers nationally, yet one-quarter of Granite State workers do not have paid sick days. The lack of paid sick days places workers in a bind. They are forced to choose between caring for a sick family member or themselves and losing pay. This brief suggests that the long-term benefits of workers having paid sick days out way the cost for employers because it promotes less contagion among coworkers, increased productivity, and reduced turnover.

The New Hampshire, Vol. 98 [99], No. 42 (April 3, 2009), The New Hampshire

The New Hampshire Print Edition

An independent student produced newspaper from the University of New Hampshire. This volume was printed as 98, but it is the 99th volume in the series. This was corrected in pencil.

Register For Stonyfield Farm Entrepreneurship Institute At Unh By April 1, Amy Sterndale

Media Relations

No abstract provided.

New Hampshire Young Adult Resource Guide, Nh Department Of Health And Human Services Division For Children, Youth And Families, Kristen Larue, Nh Division For Children, Youth And Families

Manchester Research Group

Guide listing resources and programs for young adults in need, in areas including housing, health, and employment.

Carsey Fellow Presents First "Dubious Polling" Awards, Beth Potier

Media Relations

No abstract provided.

Unh Recognized As "Community Engaged" By Carnegie Foundation, Erika Mantz

Media Relations

No abstract provided.

Town And School Annual Report, Epping, New Hampshire, Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2008., Epping Town Representatives

Epping, NH Annual Reports

This is an annual report containing vital statistics for a town/city in the state of New Hampshire.

Carsey Institute: Demographic Trends In The Manchester-Nashua Metropolitan Area, Kenneth M. Johnson, Senior Demographer, The Carsey Institute; Robert Macieski, Associate Professor Of History, Univeristy Of New Hampshire At Manchester

Manchester Research Group

Review and interpretation of demographic trends in immigration and poverty in the Manchester, N.H. and Nashua, N.H. metropolitan areas.

Believe In A Healthy Community: Greater Manchester Community Needs Assessment 2009, Dorothy Bazos, Community Development Director, Community Health Institute; Hilary Heishman, Manchester Health Department; Anna Thomas, Deputy Public Health Director, Manchester Health Department

Manchester Research Group

Needs assessment providing data and statistics on health related demographics and issues in the Manchester Health Service Area (HAS), as well as four strategic imperatives for health improvement.

Rockingham County, State Of New Hampshire, 2008 Annual Report Year Ending December 31, 2008., Rockingham County Representatives

Rockingham County, NH Annual Reports

This is an annual report containing vital statistics for a county in the state of New Hampshire.

State Of New Hampshire Annual Report Of Coos County For The Year Ending December 31, 2008., Coos County Representatives

Coos County, NH Annual Reports

This is an annual report containing vital statistics for a county in the state of New Hampshire.

2009-10 Granite State College - Undergraduate Catalog, Granite State College

Granite State College Catalogs

No abstract provided.

"It's Just Part Of What We Do": Adolescent Interactions With Multimodal Texts Across Social Spaces, Anita S. Charles

Doctoral Dissertations

This dissertation explores how adolescents are interacting with text across shifting social spaces, and how they learn to be literate across a range of social, academic, print, and digital contexts. The intent of the study is to help articulate the boundedness and fluidity of multiple discourses, and to better clarify how teens maneuver across these boundaries successfully. My research approach incorporates ethnographic methodology with a framework of critical sociocultural theory, drawing heavily upon Gee's (2005) work in discourse analysis.

New technologies have broken down bounded spaces and dichotomous views of what it means to be literate, creating interrelationships among literacies …

A Survey Of School Counselor Attitudes Regarding Animal-Assisted Interventions, Sara Morrow

Master's Theses and Capstones

Though animal-assisted interventions (AAI) have been used in many institutional settings, there is little evidence of AAI use in public schools. This study examined attitudes of school counselors regarding the incorporation of AAI into their practice.

The Pet Attitude Scale Modified (PAS-M) was used to measure attitudes towards animals and was incorporated into an online survey containing items addressing knowledge, interest, and perception of benefits and challenges associated with AAI. A sample of 220 public school counselors completed the online survey. Most considered themselves knowledgeable about AAI (73%), approximately half were interested in using AAI (56%), "reducing stress and anxiety" …

Youth Aspirations And Sense Of Place In A Changing Rural Economy: The Coos Youth Study, Nena F. Stracuzzi

Carsey Publications

Youth in rural Coos County have surprisingly strong ties to their communities, finds a new report from the Carsey Institute. The brief is the first to report on a ten-year panel study of students who began seventh and eleventh grades in 2007 in Coos, New Hampshire's northernmost and most rural county.

Carsey: Rural Women Working Harder For The Money, Finds Major Trend Study, Amy Sterndale, Beth Potier

Media Relations

No abstract provided.

Survey: N.H. Residents Need Better Access To Effective Mental Health Resources, Matthew Gianino

Media Relations

No abstract provided.

Carsey: Older Newcomers Bring Social "Grey Gold" To Rural Communities, Amy Sterndale, Beth Potier

Media Relations

No abstract provided.

Grey Gold: Do Older In-Migrants Benefit Rural Communities?, Nina Glasgow, David L. Brown

Carsey Publications

Older Americans retiring to rural areas quickly integrate in their new communities and bring significant social and intellectual capital to those communities, finds a new issue brief from the Carsey Institute. The brief is among the few studies to consider social rather than economic impacts of older in-migration to rural areas.

Carsey: Rural Children Now Less Likely To Live In Married-Couple Families, Amy Sterndale, Beth Potier

Media Relations

No abstract provided.

Concentrated Rural Poverty And The Geography Of Exclusion, Daniel T. Lichter, Domenico Parisi

Carsey Publications

One-half of rural poor are segregated in high-poverty areas, a new policy brief co-published by the Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire and Rural Realities. This brief highlights the challenges faced by America's rural poor, particularly as they are physically and socially isolated from middle-class communities that might offer economic opportunities.

Study: Rural Poor Often Segregated In High-Poverty Areas, Amy Sterndale, Beth Potier

Media Relations

No abstract provided.

Many New Hampshire Jobs Do Not Pay A Livable Wage, Daphne Kenyon, Allison Churilla

Carsey Publications

As the U.S. economy falters and recession looms, 79 percent of jobs in New Hampshire do not pay a wage sufficient for single-parent families with two children to provide basic needs such as housing, food, transportation, child care, and health care. Carroll County has the lowest percentage of livable wage jobs, with only 13 percent of jobs paying a livable wage for single-parent families with two children.

What Motivates African-American Charitable Giving: Findings From A National Sample, Vernon B. Carter, Jerry D. Marx

Social Work

Given the growing wealth of minority families in America, including that of African-American families, the potential for charitable donations from these households is much greater. The purpose of this secondary analysis is to examine those variables that may influence African-American charitable giving patterns. This study uses the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) data to analyze the effects of multiple factors on the giving habits of African-Americans. Based on this study's findings, social workers employed as executive directors or fund-raisers in private nonprofit organizations may want to identify and cultivate individual African-American donors directly, instead of relying on United Way …

Evaluating Children’S Advocacy Centers’ Response To Child Sexual Abuse, Theodore P. Cross, Lisa M. Jones, Wendy A. Walsh, Monique Simone, David Kolko, Joyce Sczepanski, Tonya Lippert, Karen Davison, Arthur Crynes, Polly Sosnowski, Amy L. Shadoin, Suzanne Magnuson

Sociology

Children’s Advocacy Centers (CACs) play an increasingly significant role in the response to child sexual abuse and other child maltreatment in the United States. First developed in the 1980s, CACs were designed to reduce the stress on child abuse victims and families created by traditional child abuse investigation and prosecution procedures and to improve the effectiveness of the response. According to several experts (Fontana, 1984; Pence and Wilson, 1992; Whitcomb, 1992), child victims were subjected to multiple, redundant interviews about their abuse by different agencies, and were questioned by professionals who had no knowledge of children’s developmental limitations or experience …

Sexually Assaulted Children: National Estimates And Characteristics., David Finkelhor, Heather Hammer, Andrea J. Sedlack

Crimes Against Children Research Center

Provides information on the estimated number and characteristics of children who were sexually assaulted in the United States in 1999. This Bulletin is the seventh in the Second National Incidence Studies of Missing, Abducted, Runaway, and Thrownaway Children (NISMART–2) series. Information on sexual assault was gathered from NISMART–2 interviews with victims and their families.

Two Unh Students Receive Winant Fellowships For Summer Internships With State Non-Profits, Amy Sterndale, Beth Potier

Media Relations

No abstract provided.

Annual Report Of The Belknap County Commissioners For The Year Ending December 31, 2007., Belknap County Representatives

Belknap County, NH Annual Reports

This is an annual report containing vital statistics for a county in the state of New Hampshire.

Report Of The County Commissioners, County Treasurer And Other Officers Of Cheshire County, New Hampshire For The Year Ending December 31, 2007., Cheshire County Representatives

Cheshire County, NH Annual Reports

This is an annual report containing vital statistics for a county in the state of New Hampshire.

Rockingham County, State Of New Hampshire, 2007 Annual Report Year Ending December 31, 2007., Rockingham County Representatives

Rockingham County, NH Annual Reports

This is an annual report containing vital statistics for a county in the state of New Hampshire.