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Application: The Blue Foundation For A Healthy Florida Request For Proposals Summer 2005, The Blue Foundation For A Healthy Florida

Florida Blue Archives Printed Materials

No abstract provided.

Flyer: “A Report To The Northwest Florida Community”, Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of Florida, Inc.

Florida Blue Archives Printed Materials

No abstract provided.

2005 Bcbs Of Florida And Blue Foundation Report To The Community, Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of Florida, Inc.

Florida Blue Archives Printed Materials

2005 BCBS of Florida and Blue Foundation Report to the Community.

Los Centrus De Envenenamiento De La Florida-Prevencion De Envenenamiento Libro De Actividades, Poison Control Center Florida- Poison Prevention Activity Book, Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of Florida, Inc.

Florida Blue Archives Printed Materials

A Spanish version of a Poison Prevention Activity book from Poison Control Center Florida from 2005.

Manual: The Blue Foundation For A Healthy Florida – 2005-2006 Media Coverage (Part Two), Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of Florida, Inc.

Florida Blue Archives Printed Materials

Part Two of A Blue Foundation for A healthy Florida Manual 2005-2006 Media Coverage.

University Of South Carolina Discovery Day 2005, University Of South Carolina

Discovery Day Abstracts

No abstract provided.

Child Marriage Briefing: Ethiopia, Population Council

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

This brief provides an overview of child marriage as well as the particulars of child marriage in Ethiopia. This landlocked East African nation is home to more than 70 million people, with 44 percent of its population under age 15. Ethiopia is one of the poorest countries in the world; approximately 81 percent of its population live on less than US$2 a day. Life expectancy has fallen to 42 years, owing to recurrent food shortages, ongoing clashes, and a growing HIV epidemic. Ethiopia has one of the most severe crises of child marriage in the world today. The legal age …

Child Marriage Briefing: Zambia, Population Council

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

This brief provides an overview of child marriage as well as the particulars of child marriage in Zambia. This landlocked southern African nation is home to 10.9 million people, with 47 percent of its population under age 15. Zambia is one of the poorest countries in the world; nearly two out of three Zambians live on less than US$1 a day. The country’s economic growth was hindered by declining copper prices and a prolonged drought in the 1980s and 1990s. More recently, the AIDS epidemic has taken a devastating toll: 920,000 adults and children are living with HIV/AIDS, and 630,000 …

Culture Of Silence: A Brief On Reproductive Health Of Adolescents And Youth In Pakistan, Munawar Sultana

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

Previous research on the reproductive health of adolescents and youth in Pakistan has not addressed the diversity of adolescent experiences based on social status, residence, and gender. To understand the transition from adolescence to adulthood more fully, it is important to assess social, economic, and cultural aspects of that transition. This brief presents the experience of married and unmarried young people (males and females) from different social strata and residence regarding their own attitudes and expectations about reproductive health. More young people aged 15–24 live in Pakistan now than at any other time in its history—an estimated 36 million in …

The Poverty Trap: Leveling The Playing Field For Young People, Azeema Faizunnissa

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

Family plays a critical role in young people’s lives and is key in determining the conditions under which young people make important transitions to adulthood. This brief examines the impact of family-level poverty on the educational attainment, economic activity, and marriage patterns of Pakistani youth, and shows how strongly socioeconomic status shapes the lives of future generations. More young people aged 15–24 live in Pakistan now than at any other time in its history—an estimated 36 million in 2004. Recognizing the dearth of information on the situation of this large group of young people, the Population Council undertook a nationally …

Two Worlds Under The Same Roof: A Brief On Gender Difference In Transitions To Adulthood, Munawar Sultana

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

Adolescence, a time of transition to adulthood, is different for young men and women in Pakistan; brothers and sisters living under the same roof have different opportunities available in all aspects of life. More young people aged 15–24 live in Pakistan now than at any other time in its history—an estimated 36 million in 2004. Recognizing the dearth of information on the situation of this large group of young people, the Population Council undertook a nationally representative survey from October 2001 to March 2002. The analysis presented in this brief comes from Adolescents and Youth in Pakistan 2001–02: A Nationally …

Discrimination Starts At Home: A Brief On Parents' Aspirations For Adolescents And Youth In Pakistan, Minhaj Ul Haque

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

Parents play a critical role in socializing their children and passing on essential information and life skills. The attitudes of parents help determine what young boys and girls do in life, and how they utilize opportunities and develop the skills necessary to make a comfortable transition into adulthood. This brief is based on interviews with Pakistani parents and describes their aspirations, which are likely to influence the lives of young people. More young people aged 15–24 live in Pakistan now than at any other time in its history—an estimated 36 million in 2004. Recognizing the dearth of information on the …

Voices Of Vulnerable And Underserved Adolescents In Guatemala: A Summary Of The Qualitative Study 'Understanding The Lives Of Indigenous Young People In Guatemala', Alejandra Colom, Marta Julia Ruiz, Jennifer Catino, Kelly Hallman, Sara Peracca, Kristen M. Shellenberg

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

In Guatemala, where poverty, inequality, and ethnic and gender discrimination are prevalent and where over 40 percent of the country’s 11 million inhabitants are under age 15, the transition from childhood to adulthood is often characterized by severe social, economic, and health problems. Existing data indicate that adolescent girls in Guatemala—most specifically indigenous girls—suffer from the highest rates of school desertion, early and unwanted pregnancy, malnutrition, illiteracy, and limited life options. Access to health, education, and other services is lacking or inadequate for indigenous adolescents in Guatemala, and often plagued by barriers including lack of financial resources, language, discrimination, and …

Annual Report 2003-2004, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

University Libraries Annual Reports

Contents:

Dean’s Letter......p. 1
Thomas Cooper Library......p. 2
Rare Books and Special Collections......p. 8
South Caroliniana Library......p. 12
Elliott White Springs Business Library......p. 14
Music Library......p. 14
Newsfilm Library......p. 15
Arthur E. Holman Jr. Conservation Laboratory......p. 15
Library Annex......p. 16
University Libraries Services......p. 17
Faculty Committee on Libraries......p. 19
Campuses Library Council......p. 19
Ex Libris Society......p. 20

The Causes Of Stalling Fertility Transitions, John Bongaarts

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

An examination of fertility trends in countries with multiple DHS surveys found that in the 1990s fertility stalled in mid-transition in seven countries: Bangladesh, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ghana, Kenya, Peru, and Turkey. An analysis of trends in the determinants of fertility revealed a systematic pattern of leveling off or near leveling in a number of determinants, including contraceptive use, the demand for contraception, and wanted fertility. Findings suggest no major deterioration in contraceptive access during the stall, but levels of unmet need and unwanted fertility are relatively high and improvements in access to family planning methods would therefore be desirable. …

Building Assets For Safe, Productive Lives: A Report On A Workshop On Adolescent Girls' Livelihoods, Population Council

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

For the 1.5 billion adolescents currently living in developing countries (325 million of them living on less than US$1 a day), the transition to becoming economically productive is particularly pivotal. Girls face numerous challenges in making this transition successfully, since in many settings females have less access than males to critical resources such as secondary school education, credit, land, training, and technology, and their labor is often unrecognized and unremunerated. A growing number of organizations and institutions have been using a livelihoods approach (which centers around the capabilities, assets, and activities required for gaining a means of living) to reach …

Trends In The Timing Of First Marriage Among Men And Women In The Developing World [Arabic], Barbara Mensch, Susheela Singh, John B. Casterline

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

The timing of first union merits investigation not only because of the close temporal link between marriage and the onset of childbearing, but also because the age when men and women marry has implications for the organization of family life and for gender relations within society. This paper begins by reviewing the contributions of various social science disciplines to an understanding of the timing of marriage. Using current status data from 73 countries provided by the United Nations Population Division and retrospective data from 52 Demographic and Health Surveys conducted between 1990 and 2001, we then examine recent trends in …

Accelerating Reproductive And Child Health Program Development: The Navrongo Initiative In Ghana, James F. Phillips, Ayaga A. Bawah, Fred N. Binka

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

Successive global health and development agendas have been embraced by African governments—Alma Ata in 1978, the Bamako Initiative in 1987, the 1994 Cairo International Conference on Population and Development, and more recently the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)—only to be followed by widespread implementation failure. This paper presents an approach to program development in Ghana that is using research to accelerate policy implementation. Originally launched in 1994 as a participatory pilot project of the Navrongo Health Research Centre, a controlled experimental study was initiated in 1996 to assess the fertility and child-survival impact of alternative community health and family planning service …

The Effect Of Community Nurses And Health Volunteers On Child Mortality: The Navrongo Community Health And Family Planning Project, Brian Wells Pence, Philomena Nyarko, James F. Phillips, Cornelius Debpuur

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

This report presents the child mortality impact of a trial of primary health-care service-delivery strategies in rural Ghana. After adjustment for sociodemographic factors, under-five mortality in areas with village-based community-nurse services fell by 16 percent during the five years of program implementation compared with mortality before the intervention. Reductions were observed in infant (6 percent), early child (20 percent), and late child (41 percent) mortality. Community involvement and training of a local health volunteer were associated with an 11 percent increase in mortality, primarily driven by a 124 percent increase in early child mortality. Areas with both nurses and volunteers …

Poverty And Children's Schooling In Urban And Rural Senegal [Arabic], Mark R. Montgomery, Paul C. Hewett

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

This paper presents findings of an investigation into the effects of living standards and relative poverty on children’s schooling in urban and rural areas of Senegal. To measure living standards, we apply a multiple-indicator, multiple-cause (MIMIC) factor-analytic model to a set of proxy variables collected in the 2000 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey and extract an estimate of the relative standard of living for each household. Using this estimate, we find that in Senegal’s urban areas, living standards exert substantial influence on three measures of schooling: Whether a child has ever attended school; whether he or she has completed at least …

Active Life Expectancy And Functional Limitations Among Older Cambodians: Results From A 2004 Survey, Zachary Zimmer

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

This study’s aims are to: (1) determine the prevalence of functional limitations among older adults in Cambodia using activities of daily living (ADLs); (2) compare limitation prevalence with other countries in the region; (3) estimate active life expectancy; (4) examine standard correlates of functional status and assess whether they are associated with limitation in expected ways. Elderly Cambodians appear more likely to report limitations than their counterparts in neighboring countries. A contribution of the analysis is the examination of a basic measure of health among a population that until recently has been isolated from the rest of the world.

Poverty And Children's Schooling In Urban And Rural Senegal, Mark R. Montgomery, Paul C. Hewett

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

This paper presents findings of a Population Council investigation into the effects of living standards and relative poverty on children’s schooling in urban and rural areas of Senegal. The research shows that in Senegal’s urban areas, living standards exert substantial influence on three measures of schooling: whether a child has ever attended school; whether he or she has completed at least four grades of primary school; and whether he or she is currently enrolled. In rural areas of Senegal, however, the effects are weaker and achieve statistical significance only for the wealthiest fifth of rural households. To judge from the …

Population And Sustainability, Geoffrey Mcnicoll

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

Sustainability refers to the preservation of human-valued natural capital—the resources that provide environmental services—at a level sufficient to assure the well-being of future generations. This Population Council working paper assess the effects on the total and per capita availability of those services. The degradation of environmental services—exemplified by the overuse of aquifers or (at a global level) of the atmospheric carbon sink—is a significant threat to sustainable development, one that is often exacerbated by population growth. The critical management issue in such cases is the design of effective governing institutions to restrain service demand and safeguard supply. Uncertainties arising from …

Education Of Adult Children And Mortality Of Their Elderly Parents In Taiwan, Zachary Zimmer, Linda G. Martin, Mary Beth Ofstedal, Yi-Li Chuang

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

Research shows an older adult’s education is strongly associated with mortality. But in societies such as Taiwan, where families are highly integrated, the education of family members may be linked to survival. Such may be the case in settings where there are large gaps in levels of education across generations and high levels of resource transfers between family members. This Population Council study employs 14 years of longitudinal data from Taiwan to examine the combined effects of education of older adults and their adult children on mortality outcomes of older adults. Results indicate that educational levels of both parent and …

Annual Report 2004-05, Tenncare (Program)

Annual Reports

The pages of this report detail the design and operation of the TennCare program, including eligibility and enrollment information, overviews of the managed care network, budget figures and a summary of the reform initiatives that created the program Tennessee operates today. The report also highlights several notable accomplishments over the past year.

Separate But Unequal: One School District's Struggle For Fair Educational Facilities Funding In New Mexico, Ronald J. Vanamberg

Nebraska Law Review

This article contains the author’s personal thoughts and opinions as attorney for the Zuni School District in the litigation over capital improvement funding in New Mexico. Zuni initiated the litigation. The litigation was also joined by the Grants-Cibola School District and the Gallup-McKinley Independent School District.

Equitable Considerations For Families With Same-Sex Parents: Russell V. Bridgens, 264 Neb. 217, 647 N.W.2d 56 (2002), And The Use Of The Doctrine Of In Loco Parentis By Nebraska Courts, Katie A. Fougeron

Nebraska Law Review

“Family” as a social entity has metamorphosed into various forms, expanding the boundaries of its definition beyond those that existed traditionally. The Nebraska Supreme Court’s opinion in Russell v. Bridgens illustrates Nebraska’s venture into the relatively uncharted territory of the legal relationships between same-sex parents and their children. This Note explores the law of second-parent adoption as it has developed among the states, the facts and opinions of Russell, and the doctrine of in loco parentis as applied by Nebraska and other state courts. This Note argues that, in light of the willingness of Russell’s concurring judges to …

Dead Men Telling Tales: A Policy- Based Proposal For Survivability Of Qui Tam Actions Under The Civil False Claims Act, Vickie Williams

Nebraska Law Review

More than a century after its birth as a fraud-fighting tool during wartime, the Civil False Claims Act continues to pique the imagination and fuel dreams of bounty and glory for both publicly anointed fraud-fighters and private persons who are authorized to sue on behalf of themselves and the Government under the Act’s unique qui tam provisions. Part II of this article discusses the current version of the Act and its evolution from its original 1863 version. Part III discusses the historical common-law test for determining whether an action based on a federal statute survives or abates upon the plaintiff’s …

The Ultimate Best Interest Of The Child Enures From Parental Reinforcement: The Journey To Family Integrity, John C. Duncan Jr.

Nebraska Law Review

The status of the American family may well be one of the hottest political and social issues this nation faces as we emerge into the new millennium.This article seeks to explain why recent parental rights legislation has encountered opposition and presents a Proposed Bill to Preserve the Right of Family Integrity that will focus on the family as a unit, with parental rights being reinforced, and without jeopardizing the necessary protections granted to children. By examining the historical and legal status of both parents and children in the United States of America from early colonial times through the present, this …

Ducking Recusal: Justice Scalia's Refusal To Recuse Himself From Cheney V. United States District Court For The District Of Columbia, 541 U.S. 913 (2004), And The Need For A Unique Recusal Standard For Supreme Court Justices, Christopher Riffle

Nebraska Law Review

Vice President Dick Cheney was Justice Scalia's special guest on a duck-hunting trip, taken just a few weeks after the Supreme Court granted a writ of certiorari to hear a case in which the Vice President was a named party. An immediate and nationwide call went up for the Justice to recuse himself from the case, culminating in a motion for recusal filed by the Sierra Club. Justice Scalia's response to the Sierra Club's motion for recusal was a twenty-one page memorandum that dissected the motion. His response, though a compelling and thorough dismissal of the arguments raised by the …