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Racial Differences In The Relationship Between Infant Mortality And Socioeconomic Status, Kelly Stamper Balistreri, Edward G. Stockwell, Franklin W. Goza Jul 2007

Racial Differences In The Relationship Between Infant Mortality And Socioeconomic Status, Kelly Stamper Balistreri, Edward G. Stockwell, Franklin W. Goza

Sociology Faculty Publications

This study presents an ecological analysis of the relationship between infant mortality and economic status by race in metropolitan Ohio, using census data on mother's residence and economic status determined by the percentage of low-income families living in each area. The analysis updates previous studies as white-non-white comparisons for total infant mortality are examined for the US censuses of 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990 and 2000; and more detailed period- and broad cause-specific rates are presented for 2000. A pronounced inverse association is consistently found between income status and infant mortality for whites, while for non-whites this pattern first emerges in …

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2007 July, Office Of Communications & Marketing, Morehead State University. Jul 2007

2007 July, Office Of Communications & Marketing, Morehead State University.

Morehead State Press Release Archive, 1961 to the Present

Press releases for July of 2007.

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Direct And Indirect Effects Of Animal Detritus On Growth, Survival, And Mass Of Invasive Container Mosquito Aedes Albopictus (Diptera : Culicidae, Donald A. Yee, Banugopan Kesavaraju, Steven A. Juliano Jul 2007

Direct And Indirect Effects Of Animal Detritus On Growth, Survival, And Mass Of Invasive Container Mosquito Aedes Albopictus (Diptera : Culicidae, Donald A. Yee, Banugopan Kesavaraju, Steven A. Juliano

Faculty Publications – Biological Sciences

Compared with plant detritus, animal detritus yields higher growth rates, survival, adult mass, and population growth of container-dwelling mosquitoes. It is unclear whether the benefit from animal detritus to larvae results from greater microorganism growth, direct ingestion of animal detritus by larvae, or some other mechanism. We tested alternative mechanisms by which animal detritus may benefit the invasive container-dwelling mosquito Aedes albopictus (Skuse) (Diptera: Culicidae). In the laboratory, larvae were reared under three conditions with access to 1) detritus, but where microorganisms in the water column were reduced through periodic flushing; 2) water column microorganisms, but larvae had no direct …

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Treatment Outcome And Prognostic Factors In Non-Metastatic Esophageal Carcinoma, Esra K. Saglam, Sevil Kilciksiz, Naciye Ozseker, Ahmet Karadeniz, Ethem N. Oral, Ahmet Kizir Jul 2007

Treatment Outcome And Prognostic Factors In Non-Metastatic Esophageal Carcinoma, Esra K. Saglam, Sevil Kilciksiz, Naciye Ozseker, Ahmet Karadeniz, Ethem N. Oral, Ahmet Kizir

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the therapeutic outcome and prognostic factors in patients with non-metastatic esophageal carcinoma. METHODS: Between January 1989 and December 2003, 171 patients with non-metastatic esophageal carcinoma patients were retrospectively assessed in the Department of Radiation and Oncology, Institute of Oncology, Turkey. RESULTS: The distribution of the stage at presentation designated 39 stage II patients (23%) and 132 stage III patients (77%). The primary tumors were treated with surgery and postoperative radiotherapy (RT) in 29 patients (17%), with surgery, postoperative RT and chemotherapy (CT) in 17 patients (10%), with radical RT in 40 patients (23%), and with RT and …

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Risk Factors Associated With Esophageal Cancer In North Of Iran, Abdolvahab Moradi, Khodaberdi Kalavi, Durdi Qujeq, Ezzat-Ollah Ghaemi, Abdoljalal Marjani, Araz Ghourchaei Jul 2007

Risk Factors Associated With Esophageal Cancer In North Of Iran, Abdolvahab Moradi, Khodaberdi Kalavi, Durdi Qujeq, Ezzat-Ollah Ghaemi, Abdoljalal Marjani, Araz Ghourchaei

Saudi Medical Journal

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Ingestion Rates Of Five Species Of Pacific Northwest Echinoderm Larvae On Natural And Artificial Particles, Colleen Anne Fox Jul 2007

Ingestion Rates Of Five Species Of Pacific Northwest Echinoderm Larvae On Natural And Artificial Particles, Colleen Anne Fox

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

Ingestion rates for five species of echinoderm larvae, the sea stars Dermasterias imbricata, Pisaster ochraceus, and Evasterias troschelii, the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus, and the sand dollar Dendraster excentricus, were investigated by assigning larvae to three natural and one artificial diet in the laboratory. The natural algal diets included Dunaliella tertiolecta, Isochrysis galbana and Rhodomonas sp. The artificial diet used was a 10-fold diluted artificial feed made from the concentrate of Ziegler E-Z Larval diet. The numbers of cells ingested per minute and total body length were recorded for each species. The volume of cells ingested varied significantly among species, …

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Focus, 2007, Summer, Andrews University Jul 2007

Focus, 2007, Summer, Andrews University

Focus

FOCUS (ISSN 1077-9345) is published quarterly, free of charge, for alumni and friends of Andrews University, an institution owned and operated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

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Transdisciplinary Assignments In Graduate Health Education As A Model For Future Collaboration, Catherine Christie, A Russell Smith Jr., Michele Bednarzyk Jul 2007

Transdisciplinary Assignments In Graduate Health Education As A Model For Future Collaboration, Catherine Christie, A Russell Smith Jr., Michele Bednarzyk

Nutrition and Dietetics Faculty Research and Scholarship

Transdisciplinary health care continues to be at the forefront of patient treatment in the medical arena, in part due to escalating health care costs, an increasing aging population, and the development of multiple chronic diseases. Gaining the knowledge, experience, and principles associated with transdisciplinary teamwork to successfully prepare for modern-day practice is therefore essential for individuals of various health care professions. This report describes an assignment developed and implemented to facilitate professional interaction between graduate physical therapy, nutrition, and nursing students. The objectives of this assignment were to determine through student evaluation the effects of a transdisciplinary experience on students' …

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Climate. Stern Review: The Economics Of Climate Change, Nicholas Stern Jul 2007

Climate. Stern Review: The Economics Of Climate Change, Nicholas Stern

New England Journal of Public Policy

This chapter examines the increasingly serious impacts on people as the world warms. Climate change is a serious and urgent issue. The Earth has already warmed by 0.7°C since around 1900 and is committed to further warming over coming decades simply due to past emissions. On current trends, average global temperatures could rise by 2–3°C within the next fifty years or so, with several degrees more in the pipeline by the end of the century if emissions continue to grow. This chapter examines how the physical changes in climate . . . affect the essential components of lives and livelihoods …

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Peer Promotions And False Advertising Law, Ellen P. Goodman Jul 2007

Peer Promotions And False Advertising Law, Ellen P. Goodman

South Carolina Law Review

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Amendment Xxviii? Defending Corporate Speech Rights, Bruce E.H. Johnson, Ambika K. Doran Jul 2007

Amendment Xxviii? Defending Corporate Speech Rights, Bruce E.H. Johnson, Ambika K. Doran

South Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.

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Articulation Trends In Allied Health Programs, Felicia M. Toreno Jul 2007

Articulation Trends In Allied Health Programs, Felicia M. Toreno

Theses and Dissertations in Urban Studies

The educational environment emphasizes student access to instructional opportunities. Many health programs are located in community colleges or hospitals, and in order to advance educational status, students must be able to transfer credits between multiple educational institutions. Unfortunately, programs are not uniform and many fields of study are guided by strict accreditation regulations. These conflicting requirements often make transfer for students cumbersome. Transfer pathways are often considered by institutions on a program by program basis. This research was designed to analyze the existing pathways present in urban Virginian allied health programs in order to establish trends in articulation. These instructional …

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Serotype Association And Regulation Of The Hyaluronate Lyase Gene Of Streptococcus Pyogenes, Martha Stokes Jul 2007

Serotype Association And Regulation Of The Hyaluronate Lyase Gene Of Streptococcus Pyogenes, Martha Stokes

Theses and Dissertations in Biomedical Sciences

S. pyogenes expresses many virulence factors, controlled by a complex regulatory network. These include hyaluronate lyase, an enzyme that degrades hyaluronic acid, a major component of the human extracellular matrix. Paradoxically, hyaluronic acid is also the sole component of the bacterium's capsule, a primary defense against the host immune response. The hylA gene, which encodes the enzyme, has been shown to take three structural forms: a full-length gene, one containing a 3' deletion and a gene that produces a prematurely truncated protein. This work was intended to show that the structure of hylA is associated with serotype, and …

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Assessment Of High School Athletic Coaches Knowledge Of The Prevention Recognition And Treatment Of Heat Illnesses, Erica Lea Borgia Jul 2007

Assessment Of High School Athletic Coaches Knowledge Of The Prevention Recognition And Treatment Of Heat Illnesses, Erica Lea Borgia

Human Movement Studies & Special Education Theses & Dissertations

As evidenced by the current history of heat related deaths, heat-related illness is a vast problem in the United States. The purpose of this study was to assess the knowledge of high school athletic coaches' knowledge of the prevention, recognition, and treatment of exertional heat illnesses (EHI). A twenty-five question multiple choice assessment survey was developed to measure knowledge levels concerning the recognition, treatment, and prevention of EI-II. In addition, a questionnaire was utilized to collect demographic characteristics that could have had an effect on knowledge scores. The instrument was reviewed by a panel of experts for face and content …

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Improvement And Evaluation Of Greenlip Abalone Hatchery And Nursery Production. Final Frdc Report - Project 2003/203, Sabine Daume Jul 2007

Improvement And Evaluation Of Greenlip Abalone Hatchery And Nursery Production. Final Frdc Report - Project 2003/203, Sabine Daume

Fisheries Research Contract Reports

A range of experiments aimed at optimizing broodstock performance and nursery culture of greenlip abalone (Haliotis laevigata) were undertaken in Western Australia. Factors investigated that can potentially influence broodstock performance were natal source (wild-caught or farm-grown) and broodstock diets (red algal diet or formulated diet varying in levels of an important fatty acid). Wild-caught broodstock, feeding mainly on a red seaweed diet, produced eggs with higher concentrations of an important fatty acid, arachidonic acid, whereas farm-grown broodstock, feeding on a commercial formulated diet, altered the concentration of fatty acids of the eggs. Feeding farm-grown broodstock natural diets like …

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A Comparison Of The Laryngeal Mask Airway And Cuffed Oropharyngeal Airway During Percutaneous Dilatational Tracheostomy, Nermin K. Girgin, Sohret F. Kahveci, Belgin Yavascaoglu, Oya Kutlay Jul 2007

A Comparison Of The Laryngeal Mask Airway And Cuffed Oropharyngeal Airway During Percutaneous Dilatational Tracheostomy, Nermin K. Girgin, Sohret F. Kahveci, Belgin Yavascaoglu, Oya Kutlay

Saudi Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

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Functional Analysis Of The Fructooligosaccharide Utilization Operon In Lactobacillus Paracasei 1195, Yong Jun Goh, Jong-Hwa Lee, Robert W. Hutkins Jul 2007

Functional Analysis Of The Fructooligosaccharide Utilization Operon In Lactobacillus Paracasei 1195, Yong Jun Goh, Jong-Hwa Lee, Robert W. Hutkins

Department of Food Science and Technology: Faculty Publications

The fosABCDXE operon encodes components of a putative fructose/mannose phosphoenolpyruvate-dependent phosphotransferase system (PTS) and a β- fructosidase precursor (FosE) that are involved in the fructooligosaccharide (FOS) utilization pathway of Lactobacillus paracasei 1195. The presence of an N-terminal signal peptide sequence and a LPQAG cell wall anchor motif at the C-terminal region of the deduced FosE precursor amino acid sequence predicted that the enzyme is cell wall-associated, indicating that FOS may be hydrolyzed extracellularly. In this study, cell fractionation experiments demonstrated that the FOS hydrolysis activity was contained exclusively in the cell wall extract of L. paracasei previously grown on FOS. …

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Common Genome-Wide Patterns Of Transcript Accumulation Underlying The Wing Polyphenism And Polymorphism In The Pea Aphid (Acyrthosiphon Pisum), Jennifer A. Brisson, Gergory K. Davis, David L. Stern Jul 2007

Common Genome-Wide Patterns Of Transcript Accumulation Underlying The Wing Polyphenism And Polymorphism In The Pea Aphid (Acyrthosiphon Pisum), Jennifer A. Brisson, Gergory K. Davis, David L. Stern

School of Biological Sciences: Faculty Publications

The pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum, exhibits several environmentally cued polyphenisms, in which discrete, alternative phenotypes are produced. At low-density, parthenogenetic females produce unwinged female progeny, but at high-density females produce progeny that develop with wings. These alternative phenotypes represent a solution to the competing demands of dispersal and reproduction. Males also develop as either winged or unwinged, but these alternatives are determined by a genetic polymorphism. Winged and unwinged males are morphologically less distinct from each other than winged and unwinged females, possibly because males experience fewer trade-offs between dispersal and reproduction. To assess whether shared physiological differences mirror …

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Consanguinity And Genetic Disorders. Profile From Jordan, Hanan A. Hamamy, Amira T. Masri, Azmy M. Al-Hadidy, Kamel M. Ajlouni Jul 2007

Consanguinity And Genetic Disorders. Profile From Jordan, Hanan A. Hamamy, Amira T. Masri, Azmy M. Al-Hadidy, Kamel M. Ajlouni

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: With 20-30% of all marriages occurring between first cousins, increasing attention in Jordan is now given to role of consanguinity in the occurrence of genetic diseases. The objective of this study is to define the specific categories of genetic disorders associated with consanguineous marriages. METHODS: Etiological categories and consanguinity rates were studied among 623 families with genetic syndromes, congenital anomalies or mental retardation, or both, seen at the National Center for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Genetics for the period August 2002 to August 2006. Comparisons were made for first cousin marriage rates in the study group and that for the …

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A Comprehensive Analysis Of 51 Neonates With Congenital Intestinal Atresia, Hayrettin Ozturk, Hulya Ozturk, Senol Gedik, Hatun Duran, Abdurrahman Onen Jul 2007

A Comprehensive Analysis Of 51 Neonates With Congenital Intestinal Atresia, Hayrettin Ozturk, Hulya Ozturk, Senol Gedik, Hatun Duran, Abdurrahman Onen

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To determine contemporary patterns of presentation and trends in the management and outcome of 51 newborn infants with intestinal atresia. METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed 51 cases of intestinal atresia between January 1983 and February 2003. Clinical data included antenatal history, age, gender, weight, presenting symptoms and signs, diagnostic procedures, location and type of atresia, associated abnormalities, surgical treatment, associated problems, morbidity, mortality and plans of treatment. RESULTS: Twenty children had duodenal obstruction, 24 had jejunoileal atresia, and 7 had colonic atresia. Approximately one-fourth of patients associated with duodenal atresia had preterm delivery and all patients with jejunoileal and colonic …

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Growth Pattern Among Primary School Entrants In King Abdul-Aziz Housing City For National Guard In Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Mohammad Al-Rowaily, Mazen Al-Mugbel, Sulaiman Al-Shammari, Ahmad Fayed Jul 2007

Growth Pattern Among Primary School Entrants In King Abdul-Aziz Housing City For National Guard In Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Mohammad Al-Rowaily, Mazen Al-Mugbel, Sulaiman Al-Shammari, Ahmad Fayed

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To provide information on nutritional status of primary school entrants at King Abdul-Aziz Housing City for National Guard in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and compare it with national and international studies of anthropometric data on weight and height. METHODS: A cross-sectional study carried out at the School Health Clinic in King Abdul-Aziz Housing City for National Guard in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The study population comprised 6207 children aged 4-8 years from both sexes attending the obligatory pre-school health examination for years 2003-2005. Weight, height, and demographic data were collected according to international standards and the body mass index (BMI) calculated. …

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Evaluation Of The Effect Of Periodic Health Examination In Samsun, Turkey, Mustafa F. Dikici, Fusun Yaris Jul 2007

Evaluation Of The Effect Of Periodic Health Examination In Samsun, Turkey, Mustafa F. Dikici, Fusun Yaris

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effect of periodic health examination. METHODS: The follow-up results of 2005-2006 of periodic health examination clinic of the Department of Family Medicine of Ondokuzmayis University Medical School were evaluated using a questionnaire and constant follow-up. RESULTS: A total of 387 (195 women, 192 men) patients were provided a periodic health examination. In 186 patients, the total cholesterol values were high at the time of the first visit. The mean total cholesterol value was 241.97 ± 36.47 mg/dl (201 min - 489 max) in the first visit and 217.67 ± 33.64 mg/dl (155 min - 420 max) …

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Prevalence Of Passive Smoking In Children And Adolescents In Kahramanmaras, Turkey, Mustafa Celik, Hasan C. Ekerbicer, Ufuk G. Ergun, Ekrem Guler, Deniz Kaya Jul 2007

Prevalence Of Passive Smoking In Children And Adolescents In Kahramanmaras, Turkey, Mustafa Celik, Hasan C. Ekerbicer, Ufuk G. Ergun, Ekrem Guler, Deniz Kaya

Saudi Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

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Engaging Students Through Collaboration: How Project Fun Works, Michael Havice, Shelly Malin, Heidi Schweizer, Marilyn Frenn Jul 2007

Engaging Students Through Collaboration: How Project Fun Works, Michael Havice, Shelly Malin, Heidi Schweizer, Marilyn Frenn

College of Nursing Faculty Research and Publications

Students from three disciplines designed, developed, and implemented exercise and nutrition interventions, online modules and videos, to benefit low-income middle school students. The process used to incorporate the scholarship of teaching into a collaborative college-level application of learning is described.

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Neighborhood Context And Ethnicity Differences In Body Mass Index: A Multilevel Analysis Using The Nhanes Iii (1988-1994), D. Phuong Do, Tamara Dubowitz, Chloe E. Bird, Nicole Lurie, José J. Escarce, Brian K. Finch Jul 2007

Neighborhood Context And Ethnicity Differences In Body Mass Index: A Multilevel Analysis Using The Nhanes Iii (1988-1994), D. Phuong Do, Tamara Dubowitz, Chloe E. Bird, Nicole Lurie, José J. Escarce, Brian K. Finch

Faculty Publications

A growing body of literature has documented a link between neighborhood context and health outcomes. However, little is known about the relationship between neighborhood context and body mass index (BMI) or whether the association between neighborhood context and BMI differs by ethnicity. This paper investigates several neighborhood characteristics as potential explanatory factors for the variation of BMI across the United States; further, this paper explores to what extent segregation and the concentration of disadvantage across neighborhoods help explain ethnic disparities in BMI. Using data geo-coded at the census tract-level and linked with individual-level data from the Third National Health and …

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Disparities In Mental Health Utilization Among Persons With Chronic Diseases, Saundra H. Glover, Keith T. Elder, Sudha Xirasagar, Jong-Deuk Baek, Crystal N. Piper, Dayna Campbell Jul 2007

Disparities In Mental Health Utilization Among Persons With Chronic Diseases, Saundra H. Glover, Keith T. Elder, Sudha Xirasagar, Jong-Deuk Baek, Crystal N. Piper, Dayna Campbell

Faculty Publications

This study used Aday and Andersen's Behavioral Model of Health Services Use to examine to role of chronic disease and the joint impact of race and chronic disease type on mental health utilization. Using data from Community Tracking Survey Household Survey, we tested the assumption that chronic disease, chronic disease type, and race are related to lower rates of mental health visits when adjusted for predisposing, enabling, and need factors. After adjusting for population characteristics, we found that race significantly moderated the impact of chronic disease type on mental health utilization, showing that African Americans with cardiovascular disease were half …

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Kinesiology And Master Of Arts In Kinesiology: Sports Studies, Saint Mary's College Of California Jul 2007

Kinesiology And Master Of Arts In Kinesiology: Sports Studies, Saint Mary's College Of California

Undergraduate Academic Catalog

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Change In Nutritional Status Modulates The Abundance Of Critical Pre-Initiation Intermediate Complexes During Translation Initiation In Vivo, Chingakham Ranjit Singh, Tsuyoshi Udagawa, Bumjun Lee, Sarah Wassink, Hei He, Yasufumi Yamamoto, James T. Anderson, Graham D. Pavitt, Katsura Asano Jul 2007

Change In Nutritional Status Modulates The Abundance Of Critical Pre-Initiation Intermediate Complexes During Translation Initiation In Vivo, Chingakham Ranjit Singh, Tsuyoshi Udagawa, Bumjun Lee, Sarah Wassink, Hei He, Yasufumi Yamamoto, James T. Anderson, Graham D. Pavitt, Katsura Asano

Biological Sciences Faculty Research and Publications

In eukaryotic translation initiation, eIF2∙GTP–Met-tRNAiMet ternary complex (TC) interacts with eIF3–eIF1–eIF5 complex to form the multifactor complex (MFC), while eIF2∙GDP associates with eIF2B for guanine nucleotide exchange. Gcn2p phosphorylates eIF2 to inhibit eIF2B. Here we evaluate the abundance of eIFs and their pre-initiation intermediate complexes in gcn2 deletion mutant grown under different conditions. We show that ribosomes are three times as abundant as eIF1, eIF2 and eIF5, while eIF3 is half as abundant as the latter three and hence, the limiting component in MFC formation. By quantitative immunoprecipitation, we estimate that ∼ 15% of …

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Police Blotter, Unlv Department Of Public Safety Jul 2007

Police Blotter, Unlv Department Of Public Safety

Police Blotter

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Families Moving Forward: Homeless Women With Children Transitioning To Independent Living, Kristin Elizabeth Hoyt Phd Jul 2007

Families Moving Forward: Homeless Women With Children Transitioning To Independent Living, Kristin Elizabeth Hoyt Phd

Dissertations

Family homelessness is one of the most profound and disturbing social problems of the 21st century and is projected to remain an ongoing issue for the United States in upcoming years. The fastest growing segment in the homeless population continues to be families, specifically single women with children. One intervention to the problem of homeless women with children is by providing them with transitional housing, a step beyond the familiar short-term emergency shelter. Transitional housing typically shelters families for up to 2 years. During this extended stay, women participate in programs designed to assist them with addiction, mental health, domestic …

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