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"Land Of The Silver Birch": Environmental Attitudes And Place-Making In A Northern Minnesota Boy Scout Camp, 1960-1975, John Mark Fretham

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

In 1959, leaders of the Minnesota Valley Council, BSA (headquartered in Mankato, MN) began making plans to create a new Boy Scout camp to replace their recently built camp in Southern Minnesota. The previous fifteen years of the post-World War II era had produced significant shifts in ideas about wilderness, what constituted quality outdoor recreation, growing anxiety about masculinity in the Cold War era, and expansion of the promotion and adoption of a North Woods tourist culture. These changes helped lead the council to begin looking for a site to create a new Boy Scout camp and build Camp Cuyuna …

Cervical Cancer In Northern Tanzania–What Do Women Living With Hiv Know, Dorah Mrema, James Samwel Ngocho, Alex Mremi, Maryam Amour, Rogathe Machange, Benjamin C Shayo, Julius P Alloyce, Evaline Ndosi, Beatus T Shirima, Device Fande, Rahma Shehoza, Emmanuel Balandya, Bruno Sunguya, Stephen E Mshana, Alfred K Mteta, Eligius Lyamuya, John Bartlett, Blandina T Mmbaga

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

BACKGROUND: Cervical cancer (CC) is more prevalent in women living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection compared to the general population. The magnitude is high among all countries burdened with HIV-Tanzania is no exception. Despite the unprecedented risk, women living with HIV (WLHIV) may not be aware of the risk and might have unfounded beliefs thereof. This study aimed to determine the knowledge, awareness, and beliefs on CC screening among WLHIV attending a clinic at the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre (KCMC) in Northern Tanzania.

METHODS: This hospital-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 327 WLHIV attending care and treatment clinic (CTC) …