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Ballot Measure 82: Gas Tax Increase And Weight-Mile Tax Repeal, City Club Of Portland (Portland, Or.) May 2000

Ballot Measure 82: Gas Tax Increase And Weight-Mile Tax Repeal, City Club Of Portland (Portland, Or.)

City Club of Portland

No abstract provided.

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Face-To-Face Communication Vs. E-Mail: When To Use Which Form Of Communication In Today's Technology-Focused Society, Wendy Jayne Lathrope May 2000

Face-To-Face Communication Vs. E-Mail: When To Use Which Form Of Communication In Today's Technology-Focused Society, Wendy Jayne Lathrope

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine how employees in the publishing industry prefer to receive information from their managers and whether face-to-face communication is still valued in today's technology-focused society.

Using a mail survey, developed after a Lexis-Nexis literature review at Rowan University, the author polled 163 employees from three Philadelphia-area publishing companies regarding the channels through which they preferred to receive messages from their managers. The author hand-coded the survey results, analyzed the data and developed conclusions and recommendations.

The study found that employees (72.1%) preferred to receive messages through face-to-face communication. Men (8.3%) were more likely …

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Environmental Factors That Affect Juvenile Delinquency, Helen Marie Lewis May 2000

Environmental Factors That Affect Juvenile Delinquency, Helen Marie Lewis

Theses and Graduate Projects

This qualitative study explored the environmental factors that affect juvenile delinquency. One of the most important family life factor that places children at risk for delinquency is inadequate supervision. Findings suggest that there is a strong commonality between truancy and corrections. Five Juvenile Probation Officers and five Children and Family Social Workers were interviewed using open-ended questions. The interviews focused on the services provided to the adolescents and their families by each professional. Results indicate the importance of prevention and intervention at the micro and macro level. Implications for social work practice is also discussed.

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Rural Pregnant And/Or Parenting Teenagers And Their Informal Support Systems, Rhonda Burns May 2000

Rural Pregnant And/Or Parenting Teenagers And Their Informal Support Systems, Rhonda Burns

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Pregnant and/or parenting teenagers are influenced by education level, socioeconomic status and social support systems. Numerous studies of urban pregnant and/or parenting teenagers have examined the formal support systems and their efficacy. Few researchers have examined rural pregnant and/or parenting teenagers and their informal support systems. This quantitative study surveyed 37 pregnant and/or parenting teenagers receiving case management services through Kandiyohi County Family Services, resulting in 7 respondents. The research questions included:

What are the perceptions and of rural Kandiyohi County pregnant and/or parenting teenagers regarding their informal support systems?
What are their interpretations of the support being offered?
Do …

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Parent/Caregiver Satisfaction With A Youth Diabetes Climc In A Rural Setting, Donald E. Holland May 2000

Parent/Caregiver Satisfaction With A Youth Diabetes Climc In A Rural Setting, Donald E. Holland

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Studies have shown that a valuable source of information for people who have diabetes and who live in an urban area can be a multi-disciplinary diabetes clinic. This study examined the perceived benefit of such a clinic for the parents/caregivers of children diagnosed with Type-1 diabetes. Using a questionnaire, 112 parents/caregivers of children with diabetes were surveyed; 51 returned the surveys within the time alloffed, and these were used in the analysis. These children and the parents/caregivers were served by a multi-disciplinary diabetes clinic located in the rural Minnesota town of Willmar. Their rcsponses were recorded and analyzed, and showed …

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Trends. Terrorism And The Death Penalty, Ibpp Editor May 2000

Trends. Terrorism And The Death Penalty, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article examines the prudence of seeking the death penalty against a defendant implicated in the bombings of US Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.

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Strengthening A School-Community Relations Program Through Student Involvement, Karen Warner May 2000

Strengthening A School-Community Relations Program Through Student Involvement, Karen Warner

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This study's main purpose was to show the logic and benefits of involving students in school-community relations. The data collection consisted of online and library searches for information about schools that include students in their public relations efforts. Award-winning newsletters from 42 school districts were also examined to determine consistent qualities that lead to excellence in communications.

The study showed that while students are directly and indirectly involved in school-community relations on a continuing, daily basis, little has been documented about structured programs or formal involvement. Research supports the effectiveness of student involvement, yet few districts make a conscious effort …

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Pvc-Lot-136-1d-031, Bryan Robbins May 2000