Planting the Seeds of a New Paradigm

RNA-mediated gene silencing has emerged in recent years as an important mechanism for regulating gene expression. Some of the key discoveries have been made in plant

Planting the seeds for future research

"In December 2003, the Division of Tuberculosis Elimination (DTBE), National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention (NCHSTP), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) convened The Tuberculosis Behavioral and Social Science Research Forum in Atlanta, Georgia. The theme was Planting the Seeds for Future Research. The goals of the Forum were to identify and prioritize TB behavioral and social science research gaps; to use that information to develop a feasible, goal-oriented research agenda that will guide TB behavioral and social science activities over a 5-year period; and to foster productive partnerships and ongoing communications between national, state, and local governmental and nongovernmental behavioral and social science researchers focusing on tuberculosis (TB). The Forum brought together over 60 academicians, researchers, TB controllers and program staff, and CDC representatives. The expectation was that their varied perspectives would contribute to the development of a research agenda addressing high priority behavioral and social aspects of TB prevention and control. The Forum was convened to address the need for further TB behavioral and social science research, as called for in the Institute of Medicine's 2000 report Ending Neglect: The Elimination of Tuberculosis in the United States. The Forum builds on the precedent of a 1994 workshop sponsored by CDC, the National Institutes of Health, and the Health Resources and Services Administration, Tuberculosis and Behavior: National Workshop on Research for the 21st Century." - p. 1Section I. Introduction and Background -- -- Section II. Presentations and Panel Discussions -- Welcome Address: Opening Remarks / Harold Jaffe -- Welcome Address: Behavioral and Social Science Research in Tuberculosis Control / Kenneth Castro -- Welcome Address: Behavioral and Social Sciences in Tuberculosis Elimination / Wanda Walton -- Keynote Session: When Sacred Cows Become the Tiger's Breakfast: Defining A Role for the Social Sciences in Tuberculosis Control / Jessica Ogden -- Keynote Session: Behavior, Society and Tuberculosis Control / Masae Kawamura -- Preliminary Results from the Tuberculosis Behavioral and Social Science Literature Review / Cathy Rawls, Cristina Booker -- Neighborhood Health Messengers: Using Local Knowledge, Trust, and -- Relationships to Create Culturally Effective Tuberculosis Education and Care for Immigrant and Refugee Families / Stefan Goldberg -- Psychosocial, Social Structural, and Environmental Determinants of Tuberculosis Control / Donald E. Morisky -- Community Perspectives in Tuberculosis Control and Elimination: the Personal Experiences of Patients and Providers Panel Discussion / Robin Shrestha-Kuwahara; representatives from DeKalb County and Fulton County Public Health Departments -- Group Discussion of Themes and Issues from Day One / Mark Nichter -- Breakout Group Sessions I: Identifying Research Gaps and Needs -- Turning Research into Practice Panel Discussion / Jane Mezoff -- Sharpening the Focus on Turning Research into Practice: The Promise of Participatory Research Approaches / Shawna Mercer -- Two CDC Models from HIV Prevention: Replicating Effective Programs and Diffusion of Effective Behavioral Interventions / Agatha Eke -- Effective Intervention for Asthma / Leslie Boss -- Potential Funding Opportunities / Kathryn O'Toole -- Closing Remarks: Maintaining the Momentum on Development of a Tuberculosis Research Agenda / Nick DeLuca -- -- Section III. Results of Breakout Groups Sessions -- Identification of Tuberculosis Behavioral and Social Science Research Gaps and Needs -- Outline of Major TB Behavioral and Social Science Research Topics and Subtopics Identified at the Forum -- Descriptions of Major TB Behavioral and Social Science Research Topics and Subtopics Identified at the Forum -- -- Section IV. Appendices -- Appendix A: Forum Agenda -- Appendix B: Presentation Slides -- Appendix C: TB Behavioral and Social Science Research Gaps and Needs: -- Major Research Topics, Subtopics, and Research Questions -- Appendix D: Participant List -- Appendix E: ReferencesForum held in Atlanta, GA, December 10-11, 2003.Forum Proceedings prepared by the Communications, Education, and Behavioral Studies Branch, Clinical and Health Systems Research Branch, Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Public Health Applications and Research Area, Abt Associates, Inc.Title from title screen (viewed on July 8, 2009).Mode of access: Internet from the CDC web site.Includes bibliographical references (p. 128).Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Tuberculosis Behavioral and Social Science Research Forum: Planting the Seeds for Future Research. Proceedings of the Tuberculosis Behavioral and Social Science Research Forum; December 10-11, 2003; Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, CDC; 2005

Planting the Seeds of Health and Resilience

Purpose/Aims: Our primary aim was to investigate whether gardens were a source of nutrition for the food bank users we sampled, and whether food bank recipients would be interested in using gardens as a nutritional resource. Rationale/Background: Food bank users represent an important population to explore the benefits of garden access for because they are at risk for insufficient access to fresh nutrient dense foods, may benefit from a low cost alternative sources of food, and they experience higher incidence of food insecurity. The activity of gardening also provides a myriad of secondary health benefits such as elevating mood, easing anxiety, vast cardiovascular benefits, and increasing general wellbeing. In addition to personal health benefits, gardening has been shown to promote expansion of community networks and social cohesion for those who participate. According to a systematic review of literature gardening improves participant’s health; provides important cultural ecosystem services (recreation, cultural enrichment, and community building); and can be way for a meaningful quantity of food to be grown. Methods: The database was based on survey and interviews of 207 recipients of the food bank of a mid-size city in the Pacific Northwest. A series of t-tests and chi-square analysis were used to test for relationship between use of home/community gardens as a supplemental food source and various health variables. Results: A total of 175 adults responded to questions on garden use. Of those, no significant differences were observed between using home or community gardens as a source for food, and any of the measured health variables (pain, depressive symptoms, sleep disturbance, body mass index). A significant positive relationship was noted between food bank users who expressed interest in using community gardens and those who reported home or community gardens as a source for food (r = .24; p = 005). While 49 (28%) of survey respondents reported they use home or community gardens as a food source, 64 (37%) state that they are interested in using community gardens. Of those who are interested in gardens, more than half (53%) reported running out of food due to lack of money. Implications: Food bank users are receptive to gardens as a possible food source. Opportunities exist to possibly influence food and land use policy, to increase food resilience by increasing gardening capacity in both communities and individual residences. A future longitudinal study may be needed to detect relationships between gardening and possible secondary health benefits, in addition to quantify the impact on food insecurity for those who garden. In this study, it was not possible to quantify the amount of food obtained from gardens or whether respondents were engaged in gardening activities themselves

Reap What You Sow: Planting the Seeds of Supervision in Your Master\u27s Students

Nick Abel\u27s handout from the NCACES 2016 conference

Planting the Seeds of Cross-Disciplinary Teaching & Assessment

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Humane Backyard

Planting the Seeds Homegrown seedlings provide a wildlife-friendly alternative to insecticide-doused plants found in many big-box stores

Planting the Seeds for Public Health: How the Farm Bill Can Help Farmers to Produce and Distribute Healthy Foods

Analyzes provisions in the 2008 Farm Bill that impede farmers' production and strategic marketing of fruits and vegetables. Recommends policy changes to remove such barriers, improve consumer access to healthy foods, and help prevent childhood obesity

Planting the Seeds of Change: Im/migrant Life Writings

The subject of land, working it and owning it, is an inherent part of Chicano/a autobiography, as exemplified by the life writings of Elva Treviño Hart. The term “im/migrant” connotes transition and mobility, crossing borders, shifting parameters, all of which are fundamental facts of life for Chicano/a authors. A collective sense of community proves to be the only stasis in the narrators’ young lives, and the migrant camps become a microcosm in which societal and cultural rituals are conducted, despite the lack of control over the constantly shifting spaces they occupy. Being Mexican American, however, signifies a precarious existence in both the Mexican (home, barrio, field) and the Anglo world (school, marketplace), and this coexistence creates a tension between the collective and the individual, which results in an “open wound,” as expressed by Gloria Anzaldúa. From the outset, Elva Treviño Hart depicts her life on the periphery in terms of work, class, ethnicity and gender. Her physical detachment at the edge of the field is symbolic of her sense of alienation at home and in Anglo society. Like Treviño Hart, many Chicanos/as portray their family’s need to claim their own space, to declare ownership, and to procure a sense of stability in an often alien(ating) world. Ultimately, however, many of these authors reconcile the two worlds they navigate by separating from their community through the process of writing and self-discovery. In so doing, they embrace their culture and become empowered, not devalued, by their difference. Thus, these Chicano/a writers help to restructure the traditional notion of autobiography by (re)claiming their space and re-defining and re-negotiating the literary and cultural parameters which once were perceived to be immutable

Community gardeners: Planting the seeds of a sustainable future

My personal and academic journey with community gardening began in the spring of 1997, when I joined my first community garden and became involved in a local community group called the Community Gardening Network of Waterloo Region. It was during a graduate course that I first heard about community gardens and other community food projects. I had not been aware of the significant participation of citizens, like me, in such projects. In the classroom, we had discussed community food projects, like community gardens, as alternative settings in the context of broader social change considerations. Due in part to this exposure and to my own early experiences with community gardening, I was increasingly coming to believe that community gardens presented important opportunities for community development. But I wondered how others who were locally involved perceived their activities, and this was the research question that guided my work. To answer this question I decided that I wanted to interview local community gardeners and I chose to use a narrative approach. I found more than a methodological approach in narrative, as I also discovered a powerful theoretical framework within which I could make sense of my emergent thesis focus. Consistent with a narrative approach to method, I used an open ended unstructured interview guide which I believe gave participants the freedom to narrate their experiences in ways which were meaningful to them. I flamed participants’ stories as part of the evolution of a community story, and in this way, narrative theory helped me to make sense of the data. My interpretation positions community gardening and the work of the Network in a process of social change directed towards creating sustainable communities, and, as such, provides an example of how stories can be used to challenge the status quo. My findings suggest that local community gardening could serve as a powerful metaphor, providing a vision for building community, caring for the environment, and meeting basic human needs at broader societal levels. I conclude with personal reflection on the value of my thesis experience, and suggestions for fruitful directions with respect to further research and action