Two approaches to tailoring treatment for cultural minority adolescents

At this time, compared with mainstream (Caucasian) youth, cultural minority adolescents experience more severe substance-related consequences and are less likely to receive treatment. Although several empirically supported interventions (ESIs), such as motivational interviewing (MI), have been evaluated with mainstream adolescents, fewer published studies have investigated the fit and efficacy of these interventions with cultural minority adolescents. In addition, many empirical evaluations of ESIs have not explicitly attended to issues of culture, race, and socioeconomic background in their analyses. As a result, there is some question about the external validity of ESIs, particularly in disadvantaged cultural minority populations. This review seeks to take a step toward filling this gap, by addressing how to improve the fit and efficacy of ESIs like MI with cultural minority youth. Specifically, this review presents the existing literature on MI with cultural minority groups (adult and adolescent), proposes two approaches for evaluating and adapting this (or other) behavioral interventions, and elucidates the rationale, strengths, and potential liabilities of each tailoring approach

Women

"This food policy report synthesizes current research about the roles that women play in ensuring food security in the developing world" P. v.

Working together: gender analysis in agriculture

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Variable del género en la investigación agrícola

Versión inglés en la biblioteca: Gender variable in agricultural researchVersión francés en la biblioteca: Variable du sexe dans la recherche agricol

Gender variable in agricultural research

French version available in IDRC Digital Library: Variable du sexe dans la recherche agricoleSpanish version available in IDRC Digital Library: Variable del género en la investigación agrícol

Variable du sexe dans la recherche agricole

Version anglaise disponible dans la Bibliothèque numérique du CRDI: Gender variable in agricultural researchVersion espagnole disponible dans la Bibliothèque numérique du CRDI: Variable del género en la investigación agrícol

Gender, Property Rights, And Natural Resources

Attention to gender differences in property rights can improve the outcomes of natural resource management policies and projects in terms of efficiency, environmental sustainability, equity, and empowerment of resource users. Although it is impossible to generalize across cultures and resources, it is important to identify the nature of rights to land, trees, and water held by women and men, and how they are acquired and transmitted from one user to another. The paper particularly examines how the shift from customary tenure systems to private property--in land, trees, and water--has affected women, the effect of gender differences in property on collective action, and the implications for policy formulation and implementation. CONTENTS Acknowledgments .................................................... iv 1

Gender, Property Rights, and Natural Resources

Attention to gender differences in property rights can improve the outcomes of natural resource management policies and projects in terms of efficiency, environmental sustainability, equity, and empowerment of resource users. Although it is impossible to generalize across cultures and resources, it is important to identify the nature of rights to land, trees, and water held by women and men, and how they are acquired and transmitted from one user to another. The paper particularly examines how the shift from customary tenure systems to private property--in land, trees, and water--has affected women, the effect of gender differences in property on collective action, and the implications for policy formulation and implementation