The Impact of the Los Angeles Healthy Kids Program on Access to Care, Use of Services, and Health Status

Presents survey results on the impact of the Healthy Kids program, which provides uninsured children with comprehensive coverage, on access to care, unmet needs, use of specialty and dental services, health status, and parental satisfaction

Aliens Say What Humans Can\u27t : Popular Culture and Totalitarianism in The Twilight Zone

This study analyzes the political and social context of key episodes from 1959 to 1964 of Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone. His science fiction television series, nestled against the backdrop of the Cold War, showcased his viewpoints on controversial issues from the Holocaust, postwar gender issues, McCarthyism, nuclear war and totalitarianism. As he was often fond of saying, “Aliens Can Say What Humans Can’t.” Also integrated in this study is showing how The Twilight Zone served as both an agent of change as well as a reflection of the times. This in turn, encouraged the masses to question and modify belief systems using both televisions hegemonic and empowering functions. Additionally, the ironic endings and unconventional interpretation of events also gave him both the means and the ends in constructing social realities for the viewers and to reorder his universe as reflected in The Twilight Zone

Lived Experiences of Female Science Majors at a Two-Year College

This study focused on the lives of women majoring in science at a two-year institution. The specific research goal was to investigate the lived experiences of first year female science majors at Waycross College, relevant to their career choices. The participants in this study consisted of 6 young women enrolled as science majors in the fall semester of 2005. Two interview sessions were conducted during their first year of study. They were able to share their stories as young women and share their perspectives relative to their chosen fields of study. Analyzed using the feminist standpoint theory perspective of Sandra Harding, the interviews revealed several emerging themes. First, all of the participants indicated some form of parental support throughout the duration of the study. They all indicated that one or both parents were a constant resource for encouragement in their career pursuits. Second, the influence of boyfriends played a significant role in the decision-making processes of the participants. Third, most of the participants revealed either negative advising experiences or no advising experiences at all. There was certainly an obvious decline in the quality of the advising experiences for all of the participants. Last, the analysis of the interviews revealed that the participants felt no connection to or within their chosen majors. There was an absence of mentoring programs, friendship networks in the classes, and social or organizational opportunities 2 that could prove advantageous in improving the experiences of women majoring in the sciences

The Rural-Urban "Digital Divide" in New Zealand Progress Since September 2000

The purpose of our study is to provide some additional data to increase understanding of any potential New Zealand geographical differences in business use of the Internet. Consistent with the definition of electronic commerce used in both the MED/BRC and ISCR studies we define "business use of the internet" to be any business use to which the Internet is put thus including both transactions of information (email advertising web-based searches) and buying and selling (business to business and business to consumer) exchanges. To distinguish between the bases of urban and rural used in other studies we define "metropolitan" to be the four main cities in New Zealand: Auckland Wellington Christchurch and Dunedin. "Provincial" centres are defined to be the principal towns in each of the 14 districts defined in the Telecom Yellow Pages data excluding the "metropolitan" centres while "rural" is defined as the rural hinterland surrounding each provincial centre in each of the regions17. Where "urban" is used this encompasses both metropolitan and provincial centre classifications

The State of e-New Zealand: 2004

This State of E-New Zealand paper revisits the relative international measures of New Zealand's preparedness to utilise and capitalise upon the economic and social benefits promised by the use of technology. In the previous paper the authors concluded that New Zealand remained at the forefront of practically all electronic infrastructure indicators measured. Four years from the initial findings this paper concludes that New Zealand's relative ability to use its infrastructure to gain productive advantage is decreasing. Although it is well prepared in infrastructure New Zealand has slipped from its early leadership position relative to other countries in many as the information and communication technology market indicators as the New Zealand market approaches maturity and other countries catch up

An Interdisciplinary Learning Experience Through Applied Clinical Practice with Community Volunteers

Allied health professionals typically begin working on an interdisciplinary health care team immediately upon entering the workforce. Interdisciplinary health care teams are believed to be cost-effective, to result in better patient outcomes, and to lower staff burnout and turnover. Although teamwork often is standard practice in the workplace, allied health students may receive little to no formal training in working with other professionals while in school. Instead, it may be assumed that this knowledge is inherent or that developing the skills necessary to work as part of a team while on clinical affiliation or postgraduation is acceptable

A Case of Senator Lynn Beyak and Anti-Indigenous Systemic Racism in Canada

On March 7, 2017, Canadian Senator Lynn Beyak stood up in the Red Chamber and delivered a lengthy speech urging Canadians to recognise the positive aspects of the Indian Residential Schooling system that the Truth and Reconciliation Commission had failed to acknowledge. In their positions as settler teacher educators, the authors examine how Senator Beyak’s statements expose the depth of systemic settler colonialism, anti-Indigenous racisms, and unsettling beneficiary narratives here in Canada. The authors call on teacher educators to examine these systemic anti-Indigenous racisms in relation to how they can confront and disrupt settler Canadian colonialism and historical settler consciousness within teacher education and school curricula. Drawing on recent research done by educational researchers at Faculties of Education across Canada, the authors maintain that settler colonial benevolence and colonial systemic anti-Indigenous racisms can be unlearned and learned through ethical relationality, truth, and a critical praxis of reconciliation.Le 7 mars 2017, la sénatrice canadienne Lynn Beyak s’est levée dans la Chambre rouge et a prononcé un long discours dans lequel elle incitait les Canadiens à reconnaître les aspects positifs du système des pensionnats indiens que la Commission de vérité et réconciliation n’avait pas reconnus. Comme enseignants et enseignantes descendants des colons, les auteurs de cette communication examinent comment les déclarations de la sénatrice Beyak mettent en évidence la profondeur du colonialisme de peuplement systémique, des racismes anti-autochtones et des récits troublants des conquérants du Canada. Les auteurs demandent aux enseignants et aux éducateurs d’examiner ces racismes systémiques anti-autochtones en relation avec la façon dont ils peuvent confronter et déconstruire le colonialisme de peuplement et la conscience historique des colons dans les programmes scolaires et de formation des enseignants. En s’appuyant sur des recherches récentes effectuées par des chercheurs des Facultés d’éducation du Canada, les auteurs soutiennent que la bienveillance des colons et les racismes coloniaux systémiques anti-autochtones peuvent non seulement être déconstruits, mais aussi que les antiracismes peuvent aussi être reconstruits par l’entremise des relations éthiques, de la vérité et d’une pratique critique visant la réconciliation

Reimagining Doctoral Mentoring: Toward the Development of Culturally Liberative STEM Faculty Doctoral Mentors

Using anti-Black racism and critical capital theory, this paper highlights findings of a meta-analysis based on research products developed from a qualitative multiple embedded case study of STEM doctoral mentoring and argues for the development of culturally liberative doctoral mentorship

A Proposed Pathway Towards Future Reform of New Zealand’s De Minimis Threshold

Imports into New Zealand are tax-free if the duty and GST payable is less than $60. This has resulted in an effective value threshold of between$226 and $399, significantly higher than many of our trading partners. We examine other nations’ thresholds and border practices with a view to whether NZ should lower its de minimis threshold. We further examine other options, strongly recommending changing to a minimum customs value definition. However, we do not support collection of duties/GST through financial intermediaries, instead proposing the establishment of a multilateral system. Finally, we outline shortcomings in Customs’ cost-benefit analysis and accordingly present three alternative methodologies for future assessment of the de minimis threshold