Sintesi dei lavori del workshop EDURISK 2002 – 2011 | 10 anni di progetti di educazione al rischio

Summary of the seismic risk education activities carried out within the projects Edurisk from 2002 to 2011, addressed to students (of primary and secondary schools), teachers and adults. Cases of pre-event and post-events activity are illustarte

Disciplinary disproportionality and the organization of power

Schools continue to struggle with disproportionate disciplinary outcomes for Black/African American students (Children's Defense Fund, 1975) within a social context that no longer openly discusses or acknowledges the potential impact of race (Bonilla-Silva, 2006). This study is a mixed-methods phenomenology of disciplinary disproportionality at one middle school through the lens of color-blind racism based upon Patricia Hill-Collins's Four Domains of Power (Hill-Collins, 2009). This framework supported the examination of disproportionality as it relates to disciplinary practices and policies, as well as, staff member reports related to cultural beliefs, and interpersonal relationships between students and teachers. Findings revealed lack of awareness, inconsistencies, and denial were factors possibly contributing to disciplinary disproportionality. Cultural beliefs about Black/African American students, their behaviors, and their families were cited by teachers as significant factors associated with disciplinary disproportionality. Data revealed the potential influence of color-blind racism on disciplinary disproportionality through beliefs corresponding to the frames of color-blind racism (Bonilla-Silva, 2006). Beliefs and perceptions across the Four Domains of Power appear to be interconnected and offer valuable insights to further expand inquiries related to disciplinary disproportionality

Life satisfaction and mortality in elderly people: The Kangwha Cohort Study

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>As well as biomedical risk factors, psychological factors have been reported to be related to mortality rate. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between life satisfaction and mortality in elderly people through an 11.8-year follow-up study of a prospective cohort.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>Among 3,600 participants of the Kangwha Cohort Study who survived in 1994, 1,939 respondents of the Life Satisfaction Index (LSI)-A questionnaire were included (men, 821; women, 1118). The mortality risk for the period up to December 2005 was measured using the Cox Proportional Hazard Model.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>When the relationship between LSI and mortality was evaluated in men, the unsatisfied group with lower LSI scores showed a significantly higher risk of all-cause mortality (hazard ratio [HR], 1.42; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.11-1.83) than the satisfied group with higher LSI scores. In women, the unsatisfied group showed a significantly higher risk of all-cause mortality (HR, 1.51; 95% CI, 1.18-1.92) and cardiovascular mortality (HR, 2.23; 95% CI, 1.30-3.85) than the satisfied group.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>We found that elderly people with a lower LSI score, regardless of gender, were at risk of increased mortality from all causes, and low LSI score was also associated with cardiovascular mortality.</p

A strong association between non-musculoskeletal symptoms and musculoskeletal pain symptoms: results from a population study

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>There is a lack of knowledge about the pattern of symptom reporting in the general population as most research focuses on specific diseases or symptoms. The number of musculoskeletal pain sites is a strong predictor for disability pensioning and, hence, is considered to be an important dimension in symptom reporting. The simple method of counting symptoms might also be applicable to non-musculoskeletal symptoms, rendering further dimensions in describing individual and public health. In a general population, we aimed to explore the association between self-reported non-musculoskeletal symptoms and the number of pain sites.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>With a cross-sectional design, the Standardised Nordic Questionnaire and the Subjective Health Complaints Inventory were used to record pain at ten different body sites and 13 non-musculoskeletal symptoms, respectively, among seven age groups in Ullensaker, Norway (n = 3,227).</p> <p>Results</p> <p>Results showed a strong, almost linear relationship between the number of non-musculoskeletal symptoms and the number of pain sites (r = 0.55). The <it>number </it>and <it>type </it>of non-musculoskeletal symptoms had an almost equal explanatory power in the number of pain sites reported (27.1% vs. 28.2%).</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>The linear association between the number of non-musculoskeletal and musculoskeletal symptoms might indicate that the symptoms share common characteristics and even common underlying causal factors. The total burden of symptoms as determined by the number of symptoms reported might be an interesting generic indicator of health and well-being, as well as present and future functioning. Research on symptom reporting might also be an alternative pathway to describe and, possibly, understand the medically unexplained multisymptom conditions.</p