A Survey of Parental Knowledge of Asthma

The purpose of this study was to investigate the level of parents\u27 knowledge regarding asthma. Twenty-five parents of children who have asthma were interviewed during their child\u27s hospitalization for status asthmaticus. Adequate knowledge about environmental control and medication was noted in the majority of the subjects but over half were unable to explain the pathological changes which caused wheezeing. While most parents appear to have adequate knowledge of medications and environmental control on which to base their decisions about their child’s care there appears to be a need for more information regarding the pathophysiology

Taking capital for social purposes to a new level

Community development

Coming out as a human capitalist: community development at the nexus of people and place

Community development

COHABITATION: AN ELUSIVE CONCEPT

Rates of out-of-wedlock births in the US have increased over the past three decades and rates of cohabitation among unwed parents have risen. Consequently, unwed parenthood is decreasingly synonymous with single parenthood. As we focus more attention on unwed parents, their living arrangements, and relationships, it is becoming clear that cohabitation is an ambiguous concept that is difficult to measure. In this study, we use the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing data to document how sensitive cohabitation estimates can be to various sources of information and we demonstrate that relationships among unwed parents fall along a continuum, from marriage-like cohabitation at one extreme to parents who have no contact at all with one another at the other. The results underscore the limitations of using binary measures of cohabitation to characterize parent relationships.

Mental Illness as a Barrier to Marriage Among Mothers With Out-of-Wedlock Births

This study explores how mental illness shapes transitions to marriage among unwed mothers using augmented data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing study. We estimate proportional hazard models to assess the effects of mental illness on the likelihood of marriage over a five year period following a non-marital birth. Diagnosed mental illness was obtained from the survey respondents' prenatal medical records. We find that mothers with mental illness were about two thirds as likely as mothers without mental illness to marry, even after controlling for demographic characteristics, and that human capital, relationship quality, partner selection, and substance abuse explain only a small proportion of the effect of mental illness on marriage.

Catholic Laughter

In lieu of an abstract, below is the essay\u27s first paragraph. Are you getting ashes? Betsy whispered. I hissed, Yes

Give Me A Widow, Anytime

In lieu of an abstract, below is the essay\u27s first paragraph. I\u27ve always been particularly attracted to widows. There is a beautifully bruised quality about them. They retain this quality long after their husbands have congealed in the satin seams of their great mahogany coffins. When widows make it with a man, it always has a sweet scent of hesitation in it. They\u27re not used to a new man. They\u27re not sure they\u27ll like it. They\u27re not sure their husbands would approve. They\u27re just not sure. Afterwards, they\u27re in a mild form of shock and by the time they recover, and sometimes it can take months, a man can gracefully and with sensitivity extricate himself from the relationship

Reconstituting Power in an American Borderland: Political Change in Colonial East Florida

On his 10,000-acre plantation along the St. Johns River, Francis Philip Fatio had much to claim. With the labor of more than eighty slaves, Fatio and his partner investors established a thriving plantation in former Native territory soon after they arrived in British East Florida in 1771. Named in honor of his homeland, Fatio\u27s New Switzerland plantation excelled in the production of timber, cattle, citrus fruits, and naval stores.1 Historians once suggested that lasting only twenty-one years, East Florida\u27s British period was too brief to have much impact on the development of the colony: too short for the roots to take much hold of the soil. 2 New Switzerland\u27s roots, however, survived the return of Spanish rule to East Florida in 1783 and continued to build wealth and influence for generations of the Fatio family into at least the twentieth century.3 Moreover, the colony\u27s rich resources and diverse economy offered more than material success. On his plantation, Fatio also realized a new imperial vision for colonial East Florida after Spain ceded control of the territory to Great Britain in 1763, at the conclusion of the Seven Years\u27 War