Medicaid as a Platform for Broader Health Reform: Supporting High-Need and Low-Income Populations

Outlines how policy makers can build on Medicaid to expand health coverage for low-income, high-need people by basing eligibility on income, boosting provider participation, increasing federal funding, and containing costs as a step toward broader reform

Academic Librarians in Second Life

The multi-user virtual world Second Life is an online software platform that allows users to jointly explore realistic three-dimensional environments via avatar characters, communicate via voice and text chat, and collaborate using shared creation tools. Librarians and educators have been developing academic content and services in Second Life for use with students and other constituency groups since 2005. This study surveyed academic librarians working in Second Life to discover their perceptions of virtual world environments for teaching and learning and to gauge the impact of this technology on their work with faculty and students. Sixty-two librarians provided details on various aspects of their professional involvement in Second Life. Findings show that librarians from every type of academic institution, at all levels of advancement, and in every depart-ment participate in this virtual world. Results include details of roles and functions, as well as perceived benefits and challenges. Because many adolescents and teenagers worldwide are currently active virtual world participants, academic librarians in Second Life view virtual world technology as a significant near-future educational trend

Feeding Electrograms and Salivary Fluid Secretion of Hard Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae)

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Exploring the Impact and Implications of Residential Mobility: From the Neighborhood to the School

This cross-sectional study examines residential relocation among a cohort of 495 fifth graders in one urban community in the Southeastern U.S. The impact of residential mobility is discussed in relation to student/family outcomes as well as the stressors placed upon schools. Results support previous findings which suggest residential relocation is correlated with academic problems. In addition, highly mobile students are twice as likely to be referred by teachers for disciplinary intervention and families are five times more likely than their residentially stable counterparts to be involved with child protective services. Implications from this study address the need for school systems, including school social workers, to look beyond the classroom to understand and respond to the needs of highly mobile families

Exploring the Impact and Implications of Residential Mobility: From the Neighborhood to the School

This cross-sectional study examines residential relocation among a cohort of 495 fifth graders in one urban community in the Southeastern U.S. The impact of residential mobility is discussed in relation to student/family outcomes as well as the stressors placed upon schools. Results support previous findings which suggest residential relocation is correlated with academic problems. In addition, highly mobile students are twice as likely to be referred by teachers for disciplinary intervention and families are five times more likely than their residentially stable counterparts to be involved with child protective services. Implications from this study address the need for school systems, including school social workers, to look beyond the classroom to understand and respond to the needs of highly mobile families

The Healthy Flea Market

Learn how rural students in Kentucky shared their classroom knowledge by presenting on health topics and new technologies at flea markets, swap meets, and specialty events such as car shows

Diane O\u27Nale in a Senior Composition Recital and Robin O\u27Neel in a Senior Voice Recital

This is the program for the senior composition recital of Diane O\u27Nale and senior voice recital of soprano, Robin O\u27Neel, accompanied by pianists Kristi Wood and Arlene O\u27Neel. The recital was held on March 26, 1990, in the Mabee Fine Arts Center Recital Hall

Population Dynamics Based on Resource Availability & Founding Effects: Live & Computational Models

With the looming global population crisis, it is more important now than ever that students understand what factors influence population dynamics. We present three learning modules with authentic, student-centered investigations that explore rates of population growth and the importance of resources. These interdisciplinary modules integrate biology, mathematics, and computer-literacy concepts aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards. The activities are appropriate for middle and high school science classes and for introductory college-level biology courses. The modules incorporate experimentation, data collection and analysis, drawing conclusions, and application of studied principles to explore factors affecting population dynamics in fruit flies. The variables explored include initial population structure, food availability, and space of the enclosed population. In addition, we present a computational simulation in which students can alter the same variables explored in the live experimental modules to test predictions on the consequences of altering the variables. Free web-based graphing (Joinpoint) and simulation software (NetLogo) allows students to work at home or at school

Canada\u27s Compassionate Care Benefit: Is it An Adequate Public Health Response to Addressing the Issue of Caregiver Burden in End-of-Life Care?

Background: An increasingly significant public health issue in Canada, and elsewhere throughout the developedworld, pertains to the provision of adequate palliative/end-of-life (P/EOL) care. Informal caregivers who take on the responsibility of providing P/EOL care often experience negative physical, mental, emotional, social and economicconsequences. In this article, we specifically examine how Canada’s Compassionate Care Benefit (CCB) - acontributory benefits social program aimed at informal P/EOL caregivers - operates as a public health response insustaining informal caregivers providing P/EOL care, and whether or not it adequately addresses known aspects ofcaregiver burden that are addressed within the population health promotion (PHP) model.Methods: As part of a national evaluation of Canada’s Compassionate Care Benefit, 57 telephone interviews wereconducted with Canadian informal P/EOL caregivers in 5 different provinces, pertaining to the strengths andweaknesses of the CCB and the general caregiving experience. Interview data was coded with Nvivo software andemerging themes were identified by the research team, with such findings published elsewhere. The purpose ofthe present analysis was identified after comparing the findings to the literature specific to caregiver burden andpublic health, after which data was analyzed using the PHP model as a guiding framework.Results: Informal caregivers spoke to several of the determinants of health outlined in the PHP model that areimplicated in their burden experience: gender, income and social status, working conditions, health and socialservices, social support network, and personal health practises and coping strategies. They recognized the need forimproving the CCB to better address these determinants.Conclusions: This study, from the perspective of family caregivers, demonstrates that the CCB is not living up toits full potential in sustaining informal P/EOL caregivers. Effort is required to transform the CCB so that it may fulfillthe potential it holds for serving as one public health response to caregiver burden that forms part of a healthypublic policy that addresses the determinants of this burden