Shall I Work, Wed, or Combine Both?

Marriage claimed 23 percent of the 1945-46 home economics graduates, reports Ruth Hacket

Student-Teachers Gain Valuable Experience In Iowa Communities

Blackboards, paper and pencil, colored paper cut-outs and notebooks are things with which every child is familiar after his first year in school

Monologue From Suzy

NO, NO. You gotta put them on with handles straight off to the right. See. Like this..

Five-Pound Party Planning

Is it the real thing at last? Ruth Hackett has ideas on five-pound party plan

Predict Future Positions

How would you like to turn on the radio some day and hear predictions such as these: For foods and nutrition graduates of 1951, there will be 400 requests; child development majors, 250 positions available; applied art, 87 positions open. It would certainly be a help to the home economics freshman who is trying to pick the most likely department in which to major

1940s

The Forties saw the beginning and the end of the War. In the first part a man was either 4-F or in the service, and the campus ratio wasn\u27t as favorable to women as usual. The shift brought more women to Iowa State College because families didn\u27t have to pay to put their sons through school, and they sent their daughters. In 1941, home economics enrollment hit a peak of nearly 1,800 students

Association of Diurnal Patterns in Salivary Cortisol With Type 2 Diabetes in the Whitehall II Study

Context: The hypothalamic pituitary-adrenal axis is thought to play a role in Type 2 Diabetes (T2D). However, the evidence for an association between diurnal cortisol patterns and T2D is equivocal. Objective: The aimwasto examine the association of cortisol patterns throughout the day with T2D status in a community-dwelling population. Design: This was a cross-sectional study of T2D status and salivary cortisol from phase 7 (2002-2004) of the Whitehall II study, United Kingdom. Setting: The occupational cohort was originally recruited in 1985-1988. Participants: Three-thousand, five-hundred eight white men and women including 238 participants with T2D aged 50-74 years with complete information on cortisol secretion participated. Outcome Measures: We measured diurnal cortisol (nmol/L) patterns from six saliva samples obtained over the course of a normal day: at waking, +30 min, +2.5, +8, +12 hours, and bedtime. The cortisol awakening response and slope in diurnal secretion were calculated. Results: T2D status was associated with a flatter slope in cortisol decline across the day (b = 0.004; confidence interval [CI], 0.001-0.007; P = .014) and greater bedtime cortisol (b = 0.063; CI, 0.010-0.117; P = 0.020) independent of a wide range of covariates measured at the time of cortisol assessment. There was no association between morning cortisol, the cortisol awakening response, and T2D (P > .05). Conclusions: In this nonclinical population, T2D was associated with a flatter slope in cortisol levels across the day and raised bedtime cortisol values

What Influences Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare Centers over Time?

We present a three-phase, qualitative study of anonymous surveys on patient satisfaction gathered from inner city, urban and rural healthcare centers (HCCs). Using statistical Factor Analysis, the data was contracted from 21 survey questions into 3 categories – Physician Satisfaction, Time Efficiency, and Availability Convenience. The purpose of this study was to evaluate our school’s 5 HCCs in juxtaposition with an outside HCC. In addition, analysis over time would inform the Directors/Physicians and Administration of results of changes made in the centers. We also aimed to identify which factors were most important to operating a successful HCC, independent of their geographical location. Among significant results we found were the following: (1) Older patients tended to be more satisfied than those who were younger, particularly in the area of Availability Convenience. (2) Those with more education were more satisfied particularly in the area of Physician Satisfaction and Time Efficiency. (3) Patients who had been with a HCC for longer periods of time rated their experience higher in all categories than those who had been with their HCC for shorter times. (4) In regard to location, Physician Satisfaction was not significantly different among inner city, urban and rural HCC, but both Availability Convenience and Time Efficiency was rated higher in urban and rural HCC than in inner city centers

The role of stress and health behaviour in linking weight discrimination and health: a secondary data analysis in England

Objective: To examine the role of stress and health-risk behaviours in relationships between weight discrimination and health and well-being.// Design: Secondary data analysis of an observational cohort study.// Setting: The English Longitudinal Study of Ageing.// Participants: Data were from 4341 adults (≥50 years) with overweight/obesity.// Primary outcome measures: We tested associations between perceived weight discrimination at baseline (2010/2011) and self-rated health, limiting long-standing illness, depressive symptoms, quality of life and life satisfaction over 4-year follow-up (2010/2011; 2014/2015). Potential mediation by stress exposure (hair cortisol) and health-risk behaviours (smoking, physical inactivity, alcohol consumption) was assessed.// Results: Cross-sectionally, perceived weight discrimination was associated with higher odds of fair/poor self-rated health (OR=2.05 (95% CI 1.49 to 2.82)), limiting long-standing illness (OR=1.76 (95% CI 1.29 to 2.41)) and depressive symptoms (OR=2.01 (95% CI 1.41 to 2.85)) and lower quality of life (B=−5.82 (95% CI −7.01 to −4.62)) and life satisfaction (B=−2.36 (95% CI −3.25 to −1.47)). Prospectively, weight discrimination was associated with higher odds of fair/poor self-rated health (OR=1.63 (95% CI 1.10 to 2.40)) and depressive symptoms (OR=2.37 (95% CI 1.57 to 3.60)) adjusting for baseline status. Those who reported discrimination had higher hair cortisol concentrations (B=0.14 (95% CI 0.03 to 0.25)) and higher odds of physical inactivity (OR=1.90 (95% CI 1.18 to 3.05)). These variables did not significantly mediate associations between discrimination and health outcomes.// Conclusions: Weight discrimination is associated with poor health and well-being. While this discrimination is associated with stress exposure and physical inactivity, these variables explain little of the association between discrimination and poorer outcomes