Nevada\u27s textbook adoption process: The state perspective

The process in Nevada used to select textbooks, the main tools for classroom instruction, is a complex web of various stakeholders and interactions. Ensuring that quality textbooks get into the hands of Nevada\u27s teachers and students is the goal of the selection process. The main impediments affecting the selection process may be found in the structure of the process and how the stakeholders interact. In most cases, these interactions and responsibilities are dictated by state law and were established gradually over several years. While the current process functions to place textbooks in schools, it also shows great potential for improvement in accountability and efficiency

A Motherwork Challenge to Dominant Discourse: A Review of Immigration, Motherhood, and Parental Involvement: Narratives of Communal Agency in the Face of Power Asymmetry

In Lilian Cibils dissertation-turned-book, Immigration, Motherhood and Parental Involvement: Narratives of Communal Agency in the Face of Power Asymmetry (2017), the stories of seven Mexican immigrant mothers provide insight into what motherhood looks like outside the mainstream ideology of parental involvement. Using a critical feminist lens, Cibils employs the concept of motherwork as an alternative to a cultural deficit approach for understanding Mexican immigrant motherhood

Challenges faced by Latinos diagnosed with lung and head-and-neck cancer

Department Head: Ernest L. Chavez.2010 Spring.Includes bibliographical references (pages 37-40).Researchers have focused on understanding the healthcare needs and psychosocial challenges experienced by cancer patients and survivors. However, investigators have focused less on the particular needs and challenges experienced by medically underserved ethnic minorities who are affected by cancer. In this study, seven key informants and four lung and five head-and-neck Latino cancer patients diagnosed at a safety-net hospital in Denver, CO were interviewed concerning the difficulties these patients face navigating the healthcare system as well as the patient factors that contribute to these difficulties. The study also inquired about potential resources that might mitigate the needs and challenges patients experience during cancer treatment. Ethnographic Content Analysis was employed to analyze the data obtained from the interviews. The long-term goal is to utilize this data to develop and implement a patient navigation program for low-income Latinos diagnosed with lung and head-and-neck cancers at a safety-net hospital in Denver, CO

LiveSafe: Increasing Bystander Intervention at Eastern Kentucky University

This paper reviews the procurement and implementation of the LiveSafe safety application at Eastern Kentucky University and its impact on increasing bystander intervention for the campus community. LiveSafe was launched on February 1, 2016, and all data is based off the first ten weeks of availability (February 1st to April 10th). Metrics that will be reviewed and compared include “safe walks,” reported tips, and emergency messages. Because of the novelty of cellphone safety applications, there is little scholarship on the empirical impact of these application or the perception of students in regards to their safety on campuses when they are available. This article will focus on the former knowledge gap and how LiveSafe has been utilized at Eastern Kentucky University

HPV Vaccination Receptivity

The human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is a prevalent health concern for college students. The HPV vaccine has the power to significantly impact rates of infection. This study sought to understand how the strength of a provider’s recommendation for the HPV vaccine impacted perceived quality of medical care, as well as how PQMC impacted willingness to pursue vaccination. In a quantitative survey with a sample of 126 participants ages 18 to 26, a positive correlation was found between strength of recommendation and PQMC. A positive correlation was also found between PQMC and willingness to pursue vaccination. No difference was found between male and female participants in how they assessed strength of recommendation. The implications of this study suggest that providers who are more conscientious of the strength of their recommendation and invested in the way patients perceive the quality of their medical care might be more successful in getting patients to pursue vaccination

Bailment and Teterinary Malpractice: Doctrinal Exclusivity, or Not?

Animals are considered the personal property of their owners, and as such, when they are delivered by their owners to a veterinarian, the facts of the situation perfectly satisfy the elements of a bailment relationship. Nonetheless, when courts consider negligence by a veterinarian, animals\u27 classification as property is disregarded and bailment principles are not applied. Instead, veterinary malpractice principles are used. If bailment principles were applied, it would be easier for owners to prove liability for injury to their animals. In these same cases, animals\u27 classification as property is an important factor in the determination of damages, usually limiting damages to the fair market value of the animal. This approach is inconsistent: it disregards animals\u27 status as property when it would be beneficial to them to be treated as such, but applies it when it is detrimental to their interests. This Note explores this inconsistency. First, animals\u27 status as property, bailment doctrine, and veterinary malpractice principles are each reviewed. Second, the reasons for applying veterinary malpractice rather than bailment are explored and critiqued. Lastly, this Note concludes that bailment principles should be applied in cases regarding negligence by a veterinarian

Growing Food Connections Through Vertical Integration of Business Models

Vertical integration of the supply chain can improve sustainability of small farmers, grocers and their community. HCSI, Inc. the Healthy Community Store Initiative located in Tulsa, OK launched R&G Family Grocers, a mobile grocery store providing access to local and healthy food for customers living in food deserts. HCSI is using vertical integration of the supply chain to provide economic opportunities to residents through production, distribution, new store development and value-added processing. Partnerships integrated into this model are Health and Wellness programs providing Food for Life models to improve diet related health outcomes. Value-added processing of perishables into healthy meals to provide convenience for shoppers and an additional income stream. Scott Smith, Director of Operations, discusses lessons learned in creating a full-service mobile grocery bringing food to 12 commercially viable locations. Katie Plohocky, President of HCSI, discusses challenges and solutions to getting around purchase minimums by starting a small food hub to purchase locally and aggregate purchasing power amongst restaurants and small stores. Additional topics of discussion include: Food insecurity and how it affects the health of our communities. Policy change and implementation needed to help producers get their product to market and incentives grocery stores

Sexual Violence, Consent, and Contradictions: A Call for Communication Scholars to Impact Sexual Violence Prevention

The goal of this paper is to provide an overview of the conflicting findings from existing sexual violence and consent communication research with the intention of motivating communication scholars to study these areas. Generally, normative roles and alcohol add to the inherent complexity of consent communication. Moreover, contradictory findings in the literature make it difficult to define a practicable approach to the reduction of sexual violence across college campuses. This paper broadly reviews the current literature in this area of research with the ultimate goal of creating a guiding research agenda based in communication theory. Sexual violence prevention programming may benefit from this insight gleaned from communication research. For future research, we suggest consent communication, sexual negotiation, and other factors influencing sexual violence as topics that may inform more specifically targeted prevention programming, leading to measurable reduction in the instances of sexual violence

Familial Breast and Bowel Cancer: Does It Exist?

There is much debate in the literature about familial predispositions to breast and bowel cancers yet little evidence is forthcoming to suggest that there are susceptibility genes that can account for such kindreds. Within the context of known susceptibility genes the most controversial syndrome is hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC). In HNPCC, breast cancers do occur yet their incidence overall is no different to that of the general population yet when studied at the molecular level these tumours often display DNA microsatellite instability suggesting that they do indeed belong to this genetic entity. In this review we examine the relationship between breast and bowel cancer and suggest a possible explanation for the diverse points of view described in the literature