Various Supports for Low-Income Families Reduce Poverty and Have Long-Term Positive Effects On Families and Children

Since the Great Depression, the United States has developed a set of supports to help low-income families, seniors, children, and people with disabilities make ends meet and obtain health care. Extensive research indicates that these supports lift millions of Americans out of poverty, help "make work pay" by supplementing low wages, and enable millions of Americans to receive health care who otherwise could not afford it. To be sure, the United States still has a higher poverty rate than many other advanced countries, and many Americans reach adulthood without the tools they need to succeed in the workforce. Various programs and policies, especially in areas such as job training and education, could be reformed and strengthened. But the claim that advocates of shrinking government sometimes make that public efforts to reduce poverty and hardship have failed is belied by the evidence

From Blenders to Hair Dryers

Toaster, portable mixer, coffeemaker, waffle iron, blender, rotisserie - this sounds like a bride-to-be doing a little wishful thinking. Actually, they are part of the list of appliances studied in Household Equipment 208, Small Equipment

Instant Palace Is Rare

The honeymoon is over, and where do the bride and groom find themselves? Unless they\u27re a Cinderella couple- a fairy-tale prince and princess with a ready-made palace - they find themselves faced with the problem of furnishing their new home. This home may be a house built just for them; but, more likely, it will be a small apartment or a two- or three-room bungalow on some college campus. Wherever and whatever it may be, this will be the beginning of what may someday be a house planned for their needs and preferences

Documenting Ourselves: Film, Video, and Culture

Since Robert Flaherty\u27s landmark film Nanook of the North (1922) arguments have raged over whether or not film records of people and traditions can ever be authentic. And yet never before has a single volume combined documentary, ethnographic, and folkloristic filmmaking to explore this controversy. What happens when we turn the camera on ourselves? This question has long plagued documentary filmmakers concerned with issues of reflexivity, subject participation, and self-consciousness. Documenting Ourselves includes interviews with filmmakers Les Blank, Pat Ferrero, Jorge Preloran, Bill Ferris, and others, who discuss the ways their own productions and subjects have influenced them. Sharon Sherman examines the history of documentary films and discusses current theiroeis and techniques of folklore and fieldwork. But Sharon Sherman does not limit herself to the problems faced by filmmakers today. She examines the history of documentary films, tracing them from their origins as a means of capturing human motion through the emergence of various film styles. She also discusses current theories and techniques of folklore and fieldwork, concluding that advances in video technology have made the camcorder an essential tool that has the potential to redefine the nature of the documentary itself. Sharon R. Sherman, director of the folklore program and professor of English at the University of Oregon, is an accomplished filmmaker with more than twenty years of experience in the field and in teaching film and folklore. Sherman\u27s fine book traces the documentary tradition and is a major contribution to our appreciation of how film and video deepens our understanding of the human experience. —Bill Ferris, Director, Center for the Study of Southern Culture A brilliant study of a new documentary genre. . . . This book has three effects on the reader: one craves seeing the films she discusses; one finds it impossible to teach a documentary film course again without a representation of folkloric film; and one feels more optimistic about technology. —Choice A vision of modern folklore studies on film which is collaborative, engaged and which celebrates the local, even as it documents and participates. —Times Literary Supplement Throughout the book there are thoughtful, insightful observations about the epistemological, social, and moral dimensions of making films about culture, and it is worth reading for those and for the interviews. —Western Folklorehttps://uknowledge.uky.edu/upk_film_and_media_studies/1011/thumbnail.jp

Folklore/Cinema: Popular Film as Vernacular Culture

Interest in the conjunctions of film and folklore is stronger and more diverse than ever. Documentaries on folk life and expression remain a vital genre, but scholars such as Sharon Sherman and Mikel Koven also are exploring how folklore elements appear in, and merge with, popular cinema. They look at how movies, a popular culture medium, can as well be both a medium and type of folklore, playing cultural roles and conveying meanings customarily found in other folkloric forms. They thus use the methodology of folklore studies to analyze films made for commercial distribution. The contributors to this book look at film and folklore convergences, showing how cinema conveys vernacular culture in traditional and popular venues. Folklore/Cinema will be of interest to scholars from many fields---folklore, film studies, popular culture, American studies, history, anthropology, and literature among them---and will help introduce students in various courses to intersections of film and culture.https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/usupress_pubs/1033/thumbnail.jp

The Iowa Homemaker vol.41, no.4

Revolution of Lafayette’s Favorite Dessert 1784-1961, Pat Fleming, page 4 Lamplighters Show the Way, page 6 Perpetuating the Profession, Phyllis Lovrien, page 7 More Faculty Faces, Mary McKennan, page 8 Uniquely Yours, Jan Wheeler, page 10 From Blenders to Hair Dryers, Sharon Sherman, page 12 Stereotype has Changed – Is It Accurate?, Mary Ellen Muckenhirn, page 1

Overdose prevention for injection drug users: Lessons learned from naloxone training and distribution programs in New York City

BACKGROUND: Fatal heroin overdose is a significant cause of mortality for injection drug users (IDUs). Many of these deaths are preventable because opiate overdoses can be quickly and safely reversed through the injection of Naloxone [brand name Narcan], a prescription drug used to revive persons who have overdosed on heroin or other opioids. Currently, in several cities in the United States, drug users are being trained in naloxone administration and given naloxone for immediate and successful reversals of opiate overdoses. There has been very little formal description of the challenges faced in the development and implementation of large-scale IDU naloxone administration training and distribution programs and the lessons learned during this process. METHODS: During a one year period, over 1,000 participants were trained in SKOOP (Skills and Knowledge on Opiate Prevention) and received a prescription for naloxone by a medical doctor on site at a syringe exchange program (SEP) in New York City. Participants in SKOOP were over the age of 18, current participants of SEPs, and current or former drug users. We present details about program design and lessons learned during the development and implementation of SKOOP. Lessons learned described in the manuscript are collectively articulated by the evaluators and implementers of the project. RESULTS: There were six primary challenges and lessons learned in developing, implementing, and evaluating SKOOP. These include a) political climate surrounding naloxone distribution; b) extant prescription drug laws; c) initial low levels of recruitment into the program; d) development of participant appropriate training methodology; e) challenges in the design of a suitable formal evaluation; and f) evolution of program response to naloxone. CONCLUSION: Other naloxone distribution programs may anticipate similar challenges to SKOOP and we identify mechanisms to address them. Strategies include being flexible in program planning and implementation, developing evaluation instruments for feasibility and simplicity, and responding to and incorporating feedback from participants

The Iowa Homemaker vol.41, no.2

Tips Add Ease In Traveling, Karen Williams, page 4 May Is Raining Roses, Marilynn Bratten, page 6 “Instant” Palace Is Rare, Sharon Sherman, page 8 Flowers Range from Gardenias to New Glamellias, Anne Collison, page 10 Bells Ring at ISU, Jo Ann Fridley, page 11 Duo Drape Gowns, Anne Miller, Gail Wallen, page 12 Look at Latest, Karen Nielsen, page 1

Does the availability of snack foods in supermarkets vary internationally?

BackgroundCross-country differences in dietary behaviours and obesity rates have been previously reported. Consumption of energy-dense snack foods and soft drinks are implicated as contributing to weight gain, however little is known about how the availability of these items within supermarkets varies internationally. This study assessed variations in the display of snack foods and soft drinks within a sample of supermarkets across eight countries.MethodsWithin-store audits were used to evaluate and compare the availability of potato chips (crisps), chocolate, confectionery and soft drinks. Displays measured included shelf length and the proportion of checkouts and end-of-aisle displays containing these products. Audits were conducted in a convenience sample of 170 supermarkets across eight developed nations (Australia, Canada, Denmark, Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden, United Kingdom (UK), and United States of America (US)).ResultsThe mean total aisle length of snack foods (adjusted for store size) was greatest in supermarkets from the UK (56.4 m) and lowest in New Zealand (21.7 m). When assessed by individual item, the greatest aisle length devoted to chips, chocolate and confectionery was found in UK supermarkets while the greatest aisle length dedicated to soft drinks was in Australian supermarkets. Only stores from the Netherlands (41%) had less than 70% of checkouts featuring displays of snack foods or soft drinks.ConclusionWhilst between-country variations were observed, overall results indicate high levels of snack food and soft drinks displays within supermarkets across the eight countries. Exposure to snack foods is largely unavoidable within supermarkets, increasing the likelihood of purchases and particularly those made impulsively.<br /

The Iowa Homemaker vol.41, no.5

Letter to the Editor, page 5 What Do YOU Know About the World Situation?, page 5 Foods from Faculty Files, Diane Sharbo, page 6 Creating the Air of Christmas, Ann Sindt, page 8 Study Buddies, Barb Strang, page 9 Mat, Motifs, Mailboxes, Made of Felt, Sharon Sherman, page 10 Are Co-ops for ISU?, Judy Godden, page 11 Home Economics Council Claims National Officer, Mary Ellen Muckenhirn, page 12 Hear Now the Bells, Sweet, Silver Bells, Marsha Barron, page 13 Gay Gifts Inside and Out, Jan Wheeler, page 14 Phi Upsilon Omicron, Joy Reese, page 16 Alii Nui Provides Last-Minute Gift Idea, Anne Collison, page 17 Poems, Jan Wheeler, page 1