Hear Ye, Hear Ye: Why Your Census Job Is Vital to the Nation and Your Community

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Count me in

The South Carolina Commission for Minority Affairs-Native American Affairs Division “Count Me In” initiative seeks to increase Native American Indian and Alaksan Native participation at the US Census 2020

1997 Economic Census: Transportation: 1997 Commodity Flow Survey: Utah

The 1997 Commodity Flow Survey (CFS) is undertaken through a partnership between the Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Commerce, and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, U.S. Department of Transportation. This survey produces data on the movement of goods in the United States. It provides information on commodities shipped, their value, weight, and mode of transportation, as well as the origin and destination of shipments of manufacturing, mining, wholesale, and selected retail establishments. The CFS was last conducted in 1993. See the Comparability With the 1993 Commodity Flow Survey table (Appendix A) for a comparison between the 1997 and 1993 surveys. The data from the CFS are used by public policy analysts and for transportation planning and decision-making to assess the demand for transportation facilities and services, energy use, and safety risk and environmental concerns. This report presents data at the state level. Additional reports will include data for the United States, census regions, divisions, and selected metropolitan areas, as well as selected data on exports and hazardous material shipments

Racial, Gender, and Professional Diversification in the Forest Service from 1983 to 1992

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Blood use in sub‐Saharan Africa: a systematic review of current data

Background: Data on the use of blood products in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are scarce. A systematic review of published data on blood utilization according to diagnosis in SSA was performed. Study design and methods: Studies published from January 2000 to June 2018 were searched in PubMed, Embase and African Index Medicus. Data were extracted and synthesized. The proportion of blood products used for different diagnostic categories is presented. Results: 37 studies representing 159,746 transfusions to 96,690 patients from 14 countries in SSA were included. Data from six of 37 studies were pooled to determine blood product use according to diagnosis. The primary diagnostic categories were pediatric malaria (20%), sickle cell anemia [SCA] (18%), obstetric hemorrhage (16%), and other causes of bleeding (16%). About 8%, 6% and 2% of products were used for other infections, cancer treatment, and surgery respectively. Overall, 58.5% of the products transfused were red blood cells, 31.7 % whole blood, 7.2% fresh frozen plasma, and 2.6% as platelets. Estimated blood product use per population in SSA was 5.3 transfusions per 1000 people, compared with 52 and 34 per thousand for Australia and United States respectively. Conclusion: This study provides a systematic attempt to quantify blood utilization for SSA. Blood products in SSA are used primarily for pediatric malaria, SCA, obstetric hemorrhage and other causes of bleeding. Studies such as this represent an important early step towards improving hemovigilance in SSA

Knowledge of AIDS and HIV risk-related sexual behavior among Nigerian naval personnel

BACKGROUND: The epidemic of HIV continues to grow in Nigeria. Personnel in the military are at increased risk of HIV infection. Although HIV-risk related sexual behavior of Nigerian police officers has been studied, little is known about the sexual behavior of their counterparts in the Navy. This study describes knowledge of AIDS, and HIV-risk sexual behavior of naval personnel in Lagos Nigeria. METHODS: Four hundred and eighty personnel of the Nigerian Navy completed a 70-item questionnaire in 2002. Group discussion and in-depth interviews of four key informants were also conducted to gain insights into the context of risky sexual behaviors and suggestions for feasible HIV primary prevention interventions. RESULTS: The mean age of the respondents was 34 years. Although the overall mean AIDS knowledge score was 7.1 of 10 points, 52.1% of respondents believed that a cure for AIDS was available in Nigeria and that one can get HIV by sharing personal items with an infected person (25.3%). The majority (88.1%) had had lifetime multiple partners ranging from 1–40 with a mean of 5.1; 32.5% of male respondents had had sexual contact with a female sex worker, 19.9% did so during the six months preceding the survey. Forty-one percent of those with sexual contact with a female sex worker did not use a condom during the most recent sexual encounter with these women. Naval personnel who have been transferred abroad reported significantly more risky sexual behaviors than others. Group discussants and key informants believed that sex with multiple partners is a tradition that has persisted in the navy even in the era of AIDS because of the belief that AIDS affects only foreigners, that use of traditional medicine provides protection against HIV infection, and influence of alcohol. CONCLUSION: Many naval personnel report participating in high-risk sexual behavior which may increase their risk of acquiring and spreading HIV. Naval personnel live and interact freely with civilian population and are potential bridging group for disseminating HIV into the larger population. Interventions including sustained educational program, promotion of condoms, changes in transfer policies are recommended to address this problem

Employer Health Insurance Mandates and the Risk of Unemployment

Employer health insurance mandates form the basis of many health care reform proposals. Proponents make the case that they will increase insurance, while opponents raise the concern that low-wage workers will see offsetting reductions in their wages and that in the presence of minimum wage laws some of the lowest wage workers will become unemployed. We construct an estimate of the number of workers whose wages are so close to the minimum wage that they cannot be lowered to absorb the cost of health insurance, using detailed data on wages, health insurance, and demographics from the Current Population Survey (CPS). We find that 33 percent of uninsured workers earn within $3 of the minimum wage, putting them at risk of unemployment if their employers were required to offer insurance. Assuming an elasticity of employment with respect to minimum wage increase of -0.10, we estimate that 0.2 percent of all full-time workers and 1.4 percent of uninsured full-time workers would lose their jobs because of a health insurance mandate. Workers who would lose their jobs are disproportionately likely to be high school dropouts, minority, and female. This risk of unemployment should be a crucial component in the evaluation of both the effectiveness and distributional implications of these policies relative to alternatives such as tax credits, Medicaid expansions, and individual mandates, and their broader effects on the well-being of low-wage workers.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/73099/1/j.1540-6296.2008.00133.x.pd