For the Love of Land and People: An Evaluation of The Food Project as an Empowering Youth Development Program

For the Love of Land and People uses youth experiences to examine The Food Project, a youth development and urban agriculture organization from the Greater Boston area. Both youth experience and program structures are viewed through the framework of Critical Youth Empowerment in order to analyze how youth experience empowerment and personal growth in The Food Project\u27s youth programs. This study finds that The Food Project youth programs demonstrate effective empowerment because they successfully create safe spaces, engage youth in work that is meaningful to them, and give youth the confidence and skills to effect change in their world

Training Issues for Counseling Psychologists Working with LGBT individuals

In the mental health field, working with Lesbian, Gay Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) client’s is challenging both because of these client’s unique identities and the training needed to understand the needs of LGBT clients. Among counseling psychology-training programs, evidenced suggests that minimal effort has been made to require courses related specifically to working with individuals of the LGBT community. This poster will present information regarding the importance of providing counseling psychologists in-training with accurate information about working with clients from the LGBT community

Introduction

Introduction to volume 6 of Macalester College\u27s journal Tapestries: Interwoven voices of local and global identities

Transgender and gender queer affirmative training for a college community

Universities have utilized educational forums to instruct and inform students, faculty and staff members about the importance of making the campus climate accepting of the LGBT community. In recent years, campuses have also focused on educational programs for transgender advocates. Transgender issues have moved to the forefront of society’s attention, as transgender issues have become better known (Hendricks & Testa, 2012). Obtaining cultural competence and stretching the societal view of standard gender norms has been a focus of many of these programs (Hendricks & Testa, 2012). Unfortunately, there is minimal research conducted on the effectiveness of such programming (Green & Hill, 2004). The LGBT program, SAFEZONE, was first established at Ball State University by members of an on-campus LGBT organization. In 2012, a program was established to provide additional focus regarding transgender and gender queer individuals. The purpose of this presentation is to share the results of a study assessing attitudinal change amongst individuals participating in the TRANS* SAFEZONE program at Ball State University. These results will guide the future of this program by demonstrating the impact of this program on participants regarding their knowledge, skills, and awareness of trans* and gender queer issues as well as how to be an ally and advocate for this community

A Flexible Broadband Antenna and Transmission Line Network for a Wearable Microwave Breast Cancer Detection System

First, we report on the design, simulation and measurement of a 2-4 GHz conformable antenna optimized for skin contact and implemented on a flexible printed circuit for integration into a wearable device. Second, we experimentally verify the suitability of appropriately long (~10 cm) microstrip traces for the wearable system signal distribution network, which features varying radii of curvature. Consequently, the contribution of the here reported work is two-fold. First, the experimental results obtained both with breast phantoms and on-body measurements, demonstrate a return loss below -10 dB in the desired frequency band. Phantom results also show a through-breast transmission coefficient of above -40 dB at the centre frequency of 3 GHz. Second, and essential for signal integrity in our target application, the results show that the longitudinal curvature of such a microstrip does not increase transmission line losses

3rd Annual Conference of the Leverhulme Centre for Integrative Research on Agriculture and Health (LCIRAH), Developing methods in agriculture and health research, London, 13–14 June 2013

Non-PRIFPRI3; ISI; CRP4; B Promoting healthy food systemsPHND; A4NHCGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH

Service use and access in young children with an intellectual disability or global developmental delay: associations with challenging behaviour

Background Challenging behaviours are frequently shown by children with an intellectual disability. This study documents service use within this population and explores its relationship with challenging behaviours and child and parent characteristics. Method Forty-nine mothers of young children with an intellectual disability or global developmental delay completed questionnaires focusing on child behaviour, parental mental health, and service use. Results Maternal mental health was not associated with services accessed. Cost of services accessed differed by topography of challenging behaviour for destruction of the environment or aggression. No differences were noted for self-injurious behaviour. Conclusion In this small study, topography of challenging behaviour impacts on the frequency and/or duration (and therefore cost) of community-based health care accessed. Behaviours that have external impact, such as aggression and destruction of the environment, are associated with a higher cost of services used, a pattern not noted for behaviours that had less external impact (e.g., self-injurious behaviour)

Dietary and Physical Activity Factors Related to Eating Disorder Symptoms Among Middle School Youth

Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/95371/1/j.1746-1561.2012.00742.x.pd