Five Rivers Family Health Center Community Health Needs Assessment

Objectives: To conduct a community health needs assessment (CHNA) on the three zip codes around Five Rivers Family Health Center (FRFHC) in order to guide healthcare professionals in creating goals and priorities for needed health services in their health center’s targeted community. Methods: The investigator gathered zip code specific data from the American Community Survey, Public Health - Dayton & Montgomery County, the Dayton Police Department, and other online sources for the FRFHC CHNA zip codes. Data on the targeted zip codes was compared to data from Montgomery County, Ohio, and the United States. Results: The greatest disparities between the FRFHC CHNA zip codes and Montgomery County, Ohio, and the US are in the areas of the social determinants of health, education, and infant health. Discussion: Because the disparities seen in the FRFHC CHNA zip codes are multi-causal, a coordinated effort to collaborate between healthcare professionals and other community leaders must be emphasized in addressing and improving the disparities

Insurgent, Participatory Citizens: (Re)Making Politics in Northeastern Brazil

This dissertation combines ethnography and history to study the co-evolution of participatory governance and clientelism in a context of urban poverty and re-democratization in the city of Fortaleza, capital of the Northeastern state of Ceará, Brazil. Government sponsored participatory governance mechanisms have been employed in Brazil since the 1980s to re-incorporate civil society into such processes of government as budgeting and city planning. With an emphasis on citizen participation, participatory governance represents a new form of mediation between the state and society, one that provides an alternative to traditional forms of state-society relationships such as clientelism, a mainstay of Brazilian politics. Despite a large body of research on Brazil’s participatory programs, little attention has been paid to the use of participatory social policy by the military regime (1964-1985) and the impacts of participation’s authoritarian origins on contemporary state-society relations. Three inter-related questions guide the analysis. First, how has participatory governance, originally employed in Fortaleza by the military government, shaped how the urban poor organize and exercise their political citizenship today? Second, how has clientelism adapted to participatory institutions? Do participatory mechanisms aid the urban poor in overcoming existing societal and political power structures? Finally, how have grassroots (non-state sponsored) participatory organizations shaped local conceptions of politics and civic engagement? The main contribution of this dissertation is to bring anthropological discussions on participatory governance in Brazil to bear on discussions surrounding political clientelism and political participation, in a context of democratization in poor urban communities. The analysis, developed in three appended articles, is based on data from twelve months of ethnographic fieldwork in Fortaleza involving participant observation, in-depth interviews, and a review of archival data from city participatory planning offices and local universities. The data provides evidence that the institutionalization of civil society’s engagement with the state led to new expressions of and limitations to citizenship among Fortaleza’s urban poor. I argue that the authoritarian origins of participatory social policy in Fortaleza led to the fragmentation of strong civic mobilization in the 1980s and consolidated new forms of urban clientelism. Contemporary participatory governance programs have diversified urban political networks, which lessons the power of traditional clientelist patrons, but some patrons have adapted by institutionalizing methods of exchange within participatory programs and local organizations. Recent informal participatory mechanisms have emerged to assert localized or alternate governmentalities. These grassroots forms respond to the paradoxical and contested nature of participation in participatory programs in Fortaleza’s peripheries; that they often fail to achieve long-term solutions to local issues through sustained civic mobilization.Release after 27-Apr-201

Equal Access to Education

The purpose of our research study and presentation is to identify key factors in access to education in three regions of the world. We looked into access to education in China, India, and the United States (urban) education systems in order to understand the barriers within each educational system. The Chinese educational system has been seen as an exemplary model of education, with the majority of students excelling in their work. However, many different factors contribute to disparities in access to education such as social status, economic background, and ideology. India is a prominent global economic leader, yet struggles with a large illiteracy rate. Its educational system is world renowned for the number of existing schools in rural villages, as well as the complexity and variability of educational requirements. However, there are also challenges to the system, including teacher shortages, mandatory passage requirements and dangerous conditions of school facilities. The United States also has great disparities in access to education. Though education is available and mandated, urban schools lack funding and qualified teachers. Access to education in the U.S.A. is largely based on location. We have researched academic and professional journals, books, and personal testimonies in order to present accurate and thorough research on access to education in each of these areas

The prevalence of bipolar disorders in the general population - a growing trending topic?

Bipolar disorder prevalence: a systematic review and meta-analysis of the literature. [Rev Bras Psiquiatr. 2015

The Grizzly, March 26, 1991

First Dance Marathon for Leukemia a Success • U.S.G.A. Proposes S.A.C. Reorganization • Student Debate on Use of Force Held • College Fax for Official College Use • Residential Village Centralized • New Materials to Recycle • Financial Aid Update • The Soviets: An Inside Portrait • Communication Arts Career Night • Lange Promoted to Assistant Dean of Continuing Education • 1990 Fall Dean\u27s List • Symposium at Berman • Men\u27s Track Runs Well Despite Conditions • Women\u27s Track Makes a Splash at Greyhound Invitational • Women Win ECAC Title • Men\u27s Lacrosse Upsets Penn State Del. Co. • Women\u27s Lacrosse Hopes for Third NCAA Title • Golf Opens With a Win • Derstine First Swimming All-American • Softball Swings into Season • Men\u27s Tennis Nets Good Results • Letter: Student Apathy, Who Cares! • The New Drugstore: Nature\u27s Pharma-Sea • Don\u27t Can Your Aluminumhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews/1274/thumbnail.jp

The Grizzly, December 3, 1990

Wismer Hall to be Renovated by Next Fall • Quad Intruder Returns • Politics Honors Projects • Foreign Policy and the Press • Ursinus Offers St. Joseph\u27s Post-MBA Certificates • Dance Marathon Planned • Crazy Toys • Holiday Messages Encouraged • Exam Schedule • Mixed Up • Jane\u27s Addiction Concert Review • European Old Master Prints • At the Playhouse • Attention Skiers • Edie Brickell Reviewed • In the Spotlight • Swimmers Host Double-Header Weekend • Lady Hoopsters Shoot for Title • Are We Going to War? • Why are We Really There? • Hey! Who\u27s the New Guy? • Brain in Brief • Bonnie and SAM (not Clyde)https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews/1266/thumbnail.jp

The Grizzly, November 6, 1990

Olin Hall Dedicated: First New Building In 20 Years • Founder\u27s Day Celebrated • Quad Intruder Sighted • Graff Speaks on Humanities Issues • Woodall Recognized • Olin: Past and Present • Sportscaster Dabbles in Theatre • Capitol Trip a Success • A WVOU Profile: Quickdraw Throws Rap at Ursinus • Warrant: A Bunch of Sissies • Ursinus Theatre: The Changeling • Hey Bar Hoppers! • Meier Named Ursinus\u27 New Lacrosse Coach • Soccer Ends Season with 9-11 Record • Field Hockey Finishes Season • Women Swim to Win, Men Sink • Cross-Country Team Reflects on MAC\u27s • Volleyball Wraps-Up • Wrestlers Look to Impress • Letters: Zeta Chi Sexist?; Students Waste Money • Olin Has Great Benefits • Voting Guide • Moon Mystifieshttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews/1263/thumbnail.jp

The Grizzly, January 28, 1991

Policies and Statistics, A Security Concern: New Quad Regulations; Crime Report Released • Sonia Sanchez: Poet for Peace • Gulf Dialogue Continues • Independence Dogs • Financial Aid Month • You Asked for it: You Got It!! • New Quad Policy • Presidency Symposium • When is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.\u27s Birthday? • Who\u27s Who Announced • Mission Conference Held • Back to the Basics • The Innocent • Swimmers on Win Streak • Women Hope for Good Things to Come • A Roller Coaster Season for the Hoopsters • Women Rounding-out Season • The Dream Lives On • Letter: Bundle Up! • Researchers Psyched Out • The Technology of War • A Wasted Solution?https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews/1268/thumbnail.jp

The Grizzly, November 13, 1990

Clergy Assembly Meets Ninth Consecutive Year • Career Day: An Information Session for Students • U.S. Energy Policy Anti-American? • The Ursinus Tutoring Program • Being British Without Being English • Election Results • Students React to Reimert Security Doors • Greeks Sponsor Halloween Party • F.W. Olin Foundation • Wilk 3 Protest • The History of Olin Grant • The Changeling • INXS • Television: Whose Reality is it Anyway? • Swimmers Wash Out Washington • Cross-Country Team Pleased with Regionals • Steimy Starts Club • Men\u27s Basketball Looks for Improvement in 1991 Season • Football Finishes Season with a Loss • Letters: No Defense for Personal Abuse; Zeta Chi Missed the Point! • Uncle Sam Wants Everyone • Pre-Med Prognosis Improving • Ursinus Grad in Sticky Situation • Brownback-Anders Meetinghttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews/1264/thumbnail.jp

The Grizzly, November 19, 1990

Frat Pledges\u27 Academics • Where Does Your Student Activity Fee Go? • Foreign Policy and the Press • Thanksgiving Food Drive • Date Rape Discussed • New Food Plans Developed • Campus Jobs = Easy $$$ • The Musser Experience • A Legend Lives On • Economics Conference Returns • Language Labs: Olin Addition • Television: Whose Reality is it Anyway? • Berman Art • Ursinus Band • Men\u27s Basketball Plays in Scranton Tournament • Gymnasts Prepare for Season • MAC Academic Honor Roll • Swimmers Waste Time at Kings Meet • Ski Club Plans Trip • All-Star Baseball Clinic to be Held at UC • Letters: Is the Grizzly Still a Newspaper?; Support our Positive Efforts; Bring Back our Salt • A Meal Choice? • Slinging Mud to Win • What was the Question? • A New Dimension to Medicinehttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews/1265/thumbnail.jp