Is Race a Factor in Disparate Health Problems Associated with Violence Against Women?

Research studies examining the health correlates of violence against women have consistently demonstrated associations between violence and poor health outcomes, but have not examined a disparate impact on racial minorities. Alaska Victimization Survey data (2010) were used to examine whether a disparate relationship between victimization and health problems exists for minority women relative to White women. The Alaska Victimization Survey (AVS) is a cross-sectional survey designed to provide baseline estimates of intimate partner and sexual violence for Alaskan women. Logistic regression was used to assess the odds of experiencing various health problems given race and exposure to violence status while holding age and education constant. This study found that victimization increased the odds of health problems for all women, but significantly more so for minority women. Based on allostatic load theory, minority women who are victims of violence may be more likely to experience poor health outcomes because of the compounding effects of life stressors on neural, endocrine, and immune systems. Policy and practice implications of the study findings suggest preventing and reducing violence against all women, and for informed physicians to screen patients for abuse histories and refer to appropriate counseling and other stress reduction resources.Ye

On multifractals: a non-linear study of actigraphy data

This work aimed, to determine the characteristics of activity series from fractal geometry concepts application, in addition to evaluate the possibility of identifying individuals with fibromyalgia. Activity level data were collected from 27 healthy subjects and 27 fibromyalgia patients, with the use of clock-like devices equipped with accelerometers, for about four weeks, all day long. The activity series were evaluated through fractal and multifractal methods. Hurst exponent analysis exhibited values according to other studies ($H>0.5$) for both groups ($H=0.98\pm0.04$ for healthy subjects and $H=0.97\pm0.03$ for fibromyalgia patients), however, it is not possible to distinguish between the two groups by such analysis. Activity time series also exhibited a multifractal pattern. A paired analysis of the spectra indices for the sleep and awake states revealed differences between healthy subjects and fibromyalgia patients. The individuals feature differences between awake and sleep states, having statistically significant differences for $\alpha_{q-} - \alpha_{0}$ in healthy subjects ($p = 0.014$) and $D_{0}$ for patients with fibromyalgia ($p = 0.013$). The approach has proven to be an option on the characterisation of such kind of signals and was able to differ between both healthy and fibromyalgia groups. This outcome suggests changes in the physiologic mechanisms of movement control.Comment: Preprint accepted for publication at Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Application

A observaçâo participante, como base para pensar projetos de intervençâo nas aulas de sociologia. um estudo de caso em Curitiba-PR

Anais do II Seminário Seminário Estadual PIBID do Paraná: tecendo saberes / organizado por Dulcyene Maria Ribeiro e Catarina Costa Fernandes — Foz do Iguaçu: Unioeste; Unila, 2014Entendendo a importância da observação participante para as atividades do PIBID. Este trabalho parte da observação afim de, refletir sobre as práticas docentes e os projetos de intervenção que podem ser desenvolvidos pelos bolsistas do PIBID. Para este trabalho foram tomadas como base as observações realizadas em 2013 no colégio Estadual Leôncio Correia em Curitiba, pelo projeto PIBID de Sociologia da UFPR. A partir destas observações foi feito um plano de intervenção que, possibilitasse preencher as lacunas observadas, nas aulas de Sociologia do Ensino Médio. Para estas aulas, foram utilizados materiais inovadores e uma postura que possibilitasse a participação mais ativa dos alunos, o que de certa forma contemplou os objetivos do Projeto, juntamente com os objetivos dos professores supervisores e da coordenação do projeto PIBI

Oficina sobre uso de imagens nas aulas de sociologia, um relato de experiência

Anais do II Seminário Seminário Estadual PIBID do Paraná: tecendo saberes / organizado por Dulcyene Maria Ribeiro e Catarina Costa Fernandes — Foz do Iguaçu: Unioeste; Unila, 2014O presente trabalho é fruto das atividades programadas para 2014 do PIBID de Sociologia da UFPR. O calendário previa uma série de atividades e oficinas para compartilhar as experiências e conhecimentos entre, bolsistas, supervisores e Coordenadores do projeto. A oficina sobre o uso de imagens nas aulas de sociologia foi ofertada em maio, contou com a participação dos bolsistas, coordenadores e foi dividida em três eixos principais “aspectos técnicos da produção de imagens e suas mensagens”, “União entre imagens e a Sociologia” e “experiências de utilização de imagens e Sociologia no Ensino Médio”. De forma geral a oficina ajudou os novos bolsistas a visualizar algumas experiências já realizadas, forneceu ferramentas para desenvolver novos projetos e principalmente, a oficina ajudou na difusão das atividades do PIBID nas escolas parceira