Weight Management of Women of Childbearing Age

Black River Memorial Hospital identified obesity as a priority health concern in its rural service area; this concern was in line with the county\u27s needs assessment. It was identified that women of childbearing age affect the lifestyle and health choices of their families and that they are at higher risk for the additional health risks associated with obesity affecting pregnancy and birth. Despite the identification of these risk factors, the factors that affect healthy weight management have not been well understood. Using the life course theory, a qualitative inquiry in the form of a structured interview was developed with local community experts and stakeholders. Sixteen women, aged 18-44, were recruited from the area Women Infant Children (WIC) program, the local food pantry, and area businesses. Audio-taped interviews were conducted. Data were analyzed using open and axial coding. The findings suggest that the health literacy among this sample of women was low with regards to healthy weight (BMI) and the risks posed by obesity. The most cited barriers to healthy nutrition were the cost of healthy food, food preferences, and the time to prepare healthy food. The most cited barriers to healthy activity were lack of motivation, lack of child care and lack of fun, affordable activities, and severe weather. The most common motivators for pursuing a healthy lifestyle were identified as the respondents\u27 children, the encouragement of significant others and friends, and the participation of the family in healthy lifestyle choices. Based on the literature review, knowledge of community resources, and these findings, broad recommendations to enhance the culture of healthy weight management were provided to local community stakeholders to facilitate community planning for a healthier population

Trials and tribulations : the 'use' (and 'misuse') of evidence in public policy

Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are increasingly playing a central role in shaping policy for development. By comparison, social experimentation has not driven the great transformation of welfare within the developed world. This introduces a range of issues for those interested in the nature of research evidence for making policy. In this article we will seek a greater understanding of why the RCT is increasingly seen as the ‘gold standard’ for policy experiments in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), but not in the more advanced liberal democracies, and we will explore the implications of this. One objection to the use of RCTs, however can be cost, but implementing policies and programmes without good evidence or a good understanding of their effectiveness is unlikely to be a good use of resources either. Other issues arise. Trials are often complex to run and ethical concerns often arise in social ‘experiments’ with human subjects. However, rolling out untested policies may also be morally objectionable. This article sheds new light on the relationship between evidence and evaluation in public policy in both the global north and developing south. It also tackles emerging issues concerning the ‘use’ and ‘misuse’ of evidence and evaluation within public policy

Genome-wide association meta-analysis of fish and EPA+DHA consumption in 17 US and European cohorts

Background: Regular fish and omega-3 consumption may have several health benefits and are recommended by major dietary guidelines. Yet, their intakes remain remarkably variable both within and across populations, which could partly owe to genetic influences. Objective: To identify common genetic variants that influence fish and dietary eicosapentaenoic acid plus docosahexaenoic acid (EPA+DHA) consumption. Design: We conducted genome-wide association (GWA) meta-analysis of fish (n = 86, 467) and EPA +DHA (n = 62, 265) consumption in 17 cohorts of European descent from the CHARGE (Cohorts for Heart and Aging Research in Genomic Epidemiology) Consortium Nutrition Working Group. Results from cohort-specific GWA analyses (additive model) for fish and EPA+DHA consumption were adjusted for age, sex, energy intake, and population stratification, and meta-analyzed separately using fixed-effect meta-analysis with inverse variance weights (METAL software). Additionally, heritability was estimated in 2 cohorts. Results: Heritability estimates for fish and EPA+DHA consumption ranged from 0.13

Ancient dispersal of the human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus gattii from the Amazon rainforest.

Over the past two decades, several fungal outbreaks have occurred, including the high-profile 'Vancouver Island' and 'Pacific Northwest' outbreaks, caused by Cryptococcus gattii, which has affected hundreds of otherwise healthy humans and animals. Over the same time period, C. gattii was the cause of several additional case clusters at localities outside of the tropical and subtropical climate zones where the species normally occurs. In every case, the causative agent belongs to a previously rare genotype of C. gattii called AFLP6/VGII, but the origin of the outbreak clades remains enigmatic. Here we used phylogenetic and recombination analyses, based on AFLP and multiple MLST datasets, and coalescence gene genealogy to demonstrate that these outbreaks have arisen from a highly-recombining C. gattii population in the native rainforest of Northern Brazil. Thus the modern virulent C. gattii AFLP6/VGII outbreak lineages derived from mating events in South America and then dispersed to temperate regions where they cause serious infections in humans and animals

Developing and Improving Student Non-Technical Skills in IT Education: A Literature Review and Model

The purpose of this paper is to identify portions of the literature in the areas of Information Technology (IT) management, skills development, and curriculum development that support the design of a holistic conceptual framework for instruction in non-technical skills within the IT higher education context. This article review provides a framework for understanding how the critical success factors related to IT and Information Systems (IS) professional success is impacted by developing students’ non-technical skills. The article culminates in a holistic conceptual framework for developing non-technical skills within the IT higher education context. Implications for theory and research are provided

A Glamurosa Vida de uma Estrela do Jornalismo: como as revistas femininas representam a diva Fátima Bernardes

Este artigo é parte de uma pesquisa sobre a imagem dos apresentadores do Jornal Nacional, Fátima Bernardes e William Bonner, instituída pelo discurso midiático. Partimos do pressuposto de que a glamourização da vida privada do casal é uma estratégia que permite ao JN manter-se, em princípio, afastado da tendência nacional de incorporação da estética do show aos telejornais - sem, no entanto, abrir mão de um componente de identificação com o público. Analisamos os textos de duas revistas femininas que trazem Bernardes na capa, localizando as marcas discursivas que instituem os sentidos de uma estrela que ganha a estatura de um mito: o modelo de mãe, mulher e profissional a ser copiado e invejado

The Glamorous Life of a Star of Journalism: how women’s magazines represent the diva Fátima Bernardes

Este artigo é parte de uma pesquisa sobre a imagem dos apresentadores do Jornal Nacional, Fátima Bernardes e William Bonner, instituída pelo discurso midiático. Partimos do pressuposto de que a glamourização da vida privada do casal é uma estratégia que permite ao JN manter-se, em princípio, afastado da tendência nacional de incorporação da estética do show aos telejornais - sem, no entanto, abrir mão de um componente de identificação com o público. Analisamos os textos de duas revistas femininas que trazem Bernardes na capa, localizando as marcas discursivas que instituem os sentidos de uma estrela que ganha a estatura de um mito: o modelo de mãe, mulher e profissional a ser copiado e invejado. This article is part of a research about the image of two anchorpersons of Jornal Nacional (National News), Fátima Bernardes and William Bonner, instituted by the media discourse. We started out from the supposition that the glamourization of the couples private life is a strategy that permits Jornal Nacional to maintain itself, in principle, far from the national tendency of incorporating the show aesthetics to the telejournals - without letting go, nevetheless, of an identification component with the public. We have analysed the texts of two womens magazines that bring Bernardes on the first page, locating the discoursive marks that institute the sense of a star that gets the stature of a myth: the model of a mother, woman and professional, to be copied and envied

A Glamurosa Vida de uma Estrela do Jornalismo: como as revistas femininas representam a diva Fátima Bernardes

This article is part of a research about the image of two anchorpersons of Jornal Nacional (National News), Fátima Bernardes and William Bonner, instituted by the media discourse. We started out from the supposition that the glamourization of the couples private life is a strategy that permits Jornal Nacional to maintain itself, in principle, far from the national tendency of incorporating the show aesthetics to the telejournals - without letting go, nevetheless, of an identification component with the public. We have analysed the texts of two womens magazines that bring Bernardes on the first page, locating the discoursive marks that institute the sense of a star that gets the stature of a myth: the model of a mother, woman and professional, to be copied and envied.Este artigo é parte de uma pesquisa sobre a imagem dos apresentadores do Jornal Nacional, Fátima Bernardes e William Bonner, instituída pelo discurso midiático. Partimos do pressuposto de que a glamourização da vida privada do casal é uma estratégia que permite ao JN manter-se, em princípio, afastado da tendência nacional de incorporação da estética do show aos telejornais - sem, no entanto, abrir mão de um componente de identificação com o público. Analisamos os textos de duas revistas femininas que trazem Bernardes na capa, localizando as marcas discursivas que instituem os sentidos de uma estrela que ganha a estatura de um mito: o modelo de mãe, mulher e profissional a ser copiado e invejado.