Natural Resources Outreach Coalition: Coordination and Program Delivery, Stone, A

The Natural Resources Outreach Coalition (NROC) is a multi-organizational initiative providing technical and educational assistance to communities in New Hampshire’s coastal watersheds dealing with the effects of growth. The NROC program offered to communities includes an initial educational public presentation, Dealing with Growth, followed by a series of follow-up meetings to help the community focus their goals, develop an action-oriented work plan, and provide the technical and educational assistance needed to help the community meet its goals

NROC Coordination and Program Delivery

The primary goal of the Natural Resources Outreach Coalition (NROC) program is to provide education and outreach to communities in the NH Coastal Watersheds that are dealing with the effects of growth, and looking for ways to conserve open spaces and natural resources. Program objectives to meet this goal include: 1. NROC and client communities determine natural resource concerns of the communities. 2. NROC and client communities gather community information about these concerns 3. NROC develops and client communities host community presentations about natural resource-based planning. 4. Communities receive follow up technical and educational assistance as requested. In 2006, NROC worked with two new client communities (Rollinsford and Fremont) to achieve the objectives outlined above. Both communities received NROC’s Dealing with Growtheducational presentation, customized for each community, followed by a series of follow-up meetings in each community to address issues raised in the presentation and community concerns about growth and natural resources. At the same time, NROC continued to work with four previous NROC communities (Wakefield, Deerfield, New Durham and Strafford). NROC worked with a total of six communities during the funding period

NROC Coordination and Program Delivery

The primary goal of the Natural Resources Outreach Coalition (NROC) program is to provide education and outreach to communities in the NH Coastal Watersheds that are dealing with the effects of growth, and looking for ways to conserve open spaces and natural resources. Program objectives to meet this goal include: 1. NROC and client communities determine natural resource concerns of the communities. 2. NROC and client communities gather community information about these concerns 3. NROC develops and client communities host community presentations about natural resource-based planning. 4. Communities receive follow up technical and educational assistance as requested. In 2005, NROC worked with three new client communities (New Durham, Wakefield and Deerfield) to achieve the objectives outlined above. All three communities received NROC’s Dealing with Growth educational presentation, customized for each community, followed by a series of follow-up meetings in each community to address issues raised in the presentation and community concerns about growth and natural resources. At the same time, NROC continued to work with three previous NROC communities (Chester, Strafford and Candia). NROC worked with a total of six communities during the funding period. Our experiences with the NROC program led us to the following conclusions: a) All the program objectives were met b) The NROC approach of an initial education presentation for all boards and the public, followed by an intensive program of follow-up assistance over several months, continues to be a very effective strategy for mobilizing and motivating community leaders and volunteers to move forward and take action to protect priority land and water resources. The follow-up assistance and related activities are key to the success of the NROC program in a community. NROC’s revised follow-up assistance procedure, first implemented at the end of 2004, has been very successful, resulting in higher levels of volunteer recruitment and retention. This has also resulted in stronger and more focused follow-up programs developed by the participants c) Providing continued assistance to previous NROC communities has been valuable in helping those communities continue to move forward, and develop a strong and informed base of public support for natural resource-based planning. d) Having funds available for community projects has helped to motivate communities to take action on issues they have prioritized

Multidimensional Analysis: A Video Based Case Study Research Methodology for Examining Individual Dance/Movement Therapy Sessions

Multidimensional Analysis, a video based case study research methodology, was created by this author to examine multivariable qualitative data and develop an understanding of the therapeutic value and relational characteristics of auditory, visual and contextual components in individual dance/movement therapy sessions. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the benefits and limitations of Multidimensional Analysis based on its development and use in a preliminary study. Multidimensional Analysis involved an examination of individual dance/movement therapy sessions as a whole, as differentiated moments, and again as a whole. Videotaping each session was the primary form of data collection from which all other data collection and analysis procedures originated. This methodology was beneficial in broadening the researcher’s perspective and understanding of the auditory, visual and contextual components of the videotaped sessions, but also resulted in complex information that was difficult to process despite time consuming analysis procedures. Suggestions for modifying Multidimensional Analysis for future use in dance/movement therapy research are discussed, as well as implications for practicing dance/movement therapists

The Impact of BookTube on Book Publishing: A Study of John Green\u27s Looking for Alaska

Around 2010, a group of online content creators, commonly referred to as Youtubers or BookTubers, began to emerge on YouTube.com. This community\u27s content revolves around many topics under the realm of literature including book discussions, reviews, genre discussions, and many more. While the group started off small, it has grown significantly over the past decade; some of the most prominent creators have several hundred thousand subscribers. In the ten years since its emergence, the creators and content have transformed, where many in the beginning made video discussions just for fun, and now many of them have grown their channel into a financially successful career and have formed partnerships with publishing companies. Specifically within the BookTube community, young adult author John Green has revolutionized the platform and seen unprecedented amount of success. His novels along with their film and TV adaptations have inspired thousands of Booktube reviews and discussions, and John and his brother Hank Green have gained a massive following on YouTube. This essay examines BookTube as a collaborative community, a marketing platform, and a space for reception theory analysis by examining readers\u27 discussions of John Green\u27s Looking for Alaska. BookTube and other online communities are becoming increasingly important in people\u27s lives, and analyzing these platforms is essential to understanding future generations

Cancer caregiving : an exploration of values, burden, repetitive thinking, and depression.

Individuals who provide emotional, social, and physical care to a care recipient with cancer, without receiving financial compensation, are considered informal cancer caregivers. Research has identified that depression is a significant concern for cancer caregivers and likely impacts the care recipient’s health as well. However, limited literature has evaluated constructs that may affect depression in cancer caregivers. The current study explored how intrinsic and extrinsic cultural motivations, caregiver burden, and repetitive thinking relate to depression in a sample of 46 current cancer caregivers. Results revealed that while cancer caregivers did endorse both intrinsic and extrinsic cultural motivations for providing care as well as repetitive thinking, repetitive thinking did not mediate the relationship between cultural motivations and depressive symptoms. However, repetitive thinking did mediate the relationship between caregiver burden and depressive symptoms. Thus, repetitive thinking may play an important role in maintaining and potentially exacerbating caregiving distress. Implications for how the findings may inform caregiver interventions, as well as future research, are discussed

Institutionalized Hypocrisy: Divorce and Politics in Chile, 1884-2004

Chile is a country of many contradictions, and these contradictions lead to a great chasm between the needs of the people and the way in which the government tries to provide for those needs. Many of the policies and laws are in line with the doctrines of the Catholic Church, and these policies play an interesting role in the social landscape of the country. They create an environment in which the general population does not live in a manner that corresponds to the way that the Church claims they do. Therefore, the law based on Catholic doctrine often creates a space that hinders rather than helps the people (both Catholics and non-Catholics). The purpose of this investigation is to identify this space and how exactly this institutionalized hypocrisy, particularly in relation to the absence of a divorce law, affects the Chilean population. To achieve this purpose, I looked at Chile’s Marriage Code and the ways that it affected Chilean society. Until March of 2004, Chile was one of the last three countries in the world to not permit divorce. In the twentieth century, there were twelve unsuccessful attempts to pass a bill that would legalize divorce, four of which transpired in the 1990s. Only by the thirteenth proposal did proponents of the divorce bill finally meet success. The Catholic Church’s opposition remained strong, despite polling results. which indicated that over 70% of Chileans supported the passage of the proposed law since the late 1990s. This research was primarily Internet based due to the distant location of the country in question and the fact that, at the time the research was conducted, the debate over the divorce law had not yet been settled, and therefore there were not yet many studies completed regarding the issue. To analyze the effects of the lack of a divorce law, I first explained Chile’s Marriage Code as it stood before March of 2004. I then outlined both sides of the debate, focusing on who supported and who opposed the proposed bill, the methods they used to support their position, and the reasons they took their chosen position. Finally, I examined certain statistical information pertaining to the actual state of the Chilean family, comparing that state with the image of the family put forth by the Church. I found that the Church’s idea of the family did not match the reality of the situation, and that in fact, for various reasons, the absence of a divorce law probably had adverse effects on the Chilean family. The conclusion of this research was that the passage of the divorce law will make positive changes in Chilean society and Chilean families

Smoking and Cessation Behaviors Among College Students

Smoking is a major factor in increased rates for cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. Despite numerous studies related to smoking behaviors and patterns in adolescents and adults, few studies examine both smoking behaviors and cessation patterns in college-aged students. The purpose of this study was to describe smoking and cessation patterns in undergraduate students at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. Students (N= 159; M =20.9 years; 73% female; 91.2% white; 68% single) completed a 41-question online health-related survey; 17 items pertained to smoking. Based on data analyses, 17% smoked cigarettes and 77.4% had tried to quit smoking between one time to greater than six times in the past. Students wanted to quit smoking for health and financial reasons and thought that changing habits, self-motivation, and exercise were the most effective ways to quit smoking. Results indicated a need to include physical, psychosocial and medicinal components in smoking cessation programs