“…An international team of leading scholars survey key changes in population, the economy, occupations, property ownership, class and migration, and also consider the interaction of the individual and the state through welfare, education, crime and policing. Drawing on a wide range of disciplinary approaches and consistently setting Irish developments in a wider European and global context, this is an invaluable resource for courses on modern Irish history and Irish studies. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…. -- Focusing on Prevention -- Focusing on Adolescents -- Establishing New Venues for Interventions -- Strategy 4: Ensure access to and quality of essential clinical services for STDs -- Ensuring Access to Services in the Community -- Improving Dedicated Public STD Clinics -- Involving Health Plans and Purchasers of Health Care -- Improving Training and Education of Health Care Professionals -- Improving Clinical Management of STDs -- 1 Introduction and Background -- STUDY METHODS -- FOCUS OF REPORT -- FOCUS OF CHAPTERS -- REFERENCES -- 2 The Neglected Health and Economic Impact of STDs -- BROAD SCOPE AND IMPACT OF STDS -- Routes of Transmission -- Summary of Common STDs -- Human Papillomavirus Infection -- Herpes Simplex Virus Infection -- Viral Hepatitis -- Syphilis -- Gonorrhea -- Chlamydial Infection -- Impact of STDs on Women's Health -- Greater Risk of STDs Among Adolescents -- Other Groups at Risk -- STDs as Emerging Infections -- International Comparisons and the Global Scope of STDs -- HEALTH CONSEQUENCES OF STDS -- Cancers Caused by STDs -- Cervical Cancer…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Relationships between self Serving Attributional Bias and Subjective Well-being among Danish and Spanish Women; Pilar Sanjuana and Kristine Jensen de Lopez -- Chapter 13. …”

“…Against complaints of the left that they were petty bourgeois ideologues, of the right that they were dogmatic atheists, and of the center that they were small-minded and corrupt, Professor Auspitz attempts to vindicate the radicals as generous in their objectives, serious in their reflections, and effective in their strategies. The study also explains the importance of anticlericalism and of a new concern for the role of women and workers in defining an emerging secular culture…”
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“…This paper exploits an Italian microeconomic data set to study retirement behaviour of women and men using survival analysis techniques. …”

“…This is a provocative and interventionist addition to feminist theory scholarship and is suitable for researchers and students in women's and gender studies, feminist theory, sociology and peace studies…”

“…The first study of life narratives produced for, about, and written by children, this book will examine the recent popularity of such auto/biographies and how they represent and encourage knowledge, environmental change, health crises, education, and personal and cultural development in youth readers. …”

“…These are the financial institutions that are the backbone of the Black community that provide loans to the Black community for businesses, education, automobiles, and home mortgages. And finally, he resolutely encourages White people to support government reparations to Black Americans who are descendants of Black men and women, who were enslaved from 1619 to 1865. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…COSTS AND BENEFITS -- BALANCING APPROACHES TO COUNTRY-SPECIFIC CIRCUMSTANCES -- Two National Case Studies -- Indonesia -- Tanzanian Experience -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- 5 Prevention of Iodine Deficiency -- REQUIREMENTS FOR IODINE -- CONSEQUENCES OF IODINE DEFICIENCY AND ITS CORRECTION -- Goiter -- Mental and Neuromotor Retardation -- Reproductive Impairment -- Impaired Agricultural Productivity -- Economic Stagnation -- Physical Growth -- CONSEQUENCES OF THE CORRECTION OF IODINE DEFICIENCY -- INTERACTION WITH OTHER MICRONUTRIENTS -- EXTENT OF IODINE DEFICIENCY -- Assessment Techniques* -- Goiter Rates -- Urinary Iodine -- Measurements of TSH -- Thyroglobulin -- Iodine in Food and Water -- Extent and Distribution of Iodine Deficiency -- Economic Costs of Iodine Deficiency -- INDICATORS OF IODINE DEFICIENCY AND IMPACT OF PREVENTION -- Identifying Target Populations -- Monitoring Intervention Programs and Their Impact -- PREVENTION AND CORRECTION -- Fortification -- Salt* -- Iodinated Bread -- Iodinated Water -- Supplementation -- Drops and Tablets of Iodine -- Iodinated Oil -- Summary Statement on Fortification and Supplementation -- NATIONAL PROGRAMS: SOME EXAMPLES OF SUCCESS AND FAILURE -- Ecuador -- Context -- Results -- Nigeria -- Context -- Results -- Bolivia -- Context -- Results -- Guatemala -- Context -- Results -- United States -- Context -- Results -- Bhutan -- Context -- Results -- Zimbabwe -- Context -- Results -- STRUCTURE OF PREVENTIVE PROGRAMS -- Assessment -- Salt Industry -- Education -- Legal Approaches -- IMPEDIMENTS TO IDD CONTROL -- In the Domain of Policy -- Inadequate Political and Popular Support -- Inadequate Involvement of the Salt Industry in Achieving Local or Universal Iodization of Salt -- Insufficient Education -- Insufficient Monitoring -- Complacency -- In the Domain of Programs -- In the Domain of Research…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Gender, Age and Marital Status of Tzu Chi Members, and Some ProblemsDomicile, Social life and Family Unit; Identity, Political Attitudes and Ethos; Education, Occupation and Views on Women and Men; Previous Religious Experiences and Present Religious Status; Conclusion and Discussion; CHAPTER SIX: BECOMING A DISCIPLE: THE RECRUITING STRATEGY OF TZU CHI; How the Members Came to Know about Tzu Chi; How the Members First Encountered Tzu Chi; Routes To Joining Tzu Chi; Some Problems with Joining Tzu Chi; Summary and Discussion…”
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“…The diary is also a record of Madeleine's determination to achieve her ambition to become a university academic at a time when there was little encouragement for women to prioritise education and career over marriage and motherhood. …”

“…McCauley illustrates how they at once embraced the world of God and the world of man, playing an unheralded role in the development of the modern hospital while serving the daily needs of New York's immigrant poor.Encompassing such issues as immigration, the education of nurses and doctors, hospital care and organization, and the role of women in the Catholic church, this extensive study is a valuable resource for scholars and students in the history of medicine, history of nursing, American religion, and women's history…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Brand Value Recognition -- Alumni Network -- Career Choices -- Finest Education -- Higher Pay -- Job Prospects After MBA -- Do You Really Need it? …”

“…The findings show that: 1. Counselling, education and information about breastfeeding by health care workers adapted for low-income women can probably increase the proportion who initiate breastfeeding and who breastfeed at 3-6 months. …”

“…Providing results from telephone surveys of nearly 1,500 U.S. journalists working in a variety of media outlets, this volume updates the findings published in the earlier report, The American Journalist in the 1990s, and reflects the continued evolution of journalistic practice and professionalism.The scope of material included here is extensive and inclusive, representing numerous facets of journalistic practice and professionalism, and featuring separate analyses for women, minority, and online journalists. Many findings are set in context and compared with previous major studies of U.S. journalists conducted in the 1970s, 80s, and 90s.Serving as a detailed snapshot of current journalistic practice, The American Journalist in the 21st Century offers an intriguing and enlightening profile of professional journalists today, and it will be of great interest and value to working journalists, journalism educators, media managers, journalism students, and others seeking insights into the current state of the journalism profession…”
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