Breaking down the <scp>STEM</scp> pathway: Utilizing neighborhood resources to improve <scp>Mexican‐origin</scp> adolescents' life chances

Boosting the chances to improve stroke treatment.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE There is a lack of agreement regarding measuring the effects of stroke treatment in clinical trials, which often relies on the dichotomized value of 1 outcome scale. Alternative analyses consist mainly of 2 strategies: use all the information from an ordinal scale and combine information from several outcome scales in a single estimate. METHODS We reanalyzed 3 outcome s...

Children with Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus in Africa: Can Medical, Family and Community Resources Improve the Life Chances?

1.0 INTRODUCTION 2.0 HISTORICAL SKETCH 2.1 Slowly Developing Observations and Services 2.2 Early ‘Third Ventriculostomy’ 2.3 Ethics & Survival 2.4 Recent Neurosurgery 2.5 Parents’ Voices and Issues of Access 3.0 CULTURAL AND FAMILY RESOURCES 3.1 Recognising Indigenous Knowledge 3.2 Spectrum of Religious Resources 3.3 Families Coping at Home and in the Community 3.4 Wide Variation in Different C...

Low-income neighborhood barriers and resources for adolescents' physical activity.

PURPOSE To investigate factors of low-income neighborhoods and households on physical activity with a sample of adolescents from low-income neighborhoods. METHODS Middle-school-aged youth (n = 74) from a low-income neighborhood completed self-report surveys. Measures include vigorous exercise frequency, neighborhood hazards, after-school time demands, availability of facilities, quality of fa...

Breaking Down Barriers to Growth

ow best to rekindle growth is a subject of intense debate in most of europe’s developed economies and in Japan. over the past decade, these countries have experienced a slowdown of economic growth at the same time as lengthening life spans have caused their pension and health care costs to mount. some economists have recommended lifting restrictions on competition in the many sectors where they...

CITROKEHL to improve the chances of success with therapy