Political Changes in Guatemalan Indian Communities. A Symposium

Annual Patterns of Family and Children's Diet in Three Guatemalan Indian Communities.

Three Mayan Indian towns in the highlands of Guatemala were selected for a field research project by the Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama (INCAP). As part of the exploratory phase of the project a dietary survey was made in each of the three towns, and was repeated every year for 4 years in order to compile detailed information on the food consumption of preschool children. ...

Physiotherapy in Indian communities: a brief review

Background: Importance of community rehabilitation in India has been emphasized in previous research. There is ample research that has been published for different communities in the country. However, the precise role of physiotherapy in community rehabilitation is unclear.The objective of the current brief report is to look into the role of physiotherapy in community rehabilitation. Methods: R...

SYMPOSIUM Governing Communities by Auction

political economy of china in central asia

this research is about the political economy of china in central asia. in this research the political & economic interactions affected on chinas political economy in central asia are examined. chinas goal of presence in central asia including political-security, economic and energy goals is described in one part. in another part, the trade relations between china and central asian countries ar...

Preventing Diabetes in American Indian Communities

D iabetes incidence can be reduced by lifestyle interventions aimed at weight loss, diet change, and increased physical activity, according to several randomized clinical trials (RCTs) (1–5). Similarly, diabetes incidence rates were reduced in RCTs of metformin, acarbose, troglitazone, rosiglitazone, and pioglitazone (1,4,6–9). These RCTs enrolled nondiabetic adults who were at high risk of dev...