Having a work-related identity is central to being an adult in America. Going to work and engaging in prescribed work behaviors in the workplace is the usual or typical way that adults achieve worker identities. The purpose of this study, developed from an ethnography of people who make crafts at home and sell their work at craft fairs, was to examine how worker identity is constructed when ind...

on popular superstitions and omens. There is also a short account of the Imperial Service Troops. Part 2 is devoted to an account of the state of public instruction and to the sanitary conditions of the States, as regards water-supply, drainage, roads, railways, &c. Part 3 gives descriptions of the principal fairs, a history of previous famines, &c. In Part 4 we find descriptions of the food su...

The purpose of the study was to assess effect YEDF on promotion youth owned business enterprises in Kenya focusing groups Nakuru East sub-county, County, Kenya. specific objectives included an analysis financial services offered by assessment f capacity building and marketing linkages provided County. adopted a descriptive survey research design, with target population 240 registered hence samp...

INTRODUCTION Increasing public awareness and knowledge about the need for colorectal cancer (CRC) screening among American Indians is key to reducing health disparities. The objective of this study was to assess Navajo adults' knowledge of CRC risk factors and prevention, CRC screening, and self-reported experience with CRC screening. METHODS We collected data generated by a self-administered...

PURPOSE To describe a project that introduces middle school and high school students living in Pennsylvania's rural geographic regions to nursing careers through outreach extended to students regardless of gender, ethnicity, or socioeconomic status. METHOD The authors employed many strategies to inform students about careers in nursing. The methods included: working with guidance counselors, ...

BACKGROUND Awareness of ovarian cancer among women and healthcare providers is understudied. An early awareness of ovarian cancer may lead to early detection and treatment of ovarian cancer. OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to determine the level of that awareness among a sample of women and providers. METHODS Written surveys were developed by the authors based on available literatu...

BACKGROUND Regular adherence to screening mammography, also known as maintenance of mammography, reduces breast cancer morbidity and mortality. However, mammography maintenance is uncommon and little is known about why women do not maintain regular screening schedules. We investigated longitudinal predictors of women not maintaining adherence. METHODS Participants were insured women enrolled ...

Demonstrating compliance with the applicable regulations for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) requires an assessment of the Iong-term performance of the disposal system. Scenario development is one starting point of this assessment, and generates inqui~ about the present state and fiture evolution of the disposal system. Scenario development consists of four tasks: (i) identi&ing and clas...