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Medical Sciences	40%

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Community Knowledge and at Titudes Toward Refugees and Asylees in Miami-Dade and Broward Counties: An Analys is for the International Rescue Committee

ANNALS OF ANTHROPOLOGICAL PRACTICE, Issue 1 2007
Emily Eisenhauer
This paper presents the findings of a research project on knowledge and attitudes about refugees and "asylees" in two South Florida counties. The project was a collaboration between the International Rescue Committee (IRC), an international NGO that assists refugees and asylees with resettlement in the United States and other countries, and four graduate students in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Florida International University in Miami. South Florida receives large numbers of refugees and asylees, principally from Latin America and the Caribbean, and the IRC was interested in finding out more about the knowledge and attitudes in the community about refugees and asylees for the purpose of planning a possible public education campaign and fund-raising efforts. A survey was administered to 280 people in Broward and Miami-Dade Counties. Analysis of the findings shows that the community does not have a clear understanding of the differences between refugees, asylees, and immigrants. The respondents did not have an understanding of refugees and asylees as people who have fled political or religious persecution in their countries of origin, with the exception of refugees from Cuba. However, they generally had a favorable opinion of refugees and asylees.Other findings led to recommendations for public education and fund-raising and suggestions for future research. [source]

Interview with a Quality Leader: Paul Gluck, Immediate Past Chair, National Patient Safety Foundation

JOURNAL FOR HEALTHCARE QUALITY, Issue 5 2009
Pamela K. Scarrow Interviewer
Abstract: Dr. Paul Gluck, MD, FACOG, has held many leadership positions. He served as the president/chair of the William A. Little OB/GYN Society, the Miami OB/GYN Society, the Florida OB/GYN Society, the Baptist Health Foundation, the Health Council of south Florida, the Florida Section of the American College of OB/GYN (ACOG), National Patient Safety Foundation, as well as the Dade County Medical Association. He is currently ACOG assistant secretary and serves on their Executive Committee. Dr. Gluck has an interest in access to healthcare. For his work in establishing a prenatal clinic in an area of critical need he received ACOG president's Service Award and Humanitarian of the Year Award from the South Florida Perinatal Network. He led the Florida initiative to promote depression screening and treatment in women recognized by the Wyeth National Section Award. He co-chaired the Governance Committee of the Mayor's Task Force charged with solving the problem of providing care for the over 450,000 uninsured residents of Miami-Dade County. [source]

Alternatives for Reintroducing a Rare Ecotone Species: Manually Thinned Forest Edge versus Restored Habitat Remnant

RESTORATION ECOLOGY, Issue 5 2009
Jennifer Possley
Abstract Species native to ecotones are often overlooked in restoration efforts despite the increasing rarity of ecotone habitat. In fragmented, fire-suppressed landscapes, true ecotone may no longer exist. Restoration biologists interested in reintroducing ecotone species must decide whether to plant them in historic ecotones maintained by manual thinning or whether to opt for discrete restoration areas that are easier to maintain. We investigated these two alternatives with Lantana canescens, a rare tropical shrub native to the ecotone between pine and hardwood forests of Miami-Dade County, Florida, U.S.A. Our short-term findings show that after 15 and 18 months, survival of transplants was 69% in a restored site and 65% and 84% in two historic ecotone sites. The restored site had significantly higher photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) (75%) than the historic ecotones (25,39%). Correspondingly, 267 seedlings have recruited at the restored site, whereas only 8 have emerged at both historic ecotone sites. Seedling establishment was associated with higher PAR at the restored site. We found that overall population sustainability was higher at the restored site where there is the additional benefit of less maintenance. Our work suggests that, by reducing succession, a discrete restoration area can approach the historic conditions of hardwood/pine forest ecotone more closely than degraded historic ecotones themselves. We present a viable solution for conserving rare ecotone species when their natural habitat and the processes that maintained it no longer exist. [source]

Cancer among Hispanic women in South Florida: An 18-year assessment

CANCER, Issue 8 2002
A report from the Florida Cancer Data System
Abstract BACKGROUND The Hispanic population now represents the majority of residents in Miami-Dade County, Florida. The authors present cancer incidence and mortality data for South Florida's Hispanic women for the period 1990,1998 and compare these data to previously reported data from 1981,1989. Cancer incidence, risk, and mortality data should reflect current population distribution, lifestyle, and environmental risk factors so that cancer prevention and control activities are informed optimally. METHODS The study population consisted of all women with malignant disease during 1981,1998 from Miami-Dade County found in the Florida Cancer Data System data base; patients were divided into 2 9-year periods for analysis. Age-standardized incidence and mortality rates were computed for common disease sites; rates for Hispanic women were compared with the rates for non-Hispanic white (NHW) women as standardized rate ratios (SRR) with 95% confidence intervals (95%CIs). Incidence and mortality trends were analyzed using linear regression. RESULTS Over 70,000 cancer incidents were analyzed. The overall decreased cancer risk for Hispanic women (SRR, 0.65; 95%CI, 0.64,0.67), compared with NHW women, remained essentially constant over the two study periods. Cancer incidence increased similarly for the two racial-ethnic groups. The incidence of lung carcinoma increased in both groups, becoming the second most common disease site for NHW women and the third most common disease site for Hispanic women. CONCLUSIONS The decreased relative cancer risk for Hispanic women in South Florida has remained stable over the past 18 years. Lung carcinoma is increasing among women in both racial-ethnic groups. Cancer 2002;95:1752,8. © 2002 American Cancer Society. DOI 10.1002/cncr.10834 [source]

Perspectives on Therapeutic Jurisprudence in Dependency Court in Cases Involving Battered Mothers

JUVENILE AND FAMILY COURT JOURNAL, Issue 1 2008
Candice L. Maze
ABSTRACT A qualitative study was conducted involving clients, victim advocates, and judges participating in one of Miami-Dade County's (Florida) "therapeutic" juvenile court based programs, the Dependency Court Intervention Program for Family Violence (DCIPFV). The primary objective of this study was to assess how battered mothers' perceptions of the dependency court judges' actions impacted the women's motivation to take appropriate actions to promote their own, and their child(ren)'s safety. [source]