Preventive Care for Patients with Coronary Heart Disease

Preventive care and patients' health behaviors cah have dramatic impacts on the course of coronary heart disease (CHD). Although the importance of preventive care is accepted by most health care providers, studies consistently indicate that the delivery of these services is frequently inadequate. This article reviews the literature on the development of strategies to provide preventive care. Its aim is to shed light on potential methods for improving preventive service delivery to patients with CHD. The thesis is that through greater attention to the role of information technology and creative strategies for improving patient outreach, barriers that have been encountered in the provision of preventive care may be surmountable. In particular, recent advances involving computer systems to remind clinicians to perform preventive procedures and more aggressive telephone contact with patients between ambulatory care visits may improve the care of patients with CHD. Future work is needed to refine these strategies and to identify the types of CHD patients who are most likely to benefit from receiving them.     

Family Problems and Children's Competencies Over the Early Elementary School Years

SUMMARY

Problems experienced by families from a sample of at-risk, urban children were observed and recorded by social workers over a two year period. Four groups of families were distinguished through social worker case notes based on family problems and needs; families were grouped into stable high needs, stable low needs, change for better and change for worse categories. Children were then followed for three years, from the beginning of kindergarten to the end of second grade, and assessed on classroom competence and academic achievement outcomes. Classroom competence included the teacher's rating of both the child's social skills in the classroom, and the academic competence of the child. Academic achievement included a standardized assessment of both math and reading skills. Results indicated that children from families with stable low needs consistently perform with more competence in the classroom than children from families with stable high needs or those whose need status increased. Children from families with stable high needs score comparably to children from families with stable low needs on math, and no difference between groups were found in reading. Implications of these findings for strengthening family competence is discussed.     

Moral Dilemmas of Community Leaders and Sense of Community

Abstract

This paper draws on Kohlberg's tiieory of moral development, and on an empirical research conducted with leaders (two women, two men) in Venezuelan urban working-class communities. The leaders were repeatedly interviewed during a two-year period, about their experiences leading their communities. Those narratives were analyzed and discussed with them. Based on these grounds, two interrelated products were constructed: (1) Three moral dilemmas to be used in educational discussions with community leaders such as members of organized community groups; civic volunteers, officers from non-governmental organizations working with communities, and (2) A developmental approach to the sense of community in urban working-class communities. Finally, it argues about the need of balancing the current approaches of moral development, through a stronger emphasis on the community dimensions of that sense and its consequences on leadership.     

技术创新生态化——一种思想的转向

文章从剖析目前正盛行的技术创新理论入手,大胆地提出一种思想的全新转向--技术创新的生态化转向,从技术创新生态化的必然性、技术创新生态化的内涵特征以及技术创新的哲学意义三个方面来阐述和论证这种思想的可行性.     

论中国民俗学新世纪的学科发展

20世纪中国民俗学经历坎坷 ,为新世纪学科的继续发展既奠定了基础和走向 ,又提供了有益的借鉴。 2 1世纪的民俗学发展将重点着力于七个方面 :建构独立的学科理论体系和独特的品格 ;进行学科基础理论的开放性探讨与拓展 ;区域民俗研究进一步深化 ,民俗学流派日渐形成 ;分支学科与应用民俗学快速发展 ;微观的社区民俗志成为今后民俗志的主流 ,基层民俗学工作者将大有可为 ;民俗学与人类学、社会学的相互渗透仍将持续 ;民俗学学位点建设将稳步发展。     

撒哈拉以南非洲的人口问题与可持续发展

在非洲人口与经济发展关系的研究中,世界最不发达的撒哈拉以南非洲具有其典型性,深入研究其人口增长与经济发展的严重失衡、人口的科学文化素质低下特别是高文盲率和人口健康素质低劣特别是因艾兹病泛滥而导致的人口高死亡率及其它一系列问题,可以明显地看到这些问题对经济发展产生的诸多不利影响,以及它们对该地区的可持续发展带来的严峻挑战。     

发展中国家对现代海洋法发展的贡献

海洋法是国际法中新兴而又古老的法律部门,在20世纪30年代以前,只有少数国家能够在各个方面利用和开发海洋,因此,海洋法就成了他们掠夺资源、行使海洋霸权的工具。20世纪30年代以后,尤其是二战结束之后,随着广大发展中国家利用和开发海洋的能力和意识的不断增强,提出了许多顺应潮流的海洋法理论。为了使这些理论得以落实,广大发展中国家联合起来同少数发达国家展开了激烈的斗争,从而为现代海洋法的发展做出了重大贡献。     

贵州资源环境与人口的协调发展

贵州的自然环境及丰富的地产资源是发展经济的优势。但是人口的增长及封闭传统文化限制了经济的发展,经济的落后又导致了人口的增长。因此,加快经济建设的步伐,首先必须加强人口的控制。有效地利用和保护资源环境使其得以合理的综合利用,是贵州民族经济可持续发展的重要课题。     

科学发展观:妇女发展的灵魂

科学发展观是马克思主义发展观与当代中国发展实际相结合的产物。从性别视角来分析,科学发展观的提出坚持了马克思主义妇女发展的基本观点,彰显出鲜明的促进妇女发展的时代精神,确立起审视妇女发展的新的坐标,提供了推进妇女发展的思想武器,是妇女发展的灵魂之所在。     

从国家战略的角度解读中国——东盟博览会

从国家利益和国家战略的角度看,中国-东盟博览会对广西和南宁具有重大经济意义和政治意义,广西将从相对封闭走向更加开放,并在中国-东盟自由贸易区建设过程中发挥重要作用.广西只有抓住机遇,将比较优势变成竞争优势,实施开放促发展战略,才能实现跨越式发展.