Physical geography and topography combined with increasing number of motor
vehicles have lead to record breaking air pollution levels in Tehran, the capital city of
Iran. The objectives of this study were: 1) to docume ...
The Oregon Youth Conservation Corps (OYCC) is a youth work program
created by the Oregon Legislature in 1987. The OYCC provides both summer and
year-round employment programs primarily for disadvantaged and at-risk you ...
Numerous investigative reports have cited the problems of inefficient food aid distribution by various international disaster relief agencies. These problems not only deprive the disaster victims of life giving support, ...
The likelihood of achieving an effective environmental health communications
program increases with a knowledge of the target audience's attitudes toward their
environmental health concerns, source credibility, preferr ...
Food Insecurity exists whenever the availability of nutritionally adequate and safe foods or the ability to acquire acceptable foods in socially acceptable ways is limited or uncertain (LSRO, 1990). Factors that increase ...
The Personal Responsibility and Work Reconciliation Act of 1996 brought
several changes to the welfare system. Among these changes are lifetime limits for
receiving welfare benefits, and work requirements intended to f ...
The prevalence of herbal supplement use by the elderly and factors that influence
regular versus occasional use were investigated in a group of independent residents of a
continuing care retirement community in Salem, ...
Menopause is a critical life-cycle transition for women, and is associated with osteoporosis and cardiovascular disease, leading causes of morbidity and mortality in US women. Efforts to curb symptoms of menopause includ ...
A nutrition education program for employed women on maintaining a
healthy weight was developed and evaluated. Delivery of eight messages (two
per week for four weeks) by electronic mail was tested for effectiveness.
T ...