Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Bidge's Mob: Written and illustrated by Gaye Dell Creative Family Therapy Techniques: Play, Art, and Expressive Activities to Engage Children in Family Sessions: Editor: Liana Lowenstein Essential Skills in Family Therapy, from the first interview to termination: JoEllen Patterson, Lee Williams, Todd M. Edwards, Larry Chamow, Claudia Grauf‐Grounds Multi‐Family Therapy: Concepts and Techniques: Eia Asen, Michael Scholz     

Engendering Whiteness White Women and Colonialism in Barbados and North Carolina, 1627-1865

Author: GARNSEY, PETER; Ideas of Slavery from Aristotle to Augustine; Reviewer: Niall Mc Keown; Author: JOHNSON, WALTER; Soul by Soul: Life Inside the Antebellum Slave Market; Reviewer: Richard Follett; Author: GLAUDE, EDDIE S., JR.; Exodus!: Religion, Race, and Nation in Early Nineteenth-Century Black America; Reviewer: Chris Dixon; Author: HADDEN, SALLY E.; Slave Patrols: Law and Violence in Virginia and the Carolinas; Reviewer: Tim Lockley; Editors: CIMBALA, PAUL A. and MILLER, RANDALL M.; The Freedmen's Bureau and Reconstruction: Reconsiderations; Reviewer: S.-M. Grant; Author: SHELLER, MIMI; Democracy After Slavery: Black Publics and Peasant Radicalism in Haiti and Jamaica; Reviewer: Diana Paton     

BOOKS

Book reviewed in this article: Reviews: Beyond the new paternalism: Basic security as equality . Guy STANDING. Reviews: Family life and family interests: A comparative study on the influence of the European Convention of Human Rights on Dutch family law and the influence of the United States Constitution on American family law . Gerda A. KLEIJKAMP Reviews: The dynamics of full employment: Social integration through transitional labour markets . Günther SCHMID; Bernard GAZIER (eds.) Recent books: Critique du droit du travail . Alain SUPIOT Recent books: Réseaux de sociétés et codes de conduite. Un nouveau modèle de regulation des relations de travail pour les entreprises européennes . André SOBCZAK Recent books: Sociologie de la négotiation . Reynald BURQUE; Christian THUDEROZ New ILO publications: Fifteenth American Regional Meeting (Lima, December 2002), Report of the Director‐General: Globalization and decent work in the Americas New ILO publications: Annex: ILO activities in the Americas, 1999–2002 New ILO publications: International Labour Conference, 90th Session, Geneva, 2002: Record of proceedings New ILO publications: International Labour Conference, 91st Session, 2003, Report IV(2): Learning and training for work in the knowledge society: The constituents' views . New ILO publications: International Labour Conference, 91st Session, 2003, Report VII(1): Improved security of seafarers' identification New ILO publications: A statistical profile of the teaching profession . By Maria Teresa SINISCALCO New ILO publications: Alcohol and drug problems at work: The shift to prevention Argentina: Una década de convertibilidad. Un análisis del crecimiento, el empleo y la distribución del ingreso . By Mario DAMILL, Roberto FRENKEL and Roxana MAURIZIO New ILO publications: Corporate success through people: Making international labour standards work for you . By Nicolai ROGOVSKY and Emily SIMS New ILO publications: Decent work in Denmark: Employment, social efficiency and economic security . Edited by Philippe EGGER and Werner SENGENBERGER in collaboration with Peter AUER, Marco SIMONI and Corinne VARGHA New ILO publications: Employment, employability and equal opportunities in the postal and telecommunications services New ILO publications: Employment trends in the tobacco sector: Challenges and prospects . Report for discussion at the Tripartite Meeting on the Future of Employment in the Tobacco Sector New ILO publications: Formación profesional en el cambio de siglo . By Claudio de MOURA CASTRO. Edited by Klaus SCHAACK and Rudolf TIPPELT New ILO publications: Global employment trends New ILO publications: How to read a balance sheet New ILO publications: ILO generic crisis response modules . ILO InFocus Programme on Crisis Response and Reconstruction. Geneva, 2002. xxi + 132 pp. Loose‐leaf binder, glossary, boxes, tables, checklists, bibliography. 25 Swiss francs. ISBN 92–2–112690–0. Crisis response: Rapid needs assessment manual New ILO publications: Lifelong learning in the mechanical and electrical engineering industries New ILO publications: Managing disability in the workplace New ILO publications: Measuring the non‐observed economy: A handbook New ILO publications: Micro‐finance in the industrialized countries: Helping the unemployed to start a business New ILO publications: Panorama laboral 2002: America Latina y el Caribe New ILO publications: Pension reform in central and eastern Europe . Edited by Elaine FULTZ New ILO publications: Pensiones no contributivas y asistenciales: Argentina, Brasil, Chile, Costa Rica y Uruguay . Edited by Fabio M. BERTRANOU, Carmen SOLORIO and Wouter van GINNEKEN New ILO publications: Public emergency services: Social dialogue in a changing environment New ILO publications: Social dialogue in the health services: Institutions, capacity and effectiveness New ILO publications: Social reinsurance: A new approach to sustainable community health financing . Edited by David M. DROR and Alexander S. PREKER New ILO publications: The Committee on Freedom of Association: Its impact over 50 years . By Eric GRAVEL, Isabelle DUPLESSIS and Bernard GERNIGON New ILO publications: The evolution of employment, working time and training in the mining industry     

Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: The Sacred Willow: Four Generations in the Life of a Vietnamese Family Duong Van Mai Elliott, Cross‐Cultural Practice With Couples and Families Phillip Brown and John Shalett (Eds) Context: A Magazine for Family Therapy and Systemic Practice The Answer Within: A Family in Therapy Re‐Examined Moshe Lang and Peter McCallum. Time Bombs in Families and How to Survive Them Averil Earnshaw. Relationships into the New Millennium 1999: Papers to Celebrate 50 years of Relationships Australia Gail Bateman and D. Lamont. Narrative Counseling in Schools: Powerful and Brief: Practical Skills for Counselors J. Winslade And G. Monk. You Just Don't Listen: A Parent's Guide to Improving Communication Suzie Hayman.     

Books

Book reviewed in this article: Reviews: David, Natacha. From Asia to Russia to Brazil … The impact of the financial and economic crisis on women Reviews: Gual, Jordi (ed.). Job creation: The role of labor market institutions Reviews: Joshi, Heather; Paci, Pierella, with Makepiece, Gerald; Waldfogel, Jane. Unequal pay for women and men Reviews: Kornai, Janos. Struggle and hope: Essays on stabilization and reform in post-socialist economy Reviews: Vaughan-Whitehead, Daniel. Albania in crisis: The predictable fall of the shining star Recent books: Bhaduri, Amit; Skarstein, Rune (eds.). Economic development and agricultural productivity Recent books: Boserup, Ester. My professional life and publications 1929–1998 Recent books: Browne, Irene (ed.). Latinas and African American women at work: Race, gender, and economic inequality Recent books: Custers, Peter. Capital accumulation and women's labour in Asian economies Recent books: Papola, T. S.; Sharma, Alakh N. (eds.). Gender and employment in India Recent books: World Confederation of Labour. Gender and informal sector New ILO publications: Gender and jobs: Sex segregation of occupations in the world. By Richard Anker New ILO publications: Negotiating flexibility: The role of the social partners and the State. Edited by Muneto Ozaki     

Independent Comment on Audio‐visual and Print Materials: The Graduate Diploma in Family Centred Practice,Monash University

Book reviewed in this article: Brief Therapy for Couples: W. Kim Halford NY Domestic Violence in Australia: The Legal Response, 3rd edn.: Renata Alexander Intimacy & Solitude: Balancing Closeness and Independence.: Stephanie Dowrick Clinical Epiphanies in Marital and Family Therapy: A Practitioner's Casebook of Therapeutic Insights, Perceptions, and Breakthroughs: David A. Bastiste Jr. (Ed.). Comparative Treatments for Relationship Dysfunction: Frank M. Dattilio Women's Stories of Divorce at Childbirth: When the Baby Rocks the Cradle: Hilary Hodge Recreating Partnership: A Solution Oriented, Collaborative Approach to Couples Therapy.: Phillip Ziegler and Tobey Hiller But Facts Exist: An Enquiry into Psychoanalytic Theorizing: Thomas Freeman Refugees: Living on the Margins: Helen Pavlin     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
PROFESSIONAL BOOKS: Burck, C., & Daniel, G. (1995). Gender and family therapy .
PROFESSIONAL BOOKS: Comas-Diaz, L., & Greene, B. (1994). Women of color: Integrating ethnic and gender identities in psychotherapy .
PROFESSIONAL BOOKS: Hendrick, S. S. (1995). Close relationships: What couple therapists can learn .
PROFESSIONAL BOOKS: Ackerman, M. J. (1995). Clinician's guide to child custody evaluations .
PROFESSIONAL BOOKS: Andolfi, M., & Haber, R. (Eds.). (1994). Please help me with this family: Using consultants as resources in family therapy .
PROFESSIONAL BOOKS: Shapiro, E. R. (1994). Grief as a family process: A developmental approach to clinical practice .
GENERAL INTEREST BOOK: Nichols, M. P., (1995). The lost art of listening .
SELF-HELP BOOKS: O'Hanlon, B., & Hudson, P. (1995). Love is a verb: How to stop analyzing your relationship and start making it great!
SELF-HELP BOOKS: Hall, C. M. (1994). New families: Reviving and creating meaningful bonds .     

Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Ethics and Professional Issues in Couple and Family Therapy: Hecker, Lorna (Ed.) Ordinary Families, Special Children: A Systems Approach to Childhood Disability: Seligman, Martin, Benjamin Darling: Blue Sky July: Nia Wyn, Nia, Penguin UK     

Trends in cardiovascular diseases and associated risks in sub-Saharan Africa: a review of the evidence for Ghana,Nigeria, South Africa,Sudan and Tanzania

Background: Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) countries are facing an epidemiological shift from infectious disease to chronic diseases, such as cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). CVDs incidence in SSA are frequently attributed to the prevalence of hypertension, diabetes, and overweight/obesity. Nevertheless, some researchers contend that CVDs are not a priority public health problem in SSA.

Method: This paper systematically reviews the evidence on CVDs and their relation with hypertension, diabetes mellitus and obesity/overweight in Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan and Tanzania. The publication’s content was analyzed qualitatively using the directed content analysis method and the results were presented in a tabular format.

Result: The paper illustrates the rising prevalence of CVDs as well as the three related risk conditions in the selected SSA countries.

Conclusion: The review indicates a poor health system response to the increasing risk of CVDs in SSA. The conditions and major drivers that contribute to this underlying increasing trend need to be further studied.     

Slavery: Annual bibliographical supplement (1983) Part I

Author: ELTIS, DAVID; The Rise of African Slavery in the Americas; Reviewer: Stuart Schwartz; Author: GOMEZ, MICHAEL A.; Exchanging our Country Marks: The Transformation of African Identities in the Colonial and Antebellum South; Reviewer: Philip Morgan; Author: WALVIN, JAMES; Making the Black Atlantic: Britain and the African Diaspora; Reviewer: Howard Temperley; Author: NEWTON-KING, SUSAN; Masters and Slaves on the Cape Eastern Frontier; Reviewer: Clifton Crais; Author: ROSS, ROBERT; Status and Respectability in the Cape Colony, 1750-1870; Reviewer: Clifton Crais; Author: MORRISON, MICHAEL A.; Slavery and the American West: The Eclipse of Manifest Destiny and the Coming of the Civil War; Reviewer: S-M. Grant; Editor: INSCOE, JOHN C.; Appalachians and Race: The Mountain South from Slavery to Segregation; Reviewer: Tim Lockley; HODGES, GRAHAM RUSSELL; Root &; Branch: African Americans in New York &; East Jersey, 1613-1863; Reviewer: Edward Countryman; Author: YOUNG, JEFFREY ROBERT; Domesticating Slavery: The Master Class in Georgia and South Carolina, 1670-1837; Reviewer: Ingeborg Dornan; Author: JEFFREY, JULIE ROY; The Great Silent Army of Abolitionism: Ordinary Women in the Antislavery Movement; Reviewer: Christopher L. Brown; Author: SMITH, JOHN DAVID; Black Judas: William Hannibal Thomas and The American Negro; Douglas Ambrose; Author: KOUSSER, J. MORGAN; Colorblind Injustice: Minority Voting Rights and the Undoing of the Second Reconstruction; Reviewer: Stephen Tuck     

A systematic review of the association between lower urinary tract symptoms and falls,injuries, and fractures in community-dwelling older men

Background: Lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) have been associated with falls in studies either exclusively or predominantly of women. It is, therefore, less clear if LUTS are risk factors for falls in men.

Methods: We conducted a systematic review of the literature on the association between LUTS and falls, injuries, and fractures in community-dwelling older men. Medline, Embase, and Cinahl were searched for any type of observational study that has been published in a peer-reviewed journal in English language. Studies were excluded if they did not report male-specific data or targeted specific patient populations. Results were summarized qualitatively.

Results: Three prospective cohort studies and six cross-sectional studies were identified. Incontinence, urgency, nocturia, and frequency were consistently shown to have weak to moderate association with falls (the point estimates of odds ratio and relative risk ranged from 1.31 to 1.67) in studies with low risk of bias for confounding. Only frequency was shown to be associated with fractures.

Conclusions: Urinary incontinence and lower urinary tract storage symptoms are associated with falls in community-dwelling older men. The circumstances of falls in men with LUTS need to be investigated to generate hypotheses about what types of interventions may be effective in reducing falls.     

BOOKS

Book reviewed in this article: Recent books: Beder, Sharon. Selling the work ethic: From Puritan pulpit to corporate PR Recent books: Braun Levine, Suzanne. Father courage: What happens when men put family first Recent books: Demo, David H.; Allen, Katherine R.; Fine, Mark A. (eds.). Handbook of family diversity Recent books: Derber, Charles. The pursuit of attention: Power and ego in everyday life Recent books: Levine, David I.; Belman, Dale; Charness, Gary; Groshen, Erica L.; O'Shaughnessy, K. C. How new is the “new employment contract”? Evidence from North American pay practices Recent books: Riger, Stephanie. Transforming psychology: Gender in theory and practice Recent books: Robins, Phillip K.; Spiegelman, Robert G. (eds.). Re‐employment bonuses in the unemployment insurance system: Evidence from three field experiments New ILO publications: International Labour Conference, 90th Session, 2002, Report VI. Decent work and the informal economy New ILO publications: International Labour Conference, 90th Session, 2002, Report IV (2A). Promotion of cooperatives New ILO publications: International Labour Conference, 90th Session, 2002, Report V (2A). Recording and notification of occupational accidents and diseases and ILO list of occupational diseases New ILO publications: A guide to the Tripartite Declaration of Principles concerning Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy: Knowing and using universal guidelines for social responsibility New ILO publications: Actuarial practice in social security . By Pierre Plamondon, Anne Drouin, Gylles Binet, Michael Cichon, Warren R. McGillivray, Michel Bédard, and Hernando Perez‐Montas New ILO publications: HIV/AIDS and the world of work: An ILO code of practice New ILO publications: Labour inspection: A guide to the profession . By Wolfgang von Richthofen New ILO publications: Promoting gender equality: A resource kit for trade unions New ILO publications: Supporting workplace learning for high performance working . By David N. Ashton and Johnny Sung     

Book Reviews/Comptes rendus

Book reviewed in this article:
JANE BALIN, A Neighborhood Divided: Community Resistance to an AIDS Care Facility
HIMANI BANNERJI, The Dark Side of the Nation: Essays on Multiculturalism, Nationalism and Gender
CECILIA M. BENOIT, Women, Work and Social Rights: Canada in Historical and Comparative Perspective
HELEN K. BLACK and ROBERT L. RUBINSTEIN, Old Souls: Aged Women, Poverty, and the Experience of God
EVELYN BLACKWOOD and SASKIA E. WIERINGA, eds., Female Desires: Same-Sex Relations and Transgender Practices Across Cultures
KIERAN BONNER, A Great Place to Raise Kids: Interpretation, Science and the Urban-Rural Debate
VALERIE BRYSON, Feminist Debates: Issues of Theory and Political Practice
ALISON J. CLARKE, Tupperware: The Promise of Plastic in 1950s America
JUANNE NANCARROW CLARKE with LAUREN NANCARROW CLARKE, Finding Strength: A Mother and Daughter's Story of Childhood Cancer
CAROLE M. COUNIHAN, The Anthropology of Food and Body: Gender, Meaning and Power
MARC EDELMAN, Peasants against Globalization. Rural Social Movements in Costa Rica
IAN GOUGH and GUNNAR OLOFSSON (eds.), Capitalism and Social Cohesion: Essays on Exclusion and Integration
ALENA HEITLINGER (ed.), émigré Feminism: Transnational Perspectives
SUSAN F. HIRSCH, Pronouncing and Persevering: Gender and the Discourse of Disputing in an African Islamic Court     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: FAMILY THERAPY: AN OVERVIEW : Irene Goldenberg and Herbert Goldenberg CHILDREN'S PROBLEMS . A Parents' guide to understanding and tackling them: Bryan Lask THE DANGEROUS AGE . Surviving Adolescence in New Zealand: Jane and James Ritchie     

REVIEWS

PROFESSIONAL BOOKS: Dreunlin, D., Schwartz, R., & MacKune-Karrer, B. (1992). Metaframeworkds: Transcending the models of family therapy.
PROFESSIONAL BOOKS: Ammerman, R. T., & Hersen, M. (Eds.). (1992). Assessment of family violence: A clinical and legal sourcebook.
PROFESSIONAL BOOKS: Potter-Efron, R., & Potter-Efron, P. (1991). Anger, alcoholism, and addiction: Treating individuals, couples, and families.
PROFESSIONAL BOOKS: Duncan, B., L., & Rock, J. W. (1991). Overcoming relationship impasses: Ways to initiate change when when your partner won't help.
PROFESSIONAL BOOKS: Hoorwitz, A. N. (1992) The clinical detective: Techniques in the evaluation of sexual abuse.
PROFESSIONAL BOOKS: Snider, M. (1992). Process family therapy. Needham Heights
PROFESSIONAL BOOKS: Campell, D., Draper, R., & Huffington, C. J. (1991). A systemic approach to consultation.
GENERAL INTEREST BOOKS: Colby, A., & Damon, W. (1992). Some do care: Contemporary lives of moral commitment.
GENERAL INTEREST BOOKS: Pasick, R. (1992). Awakening from the deep sleep: A powerful guide for courageous men.
SELF-HELP BOOKS: Couples: The Relationship Game. (1992). (A series of weekly contents designed to be played by partners in a relationshp over a period of one year).
SELF-HELP BOOKS: Ziegler, R. G. (1992). Homemade books to help kids cope.
SELF-HELP BOOKS: Margulies, S. (1992). Getting divorced without ruining your life.
SELF-HELP BOOKS: Packer, A. J. (1992). Bringing up parents: The teenager's handbook.     

Effects of resistance training on liver structure and function of aged rats

The aging process may cause negative physiological changes. However, exercises as resistance training (RT) have been considered an important intervention to attenuate these changes. Additionally, liver plays an important role in blood glucose homeostasis in exercise.

Aim: This study aimed to analyze the effects of RT on the liver components of aged animals.

Methods: Male Wistar rats were divided into two groups: 24 months’ group (CONTROL); and group submitted to a progressive RT protocol for 16 weeks (EXERCISE). Both groups were sacrificed at 24 months.

Results: We observed a decrease in blood flow due to the practice of resistance exercises. Besides, our results showed that hepatic tissue plays an important role in glycemic homeostasis during RT. In addition, RT increased mitogen capacity of hepatocytes.

Conclusions: Our study showed many implications for the knowledge about the effects of strength training on old animals’ liver.     

Independent comment on Audio‐visual and Print Materials

Book reviewed in this article: The Heroic Client: Doing Client‐Directed, Outcome‐Informed Therapy: B. L. Duncan and S. D. Miller Don't Let Her See Me Cry: A Mother's Story: H. Barnacle The Adolescent Psyche: Jungian and Winnocottian Perspectives: Richard Frankel Behaviour Exchange Systems Training: A Program for Parents Stressed by Adolescent Substance Abuse: A. Blyth, J. Bamberg, J. Toumbourou Feminine Sensuality: Alcira Mariam Alizade Family Therapy Concepts, Process and Practice: Alan Carr Stepfamilies: History, Research, and Policy: Irene Levin and Marvin B. Sussman (Eds) André Green at the Squiggle Foundation: Jan Abram (Ed.) Hand Me Down Blues: How to Stop Depression from Spreading in Families: M.D. Yapko Tales from Family Therapy: Life Changing Clinical Experiences: Frank N. Thomas and Thorana S. Nelson (Eds).