Indicators of a balanced long-term service and support system: examining the impact on individuals aging with a lifelong disability

This article explores how rebalancing efforts can support the needs of individuals aging with a lifelong disability. The National Balancing Indicator project examined the overall long-term supports and services system (LTSS) progress in five indicators within the Sustainability, Coordination and Transparency, and Prevention principles toward a balanced LTSS system for those aging with a lifelong disability. In assessing state efforts to create a balanced participant-directed LTSS system with the National Balancing Indicators, the findings suggest states are better equipping the system to handle a burgeoning population of individuals aging with a lifelong disability, but more progress is still needed. Overall, states need to continue to create a seamless system that allows individuals with lifelong disabilities to transition smoothly through the life course.     

Sexually transmitted infections in the older woman

Dependent upon sexual behaviour peri- and postmenopausal women are increasingly at risk of sexually transmitted infections, although the overall rates remain low when compared with younger people. Symptoms are often non-specific or absent and may be misinterpreted as being due to the menopause. In addition, both the women and their clinicians may not be aware of their infection risk, thus leading to a delayed or missed diagnosis. Risk assessment and referral for screening of infections should be carried out wherever appropriate.     

Neighborhood perceptions and parent outcomes in family based prevention programs for Thai adolescents: the role of program engagement

Due to concerns over Thai adolescent risky behaviors, effective prevention strategies are needed. Determining the role neighborhood context plays in program engagement and outcomes may inform these strategies. This study includes 170 mother-adolescent pairs (M = 13.44, SD = .52) in Bangkok, Thailand in a prevention program for adolescent substance use and sexual risk. Neighborhoods were related to engagement, which was critical to outcomes. Neighborhood disorganization was related to confidence in program effects and program completion. Completion was related to increased ATOD communication. Neighborhood cohesion was related to less program enjoyment, while neighborhood social control was related to more enjoyment. Enjoyment was related to increased ATOD communication and formation and monitoring of alcohol rules. Prevention strategies should focus on neighborhood contexts and enhancing engagement.     

Virtues of SIN: can intensified public efforts help disadvantaged immigrants?

The labor market integration of immigrants is a top political priority throughout the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries. Social and fiscal gains, as well as sustained future labor supply make governments search for effective policies to increase employment among the mostly disadvantaged. The author studies SIN, a Swedish pilot workplace introduction program targeting these groups, using very detailed individual data and allowing for effects through several channels. The results show increased transitions from unemployment to work experience schemes and improved future employment probabilities for those who entered these schemes. A rough calculation suggests that each job year created cost about Euro 30,000.     

大学生和高中应届毕业生的求学动机

高等教育的一个重要任务就是把大学生培养成国家需要的合格的高级专业技术人才 ,让他们在大学学习期间获取最新的科学知识 ,掌握技能 ,达到国家所规定的相关的专业水平 ,使他们的人格趋于完善。经验证明 ,为了更好地实现这个目标 ,必须了解应届高中毕业生和大学一年级新生的学习动机、他们现有的知识水平、社会心理状态、独立工作能力、兴趣爱好、个性特征、身体健康状况———总之 ,一切和他们未来学业有关的要求、素质和能力。青年人选择大学和专业 ,是对将来职业的自主选择 ,是对某种生活方式的认同 ,决定着他们未来的生活和前途命运。俄…     

《黑龙江志稿》呼伦县和室韦县的地名考释

地名研究是一门严肃而艰巨的工作,因为它同人类所走过的漫长而艰难的历程,所创造的丰富而辉煌的文化以及同赖以生存的自然环境等都有着千丝万缕的关系。我们知道人类生存的每一片土地、每一座山、每一条河流均有其约定俗成的称谓,然而,这些称谓无可质疑地