Widening the gap: White ignorance,race relations and the consequences for Aboriginal people in Australia

White ignorance has a critical impact on race relations and is implicated in the maintenance of Aboriginal disadvantage. Addressing this ignorance is a largely overlooked capacity-building opportunity within Australia's non-Aboriginal population. It warrants consideration as a key component of strategies targeting Aboriginal disadvantage. Despite the established links between race relations and Aboriginal well-being, Aboriginal perspectives on non-Aboriginal people rarely feature in public discourse on “Aboriginal problems.” This paper draws on data from 180 in-depth interviews with 44 Aboriginal people in Darwin on the topic of White Australian people, culture and race relations. It reports Aboriginal perceptions of White Australian ignorance across areas of great symbolic and practical significance to Aboriginal people's lives. Their experience is that most White Australians are ignorant of the history of colonisation and the complexities of its aftermath. They are ignorant of Aboriginal law, cultures and languages, and of the extent of their own ignorance. The call to address White ignorance subverts assumptions about whose ignorance and capacity must be dealt with in order to progress national goals of reconciliation, address Aboriginal disadvantage and achieve justice and equality for Aboriginal people.     

When Do First-Year College Students Drink Most During the Academic Year? An Internet-Based Study of Daily and Weekly Drinking

Abstract

Objective: The authors investigated the alcohol consumption trajectories among first-year university students. Participants: A sample of 415 students attending a large university in Southwestern Ontario, Canada, was recruited. Methods: Students completed a baseline questionnaire and 26 weekly brief Internet surveys assessing alcohol consumption from September 2006 to April 2007. Results: Findings indicated that alcohol consumption varies considerably as a function of time of the academic year. Overall trends indicate that students drink more heavily at the beginning of each semester and less during exam periods. Daily patterns indicate that most drinking occurs on weekends. The highest drinking days in the first academic year included Halloween, New Year's Eve, and St. Patrick's Day. Conclusions: The present study provides evidence that periods of high and low alcohol consumption are contingent upon specific events and the time of the year.     

Development and Initial Validation of the Symptoms and Assets Screening Scale

Abstract

Objective: To develop and test a screening measure of mental health symptoms and well-being in college students, the Symptoms and Assets Screening Scale (SASS). Participants: Participants were 758 college students at 2 universities in the Northwest sampled between October 2009 and April 2011. Methods: Participants completed the SASS, as well as measures of depressive symptoms, anxiety symptoms, substance problems, and eating problems in 1 session. A subset of participants (n = 259) completed the SASS 1 to 2 weeks later to allow an examination of test–retest stability. Results: The SASS demonstrated good reliability and validity and appears to assess similar constructs as well-established measures in college students. Fifty-nine percent of the sample reported having problems with their thoughts, behaviors, or emotions, whereas only 9.7% reported currently receiving treatment. Conclusions: The SASS is a brief instrument that has the potential to effectively screen for the most prevalent mental health problems in college students.     

Elder Abuse Detection and Intervention: A Collaborative Approach by B. Brandl,C. B. Dyer,C. J. Heisler,M. J. Otto,L. A. Stiegel,and R. W. Thomas

Mediation has recently been developed in America to help seniors deal with their disputes. Some Long Term Care Ombudsmen and their volunteers have also been trained in mediation for use in institutional conflicts. This paper suggests that elder mediation, through its voluntary, non-coercive process, has the potential for enhancing elder rights, providing an acceptable form of minimal social intervention, and contributing to the prevention of elder abuse at early stages of relational conflicts between elders and their carers.     

论建国前后毛泽东对中国廉政文化 传统的改造

建国前后,毛泽东把马克思主义廉政理论与中国历史、中国文化实际相结合,在反腐败斗争实践中,着手改造中国廉政文化传统,通过改造中国古代的廉政教育传统、清官崇尚传统、垂直监察传统、重典治贪传统,构建了新型的廉政体系和与之相适应的廉政文化,开创了建国初期风清气正的政治局面,赢得了人民的信赖,巩固了党的执政基础与地位,为新中国切实推进反腐倡廉工作奠定了良好基础,为当下的廉政建设提供了宝贵的借鉴。     

多元目标体系导向的西北民族地区旅游产业发展模式

我国是一个多民族国家,民族旅游是我国旅游业发展中的一个非常重要的区域旅游现象和重要的旅游业态,是民族地区实现产业结构优化、经济增长和发展的重要的产业支撑.检讨了学术界对我国西北民族地区旅游业发展的研究,对单一经济价值导向民族地区旅游产业发展研究和产业运行模式进行了反思,以我国西北民族地区为例提出了构建以多元价值为基础的西北民族地区旅游产业发展模式的基本思路和框架,研究了多元目标价值导向的西北民族地区旅游产业发展的理论意义与产业价值.     

Important considerations in using indicators to profile providers

The demand is accelerating for information about the clinical performance of providers. In the more competitive and value-sensitive marketplace that is already developing, purchasers (consumers, employers, and insurers) of health care services will require more information to better assess the relative value of providers' (professional and hospital) services. The cornerstone of a wise, value-based strategy in selecting health care services is careful assessment of each provider's performance based on detailed, quantitative data in the form of clinical indicators. The use of indicators to profile the comparative performances of providers allows purchasers to compare as well as to influence provider performance.     

网络及网络文化对大学生的负面影响与对策

伴随着信息技术的发展,互联网已深入到现实社会的各个领域.网络及网络文化对大学生的成长和成才既有积极作用,也有一定的负面影响.针对信息时代出现的新情况、新问题,积极地研究和分析,并提出相应的对策,改进工作方法,提高工作实效,是高校教育工作者的共同职责.     

Severity-of-illness systems. An overview for medical directors--Part two

In Part One of this article in the March-April 1990 issue of Physician Executive, the authors explored severity-of-illness systems that relied on administrative data for their formulation. In the second part of the article, the authors deal with systems that use clinical and/or physiologic data as their basis.