Adolescents' Need to Talk About Sex and Sexuality in an Urban Mental Health Setting

Summary

For many adults, adolescent sexuality is problematic. For adolescents, it may be problematic, powerfully alluring, or simply a part of becoming an adult. Either way, and irrespective of whether they have ever had sex, young persons seeking mental health counseling in an urban mental health clinic express a strong desire to talk about sex and sexuality. Significant gender and age differences are noted in desire to talk about sexuality and mediated by involvement in sexual risk behaviors. Having experienced forced sex is directly related to desire for counseling about sex and sexuality. The findings presented in this article compel clinicians to engage all adolescents in meaningful dialogue about sex and sexuality.     

Aging in Poverty: Making the Case for Comprehensive Care Management

A model for holistic care management that would enhance outcomes for economically vulnerable older adults who receive an array of disjointed services administered through the older Americans Act (OAA) and local Area Agencies on Aging (AAA) is proposed. Fragmented service delivery is typically wasteful and ineffectual, but comprehensive care management that includes an autonomous care manager, a single interagency plan of care and ongoing monitoring that is client-centered may protect those aging in poverty from negative health outcomes.     

制造业供应链伙伴间态度性承诺对供应链脆弱性作用机制

构建供应链伙伴间态度性承诺对供应链脆弱性作用的理论框架,以252家中小型制造业企业为研究对象,基于enter层次回归分析法检验供应链动态能力在供应链伙伴间态度性承诺与供应链脆弱性关系间的中介作用以及供应链外部社会资本在供应链伙伴间态度性承诺与供应链脆弱性关系间的调节作用;运用多重中介效应检验模型验证供应链动态能力的3个维度同时作为供应链伙伴间态度性承诺与供应链脆弱性关系间中介变量的合理性。研究结果表明,供应链伙伴间忠诚性承诺显著降低供应链脆弱性,供应链伙伴间计算性承诺与供应链脆弱性呈U形关系,供应链动态能力在供应链伙伴间态度性承诺与供应链脆弱性关系间发挥部分中介作用,内外互动强度和外部网络密度分别显著调节供应链伙伴间态度性承诺与供应链脆弱性的关系,内外信任程度和内外共同语言在供应链伙伴间态度性承诺与供应链脆弱性的关系间发挥不显著的调节作用。     

气候变化对宁夏生态脆弱地区农牧民生计的影响及适应策略

气候变化对人类生产生活的影响随地区和人群的不同而不同,其中对生态脆弱地区的贫困人群影响尤为特殊。本文以受干旱影响的典型区域一宁夏生态脆弱地区农牧民生计为例．试图通过对宁夏回族自治区5个县／市／区294户农牧家庭开展的问卷调查和访谈研究．分析气候变化对当地农牧民生产、生活和生存状况的具体影响内容及影响的程度．探讨农牧民应对气候变化的主要的生计适应措施。结果显示农牧民心理上的自我调适是人们在脆弱的状态下应对气候变化的前提,并通过多样化的生计方式、外出务工、自主性迁移等自适应方式来适应气候变化对农牧民生计带来的种种影响．同时生态脆弱地区气候变化的应对也离不开政府大环境背景下的制度设计和政策支持。     

A climate stress test on the financial vulnerability of Italian households and firms

This study presents a novel methodological framework for assessing the exposure of the Italian financial system to climate policy risks, using a micro-founded approach. By combining survey and administrative data with energy accounts and energy prices, we estimate the energy demand elasticity of Italian households and firms at the micro-level and we use this information to simulate the effects of four one-off carbon taxes (corresponding to €50, €100, €200 and €800 per ton of CO₂) on their income and profits. To compute if (and how) carbon taxes might affect the share of financially vulnerable agents and the debt at risk, these estimates are employed as an input for the microsimulation models used to monitor financial stability at the Bank of Italy. According to our results, a level of carbon taxation within the range of €50?200 per ton does not have a sizeable effect on the share of financially vulnerable agents. The micro approach allows us to take into account the heterogeneous transmission channels of climate risks and indicates that the financial risks stemming from climate shocks are limited overall and specific to individual households and industries.     

Young Mothers and the Care System: Contextualizing Risk and Vulnerability

Although the UK has the highest levels of teenage pregnancyin Western Europe, and while adolescent mothering has receivedconsiderable recent attention from researchers, there is a paucityof research literature about the particular experiences of youngwomen who become mothers in or following local authority care.Findings from our empirical study reveal the significance ofrisk and vulnerability faced by a group of fifty-five youngmothers following their exit from care. This paper exploresthe impact of risk and vulnerability and also highlights thatalthough pregnancy may not be a planned activity, young womendemonstrate choice and rationality in their decision to becomemothers.     

负债水平对家庭经济脆弱性的影响

家庭经济脆弱性反映了居民家庭可能陷入财政危机的状态,在经济不确定性较高的当下,中国居民家庭应对风险的能力有待进一步加强。基于2017年中国家庭金融调查(CHFS)微观数据,实证检验了家庭负债对经济脆弱性的影响及其作用机制。研究发现：负债规模扩张显著提升了家庭经济的脆弱性,资产负债率每增加1个标准差,家庭经济危机发生的概率约增加0.91个百分点。居民健康状况、应急储蓄在负债与家庭经济的脆弱性之间发挥中介作用,即家庭负债的增加,会导致户主健康状况恶化,降低家庭应急储蓄水平,从而加剧其经济脆弱性。异质性检验结果表明,相对于城镇家庭,农村家庭更容易受到金融排斥,其应对风险冲击的能力更差,家庭经济脆弱性更高;同时,领取政府补助和拥有多套住房的家庭应对风险的能力更强,家庭经济脆弱性更低。因此,政府应当重视引导居民家庭合理负债,构建更加完善的健康服务体系,必要时提供适当的应急储蓄,以提升居民家庭的总体福利水平。     

Framing socioecological complexity: The long-term evolution of multiple dimensions of desertification risk in Italy

Desertification risk depends on the interplay of biophysical and socioeconomic drivers, among which climate change, soil depletion, landscape modifications, and biodiversity decline are key factors of change in Southern Europe. The present study introduces a diachronic analysis of desertification risk in Italy adopting a multidimensional approach based on four dimensions (ecological, economic, demographic, and administrative) assessed at three dates (1961, 1991, and 2011). These risk components were evaluated separately in Southern Italy, a formerly affected region (sensu United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification), and Northern/Central Italy, a nonaffected region in the country. All risk measures document how the divide between affected and nonaffected regions in Italy has gradually reduced. Because of local warming and rising human pressure, Northern Italy has recently displayed a level of desertification risk close to those observed in Southern Italy over the last 30 years. These results suggest a thorough revision of the national classification of risky areas, that may inform more specific mitigation and adaptation policies responding effectively to recent socioenvironmental trends and local (economic) dynamics. The intrinsic system's evolution observed at both regional and national level in Italy may be generalized to a broader European context. Our work finally documents the appropriateness of a multidimensional definition of desertification risk grounded on the joint analysis of ecological, demographic, economic, and administrative indicators. A comprehensive knowledge of socioeconomic patterns and processes of change contributes to more precise scenario modeling and design of integrated strategies mitigating desertification risk.     

性别弱势议题“一边倒”现象生成机制与反思——微博平台男性弱势议题可见性分析

关于性别议题，微博上呈现出“一边倒”的特点，即“女性弱势”议题相比于“男性弱势”议题更容易引爆舆论。男性弱势议题被忽视乃至被包容是结构性因素共同作用的结果。父权制下性别规范与性别偏见的询唤、特定议题中男性人格尊严权的隐身、对立情绪和情感定向的商业收割，催生并加剧了这一现象。从现实后果来看，性别规范在自我征引中不断被强化，带来性别烦恼，个体权利失衡和遭到破坏，关于性别议题的理想商谈环境仍然难以形成。