Coalition for a Healthier Community: Lessons learned and implications for future work

The Coalition for a Healthier Community (CHC) initiative was implemented to improve the health and well-being of women and girls. Underpinning CHC is a gender-based focus that uses a network of community partners working collaboratively to generate relevant behavior change and improved health outcomes. Ten programs are trying to determine whether gender-focused system approaches are cost-effective ways to address health disparities in women and girls. Programs implemented through coalitions made up of academic institutions, public health departments, community-based organizations, and local, regional, and national organizations, are addressing health issues such as domestic violence, cardiovascular disease prevention, physical activity, and healthy eating. Although these programs are ongoing, they have made significant progress. Key factors contributing to their early success include a comprehensive needs assessment, robust coalitions, the diversity of populations targeted, programs based on findings of the needs assessments, evaluations taking into consideration the effect of gender, and strong academic–community partnerships. A noteworthy impact of these programs has been their ability to shape and impact public, social, and health policies at the state and local levels. However, there have been challenges associated with the implementation of such a complex program. Lessons learned are discussed in this paper.     

An approximation of logarithmic functions in the regression setting

We consider a method of moments approach for dealing with censoring at zero for data expressed in levels when researchers would like to take logarithms. A Box–Cox transformation is employed. We explore this approach in the context of linear regression where both dependent and independent variables are censored. We contrast this method to two others, (1) dropping records of data containing censored values and (2) assuming normality for censored observations and the residuals in the model. Across the methods considered, where researchers are interested primarily in the slope parameter, estimation bias is consistently reduced using the method of moments approach.     

论人类命运共同体的“真、善、美”

人类命运共同体是“真”思想,它在继承马克思主义对“共同体”科学分析论述的基础上,结合当今世界发展的总体趋势不断探索、不断实践、不断发展并取得了显著成效。人类命运共同体是“和”“善”的思想,因为它充分汲取了中华文明的优秀基因,将中国传统文化中“和”与“善”的思想推向全世界。人类命运共同体是美丽的思想,因为它不仅准确把握了时代的主题,力求构建美丽新世界,还将全人类对美好生活的向往转变为现实的动力。构建人类命运共同体是马克思主义在21世纪焕发强大活力的显著象征,是中国优秀传统文化中和平思想的集中体现,是贡献给世界的中国智慧和中国方案。     

中西传统哲学的形成和影响

不同的地理环境产生了中西哲学不同的理论传统.就其主要宗旨而言,如果说西方传统哲学乃在于在一种超时间的无限中重现自我的话,那么中国传统哲学则在于在时间之内的无限绵延中实现自我;同时,这两种不同的哲学传统决定了中西文化在伦理观、科学观及审美观上趣旨之迥异;而当代中国哲学理论建设的任务不是在西学与中学之间扬此而抑彼,而是应走向二者的结合与会通.     

大学生英语学习心理问题探析

心理因素对学生的学习及生活起着举足轻重的作用。大学英语教师不仅应该从自身出发 ,提高业务水平 ,还应该考虑到学生的各种学习心理 ,及时有效地加以引导 ,使其有利于大学英语教学和学生的身心健康。     

上海工业企业技术创新能力实证分析

技术创新是入世后上海工业企业得以持续经营的根本保证。为了解上海技术创新的现状及尚存问题,在更高层次上增强企业国际竞争力,用实证法分析大中型工业企业现行实施措施,提出增强企业技术创新能力的设想,并对相关的方面进行探讨。     

在整合创新中构建和谐伦理文化

面对中国传统伦理文化、西方现代伦理文化和马克思主义伦理文化的三元并行现象,我们不能绝对地肯定或否定任何一种文化,而应当从实际出发,采取"以'马'为主,融合中西,贯通古今,多元一体,整合创新"的方针,让马克思主义的伦理文化在政治和意识形态领域继续起主导作用;让西方现代文化中的自由平等精神在经济领域发挥激励作用;让中国传统伦理文化在个人生活、家庭生活、职业生活和社会公共生活领域发挥更多的积极作用.通过这样的分域、分层整合,使这三种伦理文化各得其位,各显其能,扬长避短,整合创新,共同为构建和谐社会提供服务.     

Predicting body fat using weight–height indices

While body fat is the most accurate measure of obesity, its measurement requires special equipment that can be costly and time consuming to operate. Attention has thus typically focused on the easier to calculate body mass index (BMI). However, the ability of BMI to accurately identify obesity has been increasingly questioned. This paper focuses attention on whether more general body mass indices are appropriate measures of body fat. Using a data set of body fat, height, and weight measurements, general models are estimated which nest a wide variety of weight–height indices as special cases. In the absence of a race and gender categorisation, the conventional BMI was found to be the appropriate index with which to predict body fat. When such a categorisation was made, however, the BMI was never selected as the appropriate index. In general, predicted female body fat was some 10 kg higher than that of a male of identical build and predicted % body fat was over 11 percentage points higher, but age effects were smaller for females. Considerable racial differences in predicted body fat were found for males, but such differences were less marked for females. The implications of this finding for interpreting recent research on the effect of obesity on health, society, and economic factors are considered.