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.     

云南方志的价值及其开发利用

本文简要介绍了云南最重要的几种方志,对云南方志的五个特征:地方性、广泛性、资料性、真实性与民族性进行了论述,分析了云南志的价值,并讨论了开发利用情况。     

秦汉时西南地区外来移民的迁徙特点及在边疆开发中的作用

秦汉数百年间,西南地区步入自身发展史上的重要阶段,通过各种途径进入西南地区的外来移民具有鲜明的迁徙特点,他们在促使当地人口增长、支持郡县设置、引进先进技术、传播封建文化、推动边疆开发和疆域形成以及稳定当地局势等历史进程中发挥了重大作用。     

非传统安全视角下的云南跨界民族问题

冷战结束后,云南边境地区的安全因素发生了重大变化,安全威胁由防御邻国向我国侵犯等传统安全要素逐渐转向防止各种跨国犯罪和贩毒走私为特征的非传统安全,跨界民族问题成为引发云南边疆地区非传统安全的重要因素之一,给边疆安全带来前所未有的挑战。从云南跨界民族问题与非传统安全关系入手,分析由云南跨界民族所产生的非传统安全问题,提出解决云南跨界民族问题的一些设想,是十分必要的。     

云南契丹人后裔的物质文化

契丹人在蒙元初期随蒙古军进驻云南以后 ,因长期受当地汉族、彝族、白族、傣族及古代濮人孟高棉语族的各种物质文化相互渗透和影响 ,其后裔在饮食、服饰、民居等方面 ,逐渐改变了祖国北方古契丹人的习俗 ,形成了具有本身特点的新的物质文化     

四川、云南两省旅游现状比较及其发展对策

四川省和云南省相互毗邻 ,自然和人文旅游资源的种类、富有度、质量等都有很多的相似点 ,但目前两省旅游发展的差距却很大。通过对这两省旅游资源、旅游发展现状、旅游发展的对策的比较 ,重点分析了目前四川在旅游发展中存在的不足 ,同时对四川、云南两省旅游在今后的共同发展提出了几点建议。     

汉代属国兵的特点和历史作用

两汉时期,政府采用属国制度管理归附的少数民族部落,组建性质特殊的属国军队并形成建制,戍守边防。属国兵建制的发展有一个逐渐演变的过程,数量由少增多。它与中原军相比较具有领导制度不尽一致、兵役制度不同、兵种有别等特点。自汉武帝后,属国兵成为汉朝边防线上一支重要的武装力量,不仅巩固了汉代边疆,奠定了中国疆域的基础,有利于当时国家的统一和社会的安定,同时促进了少数民族地区经济、文化的发展和交融,也是汉王朝边防思想和政策在边地的实际运用与体现,给以后历代王朝处理民族问题提供了借鉴和启迪。