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Land settlement policies and population redistribution in developing countries: performance, problems and prospects.

The author describes and compares land settlement in various developing countries, focusing on the movement of people to underutilized agricultural areas. "The purpose of this article is fourfold: first, to discuss the performance of settlement programmes, concentrating on the extent to which they have achieved their population redistribution and other objectives; second, to analyse major economic and social problems confronting them; third, to identify factors that have contributed to their success or failure; and, fourth, to assess alternative policy options." This analysis of land settlement programs "suggests that so far they have made no more than a modest contribution to the solution of the problems of population distribution, unemployment and poverty."

Agriculture↗
PubMed1984

The relative success of the Kainji resettlement scheme as compared with that of Volta.

The author compares the population resettlement programs undertaken in connection with the construction of dams at Lake Volta in Ghana and Kainji Lake in Nigeria. Data are from published sources and from a 1971 survey conducted by the author in Nigeria. Differences between the policies and procedures are outlined. It is noted that "these differences resulted in the differences in the patterns of adjustment of the resettled people."

Africa↗
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Improving access to care.

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Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome↗
PubMed1992

[A study of the mentally ill in institutions for homeless people in Tokyo].

Homeless problems associated with poverty may be considered almost resolved in Japan because of the post World War II economic development, but in large cities such as Tokyo the homeless are still being produced, a reflection of a variety of social problems. This study is based on an analysis of admission records of an institution for the homeless which was established in 1952 in Tokyo. Subjects are 2,122 single persons who were admitted between 1952 and 1985. Among these, 136 are mentally ill persons, who are the main subjects of analysis in this study. Results show that, which after 1970 the number of the mentally ill significantly increased, many of those people dropped out of the institution mostly because they were originally admitted directly from discharge from hospitals because there was no other place to go except the institutions, and also because the institution, originally meant to house street people who had been detained, did not offer appropriate programs for the mentally ill. A solution to these problems requires that roles of institutions for the homeless and subjects admitted be reconsidered. Institution staff should enrich programs designed for the homeless mentally ill and help them organize their social network and live in the community.

Adult↗
PubMed1992

Home care for the disabled elderly: predictors and expected costs.

While interest in publicly funded home care for the disabled elderly is keen, basic policy issues need to be addressed before an appropriate program can be adopted and financed. This article presents findings from a study in which the cost implications of anticipated behavioral responses (for example, caregiver substitution) are estimated. Using simulation techniques, the results demonstrate that anticipated behavioral responses would likely add between $1.8 and $2.7 billion (1990 dollars) to the costs of a public home care program. Results from a variety of cost simulations are presented. The data base for the study was the 1982 National Long-Term Care Survey.

Activities of Daily Living↗
PubMed1992

Transcription of the human colony-stimulating factor-1 receptor gene is regulated by separate tissue-specific promoters.

Receptors for macrophage colony-stimulating factor (CSF-1R) are expressed not only by monocytes, macrophages, and their progenitors, but also by placental trophoblasts during fetal development. In monocytes, CSF-1R gene transcripts originate at multiple sites immediately upstream of the gene's coding sequences, whereas in placental cells the transcripts include an additional noncoding exon, located 26 kb upstream near the 3' end of the B-type platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) receptor gene. Physically distinct CSF-1R transcription origins suggest separate promoter usage by the two cell types. To identify regulatory elements of these promoters, we fused CSF-1R genomic sequences to bacterial reporter genes and introduced the resulting constructs into human cell lines and mouse fibroblasts. A 775-bp genomic fragment containing CSF-1R placental transcription origins and adjacent upstream sequences mediated reporter gene expression in BeWo choriocarcinoma cells and mouse NIH-3T3 fibroblasts, but not in myeloid or lymphoid cells. By contrast, a 550-bp genomic fragment containing CSF-1R monocyte transcription origins and 5' flanking sequences directed gene expression in U-937 human myeloid cells, but not in the other cell types. Thus, nucleotide sequences of fewer than 1,000-bp upstream of the two independent CSF-1R transcription origins contain the minimal promoter elements needed to program appropriate tissue-specific expression of reporter genes.

Base Sequence↗
PubMed2004

The HIPP consultation and rehabilitation team: developing a streamlined service and its implications for work processes.

This paper addresses the particular experience of negotiating, creating and operationalizing streamlined processes for a specialized consultation team, within a multi-site academic health science complex, for determining the rehabilitation needs and appropriate program for patients who had experienced surgery for a fractured hip. Background information concerning the main study is provided with the focus of analysis and discussion being upon the processes and outcomes of changing the way work had been undertaken over many years. It also addresses the complexity of attempting to encourage ongoing reflection related to roles and functions within a multi-disciplinary health care team.

Hip Fractures↗
PubMed2004

Ka Lŏkahi Wăhine: a culturally based training for health professionals.

Native Hawaiian women in Hawai'i suffer the highest breast cancer incidence and death rates among women from Hawai'i's five major ethnic groups. Native Hawaiian women have the third highest breast cancer mortality rate in the nation, following African American and Native American/Alaska Native women. While overall cancer mortality rates in other U.S. populations have improved, epidemiological research shows mortality rates among Native Hawaiians has dramatically increased since 1976. Several barriers prevent Native Hawaiian entry into health care. Frequently cited barriers are: a history of oppression; high prevalence of behavioral risk factors; ineffective screening, prevention and treatment efforts; poor utilization of existing services; poor financial and geographical access to care; an absence of culturally appropriate programs, and few Native Hawaiian health professionals. To address poor health service utilization and to sensitize the health care system in Hawai'i, the Native Hawaiian Breast Cancer Sub-Committee (NHBCSC) of the American Cancer Society Hawai'i Pacific, developed and implemented a culturally based training for health professionals. The training is designed to meet continuing medical and professional education requirements. Professional in-service training began in 2001, with over 300 of Hawai'i's health care professionals participating, to date (March 2004). This training provides a model for other cultural and ethnic groups.

Breast Neoplasms↗