The predominately rural state of Mississippi responded to high teenage pregnancy rates by enacting a 2011 law requiring school districts to choose between an abstinence-only and an abstinence-plus program for their high schools. However, there is limited extant research on Mississippi's sex education policies, creating a research gap that inhibits developing successful programs to reduce teenage pregnancy rates. There is specifically a need to compare the two types of allowed programs with a focus on rural areas. This study compared programs by examining students' abstinent sexual attitudes, social norms, self-efficacy, sexual abstinence behaviors, and perceived effectiveness of sexual education and decision making to address whether those variables differed by program and if programs and genders interacted. The study was informed by the health belief model, social cognitive theory, and the theory of reasoned action. The study collected data from 366 students who had taken one of the two programs completed 4 surveys: a demographic survey, the Sexual Risk Behavioral Belief and Self-Efficacy scale, the Sexual Abstinence scale, and the Effectiveness of Sexual Education scale. Students who completed the abstinence-plus program had higher levels of abstinent sexual attitudes, abstinent social norms, abstinent self-efficacy, and sexual decision-making self-efficacy when compared to students who completed the abstinence-only program, with a small effect size for abstinent social norms. Sexual abstinence behavior scores did not differ by program and programs and genders did not interact. Future studies should include a pretest and posttest evaluation. Analyzing these programs facilitates social change by informing the design of effective programs that focus on at-risk youth sexual behaviors.

With a high reliance on fossil fuels, the need to transition the transportation sector to clean energy is great. Traditional public transportation has been used to reduce congestion and emissions in urban spaces but faces implementation challenges in rural areas from settlements being spread out with low density populations. This study used a survey to look at different groups living in one rural community on Gotland, Stenkyrka, to identify how their needs differ depending on belonging to these groups, to answer the research question: What are the public transportation needs of different groups within Stenkyrka?   The survey received 50 responses, enabling the respondents to be grouped into those who have children, those who do not have children, and by age group, 25-30, 21-40, 41-50, 51-65, and over 65. The results show that people aged 31-40 are most likely to have younger children and appear to need more flexibility and frequent trips in a public transportation system, while people aged 41-50 are more likely to have older children and seem to need shorter trips along with convenience and flexibility. People over 65 value travel time and need flexibility but, while they are more likely to use public transportation than other groups, are not very likely to be drawn to or use more flexible public transportation options such as taxis or dial-a-ride services. Based on these results, it can be said that different groups in Stenkyrka have different needs and look for different solutions in public transportation. Suggestions for how to create a successful public transportation system in Stenkyrka was discussed to provide examples for how resident needs can affect the design of a transit system. In this case, a demand responsive transportation system that uses a variety of transportation options and goes to the places most often used by residents in the community is important to help ensure that all resident’s needs are met.

This study will provide background information about the region of Bangladesh,more specifically the coastal rural area of Bangladesh. This region has due to theglobal warming become a very disaster-prone region where disaster resilience workhas become increasingly relevant. Displacement of the rural coastal population dueto disasters is an ongoing issue in Bangladesh which inhibits the large urbanization the capital city, Dhaka faces. This has increased the need of housing which has stimulated the brick industry that has increased its contribution to BangladeshGDP the last years. Though the brick industry has traditionally been dominated by environmentally unfriendly methods that has caused deforestation and severe air pollution contributing to the cause of its demand creating a negative feedbackloop. This study will analyse four different building materials including the tradition alone by collecting data, creating analyse models and discussing them to find a more financial, environmental and technical suitable alternative to respondto the current situation to try turn the tide focusing on the rural coastal areas of Bangladesh.

I denna studie undersöks hur rovdjurskritiker (renskötare, jägare och lantbrukare) framställs, vilka myter som konstrueras och anspelas på genom representationerna, samt hur polariseringen mellan landsbygd och stad kommer till uttryck i SVT:s dokumentärserie Den stora rovdjursfejden. I studien genomförs en kvalitativ semiotisk analys, som kopplas till tidigare forskning i ämnet. Teoretiska perspektiv som semiotik, representation, stereotyper och makt/hegemoni har applicerats. Resultatet av denna undersökning visar på att skaparna av dokumentärserien har framställt rovdjurskritiker som ”de andra” och att de utgår från en urban norm. Vidare visar resultatet att flera stereotyper, som att individerna är onda, maktlösa eller laglösa, reproduceras och fasthålls via dokumentärserien. Myter som stad kontra landsbygd, den dominerande arten och ”den andra” konstrueras och anspelas på genom framställningen av rovdjurskritikerna. / This study investigates how people (reindeer keepers, hunters and farmers) critical to large carnivores are portrayed, which myths are constructed and alluded to through the representations and how the polarized diffrences between the rural and the urban area are expressed in the SVT documentary series Den stora rovdjursfejden (The great carnivore feud). In the study, a qualitative semiotic analysis was carried out, which was linked to previous research on the subject. I have used a theoretical framework such as semiotics, representation, stereotypes and hegemony. The results of the study show that the creators of the documentary series have portrayed reindeer keepers, hunters and farmers as ”the others”, where the production is based on an urban norm. Furthermore, the results show that several stereotypes such as that the individuals are evil, powerless or lawless are reinforced and maintained via the documentary series. Myths such as urban versus rural, the dominant species and ”the others” are constructed of people critical to large carnivores and alluded to through the production.

Through the interpretation of the short rural prose of five selected authors of the second half of the nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth century (K. V. Rais, J. K. Šlejhar, A. a V. Mrštíkové, T. Nováková, J. Kratochvíl) the thesis deals with the topic of the rural family according to a few aspects that were chosen on the basis of the historical and sociological findings of the technical literature about the rural family in the nineteenth century. The aspects treated by the above mentioned authors are ordered into the chapters "The family model", "Home and world", "Family and the rural year", "Family and the conditions of property", "Birth and death in the rural family" and "Family and traditions and the norms of religious life". The works of the authors are inserted into the context of the rural prose of the nineteenth century. The follow-up interpretation proves the differences in the approach of the authors to the depicted topic.

Förändrade marknadsvillkor för landsbygden med minskande befolkningsmängd och ökande konkurrens från fysiska och digitala aktörer har lett till att var femte dagligvarubutik på den tätortsnära landsbygden har försvunnit det senaste decenniet. För att möta förändringen ställs det högre krav på butikernas marknadsföring för att nå lönsamhet. Syftet med denna studie är att beskriva sambandet mellan marknadsvillkor, marknadsföringsbeslut och ekonomisk prestation för dagligvarubutiker på den tätortsnära landsbygden i Skaraborg. För att undersöka syftet antas perspektivet Industrial Organization (IO) och Structure-Conduct-Performance (SCP) samt teorier inom marknadsföringsområdet marknadsmix och relationsmarknadsföring. Inom IO anses beslutsfattaren för marknadsföringsaktiviteter viktig eftersom den ekonomiska prestationen påverkas av hur väl konkurrensstrategin anpassas till marknadsvillkoren. Studien har genomförts som en kvalitativ studie där empirin har samlats in genom semistrukturerade intervjuer med nio butikschefer inom dagligvaruhandeln. För att öka studiens trovärdighet har resultatet från intervjuerna stärkts genom en datainsamling via enkät samt en dokumentanalys av de undersökta butikernas årsredovisningar. Systematiskt urval användes vid val av intervjupersoner. Resultatet visar att avståndet mellan landsbygdsbutiken och den närliggande tätorten inte har ett lika tydligt samband med den ekonomiska prestationen som tidigare forskning hävdar. Däremot visar resultatet indikationer på att ett mer fördelaktigt geografiskt läge i form av ett längre avstånd till tätorten och färre konkurrenter kan skapa förutsättningar till att fler av ortens konsumenter i större utsträckning väljer att handla i den lokala butiken. Studien visar att olika konkurrensstrategier har olika påverkan på det ekonomiska resultatet. En högre nettoomsättning kan i landsbygdsbutiken uppnås genom att arbeta med fler konkurrensmedel, såsom att erbjuda ett brett serviceutbud, kommunicera med flera olika kanaler, anordna butiksevenemang samt att butikschefen är engagerad i orten. Lönsamhet för butikerna uppnås genom att hålla en högre prisnivå, arbeta aktivt med produktplaceringar samt hålla nere kostnader genom att betona färre konkurrensmedel. Slutligen visar även resultatet på att det personliga och ett relationellt synsätt är ett viktigt konkurrensmedel för landsbygdens dagligvarubutiker.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-27T18:47:14Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Anderson Pedroso Barbosa.pdf: 638840 bytes, checksum: 4ba194ddce48fbbd5ddcdc52a6ed342b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-11-29 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Brazil is the fifth largest country in the world in extension and in its territory most places are conducive to agriculture, so the country has the field as one of its main income. With increased technology, however, the amount of labor from agriculture declined because the machines do most of the work of farmers, this technological advancement has made Brazil the increase and improve the quality of the grain produced in its territory. The residents of rural areas, especially elderly generally not accompanied these advances, making their income decrease and migrate to urban areas in search of better financial opportunities and structural, such as schools, hospitals, leisure and others. Based on this principle, this study aimed to know, what are the benefits and harms of migration of the elderly segment, for it used two questionnaires: WHOQOL - BRIEF able to verify the quality of life of respondents across four domains, which are: physical , psychological, environmental and social relations. The other questionnaire was the IPAQ - Long Version which aims to assess the level of physical activity of respondents, and divide them into work activities, domestic transportation and leisure. To know which would be the best places to live, ensuring better quality of life were interviewed 40 individuals, 20 of rural residents and 20 residents of the urban area to the location of the elderly was requested, help desk assistant social pepper - Bueno - RO, municipality of research. The formation of the group of respondents was random / O Brasil é o quinto maior país do mundo em extensão e no seu território a maioria dos lugares são propícios para agricultura, por isso o país tem o campo como uma das suas principais rendas. Com aumento da tecnologia, entretanto, a quantidade da mão de obra da agricultura diminuiu, pois as maquinas fazem a maioria dos trabalhos dos agricultores; esse avanço tecnológico, fez com que o Brasil aumentasse e melhorasse a qualidade dos grãos produzidos em seu território. Os moradores da zona rural, principalmente idosos, em geral não acompanharam esses avanços, fazendo com que sua renda diminuísse e migrassem para zona urbana, em busca de melhores oportunidades financeiras e estruturais, como escolas, hospitais, lazer entre outras. Partindo deste principio, este estudo objetivou saber, quais seriam os benefícios e os malefícios da migração do segmento idoso, para isso utilizamos dois questionários: WHOQOL ABREVIADO capaz de verificar a qualidade de vida dos entrevistados, através de quatro domínios, que são: físico, psicológico, meio ambiente e relações sociais. O outro questionário utilizado foi o IPAQ Versão Longa que tem como objetivo avaliar o nível de atividade física dos entrevistados, e dividi-las em atividades no trabalho, domestica transporte e lazer. Para saber qual dos lugares seria o melhor para se viver, garantindo melhor qualidade de vida foram entrevistados 40 idosos, sendo 20 moradores da zona rural e 20 moradores da zona urbana, para a localização dos idosos foi solicitado, ajuda da secretária de assistente social de Pimenta - Bueno RO, município da pesquisa. A formação do grupo de entrevistados foi aleatória

Introdução: Armadilhas automáticas entomológicas são ferramentas importantes para a vigilância e controle de espécies de mosquitos vetoras. Vários estudos mostraram que a armadilha CDC com CO2 + Lurex® e a CDC luminosa são efetivas para a amostragem de culicídeos. A Mosquito Magnet® foi comparada com diferentes métodos de coletas, incluindo a isca humana, para amostragem de mosquitos vetores. Como resultado, a armadilha tem demonstrado boa capacidade de amostragem. No presente estudo, a eficácia da Mosquito Magnet® Independence foi comparada com as armadilhas CDC luminosa e a CDC com atrativos, mas sem luz. As coletas foram realizadas em áreas rurais no sudeste do bioma de Mata Atlântica. Objetivo: Comparar a eficácia da armadilha Mosquito Magnet® Independence + Lurex3® com a da CDC luminosa e da CDC com CO2 + Lurex3®. Métodos: As armadilhas foram instaladas em três locais diferentes durante três dias consecutivos em áreas rurais do município de Iguape, Estado de São Paulo, Brasil, de janeiro a junho de 2012. As armadilhas foram colocadas diariamente às 6h00 pm (ou 7h00 pm, durante os dias de horário de verão) e removidas às 6h00 am (ou 7h00 horas durante os dias de horário de verão). Para avaliar a eficácia das armadilhas para coleta de culicídeos, utilizamos os perfis de diversidade da Rényi, além de outros índices de diversidade, ou seja, riqueza, abundância, dominância, equabilidade e similaridade. Resultados: A armadilha Mosquito Magnet® coletou 53,84 por cento do total (19.016 indivíduos) de mosquitos obtidos com as três armadilhas. Por outro lado, a CDC luminosa obteve os maiores índices de diversidade de Margalef e Shannon. O índice de Pielou mostrou que as espécies se distribuem de maneira mais uniforme quando empregado o uso da armadilha CDC com atrativos. No entanto, a Mosquito Magnet® obteve o maior índice de dominância. O teste de Kruskal-Wallis mostrou diferença significativa apenas para os índices de riqueza observados na série de Rényi. O teste de Bonferroni apontou que apenas a armadilha Mosquito Magnet® apresentou diferença significativa em relação à CDC luminosa (p=6e-05). Os índices de similaridade apontaram maiores semelhanças entre as espécies coletadas pelas armadilhas Mosquito Magnet® e CDC com atrativos. Conclusões: O presente estudo mostrou que é possível coletar número elevado de espécimes de culicídeos com a Mosquito Magnet® Independence em áreas rurais no sudeste de São Paulo. Apesar da armadilha CDC não coletar uma grande abundância de culicídeos é considerado um método de coleta apropriado e indicado para os serviços de saúde, devido a sua funcionalidade e facilidade de transporte. No entanto, os resultados do presente estudo mostraram que a Mosquito Magnet® é mais eficaz do que a CDC luminosa e CDC com CO2 + Lurex3® para as atividades de vigilância entomológica. / Introduction: Automatic entomological traps are important tools for surveillance and control of mosquito vector species. Several studies showed both CDC trap with CO2 plus Lurex3® and CDC light trap to be effective for sampling mosquito species. The Mosquito Magnet® trap was compared with different collecting methods, including human landing, for sampling mosquito vectors. As a result, the former trap was demonstrated to have good sampling capacity. In the present study, efficacy of the Mosquito Magnet® Independence was compared with those of CDC light trap and CDC trap with CO2 plus Lurex3®, but no light. Collections were carried out in rural areas within the southeast Atlantic Forest biome. Objective: to compare the efficacy of a Mosquito Magnet® Independence plus Lurex3® with a CDC light trap and CDC trap with CO2 plus Lurex3®. Methods: Traps were installed in three different locations during three consecutive days in rural areas of the Iguape municipality, São Paulo state, Brazil. The traps were placed daily at 6h00 pm (or 7h00 pm during the summer day light savings) and removed at 6h00 am (or 7h00 am during the summer day light savings). To assess efficacy of the traps for collecting mosquito species, we employed the Rényis diversity profiles, in addition to other diversity indexes, i.e., richness, abundance, dominance, evenness, and similarity. Results: The Mosquito Magnet® trap collected 53.84 per cent of the total number (19,016 individuals) of mosquitoes obtained with all three traps. On the other hand, the CDC trap obtained the highest diversity indexes of Margalef and Shannon. The evenness index showed that species were distributed more evenly when using the CDC trap with CO2 and Lurex3®. However, the Mosquito Magnet® had the highest dominance index. The Kruskal-Wallis test showed a significant difference in the indexes of richness observed in the Rényi profile index. The Bonferroni test demonstrated that only the Mosquito Magnet® trap has a significant difference relative to the CDC light trap (p = 6e-05). The similarity index showed more resemblance between species collected by Mosquito Magnet® Independence and CDC trap with CO2 and Lurex3®. Conclusions: The present study shows that it is possible to collect large numbers of specimen with the Mosquito Magnet® Independence trap in rural areas in southeastern São Paulo State. In spite of the fact that the CDC trap did not abundantly collect mosquitos, it is considered an appropriate collecting method used by health service organizations because of its practicality and ease of transportation. However, results of the present study showed that the Mosquito Magnet® Independence is more effective than both CDC light trap and CDC with CO2 and Lurex3® for entomological surveillance.

<p>Market information and established communication between seller and buyer play an important role in business activities. This thesis investigates the Transkei area in the Eastern Cape&nbsp / Province, South Africa to find out how to empower rural farmers by providing them with less-expensive mobile technology enabling them to post and advertise their produce, access market&nbsp / information on a common database, and find and communicate with potential customers. The farmers&rsquo / requirements were identified using quantitative and qualitative methods and a prototype&nbsp / consisting of USSD and web applications was developed. It allows the farmer to follow a sequence of menu commands to send a request to the database and access market information, such&nbsp / as commodity prices, and post information about their own produce so as to attract more customers. The low cost of USSD and the ubiquity of mobile phones enable the system to be usable, affordable and effective. During the final stage of development, the system was tested successfully and addressed a major problem faced by farmers, i.e. lack of access to market information.</p>

Effective doctor-patient communication is critical to improving health outcomes. Good communication improves emotional health, symptom resolution, functional and physiologic status, and pain control. Conversely, ineffective communication leads to misdiagnosis, inappropriate treatment poor adherence, misuse of health services, and high patient stress. In the U.S., Hispanics are the fastest growing minority. Despite the high burden of illness among this population, Hispanics are less likely than other minorities to regularly see a health professional. This is explained in part because Hispanics navigate a health system designed for the majority, experience a mismatch between cultural values and health beliefs, and have limited English proficiency. These communication challenges contribute to health disparities among the Hispanic population living in the U.S. Despite the importance of doctor-patient communication, few communication interventions that focus on improving patient skills have been tested in this population. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to evaluate whether a patient communication intervention tailored for female Hispanic patients could be practically implemented in a practice setting. The first aim focused on adapting existing communication skills training tools for a Hispanic population. The second aim assessed the feasibility of implementing the training tool in a federally qualified health center in a US-Mexico border community. The third aim explored the extent to which trained patients were able to integrate the information provided. Results indicate that it is feasible to implement communication training when delivered by clinical staff. Patient follow-up revealed that patients valued training on how to communicate with their doctor the most. Moreover, it is feasible to sustain the intervention when it is aligned with the priorities of the clinical site. Patient communication training in medically underserved rural areas could improve barriers to improved health outcomes in communities with a high prevalence of Hispanic patients. Future funding is needed to further test, dissemination of communication training programs.