Sterilization regret among Puerto Rican women**The 1982 Puerto Rico Fertility and Family Planning Assessment was funded by the National Institute for Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health grant 1-Y01-HD-2-1054-00; the Bureau of Community Health Services; and the Centers for Disease Control. This analysis was supported by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.

AbstractIn 1898, US occupation of Puerto Rico opened possibilities for experimentation with manufacturing, investment, tariffs, and citizenship because the Treaty of Paris did not address territorial incorporation. Imperial experimentation started immediately and continued through the liberal policies of the New Deal and World War II, consistently reproducing drastic exceptions. These exceptions were neither permanent nor complete, but the rearrangements of sovereignty and citizenship established Puerto Rico as a site of potential and persistent exemption. Puerto Rican needleworkers were central to the resulting colonial industrialization-not as dormant labor awaiting outside developmental forces but as skilled workers experienced in production. Following US occupation, continental trade agents and manufacturers noted the intricate needlework of Puerto Rican women and their employment in homes and small shops for contractors across the island. Their cooptation and adaptation of this contracting system led to the colonial industrialization, generating bureaucratic, financial, and legal infrastructure later used in Operation Bootstrap, a long-term economic plan devised in the 1940s and 1950s. Labor unions and aggrieved workers contested and resisted this colonial industrialization. They advocated their own proposals and pushed against US economic policies and insular business management. Throughout these fights, the asymmetrical power of the federal government and industrial capital allowed the colonial regime to assert US sovereignty while continually realigning exemptions and redefining citizenship for liberal economic objectives. Rather than representing a weakening of the nation-state, this strong interventionist approach provided scaffolding for Operation Bootstrap, which became a model for the neoliberal projects called export processing zones (EPZs).

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Reversible Inhibition of the Motility of Human Spermatozoa by Cytochalasin B**Supported by Grant HD-09341 from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, United States Public Health Service.

Fertility and Sterility ◽

10.1016/s0015-0282(16)42436-2 ◽

1977 ◽

Vol 28 (3) ◽

pp. 257-261 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Rudolph N. Peterson ◽

Matthew Freund

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

United States ◽

Child Health ◽

Health Service ◽

Human Development ◽

Cytochalasin B ◽

Public Health Service ◽

United States Public Health ◽

National Institutes Of Health ◽

Reversible Inhibition

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Aging in Puerto Rico: A Comparison of Health Status Among Island Puerto Rican and Mainland U.S. Older Adults

Journal of Aging and Health ◽

10.1177/0898264317714144 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 29 (6) ◽

pp. 1056-1078 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Catherine Pérez ◽

Jennifer A. Ailshire

Keyword(s):

Puerto Rico ◽

Health Status ◽

Puerto Rican ◽

Puerto Ricans ◽

Adult Population ◽

Aging Research ◽

Puerto Rican Women ◽

Self Rated Health ◽

Elderly Health ◽

Older Adult Population

Objective: To characterize the health status of older island Puerto Ricans, a segment of the U.S. population that has been largely overlooked in aging research. Method: Data from the 2002 Puerto Rican Elderly Health Conditions Project and the 2002 Health and Retirement Study are used to examine differences in disease, disability, and self-rated health among island Puerto Ricans and the mainland U.S.-born older adult population. Differences are further examined by gender. Results: Island Puerto Ricans were less likely to have heart disease, stroke, lung disease, cancer, activities of daily living (ADL) limitations, and poor self-rated health, but more likely to have hypertension and diabetes. Island Puerto Rican women had worse health relative to island Puerto Rican men. Discussion: Recent challenges in the funding and provision of health care in Puerto Rico are worrisome given the large number of aging island adults, many of whom have hypertension and diabetes, two conditions that require long-term medical care.

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