Factors Associated with First-Time Telehealth Utilization for Marshallese Living in the United States

This chapter is a study of the themes of the New International Economic Order (NIEO). It begins with the notion of justice that had been constructed in imperial law to justify empire and colonialism. The NIEO was the first time a prescription was made for justice in a global context not based on domination of one people over another. In its consideration of the emergence of a new notion of justice in international law, the chapter discusses the reasons for the origins of the NIEO, and goes on to describe the principles of the NIEO and the extent to which they came into conflict with dominant international law as accepted by the United States and European states. Next the chapter deals with the rise of the neoliberal ideology that led to the displacement of the NIEO and examines the issue of whether the NIEO and its ideals have passed or whether they continue to be or should be influential in international law. Finally, the chapter turns to the ideas of the NIEO alongside new efforts at promoting a fuller account of justice by which to justify and evaluate international law.

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Mass School Shootings in the United States: A Novel Root Cause Analysis Using Lay Press Reports

Clinical Pediatrics ◽

10.1177/0009922819873650 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 58 (13) ◽

pp. 1423-1428 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Chris A. Rees ◽

Lois K. Lee ◽

Eric W. Fleegler ◽

Rebekah Mannix

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Environmental Factors ◽

Root Cause Analysis ◽

The United States ◽

School Shootings ◽

Contributing Factors ◽

Mass Shootings ◽

Cause Analysis ◽

Factors Associated ◽

Root Cause

School shootings comprise a small proportion of childhood deaths from firearms; however, these shootings receive a disproportionately large share of media attention. We conducted a root cause analysis of 2 recent school shootings in the United States using lay press reports. We reviewed 1760 and analyzed 282 articles from the 10 most trusted news sources. We identified 356 factors associated with the school shootings. Policy-level factors, including a paucity of adequate legislation controlling firearm purchase and ownership, were the most common contributing factors to school shootings. Mental illness was a commonly cited person-level factor, and access to firearms in the home and availability of large-capacity firearms were commonly cited environmental factors. Novel approaches, including root cause analyses using lay media, can identify factors contributing to mass shootings. The policy, person, and environmental factors associated with these school shootings should be addressed as part of a multipronged effort to prevent future mass shootings.

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Sources of Information About Gestational Weight Gain, Diet, and Exercise Among Brazilian Immigrant Women Living in the United States: A Cross-Sectional Study

Public Health Nutrition ◽

10.1017/s1368980021001798 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-41

Author(s):

Ana Cristina Lindsay ◽

Qun Le ◽

Denise Lima Nogueira ◽

Márcia M. T. Machado ◽

Mary L. Greaney

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Weight Gain ◽

Gestational Weight Gain ◽

The United States ◽

The Internet ◽

Sources Of Information ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Gestational Weight ◽

Diet And Exercise ◽

First Time

Abstract Objectives: The objective of this study was to assess sources of information about gestational weight gain (GWG), diet, and exercise among first-time pregnant Brazilian women in the United States (US). Design: Cross-sectional survey. Setting: Massachusetts, United States. Participants: First-time pregnant Brazilian women. Results: Eighty-six women, the majority of whom were immigrants (96.5%) classified as having low-acculturation levels (68%), participated in the study. Approximately two-thirds of respondents had sought information about GWG (72.1%), diet (79.1%), and exercise (74.4%) via the internet. Women classified as having low acculturation levels were more likely to seek information about GWG via the internet (OR = 7.55; 95% CI: 1.41, 40.26) than those with high acculturation levels after adjusting for age and receiving information about GWG from healthcare provider (doctor or midwife). Moreover, many respondents reported seeking information about GWG (67%), diet (71%), and exercise (52%) from family and friends. Women who self-identified as being overweight pre-pregnancy were less likely to seek information about diet (OR = 0.32; 95% CI: 0.11, 0.93) and exercise (OR = 0.33; 95% CI: 0.11, 0.96) from family and friends than those who self-identified being normal weight pre-pregnancy. Conclusions: This is the first study to assess sources of information about GWG, diet, and exercise among pregnant Brazilian immigrants in the US. Findings have implications for the design of interventions and suggest the potential of mHealth intervention as low-cost, easy access option for delivering culturally and linguistically tailored evidence-based information about GWG incorporating behavioral change practices to this growing immigrant group.

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Mainstream Flavor: Ethnic Cuisine and Assimilation in the United States

Social Currents ◽

10.1177/2329496520948169 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 64-85

Author(s):

Anna Boch ◽

Tomás Jiménez ◽

Katharina Roesler

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Ethnic Groups ◽

Cultural Change ◽

Culture Change ◽

Contextual Factors ◽

The United States ◽

Factors Associated ◽

Assimilation Process ◽

Restaurant Reviews ◽

Mexican Populations

Assimilation theories posit that cultural change is part and parcel of the assimilation process. That change can register in the symbols and practices that individuals invoke as part of an ethnic experience. But cultural change also includes the degree to which the mainstream takes up those symbols and practices as part of its composite culture. We develop a way to examine whether cuisine, an important component of ethnic culture, is part of the mainstream’s composite culture and the contextual factors associated with the presence of ethnic cuisine in the composite culture. We begin with a comparison of 761,444 reviews of Mexican, Italian, Chinese, and American restaurants across the United States from Yelp!, an online customer review platform. We find that reviews of Mexican restaurants mention ethnicity and authenticity much more than reviews of Italian and American restaurants, but less than reviews of Chinese restaurants, suggesting intermediate mainstreaming of Mexican cuisine. We then examine Mexican restaurant reviews in the 82 largest U.S. core-based statistical areas (CBSAs) to uncover the contextual factors associated with Mexican cuisine’s local mainstream presence. We find that Mexican food is less defined in ethnic terms in CBSAs with larger and more culturally distinct Mexican populations and at less-expensive restaurants. We argue that regional versions of the composite culture change as ethnic groups come to define a region demographically and culturally.

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First Report of Wisteria vein mosaic virus in Wisteria sinensis in the United States of America

Plant Health Progress ◽

10.1094/php-2008-0818-01-br ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 42 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Rayapati A. Naidu ◽

Gandhi Karthikeyan

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Mosaic Virus ◽

United States Of America ◽

The United States ◽

Home Gardens ◽

First Report ◽

Woody Perennial ◽

Wisteria Sinensis ◽

First Time ◽

Wisteria Vein Mosaic Virus

The ornamental Chinese wisteria (Wisteria sinensis) is a woody perennial grown for its flowering habit in home gardens and landscape settings. In this brief, the occurrence of Wisteria vein mosaic virus (WVMV) was reported for the first time in Chinese wisteria in the United States of America. Accepted for publication 18 June 2008. Published 18 August 2008.

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Wartime Prosperity? A Reassessment of the U.S. Economy in the 1940s

The Journal of Economic History ◽

10.1017/s0022050700010251 ◽

1992 ◽

Vol 52 (1) ◽

pp. 41-60 ◽

Cited By ~ 66

Author(s):

Robert Higgs

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

World War Ii ◽

Performance Measures ◽

Well Being ◽

The United States ◽

World War ◽

Macroeconomic Performance ◽

Command Economy ◽

First Time ◽

The U.S

Relying on standard measures of macroeconomic performance, historians and economists believe that “war prosperity” prevailed in the United States during World War II. This belief is ill-founded, because it does not recognize that the United States had a command economy during the war. From 1942 to 1946 some macroeconomic performance measures are statistically inaccurate; others are conceptually inappropriate. A better grounded interpretation is that during the war the economy was a huge arsenal in which the well-being of consumers deteriorated. After the war genuine prosperity returned for the first time since 1929.

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Leadership Continuity and Change in Hmong Refugee Communities in the United States

Asian and Pacific Migration Journal ◽

10.1177/011719689700600204 ◽

1997 ◽

Vol 6 (2) ◽

pp. 213-228

Author(s):

Jeremy Hein

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Social Change ◽

Political Violence ◽

International Migration ◽

The United States ◽

Host Society ◽

Leadership Positions ◽

Factors Associated ◽

Continuity And Change ◽

Authority Structures

Political violence and international migration have the potential to disrupt leadership continuity in Hmong refugee communities in the United States. At the same time, clan and village authority structures from Laos favor leadership continuity despite dramatic social change. Data on 40 Hmong leaders in ten communities are used to determine if the indigenous sources of leadership continue to determine who becomes a leader after resettlement. The majority of leaders were leaders in Southeast Asia and have close kin who were leaders, indicating leadership continuity. Whether these leaders have held few or many leadership positions in the United States, however, is not determined by prior leadership or kinship, but by factors associated with acculturation. Initial leadership status in a host society is linked to authority structures from the homeland, but social change influences subsequent leadership careers.

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