Program, cultural and neighbourhood factors related to attrition from a community‐based enriched medical home program in the United States

Despite healthcare reform, a large population in the United States is without healthcare coverage. The Surgery for People in Need (SPIN) program offers free outpatient surgical procedures to working, uninsured adults. Taking nearly one year to construct, the program has been operational for three years and has performed 22 procedures. Free surgery programs can improve healthcare access by providing interventions to patients who otherwise have no outlet for surgical care.

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A System of Services for the Mentally Retarded Offender

Crime & Delinquency ◽

10.1177/001112877502100108 ◽

1975 ◽

Vol 21 (1) ◽

pp. 57-64 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Frank J. Menolascino

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Mentally Retarded ◽

The United States ◽

Young Offender ◽

Community Based ◽

New Approaches ◽

Correctional Programs ◽

Community Based Programs ◽

Correctional System

Throughout the United States and Canada, community-based programs for the retarded are being expanded, as are alternative correctional programs for the young offender. But for the men tally retarded offender no such new approaches have been de vised ; he is still relegated to, and unwanted by, both the tradition al correctional system and the institutions for the retarded.

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Trilha Verde da Maria Fumaça: patrimônio ferroviário e turismo no Vale do Jequitinhonha

Revista Brasileira de Ecoturismo (RBEcotur) ◽

10.34024/rbecotur.2016.v9.6604 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 9 (6) ◽

Author(s):

Rosalia Aparecida Moreira ◽

Hugo Rodrigues Araujo

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Literature Review ◽

Qualitative Analysis ◽

The United States ◽

Local Economy ◽

Community Based ◽

Descriptive Case Study ◽

Practical Applications ◽

Structured Questionnaire

Em 1986, foi criado nos Estados Unidos a Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, entidade sem fins lucrativos com a missão de contribuir para conservação do patrimônio ferroviário, transformando os ramais abandonados em trilhas ferroviárias destinadas, exclusivamente, para caminhantes, ciclistas e cavaleiros. Com essa perspectiva, há 15 anos iniciou-se uma mobilização comunitária para transformar o antigo Ramal Ferroviário Corinto-Diamantina, localizado no Vale do Jequitinhonha/MG, na primeira trilha ferroviária do Brasil, denominada Trilha Verde da Maria Fumaça - TVMF. Além da conservação dos bens ferroviários, a TVMF busca a dinamização da economia local através do Turismo de Base Comunitária. Este artigo corresponde a um estudo de caso da TVMF, de caráter exploratório-descritivo. A pesquisa envolveu revisão bibliográfica e entrevista do gestor da ONG Caminhos da Serra, utilizando questionário semiestruturado. A análise qualitativa dos dados permitiu obter resultados que proporcionam o entendimento sobre a TVMF, contribuem para a abertura da discussão sobre trilhas ferroviárias no Brasil e fornecem informações para subsidiar aplicações práticas em outras ferrovias que se encontram abandonadas. Trilha Verde da Maria Fumaça: railroad heritage and tourism in the Vale do Jequitinhonha (Brazil). In 1986, the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy was created in the United States, a nonprofit organization with a mission to contribute to conservation of the railway heritage, turning extensions abandoned on rails trails, designed exclusively for walkers, cyclists and riders. With this perspective, 15 years ago a community began a mobilization to transform the old Railway Corinto-Diamantina, located in Vale do Jequitinhonha / MG, into the first rail trails in Brazil, called Trilha Verde da Maria Fumaça - TVMF. In addition to the conservation of rail assets, TVMF seeks to stimulate the local economy through the Community Based Tourism. This article is an exploratory and descriptive case study of TVMF. The research involved literature review and interview questions for the manager of the NGO Caminhos da Serra, by using semi-structured questionnaire. Through qualitative analysis of data it was possible to get results that provide an understanding of the TVMF, contribute to opening the discussion about rails trails in Brazil, and provide information to support practical applications in other railways that are abandoned. KEYWORDS: Railway Tourism; Sustainable Tourism; Rails Trails.

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Home and community-based services in the United States

Long-Term Care: Matching Resources and Needs ◽

10.4324/9781351153560-7 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 83-99

Author(s):

Joshua Wiener

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

The United States ◽

Community Based ◽

Community Based Services

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Students on the Rise

Human Rights and Ethics ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-6433-3.ch012 ◽

2015 ◽

pp. 195-213

Author(s):

Elizabeth Bishop

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

New York ◽

Critical Literacy ◽

Urban Youth ◽

Literacy Learning ◽

The United States ◽

Community Based ◽

Immigrant Rights ◽

Undocumented Youth ◽

Ethical Learning

This chapter discusses the recent findings of the Drop Knowledge Project in New York City (DKPNYC). The DKPNYC is a cultural studies research project designed to excavate the discourses of urban youth activism and organizing in relation to critical literacy learning. In this chapter, the authors look at the work of the DKPNYC youth activists around issues related to immigrant rights and educational justice in out-of-school spaces. Amongst the interconnected issues surrounding this work, the youth participants in the DKPNYC all organize around issues related to the struggle of undocumented youth to access quality education in the United States. Data collected from the study is decidedly cross-cultural, with participants articulating visions of themselves and their future in relation to their cultural heritage and their inter-subjective ethical learning. Implications from the study provide insight to educators, researchers, and community-based organizations about educating immigrant youth and others on pressing issues around immigrant learning.

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The Americanization of Mahjong

Mahjong ◽

10.1093/oso/9780190081799.003.0009 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 162-186

Author(s):

Annelise Heinz

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

New York ◽

New York City ◽

Air Force ◽

York City ◽

The United States ◽

Jewish American ◽

Community Based ◽

Domestic Industry ◽

Community Adaptation

During the years of depression, war, and postwar expansion, mahjong evolved in the United States and abroad, creating discrete national, regional, and community forms. In the 1940s, the wives of Air Force officers created their own version, which continued to spread across postwar bases. The most influential community adaptation by far was driven by the National Mah Jongg League. Over the ensuing decades, eventually hundreds of thousands of players, mostly but not exclusively Jewish American women, played their “National” version of the international Chinese game. The changes to the game that the League initiated were enabled by their proximity to the small factories making the tiles. The locus of mahjong manufacturing for the American market moved from China to plastic fabricating shops in New York City. As factories developed in concert with distinctive regional and community-based forms of the game, American mahjong grew into a domestic industry.

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