INFORMATION NEEDS FOR PESTICIDE REGISTRATION IN THE UNITED STATES

1997 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 1086-1093 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leslie W. Touart ◽  
Anthony F. Maciorowski
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Information Needs ◽  
The United States ◽  
Pesticide Registration

scholarly journals Pesticide Usage Is Compromising People’s Health in the United States: Ideas for Reducing Damages

Agriculture ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 486
Author(s):  
Terence J. Centner
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Evaluation System ◽  
The United States ◽  
Proactive Approach ◽  
Registration Process ◽  
Synthetic Pesticides ◽  
Pesticide Usage ◽  
Pesticide Registration

The development of synthetic pesticides has provided new tools for addressing troublesome pests. A review of parts of the registration process for pesticides in the United States identifies an outdated evaluation system that undervalues health damages. Registration fails to adequately consider co‑formulants and effects of exposure to multiple chemicals. Frustration with failures to protect people and property from damages accompanying pesticide usage has led injured plaintiffs to resort to tort lawsuits to secure relief. However, litigation involves compensating injured persons after they are injured rather than preventing injury. A more proactive approach would be to prevent situations that injure people. This paper offers four ideas to reduce health damages accompanying pesticide usage. Slight adjustments to pesticide registration requirements can offer greater protection for people’s health.

scholarly journals Envisioning health equity for American Indian/Alaska Natives: a unique HIT opportunity

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (8-9) ◽  
pp. 891-894 ◽  
Author(s):  
Theresa Cullen ◽  
Jan Flowers ◽  
Thomas D Sequist ◽  
Howard Hays ◽  
Paul Biondich ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
American Indian ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Health Equity ◽  
Alaska Native ◽  
Management System ◽  
Information Needs ◽  
Patient Management ◽  
The United States ◽  
Core Mission

Abstract The Indian Health Service provides care to remote and under-resourced communities in the United States. American Indian/Alaska Native patients have some of the highest morbidity and mortality among any ethnic group in the United States. Starting in the 1980s, the IHS implemented the Resource and Patient Management System health information technology (HIT) platform to improve efficiency and quality to address these disparities. The IHS is currently assessing the Resource and Patient Management System to ensure that changing health information needs are met. HIT assessments have traditionally focused on cost, reimbursement opportunities, infrastructure, required or desired functionality, and the ability to meet provider needs. Little information exists on frameworks that assess HIT legacy systems to determine solutions for an integrated rural healthcare system whose end goal is health equity. This search for a next-generation HIT solution for a historically underserved population presents a unique opportunity to envision and redefine HIT that supports health equity as its core mission.

The Ecosystems of Localism

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Ali
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Information Needs ◽  
The United States ◽  
Local News ◽  
Cultural Sovereignty ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Local Media

This chapter analyzes attempts in Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom to evaluate their respective local media ecosystems. It begins by defining ecosystem and discusses the importance of ecosystem thinking when considering local news and local media within a specific geographic community. The case studies here include the FCC’s Information Needs of Communities report from 2010 (the “Waldman Report”), Ofcom’s Local and Regional Media report from 2009, and Canada’s Our Cultural Sovereignty Report (the “Lincoln Report”) from 2003. The chapter both laments the lack of attention given these reports, and argues for the importance of thinking holistically about local media especially when it comes to encouraging local news.

Plant Biosecurity in the United states: Roles, Responsibilities, and Information Needs

BioScience ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 59 (10) ◽  
pp. 875-884 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roger D. Magarey ◽  
Manuel Colunga-Garcia ◽  
Daniel A. Fieselmann
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Information Needs ◽  
The United States ◽  
Plant Biosecurity

Information Needs in Prisons and Jails: A Discourse Analytic Approach

Libri ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 66 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Debbie Rabina ◽  
Emily Drabinski ◽  
Laurin Paradise
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Information Needs ◽  
The United States ◽  
Analytic Approach ◽  
Department Of Justice ◽  
The Us

AbstractAccording to the most recent statistics by the US Department of Justice (“Correctional Populations in the United States, 2014,” accessed September 25, 2016 at

International Students’ Information Needs and Seeking Behaviours throughout the Settlement Stages

Libri ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 67 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
JungWon Yoon ◽  
EunKyung Chung
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
International Students ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Information Needs ◽  
The United States ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Academic Goals ◽  
Interview Survey ◽  
Students Success

AbstractFor international students who need to settle down to new environments, the information they use in their everyday life plays an important role. This study is aimed at understanding international students’ information needs and information-seeking behaviours within their campus and everyday life, throughout the settlement stages. An interview survey, which asked about international students’ information behaviours for critical incidents during three settlement stages, was conducted. At the pre-arrival and settlement stages, most of the international students’ information needs were related to their daily rather than their academic or campus life, and people (relatives/friends) in the United States and the Internet were their main sources of information. As they began to settle down, their information needs and sources of information became diverse; social media use was especially noticeable after they settled down. At the pre-arrival stage, their information needs were broad, and their satisfaction with Internet search experiences was relatively low. However, as they settled down in the United States, their information needs became specific, and they felt more confident with search experiences. In order to support international students’ success in meeting academic goals, it seems that it is necessary to provide them with everyday life information that could help them settle down and adjust to a new country.

Expanding the NCI Health Information National Trends Survey From the United States to China and Beyond: Examining the Influences of Consumer Health Information Needs and Practices on Local and Global Health

2017 ◽  
Vol 94 (2) ◽  
pp. 515-525 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary L. Kreps ◽  
Guoming Yu ◽  
Xiaoquan Zhao ◽  
Sylvia Wen-Ying Chou ◽  
Bradford Hesse
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Global Health ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Research Program ◽  
Information Needs ◽  
The United States ◽  
Consumer Health ◽  
National Trends ◽  
Health Promotion Interventions ◽  
International Research Program

The Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS) is a major source for data about the U.S. public’s access to and use of health information. A collaboration has been established between the United States and China to conduct the HINTS survey in China, under the auspices of the Chinese Ministry of Health. Pilot data have been collected in two major Chinese cities. The HINTS-China research will guide evidence-based health promotion interventions across China. This exciting international research program opens the door to expanding the HINTS research program to many other countries around the world to help promote global health.

Is Native Crayfish Conservation a Priority for United States and Canadian Fish and Wildlife Agencies?

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-36
Author(s):  
Cheyenne E. Stratton ◽  
Robert J. DiStefano
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Information Needs ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
The United States ◽  
Freshwater Ecosystems ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Status ◽  
A Priority ◽  
Taxonomic Groups ◽  
Native Crayfish

Abstract Crayfish are key organisms in freshwater ecosystems across the United States (USA) and Canada, yet are among their most highly imperiled taxonomic groups. In 1996, a committee of prominent USA crayfish biologists warned of a crayfish imperilment plight and neglect of the fauna by natural resources agencies. It is unclear whether crayfish conservation has been prioritized by those agencies in the intervening decades. Our objective was to evaluate the status of crayfish conservation and management in 50 USA and 13 Canadian fish and wildlife agencies through a telephone survey. Fifty-one percent of agencies employed biologists to conduct crayfish work, mostly in the southern USA, and focused on threats (e.g., invasive species) or species’ distributions and conservation status. Of the 32 agencies working on crayfish, 59% considered them a priority, but 53% acknowledged insufficient funding. The most commonly cited information needs were threats, species compositions (native and introduced), distributions, conservation status assessments, and ecology. We report an encouraging but limited increase in agencies working on crayfish over the past two decades.

Program Evaluation

Education ◽  
2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jody Fitzpatrick
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Program Evaluation ◽  
Information Needs ◽  
Formative Evaluation ◽  
Evaluation Studies ◽  
Social Science Research ◽  
Science Research ◽  
The United States ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
To Come

Program evaluation involves making use of social science research methods to judge the quality of a program or policy. It typically is designed to provide information to program stakeholders, including funders; public administrators and policymakers; program managers, deliverers, and clients; or citizens in general, about a program and its quality. The purpose may be to help plan a program (needs assessment), to improve an existing program (formative evaluation), or to determine whether to continue or expand a program (summative evaluation). Program evaluation emerged in the United States with Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society and emerged in most European countries in the 1980s. Australia, New Zealand, and Canada have also been leaders in evaluation work. In the United States, most professional evaluators come from education and psychology. In Europe, and some other countries, evaluators are more likely to come from the fields of political science and economics. These differences in disciplinary training interact with and influence the choice of programs to evaluate and the methods used in evaluation studies. Today, pressures for accountability and transparency have led to an expansion of evaluation around the world. Evaluation associations are emerging in Asia (Asia Pacific Evaluation Association, or APEA, 2012), Africa (African Evaluation Association, or AfrEA, 1999), and South America, with several regional and national associations. Evaluators differ from researchers in that they work with a client to define information needs and collect data to meet those needs making use of qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods as appropriate to the issues being addressed. Current issues in the field include a focus on outcomes, randomized control trials (RCTs), the role of evaluators in pursuing social justice, involving others in evaluation, building organizations’ and countries’ capacity for evaluation, and, a long-term concern, maximizing the use of evaluations.

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