Future Orientation, Perception of Population Problems and Birth Planning Behavior

A measure of the strength of future orientation in a sample of 350 college students correlated positively with the perceived seriousness of the U.S. and world population problems as well as the likelihood of using a variety of birth control techniques. Correlations were low (.20 to .30).

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U.S. BIRTHCONTROL R&D LAGS

PEDIATRICS ◽

10.1542/peds.88.3.a102 ◽

1991 ◽

Vol 88 (3) ◽

pp. A102-A102

Keyword(s):

Birth Control ◽

Venereal Disease ◽

Pharmaceutical Companies ◽

Institute Of Medicine ◽

Female Sterilization ◽

Control Techniques ◽

Contraceptive Vaccine ◽

Regulatory Climate ◽

New Birth ◽

The U.S

The U.S. has fallen behind other countries in developing contraceptives, depriving Americans of birth control choices available elsewhere, a study by the Institute of Medicine reports. All but one of the major pharmaceutical companies in the U.S. have stopped significant contraceptive research, and new birth control techniques used overseas haven't been cleared for the U.S. market... There are a number of promising contraceptive developments on the horizon, some of which already are in use outside the U.S. These include a contraceptive vaccine, reversible male and female sterilization procedures, long-lasting contraceptives that can be implanted under a woman's skin, new spermicides that help reduce the risk of venereal disease, and new male contraceptives that interfere with the production of sperm. But without new spending on research and a different regulatory climate, Americans will continue to depend on 20-year-old birth control technology, said Luigi Mastroianni Jr., the committee's chairman.

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Population Control I: Birth of an Ideology

International Journal of Health Services ◽

10.2190/bl3n-xajx-0yqb-vqbx ◽

1997 ◽

Vol 27 (3) ◽

pp. 523-540 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Betsy Hartmann

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

International Development ◽

Birth Control ◽

Third World ◽

Population Control ◽

The United States ◽

Central Component ◽

World Population ◽

Birth Control Movement ◽

The U.S

Population control, as a major international development strategy, is a relatively recent phenomenon. However, its origins reach back to social currents in the 19th and early 20th centuries, culminating in an organized birth control movement in Europe and the United States. The conflicts and contradictions in that movement's history presage many of today's debates over population policy and women's rights. Eugenics had a deep influence on the U.S. birth control movement in the first half of the 20th century. After World War II private agencies and foundations played an important role in legitimizing population control as a way to secure Western control over Third World resources and stem political instability. In the late 1960s the U.S. government became a major funder of population control programs overseas and built multilateral support through establishment of the U.N. Fund for Population Activities. At the 1974 World Population Conference, Third World governments challenged the primacy of population control. While their critique led population agencies to change their strategies, population control remained a central component of international development and national security policies in the United States.

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Closeness and Strategic Participation: Does the Relative Closeness of the U.S. Presidential Elections Shape Where College Students Register to Vote?

The Journal of Politics ◽

10.1086/716287 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Jacob M Montgomery ◽

Min Hee Seo

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Presidential Elections ◽

Relative Closeness ◽

The U.S

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What Do Teacher-Education College Students Know about Parental Involvement: A Comparative Study between the U.S. and Israel

Education and Urban Society ◽

10.1177/00131245211026685 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 001312452110266

Author(s):

Yael Fisher ◽

Anne Marie FitzGerald ◽

Amy Olson

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Teacher Education ◽

Preservice Teachers ◽

Parental Involvement ◽

Family Engagement ◽

Teaching Experience ◽

Professional Literature ◽

Ample Evidence ◽

Education College ◽

The U.S

Given that the professional literature provides ample evidence of the importance of parental involvement and its effect on learners’ academic outcomes and positive social/emotional states, the aim of this quantitative study was to understand and compare the perceptions of preservice teachers regarding parental involvement and family engagement in Israel and the U.S. Fisher’s Perception of Parental Involvement Scale (PPIS; Fisher, 2011) was used to survey 469 education-college students: 269 American students and 200 Israeli students. Analysis indicated that the model was a better fit for Israeli students and an acceptable fit for U.S. students. However, in general, Israeli and US students in teaching colleges agreed on many of the components of parental involvement. Some results differed by gender, age, level of education, and prior teaching experience. These results may suggest that the fundamental concepts that constitute the family engagement are not culturally bound, but rather may be common among different cultures and nations. Further research is required to confirm this. Notwithstanding, gaining a general understanding of pre- and in-service teachers’ perceptions regarding parental involvement and family engagement could prompt the colleges to expand their teacher-education programs to better address this important issue.

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Impact of Birth Control Use on Metabolic Syndrome Risk in Female College Students

Current Developments in Nutrition ◽

10.1093/cdn/nzaa043_016 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4 (Supplement_2) ◽

pp. 165-165

Author(s):

Lilah Chase ◽

Jesse Morrell

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Metabolic Syndrome ◽

At Risk ◽

Birth Control ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Female College Students ◽

College Health ◽

Health Providers ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Female College

Abstract Objectives Research suggests birth control (BC) use alters blood lipids in women. The purpose of this study was to examine the differences in metabolic syndrome risk between birth control users vs. nonusers in a sample of female college students, 18–24 years old. Methods Data were collected between 2005–18 from the College Health and Nutrition Assessment Survey, an ongoing, cross-sectional study conducted at a midsized, northeastern university. Anthropometric, biochemical, and clinical measures were obtained in the fasted state and used to determine metabolic syndrome (MetS) prevalence. BC use was self-reported. Proportional differences between BC vs. non-BC users of MetS and individual MetS components were evaluated via chi-square tests. Results Forty-five % of the final sample (n = 6456) reported using BC. MetS (≥3 MetS criteria) was present in 3.9% of students; 16.7% of students had ≥ 2 MetS criteria. BC users vs. nonusers were more likely to have at-risk triglyceride levels (22.4 vs. 11.0%, P < .001) but less likely to have at-risk HDL levels (21.2 vs. 27.7%, P < .001) and abdominal obesity (14.3% vs. 16.4, P < .05). No significant differences were observed in prevalence of elevated blood pressure or glucose between BC users vs. nonusers. Overall, MetS prevalence did not differ between groups (3.8 vs. 3.9%, P = .85). Conclusions Our findings suggest BC use is common and impacts different MetS criteria in college females. College health providers and nutrition educators can utilize research findings to tailor information for female students at risk for MetS and chronic disease. Funding Sources New Hampshire Agriculture Experiment Station and USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture Hatch Project 1,010,738.

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Consumer Attitudes toward the Use of Gene Technology in Breakfast Products: Comparison between College Students from the U.S. and China

Journal of Food Research ◽

10.5539/jfr.v4n6p143 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 4 (6) ◽

pp. 143 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Nanying Wang ◽

Jack E. Houston ◽

Gregory Colson ◽

Zimin Liu

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Consumer Preferences ◽

Genetically Modified ◽

Marketing Strategies ◽

Chinese Market ◽

Developed Country ◽

Information Campaigns ◽

Gm Foods ◽

Survey Results ◽

The U.S

Second-generation Genetically Modified (GM) crops are associated with consumer-oriented benefits such as improvement of nutritional quality. Given such an evolving market environment, this paper presents differences in consumer preferences and valuations for genetically modified breakfast grain products. The perception of consumers from a developing country, China, is discussed and compared to attitudes in a developed country, the U.S. The survey results reveal that there are notable differences in the attitude and perception of college students across these two countries. Purchase intent for GM foods was low, unless a benefit was promised, and some modifications are viewed more positively than others. Overall, it appears that GM foods may be acceptable in the U.S. and Chinese market. The findings in this study have potential implications for establishing various GM marketing strategies and information campaigns.

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Outraged Manhood of Our Age

Sex and the Civil War ◽

10.5149/northcarolina/9781469631271.003.0005 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Judith Giesberg

Keyword(s):

Birth Control ◽

Sexual Expression ◽

Young Men's Christian Association ◽

Cultural Legacies ◽

The U.S

In February 1865, Congress passed the first ever federal antipornography law as a war measure intended to preserve the morality and secure the fighting strength of men serving in the U.S. Army. But the measure also marked the beginning of a postwar surge of legislation protecting morality and marriage and resurrecting a gender order that congressmen believed the war had upset. The Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) and Anthony Comstock lobbied successfully for a follow up measure that became known as the Comstock Law (1873). This law extended the wartime concern for endangered manhood into a series of measures aimed at pornography and restricting women’s access to birth control and abortion. These latter laws remained in place for decades. The instinct to regulate American morality by controlling women’s sexual expression became one of the U.S. Civil War’s longest cultural legacies.

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Overpopulation: Escape to the Stars?

Living within Limits ◽

10.1093/oso/9780195078114.003.0006 ◽

1993 ◽

Author(s):

Garrett Hardin

Keyword(s):

Population Growth ◽

Birth Control ◽

World Population ◽

The Public ◽

Public Meetings ◽

Church Hierarchy ◽

Space Programs ◽

Large Families ◽

Roman Catholics ◽

The Church

"Why worry about too many people on earth when we have the whole universe to expand into? Europe solved its population problems earlier by shipping the excess off to the New World: why can't we continue this process? Already our space programs have pointed the way." This possibility is constantly raised in public meetings and should be taken seriously. So long as there is a glimmer of hope in sidestepping the problem of overpopulation by escaping to the stars, many people will refuse to grapple with the problem of adjusting to earthly limits. In the 1950s a Monsignor Irving A. DeBlanc deplored "an often expressed idea that birth control is the only answer to problems created by a fast-growing world population." Instead of trying to curb population growth, said DeBlanc, we should welcome it and make plans to ship off the excess. Thus we could continue humanity's millennia-old tradition of moving to a new home after making a mess of our old one. We can grant that DeBlanc's intentions were good. They fitted in with his value system: he was the director of the National Catholic Welfare Conference's Family Life Bureau, an organization committed to encouraging large families. Their publicity was addressed principally to Roman Catholics. Some Catholics endorse space migration because the church hierarchy opposes artificial methods of birth control. But we must not forget that science itself has become something of a religion to millions of people. The marvels of technology have brought many people to an uncritical worship of a god called "Progress," which is sometimes equated with perpetual growth. If this means that the control of population growth is immoral there remains only migration to the stars to correct for overpopulation on earth. Thus can theistic and atheistic religions meet at the crossroads of conception. In 1958, four years after the founding of NASA—the National Aeronautics and Space Administration—its congressional guardian, the Science and Astronautics Committee, supported the idea of space migration as an ultimate solution to the problem of a "bursting population." The hired technical staff of NASA no doubt thought poorly of proposals like DeBlanc's; but when an agency is fighting for the space that counts—space at the public trough—its administrators are in no hurry to correct statements that increase the size of their budget.

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