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Perceived Need for Care and the Treatment Gap in Military Populations
Get PDFVeterans face many mental health challenges after deployment, including serious mental illness and problematic alcohol use (Hoge et al., 2014). Research shows that there is a discrepancy between the number of personnel with a probable need for treatment and the number seeking and receiving treatment (Hoge et al., 2004). While many impediments to care have been researched (e.g., Britt et al., 2008; Graziano & Elbogen, 2017; Kim et al., 2011; Olmsted et al., 2011; Pietrzak et al., 2009; Wright et al., 2009), perceived need for treatment is an important issue that warrants further empirical exploration. Military personnel may be particularly prone to misjudged perceptions of need for treatment (Vogt, Fox, & Di Leone, 2014). Studies have shown that misjudged need for treatment can impact treatment seeking (e.g., Andrade et al., 2014; Graziano & Elbogen, 2017; Larson et al., 2012; Spoont et al., 2014; Stecker, Fortney, Hamilton, & Ajzen, 2007; Vogt et al., 2014; Warner et al., 2008). This study explored perceived need for treatment for the domains of alcohol, post-traumatic stress disorder, and marital problems in military personnel. Supporting prior literature, more service members indicated problems in these domains than recognized a need for treatment. Additionally, there were several significant moderators of the relationship between probable and perceived need for care, including age, race, military branch, and exposure to combat. In an extension of prior research, Veterans did express mild interest in treatment, and, more critically, perceived need for care moderated the relationship between probable need and interest in treatment for all of the domains. This study fills gaps in the literature by further exploring the impact of perceived need for care on interest in treatment
The Torch: Suffolk University College of Arts & Sciences Honors Program Newsletter, no. 9, Summer 2020
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Institutional Framework for Open Space Conservation
No full textFinding an effective approach to conserve large-scale, multipurpose open spaces through a coordinated network across jurisdictional boundary lines has proved elusive. Because open space infrastructure serves so many functions ranging from recreational trails to ecological systems protection, decision makers have often treated open space as a subpart of another activity and overlooked its importance. After discussing the benefits of open space conservation, this article analyzes the impediments to its realization. Noting the institutional fragmentation that surrounds open space conservation, the article discusses the governmental and private sector bodies that implement actions designed to achieve it. The article argues that open space conservation should be institutionalized on a watershed basis, which most likely covers a geographical area of regional scope crossing a number of local government boundary lines. Thus, the protection of open and green spaces can best be effectuated by a regional governance structure involving collaboration and coordination among state and local governments and the private sector. The federal government can incentivize intergovernmental natural resource protection by making regionally based open space planning a condition for the receipt of federal funds just as it does in the transportation funding realm. Too often governmental officials have marginalized open space conservation efforts by failing to allocate necessary resources for this purpose. The protection of distinct areas of the natural landscape from development provides essential ecological benefits; accordingly, this green space should be treated as vital public infrastructure created and maintained for the public good
Slicing (and Transferring) Development
Get PDFThis symposium essay applies insights from Professor Lee Fennell’s Slices and Lumps: Division and Aggregation in Law and Life to two distinct issues in zoning and land use regulation. The first is the use of transferable development rights (TDRs). TDRs provide an ideal vehicle for considering the interaction of slices and lumps, the advantages (and disadvantages) of both slicing and aggregating entitlements, and the relationship between what might be termed naturally occurring lumps and the artificial lumps created by law. The conceptual framework developed in Slices and Lumps also sheds light on recent high-profile zoning reforms and the potential for further reform./= / \u3e/= / \u3eSlicing, transferring, and aggregating development rights and recalibrating the scale or unit at which we apply density restrictions can enable new development and increase housing supply. They offer mechanisms for preserving a desirable variety of old and new structures and uses in urban neighborhoods by reducing development pressures on individual lots. At the same time, allowing the addition of new dwelling units to existing single-family lots minimally reconfigures existing lumps in a manner that may not upset the expectations of neighbors grown accustomed to the lumps next door and that may, in the aggregate, also make a significant contribution to the supply of housing. Slices and Lumps provides a rich and rewarding framework for thinking about the costs and benefits of these and other reconfigurations of our existing land uses and their regulatory regimes
Jamaica Plain Committee on Central America Collection (MS103), 1982‐2001: A Finding Aid
Get PDFThe Jamaica Plain Committee on Central America (JPCOCA), a grassroots organization from Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts lobbied Congressman Joe Moakley in the 1980s to help Salvadoran refugees gain legal status in the United States. The collection, which spans from 1982-2001, includes correspondence, news clippings and office files that document the committee’s involvement in raising awareness of the Salvadoran refugee issue, their interactions with Congressman Moakley and how they achieved their goal of helping Salvadoran refugees in America
How Does a Higher Minimum Wage Affect the Economy?
Get PDFThis paper collected and collated data from multiple governmental sources as well as other research studies and written sources to examine whether raising the minimum wage from 7.25 would affect the economy and if it does—how drastically. Data collected from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Department of Labor, A Guide to Cost Benefit Analysis by Edward Gramlich, etc. This data was then collated into an easily comparable and viewable form. Then it was put into Stata and run through various regressions to determine the impact of the minimum wage on the factors of unemployment and income per capita. I predicted that the impact on unemployment and income per capita by raising the federal minimum wage would be large. My regressions proved that the minimum wage does affect unemployment, unemployment does not drive the minimum wage however, and that the income per capita of a state is significantly affected by an increase in the minimum wage. This proves my hypothesis partially true, but more data retrieval and analysis need to be done in order to provide more definitive answers
#DreamCrazy and #BoycottNike: A Content Analysis of the Twitter Debate
Get PDFIn 2016, NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick knelt for the national anthem in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement. A less than two-minute action galvanized a brand-new movement in the United States. Two years after losing his NFL contract, Nike endorsed Kaepernick and produced the controversial “Dream Crazy” advertising campaign. The initial advertisement launched on Twitter, shared first by Kaepernick with the #DreamCrazy hashtag. There was a substantial amount of discussion about this campaign through the hashtags #DreamCrazy and the counter-campaign #BoycottNike on Twitter. This paper presents a content analysis that examines the tone and support of the initial campaign and the counter-campaign on the Twitter platform
A Sanctuary for Holistic Wellness and Fulfillment
No full textMillennials are leading a wellness revolution as a means of achieving a work-life balance. There is a growing fascination with self-improvement, community and self actualization. From alternative, social workouts to meditation and mindfulness, this generation is choosing to invest their time and money in their overall well-being