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Comparing the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative to Western Development Finance
No full textThe aim of this paper is to bring some nuance to the discourse surrounding the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative. The central question is, “Does China provide a better alternative to aid-based development finance?” To answer this question, one must be aware of the contemporary aid effectiveness debate, know the history of development finance, and understand the impacts of the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative. Foreign aid from the West mainly consists of grants and concessional loans for improving humanitarian conditions. The Belt and Road Initiative takes a business approach by lending to countries to improve infrastructure, mainly for increased trade. By summarizing the aid effectiveness debate and comparing the history of Western aid to the Belt and Road Initiative, I highlight the similarities and differences between Chinese and Western development finance
The Development of LGBTQ+ Rights in the Balkan Region: What Went Wrong: An Analysis of Generational Trauma through the Ethnic Albanian Experience
No full textOver the course of the twentieth century, the Balkan region of Europe has faced a number of manmade atrocities. An aggregate of brutal circumstances and events has periodically exposed the regions’ communities to numerous human rights abuses, such as exploitative totalitarian dictatorships, horrific war crimes, and mass genocide. While many scholars have examined how these contexts have led the region to the political and economic state it is in today, the question of how these events have affected human rights and mental health for the lives of people in marginalized communities has been less thoroughly studied. The LGBTQ+ community, in particular, has long experienced societal and systematic discrimination throughout the Balkan region. The state of systemic equality varies country by country, though social tolerance is a challenge continuously faced by the overall community in the region. There is plenty of worthwhile research on the status and evolution of human rights in the Balkans, (see, e.g., ILGA “Annual Review\u27\u27) as well as an already significant amount of scholarship on the histories of its countries. Using the example of ethnic Albanians, this paper will ask if there is a correlation between societal trauma and the stagnation of human rights progression, including LGBTQ+ rights.  
Pride and Prejudice: The Struggles of Finding Identity in Asian and Latino Immigrant Women in Professional and Political Domains
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Book Review: From Revolution to Power in Brazil Reviewed by Lucas de Souza Martins
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Analysis of Timely Access to Healthcare and Difficulty Procuring Specialist Care Among Children with and without Anxiety or Depression Disorders
No full textBackground: To examine disparities to access preventive care and specialist care in children with anxiety or depression disorders.
Methods: The population of interest was extracted from the National Survey of Children’s Health 2011/2012 (NSCH 2011/12) data set. The sample included children (0-17 years old) and their caregivers who completed the survey. Data were analyzed from February 2011 to June 2012. Outcome variables included reports for missed or delayed care, and problems procuring specialist care based on parental response to interview questions. Covariates included child/caregiver demographics, insurance status, household employment, and poverty levels.
Findings: A total of 85 536 records were extracted from the NSCH 2011/12 data set. The covariate-adjusted odds (also adjusted as necessary using the correct sampling methods suggested by the NSCH) of having delayed or missed care for a child with anxiety or depression were 2.26 (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.83-2.79, p<0.001) times higher than a child without anxiety or depression. The covariate-adjusted odds of the caregiver reporting problems procuring specialist care for a child with anxiety or depression were 1.66 (95% CI, 1.45-1.88, p<0.001) times higher than a child without these diagnoses.
Conclusions: Children with anxiety or depression are less likely to obtain timely preventive care and have problems procuring specialist care. These findings highlight a disparity that requires the attention of healthcare providers and outreach programs
