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Vol. 4, No. 6 June 2000 |
Support Services for Incarcerated and Released NonCustodial Parents
by Heidi Sachs
The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA) includes critical child support provisions that emphasize the importance of holding parents accountable for the financial support of their children. The law required states to strengthen their child support enforcement programs, develop more aggressive enforcement techniques, and adopt additional provisions that give uniformity to state collection and processing efforts. Such efforts have led to a record rate of collections. For example, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2.8 million parents delinquent in child support payments were found in fiscal 1999 through the National Directory of New Hires. This figure is more than double the number found the previous year. For more information on the child support provisions of PRWORA, see the Welfare Information Networks Resources for Welfare Decisions "Innovations in Child Support Enforcement as a Result of PRWORA," at http://www.welfareinfo.org/sachsmarch.htm, and its Issue Note, "Child Support and Welfare Reform," at http://www.welfareinfo.org/yates2.htm.
In light of these stringent enforcement techniques, it is important to recognize the plight of noncustodial parents who are being released from prison. They are often poor, homeless, and struggling to support themselves. Many of these parents have child support arrearages and support orders larger than they can reasonably manage, which compounds their difficulties. Despite an obvious reduction in earning ability when a parent goes to prison, child support orders often are not modified when a parent is incarcerated. Consequently, when a parent is released, there is typically a huge gap between the amount that is owed and the amount that the parent is able to pay.
Many of these parents have multiple needs that must be met before they can reasonably support their children. Many lack job skills, communication skills, and education. They may also need counseling to cope with substance abuse, anger management, and mental health problems. In addition, these parents often do not understand their rights and obligations under the child support system, and may need help with issues relating to access and visitation, arrearages, and the modification of support orders. Finally, in many cases, these parents had little contact with their children prior to incarceration, making it difficult for them to feel responsible for their children upon release.
This Issue Note addresses what populations these programs should target, the support services that should be provided, and where and when these services can be most beneficial.
Policy Questions
Why is there a need to develop programs and provide services to help noncustodial parents who have recently been released from prison?
Quite often, low-income noncustodial parents are released from prison with no assets or savings, and without the job skills necessary to secure employment. At the same time, they are expected to resume their child support payments immediately upon release from prison. Without help, many of these parents are unable to find jobs and, therefore, unable to help support their families. Further, if obligors are unable to pay child support, they may be forced to return to prison.The plight of noncustodial parents is particularly pressing because of their sheer number. According to the Federal Bureau of Justice Statistics, an estimated 1.7 million children in the United States have an imprisoned father, and the number continues to increase. Furthermore, according to some estimates, the combined number of children with parents in prison, on parole, and on probation is close to 5 million. Although some of these fathers will remain in prison throughout their childrens lives, others can play a meaningful role in their childrens economic and emotional well-being.
Because of the strict child support provisions of PRWORA, states must focus on how they can help incarcerated and released noncustodial parents become economically self-sufficient. Assisting these parents is also important because many of their children live in families that have low incomes or that are receiving Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). Child support payments can contribute dramatically to the economic status of poor children and may even help lift a family out of poverty.
In addition, many studies have shown that father involvement enhances childrens mental and physical well-being. Fathers who cannot provide for their children financially and emotionally also tend to have less contact with their children than other fathers. Therefore, it is essential that noncustodial parents are taught the importance of father involvement. Parenting classes that teach parental responsibility and child development, in prison and upon release, can encourage fathers to play meaningful roles in their childrens lives. For more information on father-child relationships refer to the Welfare Information Networks Issue Note "Father-Child Relationships in Welfare Reform," at http://www.welfareinfo.org/fatheris.htm.
How can a flexible state child support collection system be designed while following the federal guidelines? In most states, child support payments and the interest on arrearages accrue while a noncustodial parent is incarcerated. This means that released prisoners typically face large child support obligations, which may overwhelm them and discourage any efforts to resume support. Furthermore, unreasonably high child support orders can push obligors further away from the formal child support enforcement system and their children. Under TANF, states have considerable flexibility to develop programs to collect and encourage child support payments. State child support enforcement offices may choose to modify child support orders so that low-income noncustodial parents are only required to pay what they can afford. In some jurisdictions, noncustodial parents can pay small amounts in child support each month, such as $20 or $50. However, it is important to note that the modification of support orders while a parent is incarcerated is usually up to a judges discretion. Many judges view time in prison as voluntary unemployment and are unwilling to lower the payments. Moreover, modification can be a time-consuming and burdensome process for people unfamiliar with the child support system. Therefore, in addition to enacting policies that provide for very low support orders, state child support enforcement offices may want to help fathers navigate through the court administrative process.
What kinds of services can be provided to noncustodial parents to prepare them to pay child support upon release?
Fathers who are unable to pay child support are sometimes difficult to find. The prison system is in a unique position of knowing the whereabouts of a father and to encourage, if not require, him to work with the court system and the child support enforcement agency. Correction systems may want to target fathers with support obligations, both in regard to employability and parenting, including their child support responsibilities.Some prison systems have curricula that teach prisoners the skills they will need to secure a job and pay child support upon release from prison. Instruction can be given on how to cooperate with the custodial parent emotionally and financially, and how to work within the child support enforcement system. Prison systems can also offer education and training and classes in job preparation, conflict resolution, and reintegration into society. Basic life skills training can include instruction on how to balance a check book and open a savings account.
Entities that work with this population can also offer classes in parenting skills to obligors. Many of the fathers grew up in fatherless households, so they may need to learn and feel they have the skills and ability to be responsible parents. Programs could focus on child development, child rearing, responsible parenting, communication, conflict resolution, and anger management. These skills are critical to a noncustodial parents self-sufficiency and ability to pay child support.
Which entities should be involved in assisting felons?
Several entities can help parents make the transition from the criminal justice system to free society and assist them in achieving self-sufficiency. They include departments of corrections, offices of child support enforcement, human service agencies, community colleges, community-based organizations, and faith-based organizations. Although all of these entities can provide services, special attention needs to be paid to how they should work together.Departments of corrections can offer education to inmates on child support, child rearing, and employment and training. These agencies can also facilitate visitations between inmates and their families. Some prison systems offer informational sessions on child support in conjunction with local offices of child support enforcement. Finally, some corrections departments refer parents to community-based agencies that can provide parents with more comprehensive services upon their release from prison.
Local offices of child support enforcement can work with inmates during the pre-release and post-release stages. Staff can provide educational sessions on how to navigate the child support system, what paternity establishment means, why it is in the fathers best interests to comply with child support enforcement, and how to have a support order modified. Other sessions can focus on issues related to access and visitation. Child support enforcement offices can offer similar services to parents upon their release from prison. They can also refer parents to community-based organizations for services.
Community-based organizations are the entities that work most frequently with fathers who have been released from prison. These organizations can offer services such as education and training, job search assistance, classes on child development, assistance with parenting and communication skills, and legal advice and support. A community-based group can also act as a liaison to the child support agency by helping fathers navigate the child support system and educating them on how to work with the custodial parent and how to be responsible parents. For more information on the role of community-based organizations in helping fathers, see the Welfare Information Networks Resources for Welfare Decisions "Collaborations with Community-Based Organizations to Promote Responsible Fatherhood," http://www.welfareinfo.org/heidiresourceoct.htm.
How can programs for currently and formerly incarcerated noncustodial parents be funded? No single federal agency specifically allocates funds to serve this population. However, multiple state agencies, including departments of labor, child support enforcement agencies, departments of corrections, and human service agencies, can develop programs for incarcerated fathers to assist them in meeting child support payments. Other funding may come from the Workforce Investment Act, private philanthropies, and foundations.
Funded by the U.S. Department of Labors Employment and Training Administration, several of the Welfare-to-Work grantees targeted low-income noncustodial parents.
Some state TANF plans specify that TANF funds cannot be used for incarcerated parents. However, other states may use TANF dollars to fund programs that assist this population so long as the services comply with the purposes of TANF. Funding is allowable under two purposes of the welfare reform legislation: to end the dependence of needy parents on government benefits by promoting job preparation, work, and marriage; and to encourage the formation and maintenance of two-parent families. For more information on the use of TANF dollars, refer to the Administration for Children and Families "Guide on Funding Services for Children and Families Through the TANF Program," at http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/ofa/funds2.htm.
The Center on Fathers, Families and Public Policy is studying the effects and the frequency of aggressive and punitive child support policies on noncustodial fathers. It is looking specifically at the experiences of fathers who have been in prison for nonpayment of child support in Dane County, Wisconsin. Through anecdotal evidence, the center has found that many fathers are being arrested for nonpayment of support despite the fact that they may not understand the child support system and may not have the money to pay child support. The center also is examining issues related to finding a job when an obligor has a felony conviction because of nonpayment of support. Although only in the initial stage of research, the center is planning to use these findings to develop a case model and write a policy brief. Contact: Rebecca May, 608/257-3148.
The Center for Policy Research (CPR) is conducting an evaluation of the Colorado Work and Family Center, a community-based organization in Denver that provides support services to formerly imprisoned noncustodial parents. CPR also is collecting extensive information on the programs participants and analyzing whether efforts to lower support orders and work with parents on arrearage amounts help increase child support payments. The first report will be published in September; a longer report will be published in fall 2001. Contact: Jessica Pearson, 303/837-1555.
The Fragile Families and Child Well-Being Study is an ongoing project that is studying unwed parents, out-of-wedlock births, and public policies for children in fragile families. In the near future, the study hopes to investigate linkages among fathers incarceration, their economic status, and family relationships. Contact : Irwin Garfinkel, principal investigator, 212/854-8489 or email@example.com; or Sara McLanahan, principal investigator, 609/258-4875, or firstname.lastname@example.com
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Colorado - The Work and Family Center provides services to help ex-offenders reintegrate into society. The center helps noncustodial parents find jobs, connect with their children, and connect with other community agencies. In addition, a child support worker on staff helps the noncustodial parents manage their child support obligations.
With funding from the Colorado Office of Child Support Enforcement and Office of Corrections, the center also helps incarcerated parents understand their obligations under the child support enforcement system. A family law attorney visits corrections facilities throughout the state to work with prisoners at the pre-release state. His work in the prisons includes co-facilitating a presentation on child support and family formation with a person from the Office of Child Support Enforcement. Together they provide father-friendly informational sessions to inmates about their rights and responsibilities within the child support system, including why they must pay child support and how they can avoid problems. They also provide inmates with the necessary forms for support order review and modification as well as encourage fathers to petition for modification of their support orders. Currently, the Office of Child Support Enforcement is trying to determine whether there should be a statewide policy on the modification of child support payments when a low-income noncustodial parent is incarcerated.
The family law attorney also works with fathers who have been released from prison. He works specifically on parental visitation issues, such as re-establishing contact with the children and setting up a reintegration plan. In addition, he has established a nonprofit organization, the Parents Legal Resource Group, to provide legal counseling to fathers and draft administrative forms for the courts. Contact: Chris Hardaway, 303/989-5293.
The Colorado Office of Child Support Enforcement also is working with the Department of Corrections to enable prisoners can use money from personal inmate accounts to pay child support. (Inmate accounts are personal accounts set up for each prisoner to buy basic goods, such as toiletries and snacks. Friends and family may deposit money into these accounts). Although the sum may only add up to a few dollars each month, program managers hope such a system will cultivate payers and send the message to parents that incarceration does not mitigate their child support responsibilities. Finally, upon prisoners release, the Office of Child Support Enforcement refers them to the Work and Family Center. Contact Robert Conklin, Paternity Operations Unit, Colorado Office of Child Support Enforcement, 720/947-5030.
Illinois - At 24 prisons, the Division of Child Support Enforcement of the Illinois Department of Public Aid and the Illinois Department of Corrections offer imprisoned fathers with child support cases the opportunity to acknowledge paternity. The program has resulted in almost 2,000 paternity establishments. As an extension of this Paternity Establishment Prison Project, the Division of Child Support Enforcement also refers parents to community-based organizations that can help them with employment services, job training, and responsible parenting. In addition, the division works to decrease monthly child support payments so the payments are more manageable. Before an order can be modified, parents must first notify the division and document that they are working with a community-based organization and trying to find work. Contact: Joseph Mason, Division of Child Support Enforcement, 312/793-8217.
Lousiana - Project Return is a program at Tulane University that teaches former inmates to survive in society by helping them overcome addiction problems and master academic, communication, and coping skills. Participants spend almost 40 hours per week in classes to obtain their high school equivalency diplomas, learn how to resolve conflicts, and receive job training and placement assistance. Project Return also runs a workshop on "community building" in which participants work together to become a community. This helps them cope with stress and anger and develop communication and interpersonal skills. The program also emphasizes addiction treatment and counseling. Project Return also helps participants find and maintain employment. Convicted felons have the highest risk for unemployment in New Orleans, but two thirds of graduates of Project Return since 1994 are employed.
Due in part to project returning, Louisiana has a recidivism rate of 37.5 percent within the first six months of release from prison and 75 percent after six months. The Bureau of Justice Assistances Division of Correctional Options has called Project Return the nations most successful prison after-care program. Visit http://www.projectreturn.com/ for more information.
Maryland - Mens Services, a project of the Center for Fathers, Families and Workforce Development, is a community-based fatherhood program that works with fathers who have been in prison. Operating throughout Baltimore City, the program helps the men understand the child support system, offers job training and employment services, and helps the men secure drivers licenses. Mens Services is looking to integrate its program with the Maryland Transitions Center, a state program that works with prisoners who recently have been released.
The Center for Fathers, Families and Workforce Development also has developed a six-week program for incarcerated fathers that will include a child support component. Program managers will teach inmates their rights under the child support enforcement system and educate them on the importance of making payments. The center is currently waiting for the Maryland Department of Corrections to approve this model, which will also include an evaluation mechanism.
In addition, the center has developed a program in partnership with the Maryland Division of Child Support Enforcement to work on debt leveraging. The program will work with fathers coming out of prison who owe high amounts of back child support to have a portion of their child support arrearages forgiven. The program is set for implementation in July 2000. Contact: Malcolm Smith, Center for Fathers, Families and Workforce Development, 410/367-5691.
Pennsylvania - Long Distance Dads is a component of The Fathers Workshop, a program that works to meet the needs of fathers and their families. Long Distance Dads was developed in collaboration with the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections at the State Correctional Institution at Albion. It seeks to help incarcerated men develop the skills they need to become more involved and supportive fathers. The program develops and provides training and curriculum for incarcerated individuals, community-based organizations, state-based organizations, shelters, parole officers, corrections boards, and child support offices that work with fathers who are being released from prison. Specifically, Long Distance Dads works with state-based agencies to teach them how to better utilize community-based organizations in mens transition from jail to mainstream society. The program works to empower fathers to assume emotional, moral, spiritual, psychological and financial responsibility for their children, both during their incarceration and upon their release from prison. Contact: The Fathers Workshop at http://www.thefathersworkshop.org.
Texas - PATCH (Papas and Their Children), a program in a transitional jail facility within the San Antonio Jail, offers daily educational classes for inmates. The classes address behavior modification, substance abuse prevention, parenting, nutrition, and anger management. PATCH also includes a child support component; a professional from the San Antonio Attorney Generals Office visits the jail to teach the inmates about child support. Issues addressed include how to adhere to the rules and regulations of child support enforcement and why parents may want to do so. The program serves approximately 70 inmates at a time, and has been in operation since 1993. Contact: Aisa Camero, MATCH/PATCH Program Coordinator, 210/270-6330.
Wisconsin - The Center on Fathers, Families and Public Policy (CFFPP) provides technical assistance to the Madison Fatherhood Program, a community-based initiative that works with formerly incarcerated fathers. CFFPP staff provide informational sessions about the child support system to the participating fathers. The Legal Assistance Project at CFFPP also has published question-and-answer booklets that provide state-specific legal information about fatherhood and child support for low-income non-custodial fathers in California, Illinois, Maryland, and Wisconsin. Contact: Jacquelyn Boggess, 608/257-3148.
The Family and Corrections Network (FCN) offers information on children of prisoners, parenting programs for prisoners, prison visiting, incarcerated fathers and mothers, hospitality programs, keeping in touch with families, returning to the community, the impact of the justice system on families, and prison marriage. In collaboration with the National Practitioners Network for Fathers and Families Inc., FCN is hosting a conference this September titled "The North American Conference on Fathers Behind Bars and on the Streets." The conference will explore practice, research, and policy issues related to fathers who live in the community and those who are incarcerated in local, state, and federal corrections institutions. Contact: Jim Mustin, firstname.lastname@example.com, 32 Oak Grove Road, Palmyra, VA 22963.
The focus of this paper is on programs and policies to help non-custodial parents become self-sufficient and pay child support. However, it is important to note that many states also have broader reintegration programs for people in the pre- and post-release stages. Such programs help former convicts readapt to society and aim to reduce recidivism.
Volunteers of America has a reintegration component that aims to teach former offenders how to live within the law and make the transition from prison to the community. The organization operates 66 correctional programs; 53 of these programs are residential programs. In 1997, Volunteers of America served more than 19,000 individuals in correctional programs in 18 states. It strives to provide professional rehabilitation, giving prisoners the social, spiritual, and vocational tools they need to be responsible, accountable members of society. Contact: Ron Field, 703/341-5000.
For More Information...
Center for Fathers, Families and Workforce Development, Malcolm Smith, 410/367-5691.
Center for Law and Social Policy, Vicky Turetsky, 202/328-5140; or http://www.clasp.org.
Center for Policy Research, Jessica Pearson, 303/837-1555.
Center on Fathers, Families, and Public Policy, 608/257-3148.
C.S. Mott Foundation, Lorin Harris, 810/238-8152; or http://www.mott.org.
Family and Corrections Network, http://www.fcnetwork.org.
Institute for Responsible Fatherhood and Family Revitalization, 202/293-4420.
National Center on Fathers and Families, Wayne Salter, 215/573-5500; or http://www.ncoff.gse.upenn.edu/
National Practitioners Network for Fathers, Preston Garrison, 202/737-6680, ext. 203 or firstname.lastname@example.com; http://www.npnff.org. http://www.npnff.org.
Bernard, Stanley, and Jane Knitzer. Map and Track: State Initiatives to Encourage Responsible Fatherhood. New York, New York: National Center for Children in Poverty, 1999. Available at http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/dept/nccp/MT99text.html. or call 212/304-7126.
Brenner, Eric. "Fathers in Prison: A Review of the Data." Philadelphia, PA: National Center on Fathers and Families, 1998. Available at http://fatherfamilylink.gse.upenn.edu/org/ncoff/briefs/brennerbrief.pdf.
Finn, Peter. Chicagos Safer Foundation: A Road Back for Ex-Offenders. Philadelphia, Pa.: Abt Associates, June 1998. http://www.abtassociates.com/reports/criminal-justice/chicago-safer.pdf. "The Delaware Department of Correction Life Skills Program." August 1998. Available at http://www.abtassociates.com/reports/criminal-justice/delawaredepartment.pdf.
"Orange County, Florida, Jail Educational and Vocational Programs." December 1997. Available at http://www.abtassociates.com/reports/criminal-justice/orangecounty.pdf.
"Successful Job Placement For Ex-Offenders: The Center for Employment Opportunities." March 1998. Available at http://www.abtassociates.com/reports/criminal-justice/successful.pdf.
"Texas Project RIO (Re-Integration of Offenders)." June 1998. Available at http://www.abtassociates.com/reports/criminal-justice/texas-rio.pdf.
"Washington States Corrections Clearinghouse: A Comprehensive Approach to Offender Employment Program Focus." July 1999. Available at http://www.abtassoc.com/reports/criminal justicewashington.pdf.
Forthcoming: Pearson, Jessica. "Model Programs for Incarcerated and Released Obligors." Design Brief (August 2000). Welfare Information Network, Washington, D.C. This brief discusses the goals of programs for incarcerated parents and provides technical assistance on developing these programs.
The Welfare Information Network is supported by grants from the Annie E. Casey Foundation, the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation, the Ford Foundation, the Woods Fund of Chicago, the Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and the U.S. Department of Labor
The Making Wages Work website and accompanying list serve are dedicated
to encouraging the discussion and promotion of policies and programs such as the Earned Income Tax Credit, work incentives, the minimum wage, food stamps, unemployment insurance, and child support that supplement income and wages in order to help families escape poverty and avoid welfare dependency.
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yes portrait packs+shield packs+ruler customizer+the old gods+the republic+legacy of rome+sword of islam the music packs are meh --- http://www.anime-planet.com/images/users/signatures/ygfbv.jpg | |
Not worth the extreme learning curve. I bought it on sale for almost nothing and I still don't think it was worth it. --- http://tinyurl.com/3ljyptn Shooting blanks, every time, all the time. | |
Pretty awesome game if you get past the learning curve. Also pretty fun to play with buddies over LAN. --- Bold Text | |
It has a high learning curve, but once you get past it everything will click and and the game becomes straightforward. Not easy, mind you, but still straightforward | |
Easiest Paradox game to get in to. Great game! They had tons of sale including all the DLCs prior to Old Gods before EUIV was released. Sword of Islam (required to play muslims), Legacy of Rome (improved Byzantium and Standing armies), The republic (merchant republic mechanics), and Old Gods (vikings and pagan religions plus 867 start) are top priorities for DLCs. The spritepacks, portrait packs, music packs, dynasty shields are there to add to the immersion of the game but it depends if you want them ASAP or not. Sunset invasion only gives you a threat to deal with in the west other than the mongols in the east (Aztecs invading europe) and some secret stuff when exporting a game with sunset invasion on to EUIV Ruler Creator and Customizer are there to let you edit your starting ruler and edit things in game like Dynasty name. coat of arms, etc. Best part is the converter of save games to EUIV to continue your progress. Game is worth it and easy to learn but hard to master and more roleplay opportunities than lets say EUIV or other paradox games. Edit: Any questions on paradox games and specifically CK2 and EUIV, please feel free to ask me as I am trying to convert people to play those games. My cousin loved it when I referred it to him. --- AC new leaf FC: 1547-5212-4948. Name: Miiguel Town name: Tower | |
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non-English book names in English translation Good morning. Just updated to 2.2.8--1687. Opened KJV in Genesis. The scripture text is in English but the book names at the left are not. Here is a sample. Rodzaju 1:1: In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. What needs to be done to correct this? Thanks, Greg. |
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BACKGROUND & AIMS: Alcohol use and cigarette smoking are associated with various pancreatic diseases, but it is not known whether they associate with post-endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) pancreatitis (PEP). We performed a retrospective case-control study to determine if these activities increase the risk of PEP. METHODS: We identified 7638 patients who had undergone ERCP in the University of Michigan Health System and applied exclusion criteria to identify 123 with PEP. We randomly selected 308 age- and sex-stratified controls (2.5-fold case sample); after applying exclusion criteria 248 remained. In a masked fashion, we collected data for alcohol use, cigarette smoking, and 5 internal control variables: suspected sphincter of Oddi dysfunction (SOD), pancreatic sphincterotomy, moderate/difficult cannulation, 2 or more pancreatic injections, and pancreatic stent placement. RESULTS: The univariate model showed an increased frequency of PEP in current drinkers (P < .001), former drinkers (P < .001), and former smokers (P < .001), as well as patients who were suspected of having SOD (P < .001), had undergone pancreatic sphincterotomy (P < .001), had a moderate/difficult cannulation (P = .001), and/or had 2 or more pancreatic injections (P = .007). The frequency of PEP was reduced in current smokers (P < .001). The multivariate model showed that the only independent significant predictors of PEP were current drinking (odds ratio [OR], 4.70; 95% confidence interval [CI], 2.60-8.50; P < .0001), former cigarette smoking (OR, 3.29; 95% CI, 1.28-8.44; P < .013), suspected SOD (OR, 3.69; 95% CI, 1.94-7.02; P < .001), and pancreatic sphincterotomy (OR, 5.91; 95% CI, 2.04-17.14; P = .001). CONCLUSIONS: Current alcohol use and potentially former cigarette smoking are new risk factors for PEP. It is important to consider these variables in designing PEP prevention trials.
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By Dale Halsey Lea, MPH, RN, and W. Gregory Feero, MD, PhD
When you think about the younger patients in your outpatient practice, what is the most common chronic disease that you diagnose and treat? In many settings asthma is near the top of the list. In fact, asthma is the most common chronic disease in children in the United States today, and genomic discoveries, along with insights derived from molecular biology and immunology, are changing the way we think about the condition.
Asthma is a condition in which genetic and environmental factors combine to cause disease in ways that are still poorly understood. Despite advances in diagnosis and treatment of asthma, the prevalence and severity of the disease have continued to escalate over the past 20 years.
In 2007, an estimated 3.8 million children suffered an asthma attack or episode. Asthma is estimated to incur about $19.7 billion in direct and indirect costs to the U.S. economy, according to the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Chartbook, 2007. Patients, clinicians, employers, and insurers would all welcome improved approaches for risk prediction, prevention and disease management.
One-third of patients who have asthma have a family history of this condition, and a positive family history is a better predictor of asthma risk than currently identified genetic markers. This is at least in part because family history captures shared environmental risk factors, such as exposure to allergens and second-hand smoke, but it is also because we are only now beginning to dissect the genomic underpinnings of the condition. Though obtaining a family history is a rational first step to identifying at-risk individuals, the positive predictive value conferred by a family history of a first-degree relative with asthma is still quite low (less than 40%).
An intriguing example comes from a 2009 study by Thomsen et al., published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Medicine, which examined the association between severity of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection and asthma in 8,280 pairs of twins. The study found evidence that hospitalization for an RSV infection is an indicator of a genetic predisposition to asthma and, importantly, that RSV infection did not appear to be causal of asthma.
Multiple lines of evidence suggest that asthma is actually a group of diseases rooted in overlapping pathologies that affect the airways. Recent genome-wide association studies have identified a number of novel genetic markers contributing to asthma susceptibility. One or more of these may eventually yield insights on new preventive measures or therapies. For example, recent discoveries suggest that variations in the CHI3L1 gene encoding the chitinase-like protein YKL-40 are associated with asthma. These variations correlate with serum levels of the protein (which is thought to play a role in inflammation) and asthma severity. Identification of variations in the CHI3L1 gene could represent a first step in creating novel asthma treatments targeting novel mechanisms of disease.
Genome-wide association studies are also being employed to unravel the pharmacogenomics of asthma drug responsiveness. Multiple genetic variants in a wide variety of genetic pathways have been associated with responses to the major classes of asthma drugs, including bronchodilators, inhaled corticosteroids and leukotriene inhibitors. One could easily envision the creation of inexpensive gene chips capable of simultaneously measuring the hundreds of genetic variations in an individual's DNA that are predictive of asthma drug metabolism and responsiveness. Clinical trials to examine the utility of pharmacogenomic testing as part of asthma care are ongoing.
What does this mean for your patients and your practice? On the horizon are more individualized approaches to risk prediction, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of asthma. Integration of these advances for the individual, along with public health strategies for populations, offers the promise of diminishing the burden of individual suffering as well as the societal economic toll of asthma in the decade to come.
Dale Halsey Lea, MPH, RN, is a genetic counselor and the Health Educator with the Education and Community Involvement Branch and the Genomic Healthcare Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute. W. Gregory Feero, MD, PhD, a family physician with a doctorate in human genetics, is Special Advisor to the Director of the National Human Genome Research Institute and a clinical associate professor at Dartmouth Medical School's Department of Community and Family Medicine.
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Topic: Deer Resistant, Shade Tolerant, Herbs/Forbs, Trees
Title: Deer-resistant plants for under cedar and oak trees in Austin
Answered by: Barbara Medford
I have about 1.5 acres in southern Travis county. It's full of mature live oaks and cedar trees, and the soil is full of limestone. I've been gathering the limestone and using them to create raised beds around the house, and am starting to build rings around some of the trees. My plan is to fill the tree rings with organic soil and put in some deer resistant perennials to add some color. Do you have any suggestions?ANSWER:
It sounds like a lovely landscaping plan, and a good use of native rock. Even the rings of rocks around the trees is a nice touch. However, we do not recommend that you add soil and mulch within those rings around the trees because you will basically be doing damage to the base of the tree. It can rot out, attract disease and just generally have results you are not going to like. It is one place raised beds are not advisable. We recommend that you just restrict those beds to a light mulching, which will protect the tree roots from heat and cold, hold moisture in for the tree, and still permit the roots to "breathe," as well as the trunk of the tree. Don't pile it too high against the trunk, you will be asking for fungus, which can then make a access to the tree easier for other diseases.
While we're thinking about it, you can go to our list of Deer-Resistant Native Plants, Narrow Your Search on Texas, the General Appearance (herb or herbaceous blooming plant, shrub, tree, etc.) and the amount of sun or shade you have, and you will get a list of potential plants for that area. Remember, there is no such thing as deer-proof, they will eat your shoes if you don't keep moving, and in serious droughts or cases of over-population of deer, they will even chow down on the items on this list.
Most oaks are known to exude allelopathic toxins to eliminate competitive plants from growing beneath them. This usually is not manifested until the oak is fairly mature, so you might get away with it under a young tree for a year or so, but eventually, the landlord will kick out the intruders. In addition, most flowering plants need more sun than they are going to get under those trees. The deer-resistant plants would do no better, and if they would grow under the trees, we can assure you the deer would find them there, too.
As for the Juniperus ashei (Ashe's juniper) on your property, there is some disagreement whether anything will grow under them. Again, you have the heavy shade, and the litter of needles, berries and twigs always on the ground, which will discourage many plants and inhibit seedlings.
From this article Biology and ecology of Ashe Juniper by F. E. Smeins and S.D. Fuhlendorf, we extracted this paragraph on the allelopathy of the Ashe juniper:
"There is little evidence that the accumulated litter of Ashe juniper in anyway alters the chemical nature of the soil as it relates to growth and development of other plants (Yager 1993). Soil chemical and physical properties are in fact "improved" by the presence of the juniper litter (Marshall 1995). No allelopathic effects have been shown to be produced by the litter. The major impact of the litter seems to be its physical presence and its alteration of hydrologic properties of the area under the canopy. The thick litter layer is a difficult physical medium for seeds of other species to germinate and grow in mainly because moisture either runs off (due to the hydrophobic nature of the litter) or it dries out very quickly after a precipitation event, which prevents seedling growth from reaching the mineral soil (Yager 1993)."
In fewer words, this is saying that while plants are not being poisoned by allelopathy, it is very difficult for them to grow under all that shade and litter.
We don't know if this leaves any spaces in your proposed garden for plants not directly under the trees, so we are going to search the deer-resistant list we referenced above for herbaceous blooming plants for "part shade" (2 to 6 hours of sun a day) and "shade" (less than 2 hours of sun a day).
Deer-resistant shade tolerant herbaceous blooming plants for Central Texas:
Aquilegia chrysantha var. hinckleyana (Hinckley's golden columbine)
Asclepias tuberosa (butterfly milkweed)
Berlandiera lyrata (lyreleaf greeneyes)
Capsicum annuum (cayenne pepper)
Callirhoe involucrata (purple poppymallow)
Coreopsis tinctoria (golden tickseed)
Dalea greggii (Gregg's prairie clover)
Lobelia cardinalis (cardinalflower)
Melampodium leucanthum (plains blackfoot)
Salvia roemeriana (cedar sage)
Monarda fistulosa (wild bergamot)
Tetraneuris scaposa (stemmy four-nerve daisy)
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Concern about population ageing and the need for policies and programs specifically targeted towards the older age groups is a relatively recent development in Thailand. Recognition of the rapid growth in the numbers of elderly and the inevitable shift towards an older age structure is beginning to increase the saliency of issues related to the health and social and economic welfare of older age groups to governmental officials and agencies. Researchers have been quick to pick up the challenge posed by the need for suitable data on these issues and considerable data collection efforts have been undertaken in Thailand during the last decade and a half. These include national and quasi-national surveys of the elderly as well as qualitative research using ethnographic methods, case studies, and focus groups (Chayovan, Wongsith, and Saengtienchai, 1988; National Statistical Office, 1994; Andrews, undated; Chayovan & Knodel, 1997; Pramualratana 1990, Caffrey 1992a and b; Knodel, Saengtienchai and Sittitrai, 1995; Knodel and Saengtienchai 1996 and forthcoming). The present review draws on this research as well as a variety of other material related to policies and programs affecting the elderly. Generally we use the term elderly to refer to persons aged 60 and older in accordance with the practice followed in most research and as incorporated in most official policies and programs in Thailand.
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Annette Bening
Aidan Quinn
Robert Downey Jr
Stephen Rea
Katie Sagona
Paul Guilfoyle
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You don't have to sleep to dream. . . No, you simply have to watch this nightmare on screen to realize how sporadic the record of Neil Jordan has become, and how the viewer is expected to swallow hook, line and sinker an extremely improbable storyline, such as is presented.
In Dreams is the story of Claire Cooper (Annette Benning) who has the uncanny ability to have dreams that have eventually come to pass in the most horrible of fashions -- murder. Her husband, Paul (Aidan Quinn) and daughter, Rebecca (Katie Sagona) comprise the rest of the Cooper family who live in a large, lavish Victorian home, but who do not live happily ever after. Claire dreams that a young girl is taken away by a stranger, a serial killer, never realizing that this child is her own daughter and that her eventual murder will do little to keep her on this side of sanity as she knows it. The murder sends Claire over the edge and into the space of the local mental asylum where Paul and Dr. Silverman (Stephen Rea) attempt to understand the how, when, where and why for Claire's descent into madness. She is being haunted by the dreams of the killer as he projects himself into them and allows her clues as to what will be happening next. Will she find the killer before he strikes again, or will he continue to pursue his ravenous appetite for blood and mayhem? Only time, or the end of the movie, will tell.
It must be confessed by this reviewer that she has never spent a more boring or tedious time than watching the gyrations, rants and raves, screams, lunacy (of the real and hilarious kinds!) and basic Olympic gymnastic considerations affected by this production. True sadness occurred the moment that Robert Downey, Jr. made his screen appearance, for his portrayal of killer and ex-mental patient, Vivienne Thompson, was a letdown of grand proportions. I had to wonder if perhaps he had taken this role simply for the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow that might enable him to pay lawyer's fees for his well known brushes with the law of late. His was not so much a performance as a racing through the proceedings and hoping he didn't run screaming from the set himself. One truly horrifying scene was presented at the end of the film, and with it, one was able to see just what Downey could and IS capable of if his skills are put to the proper test. But, as quick as a wink, it was gone.
Stephen Rea as Dr. Silverman -- downer! I had to wonder what the cure rate in general is for his patients, as his emotions never seemed to tick past a one the Richter Scale. Rea is a perennial favourite of director Jordan, but it seems as though each time he is in a film, he wears a hang dog look with puppy dog eyes to match. Rea needs to realize that there is more to acting than looking sad and put upon.
Annette Benning is called upon do to only one thing, act the part of a raving, yet agile and nimble footed lunatic. She screams and yells, runs and falls, climbs and descends, plays detective and victim, and generally never bothers to slow down even for a minute second. Aidan Quinn, who normally etches a great presence in a film, falls flat here. The storyline that both are expected to carry, has all the earmarks of an accident waiting to happen, and the smell of a stinker not of their making. A barely touched upon adultery by Quinn and Benning's dreams relating to apples make little or no sense, but then again, nothing in this film does.
The credit for the nitwitted screenplay has to fall squarely upon the shoulders of Neil Jordan. It must be admitted that the first half hour or so of In Dreams, DOES work, and the feeling is conveyed that this will be a murder mystery and thriller. The remainder, though, after Rebecca's body is discovered, breaks down like an alibi. Jordan is capable of so much more than this liberal borrowing of other films, such as Nightmare on Elm Street and The Eyes of Laura Mars. Is he the same man who was responsible for such sumptuous writing in prestigious productions as The End of The Affair, The Crying Game, Mona Lisa and the current The Good Thief? What on earth was he thinking with In Dreams? In light of the fact that Jordan began his multilayered career as a writer of novels and short stories, it seems sinful that such talents have been wasted here.
The photography by Darius Khondji is adequately spooky and dark, with requisite shadows and light wreaking havoc accordingly. The viewer does remain in a state of a nightmare with his camerawork.
In Dreams is supposed to be a thriller of the supernatural variety, but is flatfooted in its interpretation and the implausibility we are asked to accept. The television series, The Twilight Zone, presented the impossible in fetching fashion. Writing was strong on that series and a great deal was achieved with very little in the way of big production. It's the quiet ones that make the biggest noise and the loudest and splashiest ones that go down in flames. In Dreams achieves that latter, unenviable moniker.
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