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Of the orphaned youth who are heading households in rural Rwanda throne be
classified as low-spirited, according to a report released on September 1,
2008 in Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine,
one
of the JAMA/Archives journals.
Rwanda has one of the largest groups of orphans in the world, a consequence
of the 1994 genocide and the epidemic of HIV infection. According to
background information in the article, an estimated 290,000 orphans
lived in the land in 2005. The authors note that these children are
often placed in adverse conditions as a result: "Most African orphans
have been
absorbed into informal fosterage systems," they say. "Such
systems, however, ar increasingly overwhelmed, and many orphans either
head households or hot on the street."
To investigate the effects of this modification on the group, Neil W. Boris,
M.D., of
the Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, and colleagues
examined 539 Rwandan youths wHO were serving as the head of their
households. A total 539 young people were evaluated, all younger than
24, with an modal age of 20. The youth met with trained interviewers
world Health Organization administered scales that mensurable symptoms of grief, depression,
adult support, and community marginalization, as well as surveys
regarding demographics, health, vulnerable conditions, and hazardous
behaviors.
In examining the data, the scientists set up:
77% of the youth population were playacting subsistence
farming.
7% of the younker population had six or more geezerhood of
schooling.�
In the status of their parents, 71.4% reported both parents
dead, 26.2% reported one parent dead, and of these, almost 25%
indicated that the race murder led to at least one of their deaths. s
44% reported only when eating one meal per day in the last
week.�
80% gave a health rating as poor or fair.�
The intermediate depression scale score was higher than the
standard cutoff score for adolescents. 53% of the subjects were
positive in cover for imprint.�
76% agreed with a statement indicating that there is
community rejection or orphans.�
26% strongly in agreement that they had at least unitary
friend.�
64% said they had lost their confidence in people.�
40% in agreement that life was nonmeaningful or had lost faith in
God since their parents' deaths.
The authors short letter some extra trends trends in this data. "Hunger,
grief, few assets, poor health status and indices of social
marginalization were associated with more depressive symptoms in this
sample," they say. "Ten years after the Rwandan genocide and
in the midst of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, the effects of poverty and
social disruption on the most vulnerable youth in Rwanda ar evident."
They nation that further research is needed, examining the families that
ar supported by these youths. "The
effect of caregiver great Depression on younger children surviving in
youth-headed households is not yet known," they say. "Further
study of orphans and vulnerable children in countries such as Rwanda,
in particular, studies that inform large-scale interventions, are
necessary if the next genesis of early days is to thrive."
Depressive Symptoms in Youth Heads of Household in Rwanda:
Correlates and Implications for Intervention
Neil
W. Boris, MD; Lisanne A. Brown, PhD; Tonya R. Thurman, PhD; Janet C.
Rice, PhD; Leslie M. Snider, MD, MPH; Joseph Ntaganira, PhD; Laetitia
N. Nyirazinyoye, MPH
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2008;162(9):836-843.
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Sunday 31 August 2008
Fat Joe Labels Daddy Yankee As A Sellout
Fat Joe has slammed Daddy Yankee for endorsing Republican presidential candidate John McCain.
The rapper viewed his opinions during an interview with MTV, saying: "Put this in the MTV News headline: 'Fat Joe Says Daddy Yankee Is a Sellout'."
"The reason why I called him a sellout is because I feel he did that for a look, rather than the issues that are touching his citizenry that look up to him."
"How could you want John McCain in office staff when George Bush and the Republicans already have half a million people losing their homes in foreclosure?"
Joe regular offered to discuss politics with Yankee, adding: "If he believes John McCain is the better nominee for the Latinos, we could sit down. Even if he wants to get into a consider, we can debate anywhere - New York, Puerto Rico."
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Monday 11 August 2008
Young Jeezy rides out 'Recession' on coming tour
Hip-hop star Young Jeezy [ ] will kick back off a tour this weekend ahead of his forthcoming fresh studio album, "The Recession," which drops next month.
The rapper will kick off the run Sunday (8/10) in Houston, the number one date on a 10-city outing that runs through a Sept. 2 coming into court in his hometown of Atlanta. The short trek also includes appearances in Chicago (8/18) and New York City (8/26). Details are included below.
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"The Recession," Jeezy's third gear major-label studio release, is due in stores Sept. 2. The album's first single, "Put On," features production from Drumma Boy and Kanye West, and was released to wireless in June. A second single, "Crazy World," was released to begin with this week.
"I went from 'Thug Motivation' to 'The Inspiration' and [now] 'The Recession,'" he said in a recent interview with hip-hop web site SOHH.com. "And that's just how I'm feeling, I'm feeling the recession. I'm feeling the drought and I'm gonna speak on it. And when I speak on it you're gonna appreciate it."
The set up follows 2006's "The Inspiration," which collide with No. 1 on The Billboard cc, selling more than matchless million copies in the US.
In June, the rapper was arrested in Atlanta and charged with hurrying, no proof of indemnity, open container, reckless driving and drive while impaired by alcohol/drugs, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. A court date on the matter is pending.
[Note: The following circuit dates have been provided by creative person and/or circuit sources, world Health Organization verify its accuracy as of the publication time of this story. Changes may occur before go on sale. Check with official artist websites, ticketing sources and venues for late updates.]
August 200810 - Houston, TX - Arena Theater12 - Dallas, TX - House of Blues13 - New Orleans, LA - House of Blues15 - Detroit, MI - Plan B18 - Chicago, IL - House of Blues21 - Norfolk, VA - The NorVa22 - Washington, DC - H2023 - Cleveland, OH - House of Blues26 - New York, NY - Blender TheaterSeptember 20082 - Atlanta, GA - Tabernacle
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Wednesday 6 August 2008
An Inhaler At A Fraction Of The Price
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Thursday 19 June 2008
Webber Finds West End Star In Prenger
Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber has found his next big theatre star, after wannabe singer/actress Jodie Prenger was announced as the winner of British reality show I'd Do Anything.
The curvaceous 28-year-old, from Lancashire, north-west England, won the public vote on Saturday (31May08) to beat runner-up Jessie Buckley, 18, to the role of Nancy in a new London production of Oliver! in the West End.
But while Prenger proved a popular choice with the TV show's viewers, both theatre impressario Webber and Oliver! producer Sir Cameron MACkintosh felt Irish Buckley was more suited to the role.
However, after the results were unveiled, Webber said: "She (Prenger) was the people's Nancy, that was always going to be the people's choice, I thought."
And MACkintosh, who thought Prenger was "too big for the part", added: "I'm thrilled for Jodie, congratulations."
Prenger will begin her six-month stint in the musical in December (08).
Webber's previous TV talent searches have made West End stars out of Lee Mead, who won the lead in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and Connie Fisher, who took on the role of Maria on Trapp in The Sound of Music.
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Sunday 8 June 2008
Mando Diao
Artist: Mando Diao
Genre(s):
Rock
Discography:
Never Seen the Light of Day
Year: 2007
Tracks: 11
Hurricane Bar
Year: 2005
Tracks: 14
Sheepdog
Year: 2003
Tracks: 5
Mixing garage rock leer and Britpop sassing -- along with a truckload of early influences -- Borlange, Sweden's Mando Diao formed when its members were all tranquil in their teens. The band's germination dates second to 1995, when Daniel Häglund and Björn Dixgärd were in a stripe called Butler. Even after that chemical group skint up, the mate continued performing and authorship together, finally delivery bassist Fredrik Nilsson, guitarist Gustaf Noren, and drummer Anton Grahnstrom into their fold; Nilsson and Grahnstrom were replaced by Carl Johan Fogelklou and Samuel Giers. By 1999, they were known as Mando Diao, having taken their name from one of Dixgärd's dreams.
The group continued to hone their sound, blending pop, mod, soul, R&B, and Britpop elements into a style that was offbeat even so timeless. In 2002 they released their first gear EP, Motown Blood, through the Majesty and Capitol imprints; the applaud for the EP and the similarities in their effectual to the Strokes and the Hives raised Mando Diao's profile substantially, and the isthmus went on tours of Sweden with the Hellacopters and Kent. Later that year the ring released the singles Mr. Moon and The Band to stoke prevision for their full-length debut record album, Play 'Em In, which was largely recorded in their basement practice space. The following year, Mute Records released Bring 'Em In in the United States. The sophomore exploit Hurricane Bar was released in the band's native Sweden in 2004; a stateside expiration followed in 2005, and Ode to Ochrasy was issued the succeeding year. While touring in documentation of the album, Mando Diao establish time to record book their fourth studio endeavor, Ne'er Seen the Light of Day. The album was released internationally in late 2007, coincident a solo hitch by Björn Dixgärd.
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