These data are useful to the profession, notably for academic programs that must meet the need for a more highly prepared and skilled workforce. The findings emphasize that viability of the profession in the current health-care environment calls for the evolution of a more autonomous RT who can be reimbursed for services and obtain salaries that are competitive with other health professions.
Objectives. Distracted driving is a major public health issue in the United States. In response to requests from high school students participating in a university-based initiative, the authors describe the collaborative development and implementation of a curriculum designed to address distracted driving behaviors among students in four high-needs school districts in the northeastern United States. Method. The curriculum integrates current statistics on distracted and drowsy driving and three interactive learning stations: driving while distracted, walking while distracted, and driving while drowsy. Pre- and postsurveys were conducted to collect student driving data, assess student satisfaction with the program, and assess their likelihood of speaking up as a passenger in a high-risk situation. Results. The majority of students reported that they learned new information and would recommend the program to others. A Wilcoxon signed-rank test showed that students were more likely to speak up as a passenger with a distracted or drowsy driver (p < .001) after the program. Conclusion. This experience demonstrates a voluntary, multidisciplinary, university-based collaboration in the development of a novel public health education initiative. Based on the success of this phase, school districts elected to participate in Train the Trainer sessions to continue the program within their local high-needs school district.
Book Reviews 3531960s" (p. 288) to "seasoned lobbyist and political negotiator" (p. 288) to the Carter White House.These women were aware on a daily basis that welfare is a women's issue and that many antipoverty programs failed to make women a priority. Although many of the women whose stories Orleck shares in the book remained financially poor, many did meet their goals of a better life for their children beginning with Operation Life programs.The elimination of many antipoverty programs was not because of the eradication of poverty. The themes that appear in the book "again and again: too many children, too little access to birth control, and too many husbands and boyfriends addicted to gambling, alcohol, and violence" (p. 75), "race and sex discrimination, and lack of childcare, were the key factors keeping poor mothers out of jobs that could pull their families out of welfare" (p. 240), continue to confront women too many decades later. We need to seek and listen to the Ruby Duncans in all communities.
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