Radiologic emergency: protecting schoolchildren and the public.
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Biomedical subjects
Therese W Harrison
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Adolescent homosexuality and concerns regarding disclosure.
Development of sexual identity in middle childhood and early adolescence is a natural process. However, it is more stressful for homosexual adolescents. Society continues to stigmatize and marginalize homosexuality. To avoid rejection and hostility, homosexual adolescents are pressured to hide their sexual identities. This fact compounds the anticipated normal developmental concerns of adolescence, and can create unique problems for the homosexual adolescents. Homosexuality can place them at risk for social stigmatization, isolation, depression, suicide, abuse, and rejection by their families and friends. During this exceptionally stressful time, both adolescent students and their families need anticipatory guidance and support. In providing anticipatory guidance, this article discusses critical roles played by professionals who work with adolescents in community or school settings. Included are insights into development of this normal variant of sexual attraction and orientation, risks that homosexual adolescent students may face as well as their disclosure concerns, and possible reactions families may have following disclosure. Supporting homosexual adolescents and their families is emphasized with regard to sensitively providing information, disclosure decisions, coping with stigmatization, and resiliency factors.
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West Nile encephalitis.
After the New York outbreak of West Nile Virus encephalitis in the summer of 1999, awareness that vulnerable children and adolescents may be at risk for this mosquito-borne viral infection intensified. The Nurse Practitioner can play an invaluable critical role to recognize and diagnose this arthropod-borne virus. Pathophysiology, vector transmission, clinical manifestations and laboratory findings are discussed in this article. Emphasis is placed on the PNP's role of providing anticipatory guidance concerning prevention of outbreaks and physical management that focuses on the elimination of mosquito-breeding areas, reducing personal exposure, and biological control of mosquito populations.
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