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To date, little is known regarding if and how healthy eating is discussed, and how the concept of healthy eating is used in everyday interactions of families with a low socioeconomic position (SEP). This is an underrepresented study population in which many health benefits can be gained. By deploying an interactional approach to healthy eating, this study explored how healthy eating is constructed and oriented to during evening mealtimes in families with a low SEP. The data corpus comprised video recordings of 79 mealtimes from ten families with a low SEP. Healthy eating was rarely oriented to explicitly, as shown by the identification of only sixteen cases in which family members referred to (un)healthy eating. Using discursive psychology and conversation analysis, the examination of these cases showed that, how and with what function health claims were produced and designed as either identity-centered health claims or food-centered health assessments. By deploying identity-centered health claims parents constructed a desired prospective identity for their children to manage their eating behavior, whereas by deploying food-centered health assessments speakers accounted for their own behavior, particularly eating or providing food. The findings give a unique insight into how healthy eating is oriented to and constructed in the everyday life of families with a low SEP. In addition, the findings extend the discursive psychological body of literature on healthy eating talk during family mealtimes, and add to the knowledge base on discursive practices deployed to get children to eat.

Background: National statistics have shown that only about 40% of asylum seekers actually attend the optional health assessment offered upon their arrival in Sweden, but the reasons for this have not been fully explored. Health assessments for newly arrived asylum seekers have become a regular practice in most EU countries, but what is performed, how it is organized and whether it is mandatory or not varies between countries. Aim: The aim of the study was to explore and improve our understanding of how former asylum seekers from Eritrea perceived and experienced the health assessment during their asylum-seeking process. Methods: We used a qualitative research approach guided by grounded theory. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 11 former asylum seekers from Eritrea. Data were analysed based on constant comparative analysis. Findings: The asylum seekers expressed feelings of ambiguity and mistrust and felt that they were seen only as objects by the Swedish healthcare system during their asylum-seeking process. Poor communication and inability to overcome language and cultural barriers seemed to be the most important findings in the narratives. The core category was defined as ‘A state of limbo – in transition between two contexts’. Conclusions: There are reasons to believe that these issues with communication negatively affected both the quality of the health assessment and the number of asylum seekers attending the health assessment. Improved communication by the authorities towards the asylum seekers is, therefore, of vital importance.

The Center for Research on Minority Health (CRMH), the first Congressionally mandated center on minority health and health disparities outside of the Federal Government, conducts research that benefits the community. This project is a collaborative endeavor among the CRMH, M.D. Anderson's Department of Urology (Dr. Curtis Pettaway), and the Division of Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences. The funding has supported three interrelated, yet distinct efforts: (1) the CRMH infrastructure and its attendant research, educational, and community outreach activities; (2) research to examine prostate cancer screening and informed decision making in various ethnic groups; and (3) the M.D. Anderson Prostate Outreach Project (POP). Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer mortality among men in the United States and significant ethnic disparities associated with prostate cancer and screening also persist. This project is expanding cutting edge research to ethnic minority communities and will result in new, culturally appropriate interventions to promote informed decision making in various ethnic groups. The POP model may facilitate further research with underserved communities and result in enhanced knowledge and potentially improved health outcomes., The original document contains color images.

The Medical Surveillance Monthly Report (MSMR) is prepared by the Army Medical Surveillance Activity, Directorate of Epidemiology and Disease Surveillance, US Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine (USACHPPM).

The Medical Surveillance Monthly Report (MSMR) is prepared by the Army Medical Surveillance Activity, Directorate of Epidemiology and Disease Surveillance, US Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine (USACHPPM).

U.S. servicemembers train and operate in all weather (e.g., wind, rain, snow, cold) and geographic (e.g., mountain, desert, ocean) conditions. Prolonged and/or intense exposures to cold can significantly degrade the health, well-being, and operational effectiveness of servicemembers and their units. The U.S. military has developed extensive and effective countermeasures against threats associated with training and operating in cold environments. Reports of cold weather injuries are routinely surveilled by the Army Medical Surveillance Activity (AMSA). This report summarizes frequencies, rates, and correlates of risk of cold injuries among active duty members of the U.S. Armed Forces during the period July 1999 to June 2004., Pub. in Medical Surveillance Monthly Report (MSMR), v10 n5, p1-20, September/October 2004. Analysis by Jamease R. /Kowalczyk.