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Study finds factors contributing to drug abuse among disadvantaged, rural youth
Having grown up poor in a rural village in Zimbabwe, Wilson Majee saw firsthand as a child the lack of educational opportunities that were easily accessible and how that impacted the youth in his village.
Now an associate professor in the University of Missouri School of Health Professions, Majee researches the challenges facing disadvantaged, rural youth. He found in a recent study that young people who are disengaged from their communities are much more likely to participate in risky behaviors such as substance abuse, particularly in rural areas that lack educational opportunities.
University of Missouri-Columbia
COLUMBIA, Mo. Having grown up poor in a rural village in Zimbabwe, Wilson Majee saw firsthand as a child the lack of educational opportunities that were easily accessible and how that impacted the youth in his village.
Now an associate professor in the University of Missouri School of Health Professions, Majee researches the challenges facing disadvantaged, rural youth. He found in a recent study that young people who are disengaged from their communities are much more likely to participate in risky behaviors such as substance abuse, particularly in rural areas that lack educational opportunities.
For the study, Majee spoke with youth in rural South Africa about the factors contributing to drug abuse for the NEET population, which stands for young people around the world “Not in Employment, Education or Training.” He found that a lack of educational opportunities, combined with other factors – such as a lack of motivation, absent adult role
That can ultimately result in worse health outcomes.
Adrianne Frech, an associate professor in the University of Missouri School of Health Professions, is a medical sociologist interested in addressing inequalities within the health care system. She wondered if race affected a patient’s ability to access newer versions of left ventricular assist device (LVADs), devices implanted into the chest of a patient with advanced heart failure to help pump blood throughout the body.
For the new study, published in
Progress in Transplantation, Frech and colleagues analyzed data from the United Network for Organ Sharing, or UNOS, spanning from 1999 to 2014 for patients who received a LVAD as a temporary “bridge” solution to their heart failure while on the waiting list to receive a permanent heart transplant.
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Jerry Wade used to love bird-watching with his wife, an avid birder. I m not a birder myself, but I like being active and getting out there with her, he says. Bird-watching puts you into natural areas and some rough terrain it s not an easy physical activity.
But in the fall of 2005, the 66-year-old Columbia, Mo., resident, who had retired in 2000 from a career in community development, started noticing pains and twinges in his knees. A visit to his doctor in January 2006 brought the diagnosis: osteoarthritis of the knees. Fortunately, Wade had a friend at the nearby University of Missouri, who told him that researchers there were testing exercise regimens for people with the condition. Wade signed on. He embarked on a supervised aerobic-exercise program three times a week and then added strength-training.