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More and more frequently, lay health advisors are being chosen to serve as links between health care professionals and populations that have been viewed as difficult to reach. Lay health advisors can serve as mediators, information-providers, interpreters and navigators of complicated systems. By reviewing literature on the issue, this paper examines the effectiveness of the choice of using lay health advisors by looking at methods, results and discussion from numerous research studies.

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"The East Side Village Health Worker Partnership had wider goals, with a focus on women's and children's health. It used a participatory action research approach in the context of community-based intervention, involving researchers, community members, and practitioners in a joint effort to meet intervention objectives. To evaluate the effort, the Partnership used a single case study design. The authors determined that the PAR approach was an effective one in empowering both the lay health advocates and other community members, resulting in the development of a conceptual model of the stress process for the neighborhoods and intervention focus, methods, and procedures to administer the project. All of this is indicative of increased self-determination, self-sufficiency, and greater capacity for good decision-making."

Tags:low-income, African-American, PAR

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Discusses lay advisors serving as links between health care professionals and hard-to-reach populations and their use as mediators, information providers, and interpreters. Discusses several research studies on the topic.

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"More and more frequently, lay health advisors are being chosen to serve as links between health care professionals and populations that have been viewed as difficult to reach. Lay health advisors can serve as ..."

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This paper presents a review of the real estate investment advice book, "The ABC's of Real Estate Investing: The Secrets of Finding Hidden Profits Most Advisors Miss", by Ken McElroy. The paper explains that the book is part of the famous "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" business book series by investment guru and advisor Robert T. Kiyosaki and that the introduction to the book is, in fact, written by Kiyosaki. The paper further explains that Kiyosaki frames the investment advice that Ken McElroy provides in the book and that the book is a worthwhile and motivating read for any investors in real estate.

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"According to the book The ABCs of Real Estate Investing: The Secrets of Finding Hidden Profits Most Advisors Miss, it is a myth that some investors seem to have the so-called Midas touch of investing, while others do not. (9) Rather than attempting to intimidate with impressive-looking ledgers of facts and figures, ordinary investors are encouraged to read this book for concrete suggestions of how they can enter the real estate market, how they invest wisely and charge the appropriate rents for their area so they can recoup on their investment, as well as glean some general personal and motivational strategies. True, in "every business and every industry there are people who just seem to drip with success," states the introduction (1) But this book provides the reader with the practical steps to emulate such people, people who seem to have the uncanny ability to know the right properties to invest in, and thus have the power to become their own bosses, and live as they chose to live."

Tags:strategy, appraiser, goals, wise, personal, empowerment, properties, steady, source, income

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The paper discusses Brent Scowcroft and James A. Baker, who were two of the top foreign policy advisors for the current President's father when he sat in the oval office. However, the paper discusses how these two men have strongly disagreed over the question of whether or not the United States is on the right course vis-a-vis Iraq. The paper briefly outlines the central point of disagreement between the two men, the strengths and certainly in the case of the less-convincing argument, the weaknesses of each argument put forward and notes why one of the cases is more compelling than the other. The paper concludes that Scowcroft presents a more thoughtful argument than does James A. Baker.

Tags:scowcroft, baker, arguments

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In this article, the writer notes that the perceptual biases in the cases of 'Affirmative Action at the University of Selkirk' and 'Portrait of a Canadian Advisor' are different in that the contexts are radically distinct. Further, the writer points out that they are similar in that the perceptual biases in both cases are based heavily upon stereotypes. The writer concludes that in this analysis, one can see how and why the Selkirk and Canadian advisors' cases differ significantly. The writer notes the implications of this for programs to address biases in both contexts.

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"A similar perceptual bias based upon stereotypes can be seen in the case of the Canadian advisors. The difference between the biases in this case and the Selkirk case is largely one of context, with the biases being racially/culturally-based with respect to the Canadian advisors while they are gender-based in the case of Affirmative Action at Selkirk."
"This being said, the interesting thing about the Canadian advisor case is how it is similar to the Selkirk case in being not an obvious or overt stereotyping but a more complex and subtle form of bias. The Canadian advisor case consists of two distinct models of the Canadian advisor: one based upon surveys of the advisors themselves and the other based upon field surveys of advisors from their spouses and colleagues. A key difference between these two models illustrates the perceptual biases that these advisors show towards the host countries in which they work."

Tags:stereotypes, affirmative, action, bias

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This paper critiques "Advisee-Advisor Communication: An Exploratory Study Examining Instructional Communication Variables in the Graduate Advisee-Advisor Relationship", a scholarly article taken from a communications journal. The article was written by Narissra M. Punyanunt and and Jason S. Wrench. First, the paper briefly describes the article by examining its purpose, research questions or hypotheses, method of research, how the research was done, and the area of communication theory that is covered. Then, the major conclusions reached by the article's authors are discussed. Next, the results are evaluated as to if they constitute good theory or not. Finally, the significance of the conclusions are evaluated as to its respect to communication theory.

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"Having to select between the various and sundry communication theories that are available and studied among scholars, such as mass communication, public communication, small-group communication, and interpersonal communication, this writer chose the latter. The particular article that was chosen for critique was one entitled, "Advisee-advisor communication: An exploratory study examining instructional communication variables in the graduate advisee-advisor relationship." This article from the journal Communication Quarterly was published in 2004, written by professors Narissra M. Punyanunt of Texas Tech University and Jason S. Wrench of Ohio University Eastern. "

Tags:interpersonal, communication, theory

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Imhotep was a royal advisor, architect, priest, astrologist, sculptor, poet, sage, engineer, city planner and physician, among many other talents. This paper examines Imhotep's contributions to the development of Ancient Egypt in the fields of architecture, medicine, irrigation and philosophy.

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"Referred to as "the archetype of the perfect man of learning" (IKOS) with good reason, the list of official titles given to him are numerous and impressive. Found inscribed onto a statue of Djoser, Pharaoh Netjerykhet, Imhotep is identified as a vizier, "Overseer of the Seers," "First for the King," "Director of Public Works in Upper and Lower Egypt," "Keeper of the Seals of Lower Egypt," "Recorder of the Annals," "and "Supervisor of the Great Palace." (Silverman, 178) As an architect and builder, he made a world-changing innovation by building with stone rather than mud bricks, ensuring the longevity of the Egyptian legacy. His construction of the Step Pyramid at Saqqara, the first Pyramid ever constructed, earned him a unique place in history as the first architect with a recorded name."

Tags:Khereduankh, pharoah, kheti-heb

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The role of the philosopher in society, with reference to Plato's parable of the cave. It is argued that the philosopher is an observer, explorer and advisor on trends and desirable responses.

Tags:plato, educating, society

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Argues that Wolsey, as Lord Chancellor and an intimate advisor to Henry VIII, was not a pawn of the King. Wolsey's consolidation of his personal power and wealth. His being subject to the King's pleasure and will. His diplomatic talents and achievements. His role in Church reform & disastrous administration of the Church. His excellent changes in the law courts. Outline.

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"I Thomas Cardinal Wolsey was not a pawn of Henry VIII even
though all his actions were subject to the King's approval.
A. Wolsey's talents and ambition made him an accomplished diplomat and administrator, and allowed him to amass great wealth from his ecclesiastical positions. Wolsey's status as his own man, rather than a pawn of the King, must be judged in terms of what he wished to accomplish rather than by current standards.


II Wolsey had great diplomatic talents.
His Treaty of London secured a vital alliance with France and made England a major power in European politics.


B. Wolsey grasped the importance of clear, comprehensive treaties along modern lines and securing English safety..."

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This paper analyzes the relationship between art collector, Isabella Stewart Gardner and her advisor, Bernard Berenson, as illustrated through a series of letters they exchanged during the year 1896.

Tags:19th, century, collecting, court, fenway