Nishimura-Takahashi, Tazuko Akabayashi, Akira Kai, Ichiro Cabigon, Josefina Ohi, Gen Naka, Koichi
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Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine
This study examines social and behavioral factors associated with condom use among female commercial sex workers (CSWs) in Tarlac, the Philippines. One hundred and twenty-one CSWs who visited a social hygiene clinic for regular check-ups were asked to fill out a self-administered questionnaire with thirty-one items. More than 80% of the respondents...
Díez Muñiz, Adolfo
El artículo analiza con detalle la evolución parroquial, demográfica de los pueblos de Mariveles y Morong desde 1818 a 1897. Estudia detalladamente la natalidad, mortalidad, nupcialidad y tributos y utiliza fuentes originales de archivos españoles y vaticanos. Reproduce series estadísticas anuales de todos los puntos estudiados.
Sánchez Gómez, Luis Ángel
Durante la segunda mitad del siglo XIX se celebran en Europa y América innumerables exposiciones etnológicas, coloniales y universales que materializan ante los visitantes la condición inferior y «salvaje» de las gentes colonizadas. Siguiendo de forma parcial esos modelos, se organiza en Madrid la Exposición de Filipinas de 1887. El objetivo del au...
Chatterjee, Tapas De Troch, Marleen
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Hydrobiologia
Three new and two known Halacaridae species belonging to the genus Copidognathus collected among seagrass plants in Pujada Bay (Mindanao, the Philippines) are described. Copidognathus ivanomorsellii sp.n. belongs to the `Copidognathus gibbus' group and shows the main characteristics of the group but differs from known species as the two triangular ...
Godquin, Marie
Cette thèse contribue à la connaissance du fonctionnement du marché du crédit rural dans les pays en développement en portant un intérêt particulier au rôle des groupes. Les succès de la microfinance dans la provision, viable financièrement, de services financiers aux pauvres sont en effet largement attribués à l'utilisation de groupes de prêts. Au...
Rutten, Rosanne
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Qualitative Sociology
Shame – a feeling of social inadequacy and (the anticipation of) public humiliation – may inhibit worker activism. This article discusses the role of shame, as an emotion and a behavioral disposition, in face-to-face confrontations between workers and employers, embedded in an authority structure marked by patron-clientage and personal dependency. ...
Madsen, Henry Carabin, Hélène Balolong, Don Tallo, Veronica L. Olveda, Remigio Yuan, M. McGarvey, Stephen T.
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Acta Tropica
A cross-sectional survey of Oncomelania quadrasi, the intermediate host for Schistosoma japonicum, was conducted between 2004 and 2005 in 50 villages of the Province of Samar, the Philippines. The villages were classified as rain-fed (25) or with some man-made irrigation system (25). The primary objective was to identify all snail colony sites in t...
Blijham, N. Niehof, A.
In the Philippines, vitamin A and vitamin C deficiencies, particularly among children, is a pressing health problem. This article reports the results of a research project that aimed at gaining insight into the factors in the household context that influence food intake of children and the role these factors play in vitamin A and vitamin C deficien...
Ishii, Risako Hossain, Farhad Rees, Christopher J.
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Public Organization Review
Contrary to the popular assumptions among international donor agencies, preceding studies have questioned the causal relations between decentralization, participation and pro-poor policy outcomes. This article introduces two cases of decentralized city governments in the Philippines: one employs radical forms of civil participation, while the other...
Chiao, Chi Morisky, Donald E. Ksobiech, Kate Malow, Robert M.
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AIDS and Behavior
This study examines the effects of a multi-level social action-based theory (SABT) intervention to increase HIV testing and consistent condom use among female commercial sex workers (FCSWs). Respondents in four socio-demographically similar Philippine cities received an SABT intervention based on: (1) peer influence; (2) manager training; (3) combi...
