Word: at-risk
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...them, don't be surprised when your employer or health insurer introduces you to a specialist in the burgeoning field of disease management. The basic idea is relatively simple: led by a company called American Healthways, these newfangled Florence Nightingales, among them Lifemasters and Matria, help monitor the most at-risk patients...
Canada is currently the president and CEO of the Rheedlen Centers for Children and Families, where he has built a network of more than 40 "beacon schools" in New York--schools that stay open 17 hours a day to provide a safe haven for at-risk youth...
...five years, are also attracting executives, health professionals and schoolchildren. The most popular drums are the Afro-Cuban conga and the West African djembe--a loud, responsive instrument with the brightest high tones and the deepest, most sensual lows. "Drumming is primal," says Kulu Spiegel, who conducts circles for at-risk youth and corporate honchos out of his World Beat Rhythm Circles in Durango, Colo. "It brings people together in a trusting way they often have never known before...
...capitalism. Officially, prostitution and drug addiction don't exist, so having officials go around to the brothels handing out condoms to the girls is unthinkable. But several AIDS-afflicted provinces are moving forcefully. In Yunnan, health authorities teamed up with MEdecins sans Frontieres and other foreign agencies to educate at-risk Chinese about AIDS. "We're hoping they pass the word on to others," says Liu Wei, director of the province's AIDS prevention center...
...Murphy said the center will "extend and integrate" initiatives such as the Risk and Prevention Program, which focuses on early intervention for at-risk children, and the Urban Superintendents Program...