PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To investigate how familial communication about prostate cancer (PCa) risk and screening affects sons of men with PCa. RESEARCH APPROACH Qualitative grounded theory. SETTING Southern California. PARTICIPANTS 17 Latino sons of PCa survivors. METHODOLOGIC APPROACH The team conducted semistructured interviews and follow-up interviews. Therefore, the sample includes 25 tr...

The orang-utan Pongo spp. is protected by national and international legislation, yet populations continue to decline. Many reports implicate local people in the poaching and illegal trade in orang-utans, yet community participation has been promoted as an alternative conservation strategy. To explore how community-based orang-utan conservation could be developed, we conducted a study to unders...

BACKGROUND Poor nutritional practices especially in pregnancy and early childhood can result in dire consequences in the growth and development of a child. METHODS This study using purposive sampling enrolled 149 women who had carried at least one pregnancy to term in Enugu south east Nigeria. Logistic regression analysis was used to assess association between avoidance of certain food in pre...

Species-specific taboos are relevant to nature conservation, yet the relation of conservation with such social mechanisms and connected traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) is underexposed in both science practices. This paper researches Mahafaly Antandroy tribes South Southwest Madagascar critically endangered radiated tortoise (Astrochelys radiata). We develop idea that collection denotes a...

Human eating habits in the Amazon, especially in riparian communities, include a series of dietary restrictions (taboos) resulting, in part, from the cultural miscegenation (Native Brazilians, Africans, and Portuguese settlers) that occurred during the formation of this population.1 Among these food taboos, the most important refers to foods considered “remosos” (harmful), an adjective attribut...