Gastrointestinal disorders of varying severity were observed in 239 (53%) of 455 campers and staff members at a coed summer camp in Sullivan County, New York, during July 1981. Five of seven hospitalized patients had appendectomies before the disease was recognized as yersiniosis. Yersinia enterocolitica serogroup O:8 (American strain) was isolated from 37 (54%) of 69 persons examined, includin...

The purpose of this article is to present findings related to parentand youth-reported outcomes from a nutritionand fitness-themed summer camp targeting low-income families and to identify lessons learned in the implementation, evaluation and sustainability of a summer program. The Healthy Lifestyle Fitness Camp, offered through UC Cooperative Extension (UCCE), was a summer camp program for low...

OBJECTIVE To describe an outbreak of Plasmodium vivax malaria in Far North Queensland in 2002. DESIGN Epidemiological and entomological investigations; molecular analyses of the infecting parasites. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Case characteristics, adult and larval mosquito counts at the outbreak location, haplotyping of parasites in blood samples from different cases determined through sequencin...

OBJECTIVE To determine if uncooked cornstarch, as part of the evening snack, can avert nocturnal hypoglycemia in type 1 diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Fifty-one campers and counselors at the American Diabetes Association Camp in San Bernardino, CA were randomly assigned to receive 5 g of uncooked cornstarch as part of the 21:00 evening snack vs. a standard snack of equivalent carbohydr...

Increasing numbers of tourists are requiring access to these natural areas, and in order to supply this need, opportunities exist in privately owned areas, and in those which have been modified in some way. These places are often used for other purposes such as pastoralism, mining, and agriculture, but they also have an alternative, high value use for tourism (Buckley, 1999; Schmiechen, 2004; W...

NICOSIA, Cyprus I ra n ac ­ cused the United S ta tes and Arab nations W ednesday of try ing to im pose an “ ig­ nom inious p eace ,” and re jec ted any com prom ise in its 7-year-old w ar w ith Iraq . Sandstorm s sw ept the P e r ­ sian Gulf, d rastica lly reducing visibility. Shipping executives puzzled over the w hereabouts of another convoy of Kuw aiti tan k ers and U.S. navy escorts, or w ...

The article highlights the specifics of creation and activities in camp Ukrainian prisoners war Wetzlar (Germany) «Chainia» Cooperative Society (December 1915–1916). From very beginning its work, offered visitors low prices for food provided a convenient opportunity to drink tea, which attracted large number campers. This turn made highly profitable enterprise (commercially), allowing it make s...

This paper examines public support for new user fees established at the Desolation Wilderness in California as part of the Fee Demonstration Program. Traditional approaches to fee policy evaluations have typically focused on economic or revenue issues and equity impacts of various pricing strategies. Support for fees has been shown to vary by users in terms of attitudes toward fees, nature of u...

Introduction: Camping and hiking are popular worldwide recreational activities. All age groups, elderly or young, immunocompetent or immunosupressive people may engage in these activities. During these activities, individuals may get injured or be exposed to pathogens. There is also a strong possibility of experiencing mosquito, lice, or tick bites, bee stings, or being bitten ...

This article reports on a multi-method impact evaluation of a therapeutic summer camp program for children and youth with learning disabilities and related psychosocial problems. The study examines the degree to which program objectives were achieved through a pre-camp, post-camp, follow-up design using a series of standardized instruments, camp evaluations, and interviews with parents. The res...