Word: high-risk
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...McCrea Kalamazoo, Michigan, U.S. I am sick and tired of people blaming the Federal Government in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. When did it become the President's responsibility to run the lives of free Americans? Aren't we responsible for ourselves? People were not forced to live in high-risk areas. That was a choice they made for themselves. George Kelly Lewisville, Texas, U.S. Katrina was the first disaster. The response by fema [the Federal Emergency Management Agency] was the second. Shame on those in charge. Shame on us if we let the government get away with it. Kenis...
Yuan said she is aware of the pressure that she and the other recipients will be under to prove that such a high-risk strategy is worthwhile...
...biggest single donor for aids prevention in Uganda, and Ambassador Jimmy Kolker points out that U.S. funding for aids prevention has more than tripled in the past two years, from $45 million annually to $140 million. While pepfar stipulates that money for condoms should target only high-risk groups such as prostitutes and soldiers rather than the general population, "the truth is we're doing more of everything," says Kolker...
...general, college students tend to grossly overestimate the number of their peers who engage in high-risk alcohol consumption, and Harvard is no exception. This misperception is believed to influence students to drink more heavily by changing their expectations surrounding drinking. In other words, students may feel pressured to drink because they believe that everyone else is doing it. The basic idea behind a social norms marketing campaign is to turn this dynamic around by using campus-based media to inform students about the more realistic levels of alcohol consumption among their peers. It is hypothesized that having accurate information...
...most students are making healthy, low-risk choices with respect to alcohol use. A typical social norms message would be: 78 percent of Harvard students had 0 to 5 drinks the last time they partied. Because many students tend to overestimate the extent to which their peers engage in high-risk behaviors, providing realistic data on actual alcohol consumption levels will help to challenge existing misperceptions and may, in turn, lead to more moderate behaviors...