Alma Said:

What are the possible health problems with relation to algebra concept that can be used as a research study?

We Answered:

Well, when we are talking about Health Problems or illness in short, it is quite Qualitative in nature than Quantitative so, if your looking to connect it with algebra which a lot more on numbers, then you should use those quantifiable part of the disease which can be seen in its diagnostics, bacterial growth rate, the rate of the medicines or how fast it affects the state of the illness of the person.

Katherine Said:

doing a research study on the health practices and beliefs of the Badjao.. pls help me w/ related literatures?

We Answered:

The name of these marginalized indigenous people is spelled in various ways: “Badjao,” “Badyaw,” or “Bajau.” Apparently, “Bajau” has the closest phonemic affinity to the language group in the area where this people belong (Malayo-Polynesian languages). They are also sometimes called by about a dozen other names like: “Sama Dilaut,” “Laut,” or “Orang Laut” (at the Malaysian side of the border).

Sometimes called the “sea gypsies” these “once-boat-dwelling people” are traditionally found mainly in the southwestern Philippines (Basilan, Sulu, and Tawi-Tawi areas), northwestern Malaysia and the nor them parts of Indonesia down to Johore where certain legend traces their origin. They belong to a bigger grouping called the Samals of which the Bajaus are considered to be of the lowest class. They are also referred to as a “vanishing tribe,” being driven to near extinction due to exploitation by the neighbouring dominant tribes, as well as of disease, starvation, intermarriages with dominant tribe and apparent inability to cope with the social changes, which are exacerbated by a non-culturally sensitive way of developing them. At present, unofficial estimates place their number to about a few thousands. There is no exact counting of Bajaus in the Philippines, a manifestation of how they are being left out.

Most Bajaus are fishermen (traditionally, all of them were!) and they live on the bounties of the sea or on what is left of it. The women go out to gather clams and seaweeds by the coastal areas. Having lost their traditional fishing grounds (even gears, lives and all!) to pirates and poachers, they are left with meager means of livelihood. Extreme poverty has driven many of them to work as porters at the wharf and many have taken resort to begging. Many Bajaus now subsist on a once-a-day meal of ground cassava and fish. Bad weather and military operations reduce this diet to practically nothing for days on ends!

Basically, the Bajaus are spirit believers. They believe that the evil spirit, commonly known to them as saitan, is the one bringing them the misery that they experience. Likewise, they also believe in the village spirit mediums (omboh) that perform curative rite called as pag-omboh. These beliefs in supernatural beings and their ancestral spirits have contributed to their silent and peaceful society and to their good social behavior as claimed by some writers. Bajaus are not Muslims although they practice what anthropologists call “folk Islam” as they are influenced by their Muslim neighbours.

The Bajaus are peace-loving people, oftentimes to a fault. They would endure all forms of hardship, inconvenience and lost opportunities if only to avoid getting into trouble, especially with people not of their own tribe. Hence, they prefer to live in peace by themselves at the coastal fringes of population centers, mangrove areas, coves and islets. With the huge logs which they used to carve into houseboats having gone very scarce (and expensive), their mobile dwellings have evolved into shanties on stilts - literally a ramshackle ensemble of poles, palm fronds, and if the family is better off, some pieces of miss-cut planks.

Wherever they live, they are considered citizens of the lowest class: ignorant, dirty, stench-smelling and deprived. Many people have very low regard for them that practically anybody could pick on any Bajau and go unchallenged. Their situation is a picture of complete neglect that has driven whole families to flock to the big cities of Metro Manila, Cebu and Davao to beg in the streets. The Bajaus are at the receiving end of all the consequences of the on-going war and violence beyond reach of government services.

In the entire Philippines, there are no other people who are as collectively and individually poor as the Bajaus - without exception. Certainly none other could be poorer.

Kenneth Said:

Resources on aboriginal womens health research?

We Answered:

'Information is below./

Willie Said:

What are the best survey methods for the development and retention of participants in research studies?

We Answered:

I worked on a research study where we used an online survey instrument and had tremendous success with it. Now, I'm liberal arts so I don't know all the specifics of programming (we had a tech guy set it up for us), but the software was very user-friendly and once we set it up and harvested the emails we wanted to use, it sent them out in mass quantities. We could log on and track changes; it even had options for creating graphs and other data organizers directly from the raw data. Of course it could perform some statistical functions that were way over my head as well!

Long story short: I think an online survey would go over very well. It's convenient for participants and easy for you as the researcher to view results.

Hope this helps!

William Said:

Resources on Aboriginal womens health research?

We Answered:

No Health research would include the Métis or non-status Indians.

Neither group fall within the Indian Health Services. Which is paid by “Indian Money” held in trust by Canada.

Their Health Services are the same as any other Canadian citizen.

There would be no point in gathering stats on any group that does not fall within the services provided.

Indian Moneys Program
http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/br/bm/imp-eng…
First Nations, Inuit & Aboriginal Health
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fniah-spnia/index…
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Travis Said:

Health Research?

We Answered:

Yes, I also go with B.
BUT many times a clinical trial
comes up empty-handed is also because of A. Just not
enough people were found to
make a credible trial.