Each year, about 800 to 900 students participate in YES activities, which serve youths ages 14 through 22 through programs and seminars focused on employability, career choices and quality of life.
During preparatory analyses, dichotomous variables were constructed representing the religious background of the participating midwives (yes: Protestant, Catholic and Muslim versus no: none and humanist), low (<9%) versus high (≥9%) percentage of Muslim clients, interested in or in need of additional information (yes versus no and do not know).
For assessment of behavioral risk status, clients were asked if, during an appointment with the service, the clinician asked: if they smoked any tobacco products; how much fruit and how many vegetables they ate; how much alcohol they drank; and how much physical activity they participated in (yes, no, don't know).
Charles Herz Moose, Wyo., May 28, 2010 To the Editor: While there is truth in each of the tendencies David Brooks describes — yes, people do underestimate risk; yes, they do participate in group think; yes, there is complex machinery that no lay person understands — we should not use them to relieve BP of responsibility for this disaster.
"The short answer is yes, we participate in church, we have a spiritual life," she said.
Much as we'd love to say yes, and participate in the collective Steve Jobs group-hug, the facts tell us otherwise.
TruantToday is founded by Zak Kukoff, the 16 year old who is the youngest founder ever to participate in TechStars (and yes, he does plan to go back to school while operating the startup).
For this test/retest study, respondents were eligible to participate if they answered yes to being asked if they could be re-contacted to obtain further information regarding a health issue or in the event of a serious public health problem (n = 567) and aged 16 years and over (n = 551).
He asks me if I'll participate, and I say, yes, great.
YES participated in design, drafting of the manuscript and critically revised the manuscript.
