FAS is thirty times more common in the Native American population than in Caucasians, and six times more common in African Americans (Burd, 1997). ... Of the 132 cases, 106 were Native American and 24 were white. Given the Native American population in North Dakota in this time period it is estimated that the incidence of FAS affecting a N.A. child was 1 in 99. ... The second article was a study conducted by three school nurses who targeted Native American adolescents due to their higher risk of alcohol related diseases. ... One hundred sixty-three Native American adolescents were asked a ...

• Word Count: 1764
• Approx Pages: 7
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

She describes literature, and signs that are used to inform and ware college students to use "Safe Sex". ... The student stated that he does not like Americans, but has not met an American that disliked. Secondly, he quotes two people and Englishman and an American conversation about the harsh punishment Americans had in slavery times. The American replies and states to the Englishmen that he feels the same way as the Englishman would against the Irish. ... At times when Americans are passing by natives seem to hold their noses, physically showing a sing or indication of a bad odor. ...

• Word Count: 3184
• Approx Pages: 13
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Moreover, this practice was neither morally nor legally wrong in the vast majority of Americans, provided it was accomplished before quickening. ... The earliest laws that dealt specifically with the legal status of abortion in the U.S. were inserted into Americans criminal code books between 1821 and 1841. ... Third, the types of woman having recourse to abortion seem to change; the dramatic surge of abortion in the U.S. after 1840 was attributed not to the increase in illegitimacy or a decline in marital fidelity, but rather to the increase use of abortion by white, married, Protestants, nat...

• Word Count: 3983
• Approx Pages: 16
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Mohr takes a good look at abortion in his book Abortion in America. ... Moreover, this practice was neither morally nor legally wrong in the vast majority of Americans, provided it was accomplished before quickening. ... Third, the types of woman having recourse to abortion seem to change; the dramatic surge of abortion in the U.S. after 1840 was attributed not to the increase in illegitimacy or a decline in marital fidelity, but rather to the increase use of abortion by white, married, Protestants, native born woman of the mid and upper class who either wished to delay their child bearing or ...

• Word Count: 4259
• Approx Pages: 17
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Mohr takes a good look at abortion in his book Abortion in America. ... Moreover, this practice was neither morally nor legally wrong in the vast majority of Americans, provided it was accomplished before quickening. ... Third, the types of woman having recourse to abortion seem to change; the dramatic surge of abortion in the U.S. after 1840 was attributed not to the increase in illegitimacy or a decline in marital fidelity, but rather to the increase use of abortion by white, married, Protestants, native born woman of the mid and upper class who either wished to delay their child bearing or ...

• Word Count: 4179
• Approx Pages: 17
• Grade Level: Undergraduate