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I m P ori laño O bserver • N ovember 20, 1996
kids really do listen
New Oregon research confirms
what most adults will tell you about
theirow n childhood; even ifw didn’t
acknowledge it as kids, wha, our
parents said did influence how we
behaved, what we believed and how
we turned out.
Let’s start with two conclusions
drawn from a survey of more than
12,000studentsin 12 8 oregon pub
lic schools:
• Kids hear their parents Among
eighth-graders w ho said their par
ents believe marijuana use is “very
wrong, " only 9 percent used it But
am ong those who believe their par
ents view marijuana use as “not
wrong, " 75 percent reported using
it
• Friends ’ behavior counts Few
er than ! percent o f eighth-graders
who have no best friends using mar
ijuana use the illegal drug them
selves. But i f the eighth-grader has
even one best frie n d using it, then the
likelihood that he or she will use
marijuana grows ID-fold The trend
was similar fo r cigarette use, which
correlates highly to later marijuana
use.
Parents who send firm, consistent
messages against tobacco, alcohol
and other drugs influences their chil
dren’s behavior
Likewise, parents who want clean
and sober children should influence
who their kids associate with and
supervise social gatherings in which
their kids are involved.
H ere’s another persuasive fact:
The survey asked eighth-graders
whether they had even one friend
who used marijuana, whether they
knew neighborhood adults who use
tobacco, alcohol or other drugs, and
what their parents believed about
marijuana use.
Only two-tenths o f 1 percent of
students (that’s 2 students out o f
1,000) used marijuana if their best
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friends didn’t, ¡{'neighborhood adults
didn’t, and iftheir parents held strong
anti-marijuana views. But among
those with a best friend using mari
juana, who knew neighborhood adults
using drugs, and whose parents were
perceived as not caring about mari
juana use, 60 percent said they used
marijuana (that’s an alarming 600
students out o f 1,000)
Among 11 th-graders who report
ed using alcohol any time in the past
year, 45 percent said they had also
ridden in a car with a teen-age driver
who was under the influence o f alco
hol or drugs.
Among students who reported that
they hadn’t consumed alcohol dur
ing the past 12 months, only 7 per
cent had had such a dangerous expe
rience. A copy o f the statewide stu
dent drug-use report is available by
writing the state Office o f Alcohol
and Drug Abuse Programs, 500 Sum
mer St., N.E., Salem 97310-1016.
Hilton: Higher Education
m D r . K eith O rlando H ilton
I recently came across an issue of
The Black Book Review and was
struck by the solid depth and scope
o f its content.
Actually the first time that I real
ly took note o f it, and its publisher,
Max Rodriguez, was in The Net
work Journal, a tabloid newspaper
based in Brooklyn, New York, and
p u b lish e d by A ziz G u ey e
Adetimirin, a Nigerian.
I now regularly follow the QBR
top Ten Books in each edition o f
Black Issues in Higher Education
According to Rodriguez, “Never
before have Black themed books
come to press in such numbers. In
nonfiction every possible theme is
being exploited: Black hair, Black
love. Black food, even Black astrol
ogy”
There were several letters to the
editor in the edition That I read,
which, in our opinion, is a good
sign. Discourse is always a very
good sign o f communication.
One letter even dealt with trou
ble between Black writers and Black
publishers.
Another letter was a reaction to
QBR on the worldwide web. Its
w e b site a d d re ss is: h ttp ://
www.qbrculture.com. The e-mail
address is: qbrbookweb@ aol.com.
It co n tain s m any review s o f
w eighty n on-fiction and fiction
throughout. The reviewers, some very
acclaimed, are learned and provide
valuable insight.
There are reviews o f books such
as W alter M osley’s, “A Little Yel
low Dog,” Terry M cM illan’s, "How
Stella Got Her Groove Back” and
even the autobiography ofthe Rever
end Al Sharpton.
There isalsoareview ofD eW ayne
W ickham’s book, “Thinking Black.”
We also did a review o f the book a
few months earlier and titled ours,
“ V ery C lo se B ut N o C ig a r:
W ickham’s Book o f Essays by Black
columnists" because although the
writers are indeed some o f our best,
they are not the only voices out
there.
It was an affront to the columnists
who regularly write for this nation’s
200- plus African newspapers. Let
the record show that I did get a few
replies from some o fth e book’s es
sayists after my column appeared.
Like I said. discourse is always a very
good sign.
There was another feature that I
really enjoyed and that was the one
on the Go On Girl! Book Club Ac
cording to QBR, it plans a series o f
profiles o f various reading clubs in
future issues. It will be refreshing to
read about book clubs from around
the country and world.
A ccording to T arget M arket
News, a Chicago-based, African-
American marketing group, “Afri
can Americans spend more than
twice as much on books than on
video games, hardware and soft
ware combined.”
In 1994 and 1995 respectively,
African Americans spent $297 mil
lion and $330 million on books.
This is quite a statement, consid
ering that the myth that African
Americans do not read continues to
float around. And once we add the
fact that over 12 million people
read African-American newspapers
weekly, well...
We wish Max Rodriguez, Susan
McHenry, the executive editor, and
the entire staff, the very best with
this quarterly publication. Q B R ’s
number is (212)475-1010.
As always, we only hope that
readers and writers o f these books
are doing so to re-empower the
African world community and not
just for 'htist purposes. Now that
(reempowerment) is the best way to
get one’s “groove back in a Stellar
kind o f way.
Strep and rheumatic fever
Serious group A streptococcal in
fections for centuries were responsi
ble for large epidemics o f rheumatic
fever and a major cause o f infection-
associated mortality among infants,
children and adults. It has reemerged
as a public health problem, accord
ing to a June 1996 Supplement o f
Pediatrics, the official publication
o f the American Academy o f Ped iat-
rics.
Facts on strep infections and
rheumatic fever
♦ A group A streptococcal infection
in the throat is called streptococcal
pharyngitis or strep throat. Strep throat
is not caused by viruses It is caused by
streptococcus bacteria.
♦ Strep throat should be diagnosed by
a pediatrician or fam ily physician us
ing a throat culture
♦ Strep throat should be treated with
penicillin, as recommended in the June
1996 supplement o f Pediatrics and by
the American Academy o f Pediatrics,
the World Health Organization and
American Heart Association Penicil-
lin is also available as a single injec
tion, which is preferable when adher
ence to a ten-day regimen o f oral
penicillin might be difficult.
♦ Strep throat can be distinguished
from other sore throats by its sudden
ness and trademark high fever (over
101), redness and swelling at the back
o f the mouth, swollen, tender lymph
nodes on the neck, and the possible
absence o f a runny nose and cough
ing.
♦ Strep throat can lead to rheumatic
fever in as little as two weeks i f the
strep is not property diagnosed and
treated. Children between five and 15
are most commonly affected. Symp
toms include fever with pam, inflam
mation and swelling in one or more
joints Heart damage candevelop slow
ly, often resulting in a thickening and
scarring o f the heart valves that can
eventually require surgery.
♦ Symptoms o f rheumatic fever in
clude continuedfever, swollen wrists,
knees or ankles, a warm f eeling in the
swollenjoints, and swelling migrating
from joint to joint.
♦ Treatment fo r rheumatic fever in
cludes penicillin and the bed rest fo r
more than a month. To avoid another
attack, a child must receive preventa
tive treatment with penicillin once ev
ery month until he or she is 18 years
old or older.
• Rheumatic fever and other compli
cations o f group A strep infections are
now more o fa concern fo r health care
providers because serious group A
streptococcal infections have re-
emerged during the last ten years as a
public health problem Many current
strains o f group A strep may be viru
lent and result in a higher risk o f
mortality fo r both children and adults
* Other complications o f group A
strep include streptococcal toxic
shock syndrome and tissue infec
tions such as a necrotizing fascitis,
the flesh eating virus, both o f which
have a reported mortality rate o f 30
percent or higher
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