The Stigma of Criminal Legal Involvement and Health: a Conceptual Framework.

The USA incarcerates more people than any other nation in the world. Exposure to the criminal legal system has been associated with a myriad of health outcomes but less is understood about what drives these associations. We argue that stigma due to criminal legal involvement, what we call criminal legal stigma, likely has a larger role in the association between incarceration and negative health outcomes than has been previously appreciated. There is limited research on the impact on health of criminal legal stigma despite abundant research on its negative social consequences. In this paper, we describe a conceptual framework of the health effects of criminal legal stigma drawing on previous research of criminal legal stigma and advances in other areas of stigma research. We outline key concepts related to stigma mechanisms, how they function at structural and individual levels, and how they might cause health outcomes. Finally, we identify potential areas for future research and opportunities for clinical interventions to remediate negative effects of stigma.

¿Qué y quiénes publican en la revista EDUMECENTRO? / What and who publish in EDUMECENTRO Journal?

Los resultados del estudio bibliométrico que se presentan resumen algunas características asociadas con el tipo de contenido publicado en la revista EDUMECENTRO durante sus cuatro años de vida divulgativa. Se indaga sobre cifras y tipologías de artículos por edición, temáticas más abordadas, palabras clave de mayor empleo, y autores más citados. Se explora además la procedencia geográfica de los autores (municipios y provincias), y sus afiliaciones institucionales, asimismo se precisan los autores y coautores que más han publicado en este espacio del quehacer investigativo educacional. Se realiza una breve caracterización de la revista, los elementos que distinguen el contenido de sus publicaciones, los autores y coautores de sus artículos, y constituye una constancia documental que refleja el quehacer científico educacional de qué y quiénes han publicado en ella.

The results of the bibliometric study which is presented in this work summarize some of the characteristics associated to the type of contents published in Edumecentro Journal in its four years of work. It searches about figures and typology of articles per edition, topics covered, most frequent key words and the most quoted authors. It also explores about the geographical areas of the authors (provinces, municipalities), and institutions, as well as the authors and coauthors with the greatest number of works in the researching educational field. A brief characterization of the journal is presented comprising the distinctive elements of the issues, authors and coauthors of these articles. This constitutes a vivid documental reference which reflects the scientific-educational work carried out in this territory and what and those who have published in this journal.

Mapping social capital: a critical contextual approach for working with low-status families.

Promoting justice in therapeutic work with families demands an analysis of contextual factors such as race, ethnicity, gender, and social class in relationship to societal systems of power, privilege, and oppression. A broad understanding of these dynamics, however, is inadequate to inform our work with families whose social capital severely limits available life choices, social influence, and material resources. In this article, we describe working from a critical contextual perspective to consider how families gain and/or lose social capital through participation in multiple contexts. We introduce a technique for mapping social capitol within and across multiple systems as well as suggestions for interventions aimed at increasing the social well-being of low-status families. These include considering the dynamics of boundary crossing, recognizing and optimizing resistance to oppressive dynamics, finding ways to limit constraints and optimize opportunities, and developing webs of allies to support family functioning and access to resources. We offer the example of 13-year-old Pepe as a case in point.

Reacciones adversas inducidas por aditivos de alimentos: sulfitos

Muchas sustancias químicas se usan para preservar, dar color y sabor a los alimentos, bebidas y medicamentos. Existen numerosos reportes de reacciones adversas incluyendo urticaria, angiodema, asma y anafilaxia, después de la ingestión de aditivos de alimentos como la tartrazina, el glutamato monosódico y el ácido benzoico. Los sulfitos son aditos de alimentos y medicamentos que en forma reciente llamaron la atención médica como causantes de sensibilidad. Se utilizan ampliamente en las industrias de alimentos y bebidas como preservativos y antioxidantes, y en la industria farmaceútica. Este trabajo describe los usos comunes de los sulfitos, así como los mecanismos de sensibilidad, el diagnóstico, prevención y tratamiento de las reacciones adversas inducidas por ellos